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"I felt I was interviewing James Patterson under the highest permissible does of sodium pentothal, the truth serum, for hours--and he spilled the whole story of his truly astonishing life.&quo

"Ce livre est le vaisseau spécial que j'ai dû me confectionner pour survivre à ma propre guerre des étoiles. Panne sèche de moelle osseuse. Bug biologique, risque de crash imminent.

Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Kafka's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world.

A dazzling new look into the short but intense, tragic life and remarkable work of John Keats, one of the greatest lyric poets of the English language, seen in a whole new light, not as the mytholo

The ultimate "think before you ink" guide to accurate Welsh tattoos.

Born into a dark, unhappy childhood and battling severe mental and physical health issues all through her adulthood, Lucy Maud Montgomery had a challenging private life.

In 1971, Harry Bruce, recognized as one of Canada's top non-fiction writers, lost his mind-according to his peers-when he left bustling, lucrative Toronto and moved his family to the tough little s

Through rigorous engagement with Indigenous literary art, Carrying the Burden of Peace highlights the decolonial potential of Indigenous masculinities.

Stories are medicine.

In Burning the Books, Richard Ovenden describes the deliberate destruction of knowledge held in libraries and archives from ancient Alexandria to contemporary Sarajevo, from smashed Assyrian tablet

Almost unbelievable. You'll swear it's fiction. "You haven't read a story like this one, even if your father was the kind of magnificent scoundrel you only find in Russian novels.

Il y a d'abord une violence aveugle et indicible. Les disparus, les torturés, les fusillés, les exilés, les prisonniers politiques de la dictature militaire en Argentine, entre 1976 et 1983.

A collection of essays on women and aging from Canadian legend Sharon Butala In this incisive collection, Sharon Butala reflects on the ways her life has changed as she's grown old.

This Strange Lonelinessis the first comprehensive account of the poetic relationship between Seamus Heaney and William Wordsworth.

The 1970s in Britain saw a series of industrial disputes, a referendum on membership in the European Economic Community, conflict about issues of immigration and citizenship, and emergent environme