The product of a lifetime immersed in the literary, performing arts, and entertainment worlds, Lives and Letters spotlights the work, careers, intimate lives, and lasting achievements of a vast array
The Munk Debates is Canada’s premier international debate series, a highly anticipated cultural event and feast of ideas. Launched in 2008 by philanthropists Peter and Melanie Munk, these debat
This inspirational and thought-provoking collection celebrates quotations from a wide range of African-American heroes, from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall to Jackie Robinson
This original collection of quotations cites approximately 100 well-known African-Americans from all walks of life, including Maya Angelou, Louis Armstrong, Muhammad Ali, Julian Bond, Georg
Come and walk the offbeat world of Mike Strobels popular column in the Toronto Sun. Meet the legendary panhandler Shaky Lady; the Weasel, who knows where Jimmy Hoffa is buried; the secretive swinger S
Ever been betrayed by a pretty cover and a pair of alluring blurbs? Rest assured: Read This Next will never hurt you. The 500 book recommendations contained within these pages have all been carefully
The human race's most "devastatingly" popular humor series returns... With five previous books and more than 1.5 million copies sold, The Darwin Awards is a pop culture phenomenon. Honoring those w
Originally published in four separate volumes at $40.00Here’s a potpourri of stimulating reading for moments when nothing but the most absorbing material will do! No more frantic searches at th
Acclaimed New Yorker writer and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Grann offers a collection of spellbinding narrative journalism. Whether he’s reporting on the infiltra
The latest installment of the hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon-more than 1.5 million copies sold! New York Times bestselling author Wendy Northcutt is back, asking, "Have we evolved a
A cornucopia of comment from Canada’s most opinionated man — a man seen, read, and listened to by millions of Canadians each week.Canada’s most distinctive commentator presents his fearless and though
For ten years, Morbid Curiosity was a one-of-a-kind underground magazine that gained a devoted following for its celebration of absurd, grotesque, and unusual tales -- all true -- submitted from cont
This and the many other quotes, stories, anecdotes, and illustrations in The Speaker's Quote Book will not only help the pastor prepare a better sermon, and the speaker deliver a better speech, they
A daily kick in the pants from the Pitbull of Personal Development and Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and New York Times bestseller Larry Winget In these uncertain times, why mince words? America
John Lloyd and John Mitchinson have proven themselves to be masters at digging up obscure facts, abstruse information, and amusing anecdotes and presenting them effortlessly, somewhat slyly, with eith
Marilyn Waring is a truly absorbing figure known as a distinguished public intellectual, a leading feminist thinker, environmentalist, social justice activist, and for her early political career afte
Hey! My name is Davy. I make a magazine called Found. We publish notes & letters that folks find on the street.I asked my favorite writers, musicians, artists & entertainers to tell me about the thin
Science and religion are compatible, declares the famous physicist. In these essays, Einstein views science as the basis for a "cosmic" religion, embraced by all who share a sense of wonder in the rat
Every public speaker can benefit from an apt quotation to illuminate a speaking point. This compilation of 2,116 quotations in 263 broad subject categories is useful for political, motivational, and
