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Series: The Showrunner Paperback Kim Moritsugu 9781459740976 $17.99 FICTION Jun 02, 2018

The hiring of a new assistant triggers a power struggle between an aging TV show creator and her former protégée. Rising-star showrunner Stacey McCreedy has one goal: to leave behind her nerd-girl origins and become a power player — like Ann Dalloni, her former mentor and current producing partner. Ann, meanwhile, is feeling her age and losing her mind. But she’ll be damned if she cedes control of their hit primetime TV show to Stacey. After Ann hires Jenna, a young actress hoping to restart her stalled career, as an assistant, the relationshi... + Read More
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Series: A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery Bleeding Darkness A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery Paperback Brenda Chapman 9781459740044 $14.99 FICTION May 19, 2018

Two murders, fourteen years apart, both shrouded in secrets.David McKenna lies dying in a Kingston hospital, his children gathered from across the country to say a final goodbye. But the family reunion opens old wounds. David’s only daughter, Lauren, never recovered from the unsolved murder of her high school best friend fourteen years earlier — or the suspicion that her brother, Tristan, was behind it.Before David breathes his last, Tristan’s pregnant wife disappears and the Major Crimes Unit is called in to help find her. With Kala Stonechild... + Read More
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Series: A Matter of Conscience Paperback James Bartleman 9781459741126 $24.99 FICTION May 12, 2018

A novel of love and betrayal dealing with the biggest issues facing Canada’s Indigenous peoples today. In the summer of 1972, a float plane carrying a team of child welfare officials lands on a river flowing through the Yellow Dog Indian reserve. Their mission is to seize the twin babies of an Indigenous couple as part of an illegal scheme cooked up by the federal government to adopt out tens of thousands of Native children to white families. The baby girl, Brenda, is adopted and raised by a white family in Orillia. Meanwhile, that same summer... + Read More
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Series: A Cullen and Cobb Mystery Last Song Sung A Cullen and Cobb Mystery Paperback David A. Poulsen 9781459739864 $17.99 FICTION May 05, 2018

A musical cold case has Cullen and Cobb back on the beat. On February 28, 1965, a young singer named Ellie Foster stepped into the alley behind The Depression, a Calgary folk club where she shared the bill with Joni Anderson, later to become famous as Joni Mitchell. During a cigarette break in the back alley, Ellie was forced into a car and the musicians with her were shot and killed. The investigation that followed turned up no sign of the kidnappers, and Ellie Foster was never seen again.Now, more than fifty years after the singer’s disappear... + Read More
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Series: B.C. Blues Crime Series Creep Paperback R.M. Greenaway 9781459739895 $17.99 FICTION Apr 21, 2018

Leith and Dion are on the hunt for a different kind of murderer … and he’s a real animal. It seems the October rains have brought death and disaster to North Vancouver. A missing hiker is found by his son and daughter, a foul smell leads to a mauled body in a crawl space, and a small boy is attacked by a man in wolf form. Once an up-and-coming Serious Crimes investigator, these days Constable Cal Dion is back on general duties, feeling out-of-the-loop and rebellious. On a routine canvassing task, he finds himself questioning an attractive witn... + Read More
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Series: Journey through Genocide Stories of Survivors and the Dead Paperback Raffy Boudjikanian 9781459740754 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Apr 21, 2018

Powerful accounts by genocide survivors, a journalist seeking to bear witness to their pain. Darfuri refugee camps in Chad, Kigali in Rwanda, and the ruins of ancient villages in Turkey — all visited by genocide, all still reeling in its wake. In Journey through Genocide, Raffy Boudjikanian travels to communities that have survived genocide to understand the legacy of this most terrible of crimes against humanity. In this era of ethnic and religious wars, mass displacements, and forced migrations, Boudjikanian looks back at three humanitarian c... + Read More
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Series: The Canadian Kingdom 150 Years of Constitutional Monarchy Paperback D. Michael Jackson 9781459741188 $25.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Apr 14, 2018

An integral part of Canada’s political culture, the constitutional monarchy has evolved over the 150 years since Confederation to become a uniquely Canadian institution. Canada inherited the constitutional monarchy from Britain even before Confederation in 1867. In the 150 years since then, the Crown has shaped, and been shaped by, Canada’s achievement of independence, its robust federalism, the unique identity of Quebec, and its relationship with Indigenous peoples. What has this “Canadian Crown” contributed to the Canada of the twenty-first ... + Read More
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Series: The 4 Year Olympian From First Stroke to Olympic Medallist Paperback Jeremiah Brown 9781459741317 $22.99 SPORTS & RECREATION Mar 24, 2018

Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown’s journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you’ve got. After nearly being incarcerated at age seventeen and becoming a father at nineteen, Jeremiah Brown manages to grow up into a responsible young adult. But while juggling the demands of a long-term relationship, fatherhood, mortgage payments, and a nine-to-five banking career, he feels something is missing. A new goal captures his imagination: What would ... + Read More
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Series: Whatever It Takes Life Lessons from Degrassi and Elsewhere in the World of Music and Television Paperback Stephen Stohn 9781459739987 $26.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 03, 2018

This book will change the way you think about success. Producer of television’s iconic Degrassi franchise Stephen Stohn tells stories from behind the scenes and of making it in the music and television world in this star-studded, rock ’n’ roll trip through a Canadian show business explosion. Stohn, who has been at the heart of the entertainment industry for over forty years, shares a lifetime of experience and unique insights into how dreams are turned into reality.“Whatever It Takes” — both a mantra and Degrassi’s theme song — has been heard ... + Read More
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Series: Wildwood Paperback Elinor Florence 9781459740204 $19.99 FICTION Feb 24, 2018

A single mother. An abandoned farmhouse. An epic battle with the northern wilderness. Broke and desperate, Molly Bannister accepts the ironclad condition laid down in her great-aunt’s will: to receive her inheritance, Molly must spend one year in an abandoned, off-the-grid farmhouse in the remote backwoods of northern Alberta. If she does, she will be able to sell the farm and fund her four-year-old daughter’s badly needed medical treatment. With grim determination, Molly teaches herself basic homesteading skills. But her greatest perils come f... + Read More
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Series: Your Health Cardiovascular Health Living Your Best with a Healthy Heart Paperback Dr. Martin Juneau M.Ps., MD, FRCP (C) 9781459738935 $22.99 HEALTH & FITNESS Feb 17, 2018

A complete guide to the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease.Being diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease seems unlikely to many, yet cardiovascular diseases are actually the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The good news is that by modifying our lifestyle habits, it’s possible to increase both our number of healthy years and our lifespan. While modern medicine has an impressive arsenal of drugs, imaging techniques, and intervention procedures and can usually save patients in the acute phase of a heart attack, heart speciali... + Read More
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Series: Business and Retirement Guide to Belize 2nd edition Paperback Bob Dhillon 9781459741591 $19.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Feb 10, 2018

An essential guide to living, working, and retiring in Belize. Totally updated, the second edition of the Business and Retirement Guide to Belize is an easy-to-read guide to investing, owning property, and retiring in Belize. Bob Dhillon, a successful real-estate developer in Belize, introduces the reader to the country, its beauty, its friendly people, and its economic attractions. A tropical paradise with beautiful beaches, accessible rain forest, and lost jungle cities, Belize also has a cost of living that makes it affordable for Canadians,... + Read More
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Series: Battle Royal Monarchists vs. Republicans and the Crown of Canada Paperback David Johnson 9781459740136 $26.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 20, 2018

What is the future of the monarchy in Canada?A strong republican movement in Canada stresses that the monarchy is archaic and anti-democratic, an embarrassing vestige of our colonial past. An equally vibrant monarchist movement, however, defends its loyalty to royalty, asserting that the Queen is a living link to a political and constitutional tradition dating back over a thousand years. But is the monarchy worth keeping?Battle Royal answers this question and many more: What does the Queen really do? What are the powers of the governor general?... + Read More
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Series: Single Girl Problems Why Being Single Isn't a Problem to Be Solved Paperback Andrea Bain 9781459739093 $16.99 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Jan 13, 2018

“If one more person tells me about their third cousin twice removed who met the love of their life online, I’m going to take out my weave and eat it.” Being single sucks! Well, that's what everyone says, anyway. Single women over the age of 29 are seen as lonely, miserable, undesirable, and cat-crazy. Family members, friends — heck, even perfect strangers ask, “When are you going to get married?” This book flips the script on what it means to be a single woman in the twenty-first century. With dating horror story anecdotes and advice about onli... + Read More
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Series: Real Quanta Simplifying Quantum Physics for Einstein and Bohr Paperback Martijn van Calmthout 9781459740495 $20.00 SCIENCE Jan 06, 2018

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr walk into the famous Hotel Métropole and sit down at the author’s table to discuss the state of quantum mechanics today. Particles that exist in two places at once, consequences that occur without a cause, objects that exist only if you look at them — quantum mechanics proves that all of this is possible, and not just in dark science labs. Look no further than your smartphone or tablet for technology made conceivable by quantum theory. From quantum computers to “teleporting” data, medicine to photosynthesis and t... + Read More
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Series: Born Again My Journey from Fundamentalism to Freedom Paperback Tom Harpur 9781459740235 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Dec 09, 2017

Tom Harpur’s compelling spiritual journey from fundamentalism to mass media. Tom Harpur, the late author and host of numerous radio and television programs, was at the forefront of the modern challenge to humankind’s spiritual identity. His radical and ground-breaking book The Pagan Christ touched the lives of thousands of seekers. In Born Again, he tells the story of his own search for spiritual understanding, and the result is a spiritual odyssey, the story of one man’s escape from the narrow grip of religious fundamentalism. Born into an Iri... + Read More
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Series: Co-Parenting from the Inside Out Voices of Moms and Dads Paperback Karen L. Kristjanson 9781459740570 $19.99 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Dec 02, 2017

Karen L. Kristjanson shares the stories of a variety of divorced and separated couples who co-parent. Effective co-parenting, or sharing significant parenting time with an ex-spouse, is one of the best gifts separated parents can give to their children. The interviews in Co-Parenting from the Inside Out are with real moms and dads in diverse circumstances, showing them making choices, sometimes struggling, and often growing. Their stories offer insights into wise decision-making, as well as practical strategies that strengthen families. Parents... + Read More
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Series: Throw Your Stuff Off the Plane Achieving Accountability in Business and Life Paperback Art Horn 9781459740525 $19.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 25, 2017

A guide to making the leap from imposed accountability to personal commitment for both individuals and organizations. Accountability — we all want the people around us to be responsible, reveal genuine commitment, keep their word, and stay away from blaming others. But organizational systems that aim to institutionalize accountability don’t quite go all the way. People are people. They have their own wants and needs, their own psychological tangles, and they often don’t particularly want to be held accountable, let alone confront others who hav... + Read More
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Series: A Crang Mystery Booking In A Crang Mystery Paperback Jack Batten 9781459736917 $16.99 FICTION Nov 18, 2017

Mystery-solving criminal lawyer Crang returns to investigate the disappearance of two rare books. Fletcher Marshall is a Toronto antiquarian book dealer, internationally respected in the business. One night, someone blows the safe in his office and makes off with the contents, which include an infamous forged first edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese that is in itself a collector’s item. Fletcher, who was still in the process of verifying the book, doesn’t even know whether it was the real thing or a clever forge... + Read More
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Series: Big League Babble On The Misadventures of a Rabble-Rousing Sportscaster and Why He Should Be Dead By Now Paperback John Gallagher 9781459739260 $23.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 18, 2017

Veteran radio and television personality John Gallagher’s salacious, voracious, and dangerously delicious memoirs of a life lived on the edge in the midst of some of the world’s biggest celebrities. Long-time sportscaster John Gallagher has had close to four decades of hosting some of the top-rated radio and TV shows in Canada and, while he was at it, doing enough drugs to wipe out a small village. Along the way there was plenty of drinking, cavorting, and gallivanting with some of the coolest, biggest, and baddest sports stars and Hollywood ce... + Read More
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Series: A Foreign Affairs Mystery The Moscow Code A Foreign Affairs Mystery Paperback Nick Wilkshire 9781459737143 $15.99 FICTION Nov 11, 2017

In Moscow, the truth can be a dangerous commodity. Ottawa bureaucrat–turned-diplomat Charlie Hillier is back. Having barely survived his first posting in Havana, Charlie is eager to put what he learned there to good use. And it isn’t long before he's thrust into a fresh case — a technical writer from Toronto in a Moscow jail on dubious drug charges. Charlie has barely put a dent in the brick wall that is the Russian legal system when the jailed man turns up dead, the official explanation: suicide. And just when evidence to the contrary is disco... + Read More
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Series: Point of View Beyond Incarceration Safety and True Criminal Justice Paperback Paula Mallea 9781459738522 $19.99 SOCIAL SCIENCE Nov 04, 2017

A call to replace Canada’s incarceration model, which has proven destructive, discriminatory, expensive, counterproductive, and — most of all — unnecessary. Imprisonment developed in the Western world as the punishment to suit all offences, from violent assault to victimless drug use. Centuries ago, incarcerating convicts represented progress on society’s part, since it came as a replacement for capital punishment, maiming, and torture. Our current model — taking away convicts’ freedom and holding them in degrading and unhealthy prison conditio... + Read More
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Series: The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame A Life of Louise Arner Boyd Paperback Joanna Kafarowski 9781459739703 $24.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 04, 2017

The first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd — the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century. Born in the late 1880s to a gritty mining magnate who made his millions in the California gold rush and a well-bred mother descended from one of New York’s distinguished families, society beauty Louise Arner Boyd was raised during a glittering era. After inheriting a staggering family fortune, she began leading a double life. She fell under the spell of the north in the l... + Read More
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Series: A Jack Taggart Mystery Subverting Justice A Jack Taggart Mystery Paperback Don Easton 9781459739802 $11.99 FICTION Nov 04, 2017

The eleventh Jack Taggart Mystery pits Taggart against the ruthless new leader of the Satans Wrath Motorcycle Gang. After the new leader of the Satans Wrath Motorcycle Club ordered the murder and torture of three people — one who was wrongly suspected of being an informant — a bloody message painted on the wall at the murder scene is personally addressed to Jack Taggart. Horrified by the discovery, Taggart’s shock turns to rage when the bikers’ next stop is to his home. When a new assistant commissioner orders Taggart to stay clear of the b... + Read More
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Series: The Toronto Maple Leafs The Complete Oral History Paperback Eric Zweig 9781459736191 $26.99 SPORTS & RECREATION Oct 28, 2017

A complete history of the Toronto Maple Leafs, as told by the players, coaches, and reporters. On December 19, 1917, the Toronto Arenas took to the ice for the first NHL game ever played. Over the next hundred years, the franchise changed names twice, home rinks twice, and won 13 Stanley Cups on its way to becoming one of the most successful and storied franchises in NHL history. The Toronto Maple Leafs: The Complete Oral History gives the most comprehensive record of the team from its formation to the present day. With first-hand accounts of s... + Read More
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Series: A Max O'Brien Mystery The Roma Plot A Max O'Brien Mystery Paperback Mario Bolduc 9781459736061 $17.99 FICTION Oct 28, 2017

Max O’Brien is in a race against time … and someone else’s past is catching up with him. Max O’Brien may be a professional con man, but that doesn’t mean you can’t count on him in a bind. So when he hears that his old friend Kevin Dandurand is a wanted man over a seemingly racially motivated killing spree, he heads to Bucharest to try to make sense of what looks like an impossible situation. The buried truths he uncovers reach back to the Second World War, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and an entanglement between a Roma man and a G... + Read More
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Series: Forcing Choice The Risky Reward of Referendums Paperback J. Patrick Boyer 9781459739123 $24.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 21, 2017

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017What happens when crucial public issues are decided the people themselves? Canadians answered “Yes” or “No” to prohibiting alcohol, conscripting soldiers, and revamping our constitution. Forcing such crucial choices at the ballot box is high-stakes democracy, both here and overseas — as witnessed with Britain’s transformative 2016 “Brexit” referendum. Forcing Choice dissects Canada’s extensive use of ballot questions at all levels of government, and weighs the benefits of citizens making fundamental decisions f... + Read More
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Series: Canadian Failures Stories of Building Toward Success Paperback Alex Benay 9781459740433 $20.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 21, 2017

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017Successful Canadians write about failure, and how it got them where they are today. What does it mean to fail? To some of the most successful Canadians, it was a rite of passage, a stepping stone to greater things, or even a brilliant source of inspiration. Olympic golds, successful businesses, pioneering medical advances — all came about after a series of missteps and countless attempts. Canadian Failures gathers ten experts from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors and academia, all of whom have g... + Read More
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Series: Ten Decisions Canada’s Best, Worst, and Most Far-Reaching Decisions of the Second World War Paperback Larry D. Rose 9781459738287 $28.99 HISTORY Oct 21, 2017

In the chaos of the Second World War, Canada faced cruel choices, both on the battlefield and in the world of politics. Of all these life-and-death choices, ten stand above the others in their importance, their agonizing stakes, and the impact they have on the country to this day.
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Series: A Meg Harris Mystery Purple Palette for Murder A Meg Harris Mystery Paperback R.J. Harlick 9781459738652 $17.99 FICTION Oct 14, 2017

With her husband under arrest for murder and Meg desperate to prove his innocence, she flies to Yellowknife, where a tangled web of family secrets and greed awaits her. Meg Harris is forced to leave the sanctuary of Three Deer Point and fly to Yellowknife, where her stepdaughter lies near death and her husband is in jail for killing a man. Expecting to find Eric shouting his innocence, she instead finds him cowed and willing to do hard time. But Meg doesn’t believe he’s guilty. Convinced that there’s more to the murder victim — and the attack o... + Read More
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Series: The Fiddler Is a Good Woman Paperback Geoff Berner 9781459737082 $18.99 FICTION Oct 14, 2017

