We stock a carefully curated book collection, and most of our books are available online. If you don't see what you were hoping to find, please ask!
10% from the sales of all books by or about Indigenous Canadians will be donated to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control
$29.50 CAD
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In 1953, a group of prisoners of war who had fought against the communist invasion of South Korea were released. They chose - apparently freely...
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
$25.99 CAD
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The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age.In...
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Every Valley: Every Valley The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah
$27.99 CAD
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NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • From the bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, the moving untold story of...
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Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
$25.95 CAD – Sold Out
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A magnificent work of original research that unravels history through textiles and cloth—how we make it, use it, and what it means to us.A New York Times...
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Femina A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
$41.00 CAD
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A groundbreaking reappraisal of medieval femininity, revealing why women have been written out of history and why it mattersThe Middle Ages are seen as a...
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In Our Youth
$29.95 CAD
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A fascinating, photo-rich exploration of early aviation in Canada, told through the backstories of pilots who flew, fought, and risked their lives in the First...
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Kootenai Brown: The Unknown Frontiersman
$18.95 CAD
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Brown’s remarkably adventurous life in Canada began in BC in 1862 during the Cariboo gold rush. He later became a BC policeman, Pony Express rider,...
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Rough & Messy Justice
$35.00 CAD
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Rough & Messy Justice vividly portrays Alberta's Crowsnest Pass of 1920, a rugged Rocky Mountain region shaped by its mining economy and diverse culture. An...
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Tales from the Highwood Cemetery: Lives and Legacies of High River and Beyond
$20.00 CAD
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When the former Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta and respected history professor was quizzed by students looking for a good source of interesting stories, Dr. Grant MacEwan...
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The Genius in the Design
$23.99 CAD
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The rivalry between the brilliant seventeenth-century Italian architects Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini is the stuff of legend. Enormously talented and ambitious artists, they met...
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The Histories
$36.00 CAD
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“Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus to have appeared in the past half-century.” —The Times Literary SupplementIn Tom Holland’s vibrant translation, one of the great...
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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 Scandal of the Century
$31.99 CAD
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‘A sweeping, scintillatingly original, exciting exploration of writer, spy, power player, lover Aphra Behn’ Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of...
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The Story of My Life
$28.00 CAD
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Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover of the Western world, but a...
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They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters
$22.95 CAD
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A CBC BOOKS MUST-READ NONFICTION BOOK FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTHNominated for the Toronto Book AwardSmartly dressed and smiling, Canada’s black train porters were a familiar...
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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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