In a new biography, Walter Isaacson argues that Albert Einstein's brilliance stemmed from his imagination and rebellious personality. His book is based on Einstein's newly released personal letters. It's called "Einstein: His Life and Universe".

In a new book, journalist and historian Gwynne Dyer has some surprising predictions about what will likely happen in the Middle East after the Americans leave. It's called "The Mess They Made: The Middle East After Iraq".

He's a self-made billionaire and one of Canada's greatest philanthropists - Seymour Schulich. Now, at the age of sixty-seven, he distills a lifetime of experience in his new book. It's called "Get Smarter: Life and Business Lessons".

He's been called the world's most famous atheist - Richard Dawkins. The evolutionary biologist has touched off a storm of controversy with his bestseller "The God Delusion". In it he argues that a belief in God is irrational and religion is divisive and dangerous.

Veteran political writer Richard Gwyn has written the first in a two-volume biography on Canada's first Prime Minister called "John A: The Man Who Made Us".

It's part of our national identity - how we define ourselves - we're Canadians, not Americans. Journalist Andrew Cohen argues we're not as different as many of us like to think in his new book "The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are".

Nixon is the subject of a new biography by Lord Black. The former media baron, now in the middle of his own legal battle, has just published a hefty tome about the embattled former president. It is called "The Invincible Quest: The Life of Richard Milhous Nixon".

"Freakonomics" -- the runaway bestseller comes up with some surprising conclusions about everything from the crime rate to dealing with real estate agents to raising successful kids. Its author, Steven Levitt, is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago.

He's Canada's latest literary sensation. Vincent Lam won this year's prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize for his collection of short stories about young medical students. It's called "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures".

We're all going to die -- that's inevitable. But according to Dr. Andrew Weil, there's a lot we can do to stay healthy as we age. In his new book, Dr. Weil shares his secrets for living better longer. It's called "Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being".