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Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury.

In 1990 author Kyoko Mori returned to her native Japan to visit the "landscape of my childhood." There - looking for the house in which her mother killed herself, running on land that was once wate

Although legally blind since birth, Kuusisto passed as sighted for more than thirty years.

This is a book about a young Canadian girl, Mae Brown, who exhibited intelligence, stamina, commitment and courage under the exceptionally incapacitating condition of being both deaf and blind.

In One Story, One Song, Richard Wagamese explores the importance of stories: how they shape us, how they empower us, how they change our lives.

How do you capture a changing world in the blink of an eye? Sacramento, California, 1870.

Maïka Sondarjee est issue à la fois d'une famille catholique canadienne-française et d'une famille musulmane et malgache d'origine indienne.

George Plimpton was perhaps best known for PAPER LION, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism.