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10% from the sales of all books by or about Indigenous Canadians will be donated to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
Some of My Best Friends: and Other White Lies I've Been Told
$24.00 CAD
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A stunning, fearless, and darkly comic debut essay collection about race, justice, and the limits of good intentions.In this "expansive" (Electric Literature) and "stellar" (Kirkus...
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Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
$24.00 CAD
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Winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionWinner of the 2022 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography PrizeShortlisted for the 2023 Plutarch AwardA Wall Street Journal Top...
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Superfan
$24.95 CAD
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A TODAY Show Recommended Read, this beautifully intimate memoir-in-pieces uses one woman's life-long love affair with pop culture as a revelatory lens to explore family,...
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Ten Days That Shook the World
$35.50 CAD
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Ten Days That Shook the World is an undisputed classic of political reportage. A stunning first-hand account overflowing with urgency and immediacy, Reed’s masterpiece lives and...
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The Age of Creativity
$22.95 CAD
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A moving portrait of a father and daughter relationship and a case for late-stage creativity from Emily Urquhart, the bestselling author of Beyond the Pale:...
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The Backyard Bird Chronicles
$48.00 CAD
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling...
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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
$35.99 CAD
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WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEARFor most of human history, the seas and oceans...
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The Carbon Tax Question
$26.95 CAD
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A timely and insightful exploration of the implementation and impact of British Columbia’s carbon tax, delving into the political and economic considerations behind the tax,...
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The Dinosaur Artist
$28.99 CAD
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In this 2018 New York Times Notable Book,Paige Williams "does for fossils what Susan Orlean did for orchids" (Book Riot) in her account of one Florida man's...
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The Draw of the Sea
$20.00 CAD
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WINNER OF THE HOLYER AN GO AWARD 2023Wyl Menmuir’s The Draw of the Sea is a beautifully written and deeply moving portrait of the sea and the...
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
$37.00 CAD
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A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development—and demise—of civilizations across timeGlobal warming...
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The Girl in the Middle
$21.99 CAD
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A moving and vivid memoir of a young girl—long before her starring role in the Degrassi series—who was always switching between worlds, wanting only to be loved...
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The Hanging of Angelique
$19.99 CAD
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Writer, historian and poet Afua Cooper tells the astonishing story of Marie-Joseph Angélique, a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large...
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
$26.99 CAD – Sold Out
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A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal...
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The Last Viking
$26.95 CAD
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"An intensely researched, thoroughly enjoyable life of one of history's best explorers...A superb biography of a fiercely driven explorer who traveled across the last inaccessible...
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The Republic of Imagination
$27.99 CAD
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A New York Times bestsellerThe author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in books—a passionate and deeply...
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The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
$24.99 CAD
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"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. . . Bound’s account is a triumph. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing...
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The Story of Art Without Men
$60.00 CAD
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The story of art as it’s never been told before, from the Renaissance to the present day, with more than 300 works of art. How...
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The Thief's Journal
$23.95 CAD
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First published in France in 1949,The Thief’s Journal is Jean Genet’s iconic work of autobiographical fiction. This new edition brings his legendary genius to future generations...
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The Year of Magical Thinking
$24.95 CAD
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion that explores an...
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This Body I Wore
$27.00 CAD
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A captivating memoir of one woman’s long journey to late transition, as the trans community emerges alongside her.“[An] achingly beautiful memoir.” —Manuel Betancourt, The New York...
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True North Rising
$24.95 CAD
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERIn this captivating memoir, Whit Fraser weaves scenes from more than fifty years of reporting and living in the North with fascinating portraits of...
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Two Trees Make a Forest
$24.95 CAD
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WINNER of the 2020 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Non-Fiction PrizeOne of The Globe and Mail’s “100 favourite books of 2020”On CBC’s list of “the best Canadian nonfiction of 2020”An...
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Uncommon Measure
$27.95 CAD
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTNPR “BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR” SELECTIONNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A virtuosic debut from a gifted violinist searching for a new mode...
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Upstream: Selected Essays
$24.95 CAD
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One of O, The Oprah Magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver.“There's hardly a page in my...
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Wavewalker
$25.99 CAD
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An astonishing almost day-by-day account of [a] hazardous journey and its legacy’ TELEGRAPH‘This is a story of an epic childhood journey, so exciting and so...
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What My Bones Know
$27.00 CAD
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A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her...
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What We Owe the Future
$24.99 CAD
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In this instant New York Times bestseller, a renowned philosopher puts forth the case for longtermism The fate of the world – and the future – is in...
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When Trains Ruled the Rockies
$22.00 CAD
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When Trains Ruled the Rockies is a personal history of the Banff train station from 1948 through 1962. Drawn from Terry Gainer’s personal memories and experiences...
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Women & Power
$21.95 CAD – Sold Out
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New York Times BestsellerOne of the Guardian's "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" — "A modern feminist classic." From the internationally acclaimed classicist and New York Times best-selling...
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World of Wonders
$30.50 CAD
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“Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” —NPR Beloved author Aimee Nezhukumatathil's celebrated work of nonfiction, now including additional essays and illustrations. ...
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