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The Extraordinary Untold Story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on Her Best Friend–and Love of Her Life
“He was Queen’s flamboyant frontman. She was his shy girlfriend, dreaming of marriage until they both realised he preferred men.”
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It Was Britain’s Most Expensive House. Why is its Only Resident a Homeless Man Who Lives on the Porch?
“With many people desperate for secure housing, what does the abandonment of this palace tell us about the UK?”
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The Greatest Scam Ever Written
“They were believers—in astrology, in psychics, in fortune telling—who longed for transformation, salvation, fortune.”
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Who Ya Gonna Call? Scam Busters!
“How a team of sleuths reportedly tracked down the Brad Pitt impersonators who cyber-scammed a middle-aged Frenchwoman out of her life’s savings.”
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Nobody Here Wants the Data Center: An Oral History
“We’ve gathered stories from all across the country detailing what happens when Big Tech’s latest monstrosities come to town.”
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The Fugitive Prince
“A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine.”
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A Controversial Rare-Book Dealer Tries to Rewrite His Own Ending
“Glenn Horowitz built a fortune selling the archives of writers such as Vladimir Nabokov and Alice Walker. Then a rock star pressed charges.”
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The Condo Crash
“Profits got bigger and condos got smaller. Now the bubble has popped, leaving behind thousands of unsellable, unlivable units.”
