The Nile, one of the world’s great rivers, has long been an object of fascination and obsession. From Alexander the Great and Nero, to Victorian adventurers David Livingstone, John Hanning Speke, and
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From the author of the Finlandia Award-winning novel Troll: A Love Story,The Core of the Sun further cements Johanna Sinisalo’s reputation as a master of literary speculative fiction and of her countr
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Completely revised and updated, this new edition of Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies features over 150 trails, tours and traverses for the nordic skier in the five Rocky Mountain National Parks, Kan
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The Free Brontosaurus is a novella comprising ten interweaving stories, complete with an accompanying album of ten songs. All set in the same fictional city, at the same moment in time, minor characte
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An evocative historical novel that explores the rising influence of Dickens’s work in mid-19th century London through the journey of a young woman’s struggle against poverty and injustice.In the winte
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Described as a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers” by theSan Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention to one of the most disti
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Water does not come from the river. It comes to the river. Heart Waters takes us to the sources of that water and into the living beauty, human stories and future possibilities that also arise from th
Numerous books on the market teach photographers how to produce a technically sound black & white landscape image. Others expound tips and tricks you can use to enhance the artistry of those i
Every human enters this life and begins a journey. The path traveled is unique to each individual, and for some, the main streets and popular thoroughfares provide all that’s needed to nourish a life
In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow’s Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in
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Courtland Lewis has scoured the planet to bring together the most talented faction members, factionless, and even a few from the Bureau to discuss the philosophy ofDivergent.Divergent and Philosophy b
"For thousands of years, the Indian subcontinent has proved a fertile ground for the world's most captivating erotic love poetry, and the genius of its devotional writing harnesses great energy and my
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Heart wrenching. . . . McDermid delves ever more deeply into the psyches of the major characters . . . [and] excels in putting the reader at the center of the action. . .The Skeleton Road does an exce
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This is the story of June Hamilton Mickle, a pioneering woman who grew up in the Turner Valley / Millarville area of southern Alberta, Canada, in the early part of the century (1920-60) and her later
Samuel Beckett began his career by publishing poems in literary reviews in Paris during the 1930s, andalthough primarily considered a playwright and novelisthe continued writing poetry throughout his
From critically acclaimed novelist Bradford Morrow comes a richly told literary thriller about the dark side of the rare book world. The bibliophile community is stunned when a reclusive rare book col
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The Awakened Company comes at a time of crisis in the business world, as evidenced by the most recent financial meltdown, which was a cry for help from a bipolar boom-bust business model that’s failin
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For most of us, remembering the Holocaust requires effort; we listen to stories, watch films, read histories. But the people who came to be called survivors” could not avoid their memories. Sol Nazerm
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