Books from Knopf Canada
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Sacred Nature: Restoring our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
By Karen ArmstrongYet today, even as we admire a tree or take in a striking landscape, we rarely see nature as sacred. In this deeply powerful book, the bestselling historian of religion Karen Armstrong re-sacralizes nature for modern times.
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Commanding Hope: The Power We Have to Renew a World in Peril
By Thomas Homer-DixonCommanding Hope marshals a fascinating, accessible argument for reinvigorating our cognitive strengths and belief systems to affect urgent systemic change, strengthen our economies and cultures, and renew our hope in a positive future for ...
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How to Raise an Elephant: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (21)
By Alexander McCall SmithIn this latest installment in the cherished No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Mma Ramotswe must balance family obligations with the growing needs of one of Charlie's pet projects.
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Death of the Liberal Class
By Chris HedgesThe door that has been opened to proto-fascists has been opened by a bankrupt liberalism The Death of the Liberal Class examines the failure of the liberal class to confront the rise of the corporate state and the consequences of a ...
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The Saturday Night Ghost Club: A Novel
By Craig DavidsonSHORTLISTED FOR THE ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE: An infectious and heartbreaking novel from "one of this country's great kinetic writers" (Globe and Mail)--Craig Davidson's first new literary fiction since...
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At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being and Apricot Cocktails
By Sarah BakewellHere is a wonderful, vibrant look at the social, artistic and political currents that shaped the existentialist movement—a mode of thinking and being that, as Bakewell vividly shows, deeply affects us today.
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Nights of Plague: A Novel
By Orhan PamukSteeped in history and rife with suspense, Nights of Plague is an epic story set more than one hundred years ago with themes that feel remarkably contemporary.
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Lost Memory of Skin
By Russell BanksBanks has long been one of our most acute and insightful novelists. Lost Memory of Skin is a masterful work of fiction that unfolds in language both powerful and beautifully lyrical.
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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (14)
By Alexander McCall SmithIn the latest book in the beloved, bestselling series of mysteries set in Botswana, Mma Ramotswe is asked to help the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, who is having trouble with her business.
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The Virgin Cure
By Ami McKayLachrymatories, or tear-catchers, were worn by brides during the war. The women were to fill the bottles with their tears as a sign of devotion to their husbands while they were away. Many men never returned from battle, and thus their ...
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Happily Ever After Marriage: There's Nothing Like Divorce to Clear the Mind
By Sarah HampsonDoes she have a spouse? lfiso, is it a happy marriage? Are they widowed? Divorced? D0 they have children? ... across some mythic river in a place where you are the un-wife—and you and your un-husband are on the un-married side.
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Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim, Book One
By Anne RiceAnne Rice returns to the mesmerizing storytelling that has captivated readers for more than three decades with this new novel — the first book in a new series called “Songs of the Seraphim.” Angel Time is a dark, suspenseful novel ...
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44 Scotland Street: The First Five Novels: 44 Scotland Street; Espresso Tales; Love Over Scotland; The World According to Bertie;...
By Alexander McCall SmithThe first five novels chronicle the episodes that begin when 20-year-old Pat rents a room from handsome and cocky Bruce, and inherits some delightfully colourful neighbours: Domenica, an insightful and eccentric widow; Bertie, a 5-year-old ...
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The Marriage Plot
By Jeffrey EugenidesWith devastating wit, irony and an abiding understanding and love for his characters, Jeffrey Eugenides resuscitates the original energies of the novel while creating a story so contemporary that it reads like the intimate journal of our ...
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You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
By Tom VanderbiltFrom the bestselling author of Traffic, a brilliant and entertaining exploration of our personal tastes--why we like the things we like, and what it says about us. Everyone knows his...
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Coke Machine Glow
By Gordon DownieGordon Downie, lead singer and lyricist for the popular Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, released his first solo record, Coke Machine Glow in Spring 2001. Alongside the album, his...
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Death Comes to Pemberley
By P. D. JamesItook Mr. Wickham to mean that, had there not been some disagreement between them which caused Captain Denny to leave the chaise and run into the woods, his friend would not have been murdered. That was my immediate impression.
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What Is America?: A Short History of the New World Order
By Ronald WrightA fresh, passionate look at the past and future of the world’s most powerful nation, What Is America? will reframe the debate about our neighbour and ourselves.
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Nigella Bites
By Nigella Lawson“I am neither a chef nor a performer: this is the food I cook, the food I eat.” – Nigella Lawson Nigella Bites accompanies a forthcoming 10-part television series – a culinary and visual feast of recipes from the best and most ...
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Before My Time: A Memoir of Love and Fate
By Ami McKayThe story of Ami McKay's connection to a genetic disorder called Lynch syndrome begins over seventy years before she was born and long before scientists discovered DNA.