A biography that doesn’t quite exist, about a violinist who can’t be found, as told by people who don’t agree on much. Novelist Geoff Berner has been tasked with writing a biography of DD, a mysterious, charismatic, chimerical musician who has, it seems, dropped off the face of the earth. In the course of his search for DD, Berner interviews her friends, ex-bandmates, ex-lovers, and others. They paint such variable portraits of her that each successive attempt to describe her casts doubt on the previous testimony. As his project is taken over b... + Read More
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Series: Embattled Nation Canada's Wartime Election of 1917 Paperback Patrice Dutil 9781459737266 $29.99 HISTORY Oct 07, 2017

Embattled Nation explores Canada’s tumultuous wartime election of 1917 and the people and issues that made it a pivotal moment in Canadian history.Embattled Nation explores the drama of Canada’s tumultuous election of 1917. In the context of the bloody battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele, and of the Halifax explosion, Sir Robert Borden’s Conservative government introduced conscription and called for a wartime election. Most Liberals, led by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, opposed compulsory military service, while in Quebec a new movement emerge... + Read More
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Series: A Jenny Willson Mystery Full Curl A Jenny Willson Mystery Paperback Dave Butler 9781459739031 $14.99 FICTION Sep 30, 2017

Winner of the 2018 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel! When her park is threatened, warden Jenny Willson takes it very personally. Jenny Willson is a hard-edged, caustic-witted warden from Banff National Park who considers poachers and ladder-climbing bureaucrats equally repulsive and worthy of the same painful fate. Does keeping her promise to protect her park from them mean crossing lines and putting her career at risk?When Willson discovers animals disappearing from Canada’s mountain parks, she begins a complex investigation that... + Read More
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Series: 149 Paintings You Really Need to See in North America (So You Can Ignore the Others) Paperback Julian Porter 9781459739352 $45.00 ART Sep 30, 2017

Tour North America’s greatest museums and galleries in the company of two incomparable guides.This lively companion highlights the essential paintings, by some of the world’s greatest painters, from Giotto to Picasso, on display in North American museums and galleries. Julian Porter has had a life-long passion for art. He worked for seven years as a student tour guide in Europe and since has conducted countless gallery tours in Europe and North America. His co-author, Stephen Grant, brings a wealth of expertise in twentieth-century artists, and... + Read More
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Series: A Colourful History Toronto Paperback Daniel Rotsztain 9781459738966 $16.99 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Sep 30, 2017

Journey through Toronto’s historic sites, museums, and landscapes, bringing the city’s colourful history to life.No city’s history is black and white, right? Within these pages, Daniel Rotsztain’s ode to Toronto’s historic sites awaits your dashes of colour and inspiration. Rotsztain, aka the Urban Geographer, renders the historic sites, museums, and landscapes of each historical community — every former village, farm hamlet, and town — that joined together to form today’s megacity.Explore the history of Toronto through its heritage architectur... + Read More
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Series: The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern A Complete History Paperback David McPherson 9781459734944 $21.99 MUSIC Sep 23, 2017

A complete history of Toronto’s legendary Horseshoe Tavern, “the Birthplace of Canadian Rock,” to coincide with its seventieth anniversary.Like the Queen Street strip that has been its home for seven decades, the Horseshoe Tavern continues to evolve. It remains as relevant today as it did when Jack Starr founded the country music club on the site of a former blacksmith shop. From country and rockabilly to rock ‘n’ roll, punk, alt/country, and back to roots music, the venerable live music venue has evolved with the times and trends — always keep... + Read More
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Series: An Amanda Doucette Mystery The Trickster's Lullaby An Amanda Doucette Mystery Paperback Barbara Fradkin 9781459735408 $17.99 FICTION Sep 02, 2017

A winter camping trip turns deadly as two missing teenagers, a twisted love triangle, and the spectre of radicalism create turmoil in the remote Laurentian wilderness. Amanda Doucette’s cross-Canada charity tour is in for a cold snap when she organizes a winter camping trip for inner-city young people in the stunning setting of the Laurentian Mountains. With a view to bridging cultural divides, she brings along a mixture of Canadian-born and immigrant youth. Trouble begins when two of the teenagers disappear into the wilderness during the night... + Read More
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Series: The Way It Is The Life of Greg Curnoe Hardcover James King 9781459736887 $45.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 02, 2017

The long-awaited biography of one of Canada’s most intriguing and beguiling artists.Do artists really thrive in big cities, or do they just learn to imitate New York? Is it a contradiction for an artist to be fiercely local and profoundly identified with international art movements? If the brilliant colourist and regionalist pioneer Greg Curnoe stood for any one thing, it was making trouble. An intriguing rebel throughout his life, he challenged ideas about what art should be, and pushed it in radical new directions — including away from Toront... + Read More
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Series: Piau Journey to the Promised Land Paperback Bruce Murray 9781459738454 $25.99 FICTION Aug 26, 2017

