WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARYAWARD FOR FICTIONA GLOBE AND MAIL, CBC BOOKS, APPLE BOOKS, AND NOW TORONTO BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIn the tradition of The Poisonwood Bible and State of Wonder, a novel set in the rainforest of Ecuador about five women left behind when their missionary husbands are killed. Based on the shocking real-life eventsIn 1956, a small group of ...

Life on the Mississippi in the heyday of the steamboat lives in our imaginations through the artistry of Mark Twain, Edna Ferber, and Hollywood films, or perhaps a glimpse of a salvaged riverboat living out its last years as a theme restaurant. Surely the Mississippi steamboat era is among the most colorful and romantic in our history. But what was it really like, beyond our secondhand notions of stalwart river pilots, wayward boys and runaway slaves, of gamblers in tall hats and ladies in...

A guide to online dating for women looking later in life for the man of their dreams.You've succeeded on your own terms, and now you want to have a loving partner in your life. But you still have worries. Will men still find you attractive? How can you succeed in the complex world of online dating? Are there still any good men out there?At age sixty-two, Joan Bragar, EdD, leadership consultant and coach, married a wonderful man whom she met on an online datin...

One of the most unexpected outcomes of the Soviet bloc's transition out of communism has been the divergent but important paths followed by once ruling communist parties. In Poland, Hungary, and Lithuania those parties transformed themselves into pro-Western free market center leftists who have won elections and formed governing coalitions periodically since the early 1990s. The result has been former communists leading their countries into NATO and the EU even as their conservative oppone...

EVERY CORPSE IS A CLUEN47° 46.605 E013° 21.718. A dismembered handN47° 48.022 E013° 10.910 Two severed earsN47° 26.195 E013° 12.523 A mutilated corpseA woman is found murdered. Tattooed on her feet is a strange combination of numbers and letters.Map co-ordinates. The start of a sinister treasure hunt by a twisted killer.Detective Beatrice Kaspary must risk all she has to uncove...

Wild Jane is starting to settle down, but Bill The Dastard won’t let her enjoy her impending motherhood that easily.He confronts her in the saloon and Jane confesses what he has known all along: she wants him. After a tense exchange Wild Jane offers up her body to her mature adversary and he takes great pleasure in finally having his way with her pregnant body.

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and of the Goodreads Choice Award for History & BiographyThe award-winning, best-selling true crime book that changes the narrative of the “Ripper” murders foreverPolly, Annie, Elisabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from some of London’s wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods, from the factory towns of middle England, and from Wales and Sweden. They wrote ballads, r...

“Tom didn't think it was possible for his jaw to drop any further. Was this really his best bud, Chad? The kid who avoided yelling no matter the circumstance, who could barely talk to girls (before they went to Phantasmagoria, that is)?” Phantasmagoria...where all the forgotten dreams go, where all the imagined things, both good and bad, make their home. For the first time since entering Phantasmagoria, Tom, Katie, Chad, Sharice, and Melissa have split up. In Sharice's imagination, deep in...

The world is changing. The old ideologies are struggling for dominance in an online world free of constraints. Humankind faces extinction. Masahiro Saito, an android in the Imperial Japanese Army, is assigned a dangerous mission to the heart of the Indian sub-continent. His loyalties will be tested as he battles militia and cyber-terrorists, and his own sense of identity is challenged. An dystopian science-fiction novella featuring androids and cyber-hackers in a story inspired by ...

The Traveler's Gift: The Ultimate Guide on How to Become a Savvy Traveler, Learn Expert Travel Tips and Start Travelling Like a ProAre you looking to plan a trip, but aren’t sure how to get started? Worried that you’ll make a huge mistake that’ll cost you? Planning a trip can certainly be a daunting task for inexperienced travelers, but it doesn’t have to be so difficult. This special reporthighlights the most common mistakes made by new travelers so you can easily avoid th...

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