Short stories from around the world, many from lesser authors. Adult fairy tales, and ghost and horror tales. Twenty-eight stories. Authors like Silverberg, Egan, Stableford, Ian McDonald and...
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Author: DATLOW, EllenSummary: -
Author: Gordon RamsaySummary:Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell.
Now, for the first time, the world's most famous—and infamous—chef tells the inside... -
Author: Colleen McCulloughSummary:"In a time of cataclysmic upheaval, a bold new generation of Romans vied for greatness amid the disintegrating remnants of their beloved Republic. They were the chosen - and the cursed -...
Genre: Historical fiction -
Author: Macintyre, LindenSummary:
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"Fascinating, infuriating, eloquent and cautionary." —Postmedia
A Globe and Mail, CBC Books and Maclean's Book of the Year
In the vein of Erik Larson's... -
Author: King, ThomasSummary:
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Back of the Turtle; Green Grass, Running Water and The Inconvenient Indian Thumps DreadfulWater's world is turned upside down when Nina...
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Author: Gatrell, PeterSummary:
Migration is perhaps the most pressing issue of our time, and it has completely decentered European politics in recent years. But as we consider the current refugee crisis, acclaimed historian...
Genre: Social science, History and geography -
Author: Poitras, JacquesSummary:
The story of the rise and fall of the Energy East pipeline. The project was to be a monumental undertaking, beginning near Edmonton and stretching over four thousand kilometres, across two hundred...
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Author: Marland, AlexSummary:
Canadians often see politicians as trained seals who vote on command and repeat robotic talking points. Politicians are torn by dilemmas of loyalty to party versus loyalty to voters. Whipped:...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Political science -
Author: Segal, HughSummary:
For more than four decades, Hugh Segal has been one of the leading voices of progressive conservatism in Canada. A self-described Red Tory warrior who disdained "boot strap" approaches to poverty...
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Author: Murray, MorganSummary:
In late 2008, as the world's economy crumbles and Barack Obama ascends to the White House, the remarkably unremarkable Milton Ontario - not to be confused with Milton, Ontario - leaves his...
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Author: Saint-Paul, PatrickSummary:
In a relatively short amount of time, China has become the second largest economy in the world and is soon poised to overtake the US. In 1978, when China introduced its economic reforms, its GDP...
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Author: Nadel, Ira BruceSummary:
This account of Philip Roth traces the psychological and artistic origins of his creative life. It examines the major events of his career, while identifying a series of personal themes in his...
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Author: Lavoie, FrédérickSummary:
"Orwell in Cuba: How '1984' Came to Be Published in Castro's Twilight" is a personal account of contemporary Cuba at a pivotal point in its history, with the Castro brothers passing power on to a...
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Author: Redmond, Paul JudeSummary:
Approximately 100,000 single mothers lost their babies to forced separation in Ireland since independence in 1922. 35,000 pregnant, single women were sent to nine Mother and Baby Homes, where...
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Author: Al-Solaylee, KamalSummary:
Brown is not white. Brown is not black. Brown is an experience, a state of mind. Historically speaking, issues of race and skin colour have been interpreted along black and white lines, leaving...
Genre: Social science