Books from Knopf Canada
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Stumbling on Happiness
By Daniel Todd GilbertIn this book, Harvard psychologist Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions.
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How to Be a Mentsh (And Not a Shmuck): Secrets of the Good Life from the Most Unpopular People on...
By Michael WexConnors has the hots for his producer, Rita (played by Andie MacDowell), and since he's the only character who remembers all the different February Z's, he begins feeling her out for information about herself that he can use the next ...
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Satori
By Don Winslowto a hotel porter. The small middle-aged man struggled to heft the bag to the lobby, but spurned Nicholai's proffered hand. “I-Ie was the deputy mayor,” Chen grunted, ushering Nicholai past the porter. “Lucky to be alive.
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Maximum Canada: Why 35 Million Canadians are Not Enough
By Doug SaundersReligious philosopher George Grant's angry 1965 book Lament for a Nation, which denounced Pearson's economically and culturally liberal policies and called for a return to Diefenbaker's closed and British Canada, became an unlikely ...
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The Case for God
By Karen ArmstrongThe Eden story is certainly not a morality tale; like any paradise myth, it is an imaginary account of the infancy of the human race. In Eden, Adam and Eve are still in the womb; they have to grow up, and the snake is there to guide ...
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Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
By Karen ArmstrongKaren Armstrong explains how to practise the religion of compassion that her last books have preached.
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The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Text
By Karen ArmstrongFor most of their history, the world's religious traditions have regarded these texts as tools for the individual to connect with the divine, to transcend their physical existence, and to experience a higher level of consciousness that ...
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An Exclusive Love
By Johanna AdorjanBell, Anthea ll. Title. DSl35.H93.'\46 ZOII 940.53'l80922 CZOIO-904l94-I Design VV ll Chung Typeset & M Typesetting First Edition Printed and bound in the United States of America ll) 9 8 7 6 5 4 § Z l For my father On 13 October 1991 ...
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The Sea Captain's Wife
By Beth PowningThe night nurse shooed Carrie into the parlour just as Nathaniel and Simon finished shaking hands. ... That Simon was a part of their life—hers and Carrie's—as it had been, once. n Several days later, Azuba and Nathaniel sent Mr.
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The Stranger's Child
By Alan Hollinghurst... and then squatted down with a wary cackle to inspect them for a moment on their own level. Madeleine, wrapped in a long mackintosh, held back, with a thin fixed smile, in which various doubts and questions were tightly hidden.
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Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy
By Andrew PrestonAnderson, Fred, and Andrew Cayton. The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500–2000. New York: Viking, 2005. Anderson, Irvine H. Biblical Interpretation and Middle East Policy: The Promised Land, America, and Israel, ...
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Heroes of the Frontier
By Dave EggersA tremendous new novel from the bestselling author of The Circle, Heroes of the Frontier is the darkly comic story of a mother and her two young children on a journey through an Alaskan wilderness plagued by wildfires and a uniquely ...
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In a Time of Distance: and Other Poems
By Alexander McCall SmithIn these delightful poems, Alexander McCall Smith writes about his travels, from Africa to Greece, London to Dubai, from Canada and back home to Scotland.
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The Double Comfort Safari Club: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (11)
By Alexander McCall SmithThe delightful new installment in Alexander McCall Smith's beloved and bestselling series finds Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi travelling to the north of Botswana, to the stunning Okavango Delta, to visit a safari lodge where there have been ...
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The Harriet Bean 3-Book Omnibus: The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean; Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats; The...
By Alexander McCall SmithFrom bestselling novelist Alexander McCall Smith comes a charming set of mysteries that will keep young readers guessing--and laughing--from the first clue to the last.
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The Max and Maddy Twist 2-Book Omnibus: Max and Maddie and the Chocolate Money Mystery; Max and Maddie and the...
By Alexander McCall SmithBestselling novelist Alexander McCall Smith introduces readers to a delightfully funny pair of heroes--and the tricky villain who's always keeping them on their toes.
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Trains and Lovers
By Alexander McCall SmithAlexander McCall Smith. PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF CANADA Copyright © 2012 Alexander McCall Smith All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by ...
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Bolder: How to Age Better and Feel Better about Ageing
By Carl HonoreClearly, many gig workers take home too small a share of the pie, but if we can make the split fairer, gigging could be a real boon for people of all ages. Another welcome shift is the rise of 'pretiring'. A decade ago, while running ...
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The Shadows in the Street
By Susan HillOr your finger?' She did both. 'Great. Abi, do you know where you are?' Her hand moved. 'Don't be worried at all because you are absolutely safe. Do you remember that I just told you my name?' The finger was raised at once.
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A Question of Identity
By Susan Hill'Harry Fletcher, I am arresting you for ...' Backup was there. The street was half empty. It was all over in seconds. Fifteen minutes later Harry Fletcher was in front of the desk sergeant; twenty, and he was banged up. jubilant sent ...