He was Canada's prime minister for two years -- the Right Honourable Paul Martin. In a new memoir, he writes about his life in and out of politics. It's called Hell or High Water.

He's one of our greatest living actors -- Christopher Plummer. At the age of seventy-nine, Plummer's career is still in full swing and now he's written a memoir. It's called In Spite of Myself.

Richard Florida contends that the so-called "creative class" is key to a city's success. Florida is head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. His new book is called Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life.

Ted Rogers is a legendary entrepreneur. In his new autobiography, he explains how he built Rogers Communications into one of the largest companies in Canadian history. It's called Relentless.

Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's leading activists on a wide range of environmental and cultural issues. Atwood delivered this year's Massey Lectures, which have been collected in a new book called Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth.

Salman Rushdie has been knighted by the Queen and for the second time, his novel Midnight's Children has won the Best of Booker Award. His latest novel is called The Enchantress of Florence.

A scientist and public health expert, Devra Davis is head of the Centre for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh. In a provocative new book she argues that we have been too focused on treating cancer, while ignoring its environmental causes. It is called The Secret History of the War on Cancer.

With turmoil in Tibet as China prepares to host the Olympic games, the world's focus is on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Journalist Pico Iyer has known him personally for more than thirty years and now he's written a book about him called The Open Road: the Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.

She's been called Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare. Journalist, feminist, Muslim activist -- Irshad Manji is world renowned as an outspoken advocate for Islamic reform. Manji is the author of The Trouble with Islam Today and now she's come out with a new DVD, Faith Without Fear.