Stephen Leacock This book comprises three collections of short stories from Canada's best- loved humorist. Throughout his writing career, Leacock used his vivid imagination and dry wit to make light...

Betty SmithThe American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century."A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart...

Arthur DorrosTells about the structure of trees and how they grow, as well as their uses.

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Louise Penny "Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead."But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara...

Nicholas Wade Drawing on startling new evidence from the human genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human storyFewer ideas have...

Ann Johnson In the winter of 1978, a group of yeshiva students who had just finished their military service decided to reestablish a Jewish presence in the Moslem Quarter of...

Andrea di Robilant In the waning days of Venice’s glory in the mid-1700s, Andrea Memmo was scion to one the city’s oldest patrician families. At the age of twenty-four he...

RA Kahn Nine year old Elizabeth Sinclair (Lizzie) finds herself alone in a strange city. Her father, a soldier has been deployed to a war zone and her mother, a...

AT Williams On 14 September 2003 Baha Mousa, a hotel receptionist, was arrested in Basra by British troops and taken to a military base for questioning.Less than forty-eight hours later...

Maeve HaranFor all those who imagine escaping to a château and living the dream . . . to find that even dreams can have their complications.Steph, Jo and Meredith have...

Sebastien JaprisotNow a major motion picture from Amelie's director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and featuring Audrey Tautou and Jodie Foster comes a very different love story: A Very Long Engagement based on...