A glimpse into the life of Acadian folk hero Pierre Belliveau, known as Piau, who led his people into exile during the 1755 expulsion of the Acadians.Acadian leader Pierre Belliveau, known as Piau, led hundreds of Acadians into the wilderness to escape the Acadian Expulsion. He vowed to lead them to the Promised Land, where they could live without fear of deportation. Over the years he became a prisoner of war, was deported to Boston, and built a castle before finally leading his people to Memramcook, New Brunswick, the Promised Land. This hist... + Read More
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Series: Point of View Dynamic Forest Man Versus Nature in the Boreal Forest Paperback Malcolm F. Squires 9781459739321 $19.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 26, 2017

Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management. The boreal forest is constantly changing, often dramatically. We like to picture it as a stable, balanced system. Really, it is anything but stable. The boreal forest is dynamic. For over sixty years, forester Malcolm F. Squires has seen mature forests within protected areas devastated by insects, moose, wind, and wildfire. While the forests often return from this destruction, they are never quite the sa... + Read More
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Series: The Great Gould Hardcover Peter Goddard 9781459733091 $26.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 19, 2017

A startling new portrait of Gould, including never-before-seen material. Glenn Gould’s astonishing recordings deliver that unmistakable jolt of genius to each generation newly discovering the great Canadian pianist. With the support of the Glenn Gould Estate, Peter Goddard draws on his own interviews with Gould and on new, and in some cases overlooked, sources to present a freshly revealing portrait of Gould’s unsettled life, his radical decision to quit concertizing, his career as a radio innovator, and his deep response to the Canadian enviro... + Read More
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Series: In My Own Key My Life in Love and Music 2nd edition Paperback Liona Boyd 9781459739956 $24.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 19, 2017

Exotic venues, sold-out concerts, and the companionship of the world’s most powerful people have given Liona Boyd a lifestyle that, like her music, is one in a million. Exotic venues, sold-out concerts, and the companionship of the world’s most powerful people have given Liona Boyd a lifestyle that, like her music, is one in a million. The internationally acclaimed classical guitarist has crossed numerous boundaries, both musically and romantically. In this colourful memoir covering her life up to 1998, she serves up a rich and fascinating mix... + Read More
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Series: No Remedy for Love Hardcover Liona Boyd 9781459739925 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 19, 2017

A new memoir from internationally renowned musician Liona Boyd. Few people’s lives are as romantic and adventurous as Liona Boyd’s has been. She has performed around the world, sold millions of albums, won five Juno awards, serenaded numerous heads of state, and, for eight years, dated Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Continuing her story in a new memoir, Liona recounts how she lost her ability to perform, details her divorce, and chronicles the emotional roller-coaster ride that followed. After six years of searching for answers, reinventing her... + Read More
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Series: Literary Titans Revisited The Earle Toppings Interviews with CanLit Poets and Writers of the Sixties Paperback Dr. Anne Urbancic 9781459738713 $26.99 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Aug 19, 2017

Unearthed recordings reveal the early days of the literary powerhouses who gave birth to CanLit in the 1960s.From 1969 to 1970, radio interviewer Earle Toppings recorded sixteen Canadian writers and poets who went on to become pillars of Canadian literature. These emerging icons of Canadian literature, including Margaret Laurence, Sinclair Ross, and Al Purdy, captured in Toppings’s interviews and readings, give intimate and compelling views of their developing prose and poetry, in their own words.The Earle Toppings tapes provide a distinctive a... + Read More
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Series: Charlie Red Star True Reports of One of North America's Biggest UFO Sightings Paperback Grant Cameron 9781459737808 $19.99 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Aug 12, 2017

A wave of UFO sightings struck southern Manitoba in 1975, with possible connections to U.S. missile defense operations. In 1975, Manitobans reported UFOs over their province almost nightly. The string of unprecedented sightings launched the biggest UFO craze in Canadian history. With sightings for well over a year, one object seen again and again became known as Charlie Red Star. Grant Cameron was there. He witnessed Charlie Red Star many times, and led tours for others to see for themselves. He also caught wind of rumours of nuclear testing so... + Read More
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Series: Haunted Hospitals Eerie Tales About Hospitals, Sanatoriums, and Other Institutions Paperback Mark Leslie 9781459737860 $24.99 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Aug 05, 2017

