Books from Knopf Canada

Notes on Grief
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Here is a uniquely personal, profound work of remembrance and hope by one of today’s luminaries—a book to bring us together in a time when we need it most.
Americanah
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Spanning three continents, entering the lives of a richly drawn cast of characters across numerous divides, Americanah is a riveting story of love and expectation set in today's globalized world.
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel
By Tom Hanks
... to make . I have him around for Prep but lose him the moment he begins making the movie for a second time . The Shoot is always hell . There is no limit to the amount of work the Shoot requires . A million ants crawl all over his ...
Recitatif: A Story
By Toni Morrison
Written in 1980 and anthologized in a number of collections, this is the first time Recitatif is being published as a stand-alone hardcover. In the story, Twyla’s and Roberta’s races remain ambiguous.
What is America?: A Short History of the New World Order
By Ronald Wright
This raises the question, has America ever been what it thinks it is?
Reward System
By Jem Calder
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian ● Esquire ● The White Review ● NPR Jem Calder's Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about a generation on the cusp, enmeshed in Zooms and ...
The Last Chairlift
By John Irving
The author’s favourite tropes are here, but this meticulously plotted novel has powerful twists in store for readers.
The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln
By Julian Sher
... Chasing Mosby , Killing Booth : The 16th New York Volunteer Cavalry . Jefferson , NC : McFarland , 2017 . Collard , Edgar Andrew . Montreal Yesterdays . Don Mills , ON : Longmans , 1962 . Cooper , Afua . The Hanging of Angelique : The ...
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
By Katherine Ashenburg
The apparently routine task of taking up soap and water (or not) is Katherine Ashenburg’s starting point for a unique exploration of Western culture, which yields surprising insights into our notions of privacy, health, individuality, ...
Utopia Avenue: A novel
By David Mitchell
David Mitchell's new novel is the story of Utopia Avenue and its age; of riots in the street and revolutions in the head; of drugs and thugs, schizophrenia, love, sex, grief, art; of the families we choose and the ones we don't; of fame's ...
Uncommon Type: Some Stories
By Tom Hanks
These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories. They are surprising, intelligent, heartwarming, and, for the millions and millions of Tom Hanks fans, an absolute must-have!
Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, Canada, and the Day Everything Changed
By Stephen Brunt
Renowned sportswriter Stephen Brunt reveals how “the Great One,” who was bought and sold more than once, decided that the comfortable Canadian city where hockey ruled couldn’t compete with the slushy ice of a California franchise.
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
By P. D. James
P. D. James's understanding of human nature illuminates each of these stories, making them ideal reading for the darkest days of the year.
The Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of Curious Information
By David Wallechinsky, Amy D. Wallace, Ira Basen
... Book of Lists readers are quite unblemished by sin : for we place a high value on curiosity . The original 1977 volume of The Book of Lists , and its all - new sequels , inspired nearly 200 imitation volumes . These have included books of ...
The Troubled Man
By Henning Mankell
The tenth riveting installment in the mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander • "As satisfying for its emotional depth as its suspense.
Two More Pints
By Roddy Doyle
They chew the fat, set the world to rights, curse the ref, say a last farewell… In this second collection of comic dialogues Doyle’s drinkers ponder: - a topless Kate Middleton - Barack and Michelle Obama (‘fuckin’ gorgeous’) - ...
Slade House
By David Mitchell
Go through, and the door closes discreetly behind you. In David Mitchell's exhilarating new novel, five "guests" separated by nine years enter Slade House for a brief visit--only to vanish without trace from the outside world.
No Is Not Enough: Resisting the New Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
By Naomi Klein
This book is to help understand how we arrived at this surreal political moment, how to keep it from getting a lot worse, and how, if we keep our heads, we can flip the script and seize the opportunity to make things a whole lot better in a ...
Just Once, No More: On Fathers, Sons, and Who We Are Until We Are No Longer
By Charles Foran
... Just once . And never again . But to have been This once , completely , even if only once ; To have been at one with the earth , seems beyond undoing . " " That's beautiful , " she says . Looping strands 172 CHARLES FORAN.
The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution
By Micah White
... Burning All Illusions: A Guide to Personal and Political Freedom. Boston: South End, 1996. Edwards, Lyford PATERson. The Natural History of Revolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. ELLUL, JAcQues. The Betrayal of the West ...