Eat, Pray, Love meets The Rosie Project in this fresh, heartwarming memoir by a man who travels to Verona and volunteers to answer letters addressed to Shakespeare's Juliet, all in an attempt to heal his own heartbreak.When Glenn Dixon is spurned by love, he packs his bags for Verona, Italy. Once there, he volunteers to answer the thousands of letters that arrive addressed to Juliet—letters sent from lovelorn people all over the world to Juliet's hometown; people who long to understand the mysteries of the human heart. Glenn's journey takes him deep into the charming community of Verona, where he becomes involved in unraveling the truth behind Romeo and Juliet. Did these star-crossed lovers actually exist? Why have they remained at the forefront of hearts and minds for centuries? And what can they teach us about love? When Glenn returns home to Canada and resumes his duties as an English teacher, he undertakes a lively reading of...

Pilgrim in the Palace of Words is about language, about the words that splash and chatter across our tongues. Some six thousand languages are still spoken on the planet, and author Glenn Dixon – an expert is socio-linguistics and a tireless adventurer – travels to the Earth's four corners to explore the way these languages create and mould societies. As one philosopher said, languages are Houses of Being. After doing graduate work in linguistics, Dixon wanted to visit these houses or "palaces" himself – to stroll along their sidewalks, knock on their doors, and peek in their windows. He wanted to see what they were hiding in their basements ... even if it meant a little bit of trouble. In some cases, a whole lot of trouble! Join him on his adventure as, with wit and humour, he works toward a real understanding of how and why we communicate the way we do in the Global Village.

Daisy Jones & the Six meets Nick Hornby in this comical, uplit debut about a young musician from nowhere who gets his break with one of the biggest band of the 1970s—only to realize that things are not what they seem.Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom on your way to the top. It's 1974. The music world is rocking with bellbottoms, platform shoes, shaggy hair, and lots and lots of drugs, even as the latest album from the almost famous American band Downtown Exit rises up the charts. For high school dropout Levi Jaxon, things could be better. After bouncing around foster homes for years, he's living in his best friend's basement. His dream is to someday be a rock star, just like Jim Morrison or Downtown Exit's Pete Gunnerson. He even sounds a little like Pete. Levi has a problem though—his band's just broken up. In an uncanny stroke of luck, Levi lands an audition for Downtown Exit, who are recording their second...