What We Are Reading Today: Long Haul

Updated 05 June 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: Long Haul

Author: Frank Figliuzzi

Frank Figliuzzi’s “Long Haul” is a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways, revealing the FBI’s Highway Serial Killings Initiative’s hunt for long-haul truckers who account for 850 murders across the nation.

The book is a gripping exploration of a violent, disordered world hiding in plain sight, and the heroes racing to end the horror.  It will forever unsettle how you travel on the road.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Volcanoes in Human History’

Updated 05 January 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Volcanoes in Human History’

Authors: Jelle Zeilinga De Boer and Donald Theodore Sanders

When the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as one hundred thousand people perished from the blast and ensuing famine. 

Gases and dust particles ejected into the atmosphere changed weather patterns around the world, resulting in the infamous “year without a summer” in North America, food riots in Europe, and a widespread cholera epidemic.

And the gloomy weather inspired Mary Shelley to write the gothic novel “Frankenstein.” This panoramic book tells the story of nine such epic volcanic events.