"When artists and athletes age, what happens to their work? Does it ripen or rot? Achieve a new serenity or succumb to an escalating torment? As our bodies decay, how do we keep on? In this beguiling meditation, Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last works of writers, painters, footballers, musicians, and tennis stars who've mattered to him throughout his life. With a playful charm and penetrating intelligence,...

A collection of the best stories about Christmas and the holiday season. Stories are funny, inspirational, poignant; some are religious, but most are non-denominational. Appropriate for adults but can be shared with children, as all stories are "Santa-safe."

Journey into the labyrinthine world of James Joyce's Ulysses, a literary masterpiece that reimagines Homer's epic Odyssey within the vibrant streets of 20th-century Dublin. This groundbreaking novel unfolds over a single day, June 16, 1904, as it follows the meandering paths of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, two complex characters navigating the mundane and the profound. Joyce's stream-of-consciousness writing style delves into the innermost...

"Forty skilled island authors share their love of the many islands in the Salish Sea on British Columbia's coast, through passionate, eclectic and reflective--new and previously unpublished--essays, personal memoir and poetry. The writers express how islands are special places of unique and lively communities, within a rare and beautiful ecosystem; with diverse indigenous, settler, and outsider history; circled by an endangered sea that protects and...

Everyone's "faith story" is different. In this book, people of Christian and Jewish faiths share their personal stories about life-changing and powerful events, providing inspiration and encouragement to readers.

With 101 family-oriented stories by hockey fans, hockey families, and NHLers, this book will delight anyone who enjoys hockey, whether it's in the backyard, in school, or at the professional level.