Non-Fiction

Are you an intrepid explorer or an armchair traveller? Search no further for inspiring destinations and unforgettable journeys from around the world. You will receive practical travel guidance and tales that bring places alive! Dust in My Pack is a new kind of travel book. The author, an independent traveler with a particular focus on remote, lesser-visited destinations, shares her most poignant experiences. Her stories have emerged over twenty years of living and working in five continents and travelling through more than sixty countries. Relive ...

“This was the best murder trial book I have ever read…highly recommend it!”(Verified review). This is the story of the trial of Michele Anderson for her part in the Carnation murders in what would become the most costly trial in Washington State history. ‘Banquet of Consequences’ was also featured on Investigation Discovery’s True Crime Series, ‘Deadly Sins’ with Darren Kavinoky, titled ‘Next of Kin’ (Season 6, Episode 6).

Was it fun to do a space walk? How squashed were you in the capsule on the way back? What were your feelings as you looked down on Earth for the first time? Were you ever scared? Where to next–the Moon, Mars, or beyond?  Based on his historic mission to the International Space Station, Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake’s guide to life in space, and his answers to the thousands of questions he has been asked since his return to Earth. With explanations ranging from the ...

Now an HBO® Film starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a ...

What do you do when you opt for divorce and discover that your significant other is more atrocious than you imagined? When you have reasonable expectations of divorce proceedings but find out the aftermath can be a thousand times more one-sided than you ever envisioned? Katherine Klein emboldens us with this shocking memoir of her marital struggles while training to become a doctor and, later, the aftermath of her divorce and her established career. If you’re … Planning a divorce… If you are already the ...

DR. DANIELLE MARTIN see the challenges in our health care system every day. As a family doctor and a hospital vice president, she observes how those deficiencies adversely affect patients. And as a health policy expert, she knows how to close those gaps. A passionate believer in the value of fairness that underpins the Canadian health care system, Dr. Martin is on a mission to improve medicare. In Better Now, she shows how bold fixes are both achievable and affordable. Her patients’ stories and her own ...

Much has been written about the mysterious events in Whitechapel, London in 1888. What is known is that several prostitutes were murdered over the space of 12 months, but five were special for a reason: they were all mutilated after death, some more so than others. But who were actually the victims of Jack the Ripper, and more mysteriously, who was Jack the Ripper? Many theories have been presented over the years; some that will make you sit up and take notice, and others that ...

What exactly is wrong with this circus? There are demonic, flesh-eating clowns, murderous midgets, a fat lady with some peculiar tastes and an old man with one hell of a secret. Old Pa keeps a trunk with some very special souvenirs. When a stranger joins up who has second sight, among other talents, the old man’s son gets nervous. There are a lot of very strange beings, not to mention a succubus or two and some beings from hell. Welcome to a wild ride to ...