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In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family who blame their woes on ghosts and demons when they should really be on anti-psychotic meds. Shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust of Canada Prize for Nonfiction Winner, Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize Longlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour ![]() ![]() It just so happens that I was recently in St John's and stopped to browse a local used bookshop, inside which I found a pristine copy of the book. ![]() Ever since I heard of this I've wanted to read it. ![]() This is easily the best biography I've ever read. ![]() Following the tragic and sudden death of the Princess in August 1997, the book has been fully revised to contain new material and photographs and is designed to stand as a tribute to her. 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According to family legend, Ferguson’s grandfather departed on foot from his native city of Minsk with one hundred rubles sewn into the lining of his jacket, traveled west to Hamburg through Warsaw and Berlin, and then booked passage on a ship called the Empress of China, which crossed the Atlantic in rough winter storms and sailed into New York Harbor on the first day of the twentieth century. ![]() ![]() ![]() All the President’s Men is a riveting detective story, capturing the exhilarating rush of the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. Their explosive reports won a Pulitzer Prize for The Washington Post, toppled the president, and have since inspired generations of reporters. ![]() Published just two months before President Nixon’s resignation, All the President’s Men revealed the full scope of the Watergate scandal and introduced for the first time the mysterious “Deep Throat.” Beginning with the story of a simple burglary at Democratic headquarters and then continuing through headline after headline, Bernstein and Woodward deliver the stunning revelations and pieces in the Watergate puzzle that brought about Nixon's shocking downfall. 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