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Another "dazzling epic" from the author of Brilliant, exploring an overlooked yet elemental force in our lives-silence-from contemporary Cistercian monks to an extraordinary 19th-century prison.

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"A provocative, exciting, and important rallying cry to reassert our human spirit of community and teamwork." Walter Isaacson Though created by humans, our technologies, markets, and institutions o

In this warm collection of personal essays and recipes, best-selling author Ann Hood nourishes both our bodies and our souls.

What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients.

A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states.

From a bracing new voice comes this life-affirming memoir of a daughter making and remaking her life in her mother's image.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mentor Leader and Quiet Strength comes a book sure to transform your team or organization!

As a young lawyer, Abraham Lincoln was known for his sense of humor. But in 1842, he did something so rascally--so downright mean--he was challenged to a duel.

New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers and renowned filmmaker Bill Miles deftly tell the true story of the unsung American heroes of the 369th Infantry Regiment of World War I in The H

Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining was released in 1980 and has been fascinating viewers ever since.

During the Cold War, American labour organizations were at the centre of the battle for the hearts and minds of working people.

Previously, artificial neural networks have been used to capture only the informal properties of music.

Working within a postmodern style, this rhythmic and melodious collection of poems originally written in Slovenian by Cvetka Lipuš and translated here by Tom Priestly, blends the real with the sur

Small Canadian cities confront serious social issues as a result of the neoliberal economic restructuring practiced by both federal and provincial governments since the 1980s.