The powerful account of the remarkable peace activist kidnapped while leading a peace delegation and held for ransom by Iraqi insurgents until his paradoxical release by a crack unit of special forces
Award-winning author and Globe and Mail feature columnist Doug Saunders argues we need 100 million Canadians if we're to outgrow our colonial past and build a safer, greener, more prosperous
Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception.
Cynthia Holz's first novel with Knopf Canada is a spellbinding story that offers an intimate look at family, friendship and altruism, and unrolls a cast of characters you can't help but root for even
For readers of Meg Wolitzer, Lionel Shriver, Kate Atkinson, and Jennifer EganFrom the highly acclaimed author of Schroder, a smart, sophisticated literary page turner about a young family who escape s
They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of
Activism is broken. In recent years we have witnessed the largest protests in human history. And yet these mass mobilizations no longer change society. Now protest is at a crossroads: innovation or ir
“It is, I contend, no small achievement to survive the perfect family.” So Greg Malone says at the beginning of a graceful, generous and sometimes hilarious memoir of his childhood in the St. John’s o
“Fast and thrilling…Life Undercover reads as if a John le Carré character landed in Eat Pray Love.“ —The New York TimesAmaryllis Fox’s riveting memoir tells the story of her ten years in the most elit
From the bestselling author of Latitudes of Melt and An Audience of Chairs:The Birthday Lunch is the story of one pivotal week in the life of a family facing a tragic loss, rich with dramatic tension
