An inspiring story of the bonds of sisterhood, this extraordinary book speaks to the power of every individual to foster positive change in the world Nazanin Afshin-Jam was on top of the world. In 2006, she had just signed her first record deal and, after placing as first runner-up for Miss World,... More Info

Wonderful. Illuminating. Full of insight, beauty and-humor. —David Eagleman, author of Incognito and Sum The Self Illusion is about the science of self—the truth behind the illusion that we all share, that we exist as individuals inside our bodies and are in control of our own thoughts and... More Info

A sharp and provocative collection of essays from the bestselling and award-winning author of Freedom and The Corrections Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom was the most discussed novel of 2010, an ambitious and searching engagement with life in America in the 21st century. In The New York Times Book... More Info

In this explosive new book, acclaimed French author Elisabeth Badinter attacks a most unlikely force undermining women’s equality: liberal motherhood, in thrall to all that is natural. Attachment parenting, co-sleeping and on-demand breastfeeding—these hallmarks of contemporary motherhood have... More Info

An acclaimed neuroscientist transforms our understanding of the relationship between the brain, the mind and consciousness Where does our sense of self originate? What happens to us after our body perishes? Can the mind exist without the body? These profound questions have engendered considerable... More Info

A mesmerizing gothic tale of a good man gone wrong.—Booklist(starred review) It is the summer of 1948 when a handsome, charismatic stranger, Charlie Beale, recently back from the war in Europe, shows up in the town of Brownsburg, a sleepy village nestled in the Valley of Virginia. All he has with... More Info

Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnapper's yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at... More Info

Internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named... More Info

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Guardian columnist Dr Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the bad science we're fed by the worst of the hacks and the quacks'¦When Dr Ben Goldacre saw someone on daytime TV dipping her feet in an 'Aqua Detox' footbath, releasing her toxins into the... More Info

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A fascinating narrative excursion into a bizarre episode in 19th century Ethiopian and British imperial history featuring a remote African despot and his monstrous European-built gun.  More Info

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"His hand is growing cold, still she holds it" is how this novel that tells the story of a marriage begins. The tale unfolds over a single night, as Nina sits at the bedside of her husband, Philip, whose sudden and unexpected death is the reason for her lonely vigil. Too shocked to grieve, she lets... More Info

Che Guevara is a symbol in the West, a representative of ?60s counterculture and the face adorning the T-shirts of a million student radicals. But in the rest of the world, he is something else: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America and gave hope to those... More Info

Life on the isolated island of Guernsey can be tough, but things have become particularly claustrophobic for Cat Rozier. It?s 1985: she?s fifteen and an overweight bookworm. To make matters worse, she?s just killed her best friend, the beautiful and popular Nicolette, by pushing her over the... More Info

After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he’s still in good health. A big celebration is in the works for his 100th birthday, but Allan really isn’t interested (and he’d like a bit more control over... More Info

In this remarkable book, Jay Bahadur ventures to the troubled mini-state of Puntland, a self-governing region in northeastern Somalia, to expose the lives of the bandits beyond the attack skiffs: how they spend their cash, how they conduct business, how they think and why they risk their lives in... More Info

When Charles Sainte-Beuve, an ambitious French journalist, meets Victor Hugo, a young writer on the verge of fame, he finds himself in a world of great passions, a world where words can become swords. But, to his surprise, he is more attracted to Victor?s long-suffering wife, AdÈle. When the two... More Info

Traces the fall of a young black man in 1930s Chicago as his life loses all hope of redemption after he kills a white woman.  More Info

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The English broadcaster describes how he pursued and conducted his historic interview of President Richard Nixon, with excerpts from the program in which Nixon discusses the country's involvement in Vietnam and his role in Watergate.  More Info

- Elton, Sarah - Harper Perennial canada / March 2011 - Paperback / 256 pages - ISBN 9781554684199  More Info