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Heroic history... Author:  Andrea Wulf Who’s your biggest hero?   Most people will be able to come up with a few candidates, but it might be more interesting to ask who your hero’s heroes were.  When it comes to hero worship in the history of the natural sciences, there’s one man who stands above all others.  Surprisingly, most American’s have never heard of the Alexander von Humboldt, but he inspired many of the biggest names in the natural world to become heroes themselves.  In The Invention of Nature, biographer Andrea Wulf tells the fascinating story of this great Prussian naturalist. [...]

Spunky Chili Chick is Bland By: Kylie Logan Summer is heating up, as is the competition. Feisty and festive in her giant Chili Chick costume (with the stilettos and fishnets), Maxie Pierce is giving attitude to the limit while her half-sister, Sylvia, runs their missing father’s famous chili booth. While Texas Jack may not be around now, both sisters maintain hope that someday he will return from his latest criminal scheme (if he’s not dead) and do what he does best: chili cook-offs and bad romances – key Lady Gaga song here). If life isn’t complicated enough between the brunt [...]

Liar Liar Pants on Fire Author: Sascha Arango Who knows what secrets lurk beneath even the noblest facades? We do, thanks to fiction like The Truth and Other Lies. Part of both the Bloody Knife and Spouses With Secrets genres, this tale of lies and the liars that tell them is a very juicy little read. Our main character is bestselling author Henry Hayden, who lives a quiet life with his quiet wife Martha, outside of a quiet seaside village. He has money to burn, but isn’t extraordinarily extravagant. He likes nice things, of course, but is happy with his [...]