A look inside the hospitals, asylums, and sanatoriums in which formal spectral residents refuse to move on. Hospitals are supposed to be places of healing, places of birth, and places of hope. But with all of the varying highs and lows that are experienced in these buildings, is it any wonder when echoes linger indefinitely? How about asylums, which house some of society’s worst offenders and troubled inmates, or sanatoriums, places where the mentally and physically ill find themselves trapped, even after death? Journey inside the history of t... + Read More
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Series: Drop Dead A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada Paperback Lorna Poplak 9781459738225 $24.99 TRUE CRIME Jul 29, 2017

Shining a light on the dark history of hangings in Canada.Take a journey through notable cases in Canada’s criminal justice history, featuring well-known and some less-well-known figures from the past. You'll meet Arthur Ellis, Canada’s most famous hangman, whose work outfit was a frock coat and striped trousers, often with a flower pinned to his lapel. And you will also encounter other memorable characters, including the man who was hanged twice and the gun-toting bootlegger who was the only woman every executed in Alberta.Drop Dead: A Horribl... + Read More
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Series: The Orillia Spirit An Illustrated History of Orillia 2nd edition Paperback Randy Richmond 9781459739604 $30.00 HISTORY Jul 08, 2017

2017 Orillia Museum of Art & History Award, Historical Publications and/or Research — WinnerThe history of Orillia, told through the stories of its people, bringing to life the community’s heritage and significance. The Orillia Spirit: Muddling through Canada’s first, and hilarious, experiment with daylight savings time, Mayor “Daylight Bill” Frost had it. Creating his own money and dreaming a drainage ditch would become a tourist attraction, Mayor Ben Johnson had it. Taking his town’s electric company by force, Mayor J.B. Tudhope had it. In... + Read More
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Series: Voyageur Classics Flying a Red Kite Paperback Hugh Hood 9781459738553 $26.99 FICTION Jul 01, 2017

A beautiful new edition of Hugh Hood’s debut story collection. It all started toward the end of the 1930s, when the young Hugh Hood serviced a flourishing Saturday Evening Post delivery route with more than fifty weekly customers. That was where the author-to-be first encountered the short story, in the fiction of the famous magazine writers Damon Runyon, Guy Gilpatric, Arthur Train, and the master of them all, P.G. Wodehouse. Hood would go on to write several novels and short story collections. Perhaps more importantly, he would be a founding ... + Read More
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Series: Charles Pachter Canada's Artist Hardcover Leonard Wise 9781459738744 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 24, 2017

An Officer of the Order of Canada, Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, and recipient of the Order of Ontario, painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, and author, Charles Pachter is one of Canada’s best-loved and most celebrated artists. Pachter is an artist with an astonishing range. His work is witty, thoughtful, moving, and personal. Many works, like Queen on Moose, The Painted Flag, and Hockey Knights in Canada, have achieved a remarkable level of recognition, becoming famous across the country — indeed, around the world. His ... + Read More
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Series: Miss Confederation The Diary of Mercy Anne Coles Paperback Anne McDonald 9781459739673 $22.99 HISTORY Jun 24, 2017

History without the stiffness and polish time creates. Canada’s journey to Confederation kicked off with a bang — or rather, a circus, a civil war (the American one), a small fortune’s worth of champagne, and a lot of making love — in the old-fashioned sense. Miss Confederation offers a rare look back, through a woman’s eyes, at the men and events at the centre of this pivotal time in Canada’s history. Mercy Anne Coles, the daughter of PEI delegate George Coles, kept a diary of the social happenings and political manoeuvrings as they affected ... + Read More
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Series: The Great Canadian Bucket List The Great Canadian Bucket List One-of-a-Kind Travel Experiences 2nd edition Paperback Robin Esrock 9781459739383 $24.99 TRAVEL Jun 17, 2017

A National Bestseller!Fully revised with new chapters and fascinating destinations to explore, renowned travel writer Robin Esrock guides you to Canada’s most incredible experiences. Having visited more than 100 countries on 7 continents, Robin Esrock has built a career chasing the extraordinary. His bestselling Bucket List books feature experiences that are entirely unique, instantly memorable, wholly inspirational, and available to all. Celebrating his adopted home of Canada, Robin journeys to every province and territory to reveal the remark... + Read More
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Series: Fire and Desolation The Revolutionary War's 1778 Campaign as Waged from Quebec and Niagara Against the American Frontiers Paperback Gavin K. Watt 9781459738584 $28.99 HISTORY Jun 10, 2017

