After a young woman drowns, her family scatters her ashes in Niagara Falls, and they each get caught in the tides of the past... until a reckless act draws them to a new future. A Globe & Mail Best Book from the Griffin Prize-winning author!
From the bestselling author of
The Shadow of the Wind comes this sensational prequel. A young author makes a living writing baroque tales of Barcelona's underworld, until he receives a commission for a momentous new book that may be connected to the shadowy events of the city.
The Food of a Younger Land
The author of Cod and Salt returns with the story of American eating before interstate highways, chain restaurants and frozen food. Featuring authentic recipes, anecdotes and photographs drawn from the Depression-era Federal Writer’s Project, this is a must for foodies everywhere.
The latest book of wonders from the newsworthy author of Open Veins of Latin AmericaAmerica. These newly translated stories are a sometimes bawdy, sometimes heartbreaking unofficial history of the unseen, unheard, and forgotten from the Garden of Eden to 21st Century New York City.
The Booker-nominated author of Brick Lane brings us the tale of an ambitious but overextended chef chasing his dreams in London until events turn his world upside down. A compelling story with simmering
cultural commentary, human insight, and a pinch of humour.
The Landmark Herodotus
Herodotus’ chronicle of the wars
between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states is considered the first historical text in Western literature. Now the great work of the Father of History is annotated and compiled with maps, illustrations
and appendices.
A guided tour through the rooms and gardens of Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
Wild Swans
True-life memoir recounting three generations of Chinese women during the turbulent 20th century.
Hunger's Brides
The parallel lives of a real-world 17th century Mexican poet, and her fictional modern-day chronicler.
Petain
How the hero of France became a convicted traitor and changed the course of history.
Skira Dictionary of Modern Decorative Arts
From the London World Fair in 1851 to the 1950s, trace the innovations that propelled an artistic revolution in our homes.
Florence - A Delicate Case
Explore the appeal of Florence to such diverse figures as Tchaikovsky, E.M. Forster, and King Edward VII’s mistress.
St. Therese of Lisieux
The life of the Carmelite nun made famous by the posthumous publication of her memoirs.
Travels in the Scriptorium
A labyrinthine tale from the master of meta-literature, in which an old man awakes to find himself sitting at a desk.
The Widow & Her Hero
From the author of Schindler’s List, a novel about an Austrian war widow whose memories of her husband are troubled by new and disturbing evidence 60 years later.
February House
Iconic writers’ experiment in communal living in 1940s America. The more the merrier!
Mirror Mirror
Who’s the fairest of them all? A history of the human love affair with reflection.
At the Same Time
A collection of 16 essays and addresses by Susan Sontag, written in the last years of her life.