Six months of not looking. Three days in one hotel room. Something was bound to give.Jake Mercer is straight. He's been straight his whole life, and he has a very solid argument for that — an argument he's been quietly constructing for six months, mostly to manage the fact that he cannot stop noticing Luca Ricci.Luca is his teammate. His road-trip roommate — again. Openly bisexual, dark-eyed, and irritatingly aware of the specific way Jake has been not-look...

An in-depth guide to life in medieval England, including class, housing, spirituality, fashion, grooming, food, commerce, jobs, health, law, war, and more.Imagine you were transported back in time to Medieval England and had to start a new life there. Without mobile phones, ipads, internet, and social media networks, when transport means walking or, if you're fortunate, horseback, how will you know where you are or what to do? Where will you live? What is there to ...

“The most important book to be written in more than 40 years about the rise of Canadian literature… Arrival: The Story of CanLit brims and crackles, in equal measure, with information and energy.” — Winnipeg Free PressA Globe and Mail Top 100 BookNational Post 99 Best Books of the YearIn the mid-twentieth century, Canadian literature transformed from a largely ignored trickle of books into an enorm...

Embark on a journey to Tudor England with this self-help guide that offers engaging tips and insights for navigating the challenges of the 16th century.Imagine you were transported back in time to Tudor England and had to start a new life there, without smartphones, internet or social media. When transport means walking or, if you're lucky, horseback, how will you know where you are or where to go? Where will you live and where will you work? What will you eat and ...

What if everything you are being trained to do is preparing you to stay exactly where you are?The Entrepreneurial Great Escape and the Zoolutoon Manager is an illustrated self-help and business allegory for people who question whether the processes they follow every day are actually leading toward the life they want.The story follows an educated and capable professional who enters an elaborate training program filled with procedures, documentation,...

Six months deployed. One man for company. Sergeant Reed Calloway has followed every rule the Army gave him — except the one he's about to break.Reed is good at control. Eight years of service, a military family behind him, and the particular discipline of a man who built himself around doing things correctly. Six months on a forward operating base with forty personnel and one man he cannot stop being aware of hasn't changed that.Sergeant First Class Mateo V...

PACKED WITH ASTONISHING FACTS AND WONDERFUL STORIES ON WHAT MAKES THE ENGLISH TICKQ. Why are English train seats so narrow?A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as horse-drawn wagons; and they were designed to fit the ruts left in the roads by Roman chariots.This intriguing and witty book explains how our national characteristics - our sense of humour, hobbies and favourite foods - a...

Two firefighters. One burning building. The call that almost took them both — and the adrenaline that took everything else.Ryan Callahan has been a firefighter for five years. He knows the job, knows his station, knows his partner. He's been running calls beside Nate Ortega for two years and the trust between them is total — the kind that only builds when two men have run into burning buildings together often enough.He's also been noticing Nate for about ei...

It's time to diversify your reading list.This richly illustrated and vastly inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen knowledge and deep love for all things literary, coauthors Jamise Harper (founder of the Diverse Spines book community) and Jane Mount (author of Bibliophile) collaborated to create an essential volume filled with treasures for every reader:• Dozens of th...

A self-help guide for time-travelers navigating Anglo-Saxon England, offering advice on laws, social roles, survival, and Viking encounters. THIS BOOK COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE! If you are planning to travel back to the England of Anglo-Saxon times and begin a new life without technology, how will you manage? If you were a king, a thegn or even a slave, what rights do you have under the law? Are women treated well by their husbands, and if you become sick, what are your chances of recovery? How...

A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARWho said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in modern times it's become a strangely neglected subject. Ferdinand Mount opens up a fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seize power and why they fall."Fast paced and impassioned" -- Sunday Telegraph"Wonderfully wry" -- The Guardian...

The deliciously sharp new novel from Ferdinand Mount, author of the Sunday Times Book of the Year Kiss Myself GoodbyeFerdinand Mount's stinging satireplunges into the dubious world of London PR firms, the back rooms of Westminster and the campaign trail in Africa and America. We follow the hapless Dickie Pentecost, redundant diplomatic correspondent for a foundering national newspaper, together with his stern oncologist wife Jane, and their daught...