Following a disastrous campaign in 1777, the alliance between the Six Nations and the British Crown became seriously strained. Relations were made even more difficult by the hands-off stance of Quebec’s governor, General Guy Carleton, which led to the Native leaders developing their own strategies and employing traditional tactics, leading to a ferocious series of attacks on the frontiers of Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania, supported by Loyalist and Regular troops. Among these were two infamous actions, referred to as “massacres” by Americ... + Read More
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Series: Le Canada chez soi L’Histoire en guise de décor Hardcover Peter E. Baker 9781459740341 $65.00 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Jun 03, 2017

Une visite guidée montrant comment l’Histoire peut transformer une maison ordinaire en un chez-soi unique, ainsi qu’un rappel de la force de caractère et de l’ingéniosité qui ont façonné notre pays. Inspiré par le 150e anniversaire de la Confédération canadienne, célébré la même année que le 375e anniversaire de la fondation de Montréal, l’auteur et antiquaire québécois Peter E. Baker donne vie à l’histoire canadienne pour démontrer comment antiquités et art populaire peuvent conférer une identité unique à un intérieur moderne. L’auteur a puis... + Read More
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Series: Now You Know Now You Know Canada 150 Years of Fascinating Facts Paperback Doug Lennox 9781459739420 $16.99 REFERENCE Jun 03, 2017

A National Bestseller!A new collection of the best Canadian trivia in honour of Canada’s 150th birthday.Just in time for Canada’s 150th birthday comes this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history, famous Canadians, sports, word origins, geography, and everything in between. In these pages, you’ll learn the answers to questions like: Where did the word Canuck come from? How did an aristocratic French girl become a Canadian Robinson Crusoe? What famous explorer played hockey in the Arctic? Who was the first bla... + Read More
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Series: Celebrating Canada Decorating with History in a Contemporary Home Hardcover Peter E. Baker 9781459740327 $65.00 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Jun 03, 2017

A visual journey showcasing how history can make a house a home, a reminder of the strength of character and ingenuity entrenched in Canada’s history. Inspired by the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation — the same year recognizing 375 years of settlement in Montreal — Quebec antiques professional Peter E. Baker brings life to Canadian history and demonstrates how antiques and folk art can successfully be incorporated into a contemporary lifestyle, providing a home with a unique identity. Drawing from a single collection, the author sele... + Read More
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Series: The Man Who Carried Cash Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash, and the Making of an American Icon Paperback Julie Chadwick 9781459737235 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 27, 2017

The unlikely, rocky relationship between an American country superstar and his straightlaced Canadian manager.Before there was Johnny and June, there was Johnny and Saul. The Man Who Carried Cash chronicles a relationship that was both volatile and affectionate between Johnny Cash and his manager, Saul Holiff. From roadside taverns to the roaring crowds at Madison Square Garden, from wrecked cars and jail cells all the way to the White House, the story of Johnny and Saul is a portrait of two men from different worlds who were more alike than ei... + Read More
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Series: How Different It Was Canadians at the Time of Confederation Paperback Michael J. Goodspeed 9781459736948 $24.99 HISTORY May 27, 2017

An enthralling exploration of the lifestyles, ideas, habits, organizations, customs, fears, and aspirations of Canadians in the age of Confederation.Too often we think of Victorian Canada as dull. We imagine our ancestors as sepia-tinged, dour, excruciatingly respectable figures sitting stiffly in over-decorated parlours. In How Different It Was, Michael J. Goodspeed changes all that, bringing to life the tumult and enthusiasm of ordinary and unconventional Canadians — from across the country and every walk of life — in an extraordinary time.Th... + Read More
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Series: With Faith and Goodwill 150 Years of Canada-U.S. Friendship Hardcover Arthur Milnes 9781459738683 $75.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE May 20, 2017

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2017For 150 years Canada and the United States have shared something truly unique.The countries may have the world’s longest unmilitarized border and the most prosperous free-trade arrangement in history, but what most distinguishes the Canada-U.S. relationship is neither geographic nor commercial — it’s personal. Our special relationship is the product of shared values, countless cross-border connections, and generations of combined experience. Our two countries have grown into more than just friends. We are famil... + Read More
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Series: The Slip Paperback Mark Sampson 9781459735750 $15.99 FICTION May 20, 2017

In this wickedly funny novel, one bad afternoon and two regrettable comments make the inimitable Philip Sharpe go viral for all the worst reasons. Dr. Philip Sharpe, absent-minded professor extraordinaire, teaches philosophy at the University of Toronto and is one of Canada’s most combative public intellectuals. But when a live TV debate with his fiercest rival goes horribly off the rails, an oblivious Philip says some things to her that he really shouldn’t have. As a clip of Philip’s “slip” goes viral, it soon reveals all the cracks and fissur... + Read More