Eccentrics, Iconoclasts and Extraordinary Lives: More Extraordinary People

Evel explores the triumphs and catastrophes, the outward charisma and the hidden dark side, of the volatile man known to millions as Evel Knievel.

This book provides the bizarre histories of some of the world’s most eccentric entertainers, ranging from mind readers and daredevils to animal handlers and stone eaters.

The notorious eccentric, John Waters, writes about the eccentrics that influenced him most.

Fred Thompson was the businessman and creative force behind the building of Coney Island's Luna Park.

The seminal biography of the magician's magician. Howard Thurston, a man who surpassed Houdini in the eyes of showmen and fans, and set the standard for how stage magic is performed today.

The life of the legendary magician and the stunts he performed.

The biography of the notorious showman illustrating his rise from the sideshows to the creation of the famous Ziegfeld Follies.

A fictionalized account of the life and loves of H.G. Wells.

Gertrude Bell traveled the Arabian Desert just before WWI, joined forces with British Intelligence, and was a key figure in shaping the modern Middle East.

Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood left their comfortable lives of luxury to become teachers in the still-wild northern part of Colorado.

This is the thrilling story of Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, the first European artist to journey to what is now the continental United States with the express purpose of recording its wonders in pencil and paint.

This is the story of Andy Warhol's rise to fame, his thumbing his nose at the art world and how he changed it forever.

The inventor of the computer was a thirty-four-year-old associate professor of physics at Iowa State College named John Vincent Atanasoff.

Florence Baker was saved from the slave auction block by her future husband. Together they traveled deep into Africa.

Charles Fort was a writer who became obsessed with stories of the paranormal.

This book tells the story of an 17th-century, 18-inch-tall man who was companion to Queen Henrietta Maria of England, had killed a man in duel, was captured by pirates, and lived much of his life in slavery.

Victoria Woodhull, billed as a clairvoyant and magnetic healer, was spiritual and financial advisor to Commodore Vanderbilt, was the first woman to address a joint session of Congress, fiercely believed that women should have sexual equality with men, and was the first woman to run for president.

Eustace Conway left his comfortable suburban home at the age of seventeen to move into the Appalachian Mountains, where for the last twenty years he has lived, making fire with sticks, wearing skins from animals he trapped and living off the land.

Julia Butterfly Hill was the woman who spent over 2 years in a giant Redwood she called "Luna" in attempt to stop the clear-cutting of an ancient Redwood forest.

Joseph Needham, a biochemist from Cambridge University, after falling in love with a Chinese student, traveled to China to discover its secrets. He ultimately wrote the 17-volume Science and Civilisation in China, a history of invention and technology.

For more than six decades, Erdos lived out of two tattered suitcases, crisscrossing four continents at a frenzied pace, chasing mathematical problems and fresh talent.