A dazzling social and cultural history of Hollywood’s golden age in the decade from World War II to the Korean War.

New York Times bestseller

The defining, behind-the-scenes chronicle of one of the most extraordinary, beloved, and dominant pop cultural entities in America’s history—Marvel Comics—and the outsized personalities who made Marvel, including Martin Goodman, Stan Lee, and Jack Kirby.

“Written crisply with lots of original reporting, Marvel Comics is a must for any superhero or pop-culture fan.” —The New York Post

“A lively overview” of the history of radio broadcasting and how it changed American politics, journalism, and entertainment forever (Publishers Weekly).

National bestseller

Julia Staab died in 1896—but her ghost, they say, lives on. In American Ghost, Julia’s great-great-granddaughter weaves a masterful, moving story of fin-de-siècle Europe and pioneer life, villains and visionaries, medicine and spiritualism, imagination and truth, exploring how lives become legends, and what those legends tell us about who we are.