Books from Knopf Canada

Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril
By Thomas Homer-Dixon
Think of a vicious circle where an employee is openly angry with his boss, which makes the boss treat him worse, which then makes him even angrier. This is a “positive” feedback, not because it's good— obviously in this example it ...
The Betrayal of Trust
By Susan Hill
"Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when one like Susan Hill does the result is stunning." —Ruth Rendell A cold case comes back to life in this sixth book in the highly successful Simon Serrailler detective series ...
On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women
By Stevie Cameron
Howard Lew was going to search the trailer as well. Grant Wong would guard the farm gate at the main entrance on Dominion. And the lead person, Mulcahy told the group, would be the man who had obtained the warrant, Nathan Wells—the ...
The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten the West?
By Doug Saunders
After a heated year of debate, Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty announced in September 2005 that “there will be no sharia law in Canada,” and drew a sharp line between church and state by stripping all faith-based arbitrations of their ...
Cold Fire: Kennedy's Northern Front
By John Boyko
Kennedy had hired former marketing executive Lou Harris to undertake polling that would be exclusive to the campaign. While other campaigns contracted pollsters who played no role in turning raw numbers into action, Harris became part ...
The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan
By Graeme Smith
Francis Silvaggio, Tim Lee, Sat Nandlall, Mellissa Fung, Paul Workman, Richard Johnson, Tom Blackwell, Sarah Galashan, Jonathan Fowlie, Peter Armstrong, Piya Chattopadhyay, Kelly Cryderman, Steve Chao, Lee Greenberg, Tom Parry, ...
Cake Or Death: The Excruciating Choices of Everyday Life
By Heather Mallick
... Emmylou Harris , James Taylor , The Supremes , Paul Simon , Talking Heads , Eric Carmen , Madonna , Buddy Holly ... Linda Ronstadt , Lucinda Williams , Meat Loaf , Blondie , Etta James , Marvin Gaye , Otis Redding , Tracy Chapman ...
Beatrice & Virgil
By Yann Martel
Though Beatrice & Virgil is initially as wry and engaging as anything Yann Martel has written, this book gradually grows into something more, a shattering and ultimately transfixing work that asks searching questions about the nature of our ...
The Rub of Time: Bellow, Nabokov, Hitchens, Travolta, Trump: Essays and Reportage, 1994-2017
By Martin Amis
“A terrific book,” wrote another reviewer, Sebastian Faulks. The prose “has that tense, sly quality of his very best fiction...a marvellous and quite unexpected bonus from beyond the grave.” Mr. Faulks couldn't be expected to know how ...
The End of Your Life Book Club
By Will Schwalbe
Idina Sackville, the Bolter, was, according to Frances Osborne, her biographer and great- granddaughter, passionately, though not violently, devotedto the campaign for Votesfor Women. Osborne writes “Idina wasnota militant suffragette.
In One Person
By John Irving
For the sheer pleasure of the tale, there is no writer alive as entertaining and enthralling as John Irving at his best. But this is also a heartfelt, intimate book about one person, a novelist named William Francis Dean.
The Blue Light Project
By Timothy Taylor
Inside the studio, however, it’s all about control, as Pegg listens to the hostage taker’s story and begins to realize the terrible, violent truth about what he has planned.
The Slow Fix: Solve Problems, Work Smarter and Live Better in a World Addicted to Speed
By Carl Honore
Cambridge, MA:MIT Press, 1999. McGonigal, Jane. RealityIsBroken: Why Games Make Us Better andHow They Can Transform the World. New York: Penguin, 2011. Micklus,Dr Sam. TheSpirit of Creativity. Sewell:Creative Competitions, 2006 ...
The Man Who Learned to Walk Three Times: A Memoir
By Peter Kavanagh
But this book is also a story of healing and rehabilitation, and of hard lessons, hard earned--about the courage to keep going and, if one way isn't working, the awareness and bravery to try something new.
The Lion Seeker
By Kenneth Bonert
Where's all the shine gone, tigerman? Hugo is grim and rocking behind the wheel, both hands squeezing hard. He has the window down and more than once he sticks his head out, looking straight up. —We ganna die, says Isaac.
Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change
By William Marsden
VVe collect the coring gear, stash it in boxes, crank up the Ski-Dons and turn north towards the Belcher Glacier. In the distance are the smooth, rounded snow domes that define the mountains and hills bordering the head of the Belcher.
Excursions in the Real World
By William Trevor
These autobiographical tales are about people and places, personal fascinations and enthusiasms, that have remained snagged in William Trevor's memory over the years.
Canada's House: Rideau Hall and the Invention of a Canadian Home
By Margaret MacMillan, Marjorie Harris, Anne Desjardins
In this remarkable book — thoughtful, intimate and stunningly illustrated with archival and original photos — three of the best writers in their fields join with Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul to tell the story of Canada’s ...
Damaged Angels: A Mother Discovers the Terrible Cost of Alcohol in Pregnancy
By Bonnie Buxton
“Unfortunately, even in . . . a loving and stimulating home environment, his general level of functioning is very low,” wrote Dr. Brigitte A. Robertson, adding that Isaac would need supportive living throughout his life.
28: Stories of AIDS in Africa
By Stephanie Nolen
Twenty-eight anecdotal stories that chronicle men, women, and children involved in every aspect of the African AIDS crisis.