The science behind the traits and quirks that drive creative geniuses to make spectacular breakthroughsWhat really distinguishes the people who literally change the world--those creative geniuses who
In this sweeping history, Trevor Royle reanimates the bitter, multi-generational conflict that shaped the history of England. The Wars of the Roses and their epic display of human foibles inspired ei
Cutting deep into the lawyers' private lives, their families and foibles are richly portrayed as an integral part of Toronto's shifting mosaic. From an ostensibly routine traffic stop, each character
Candid, honest, and empathetic, this disarming volume of poetry revels in poems that undress the foibles of family?from a father’s smallness to a mother’s ?fortissimo”?all located within the unique la
Alasdair Gray's new novel, Old Men in Love, exhibits all of those faintly preposterous foibles that make him a writer more loved than prized. The bulk of the text constitutes the posthumous papers of
Since 2010 Toronto's headlines have been consumed by the outrageous personal foibles and government-slashing, anti-urbanist policies of Mayor Rob Ford. But the heated debate at City Hall has obscured
A cartoon tribute to retail employment in the tradition of "Dilbert" counsels new employees on surviving the foibles of retail work, from corporate dogma and handling the customer who is "always right
Taking readers inside the classrooms and minds of these giants of modern science, Moffat affectionately exposes the foibles and eccentricities of famous physicists, as they worked on the revolutionary
An investigation into the murder of young woman whose body is found outside the small town of St. Fursey exposes the failings and foibles of the town's residents.
The second volume of the Divine Toys family saga continues with a detective hired to find the missing young woman. There is much adventure along with the expected humor and the foibles of humans.
2013 Winner of the West End Poetry Prize for a first volume"If poetry can be prayer, this book is indeed a praise song to the foibles of modern life. From the humorous dissections of corporate life to
Expat Larry takes us on a journey to the lands that have meant the most to him in his life. He compares the different Western cultures, their strengths, weaknesses and most of all their foibles. Prese
London Eh to Zed is a lively and entertaining walking guide to seven neighbourhoods in London, England, which reveals much about our history, character, passions, and foibles.
A thrilling art heist escapade that evokes a world of European high culture and luxury, while plumbing the vicissitudes of less exalted human foibles and obsessions.Johann Friedrich von Allmen, a bon
Here is an eclectic collection of short stories from Walter Keady, told with the author’s much acknowledged and well-honed humor, penetrating with wit and irony the foibles of ordinary people in varie
Celebrated ad man Richard Kirshenbaum, the original New York observer, reveals the fashions, foibles, and outrageous extravagances of the private-jet setPaid friends. Pot dealers draped in Dolce. Divo
A history of the exciting world of broadcasting in Kentucky between 1945 and 1970, its successes, its failures, its foibles, its service to the listeners of Kentucky. It will bring back many memories
This powerful new collection combines Katie Donovan's unflinching insight into our human foibles with her exceptional descriptive gift. The years of her husband's throat cancer are charted in poems by
