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The classic personal account of Watson and Crick’s groundbreaking discovery of the structure of DNA, now with an introduction by Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind.

"The world can be a perilous place. And the seemingly friendly world of Canada's favourite fictional family is no different.

Twelve-year-old Vincent and his fellow members of the Captain Stupendous Fan Club help out when someone new becomes Earth's most famous superhero, without knowing anything about him, just as e

The most trusted general chemistry text in Canada is back in a thoroughly revised 10th edition.

Retaining an inquiry-based approach to learning, the Second Canadian Edition of Physical Geology & The Environment by Plummer et al incorporates the rich geology of Canada with elaborate exampl

The narrator of this funny and poignant novel is searching for meaning, going back to his childhood, onto the web and off to New York to find it.

Every day, we are beset by millions of sounds-ambient ones like the rumble of the train and the hum of air conditioner, as well as more pronounced sounds, such as human speech, music, and sirens.

Their children called it mischief.

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr walk into the famous Hotel Métropole and sit down at the author’s table to discuss the state of quantum mechanics today.

We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars.

By the author of Blood Meridian and All the Pretty Horses, Suttree is the story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a life of privilege with his prominent family to live in a dilapidated housebo

What does it take to squeeze into a second skin you think you want? And when you find you can't breathe, who's going to help you peel it off?

A hilarious fairytale for adults facing a complicated world.

Architect and single mother Emily Harada has structured a well-ordered existence around her work restoring historic houses and the parenting of her teenage son, Jesse.