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
$28.95 CAD – Sold Out
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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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Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
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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
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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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First and Second Kings: The True Story of Eccentric Millionaires Who Lived Like Paupers
$22.95 CAD
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The true story of eccentric millionaires who lived like paupers. A remarkable tale of a ranch wife's fifty year friendship with millionaire bachelor brothers who...
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Frontier Farewell
$34.95 CAD
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"Gracefully written, fully and meticulously researched." -- Sharon Butala, author of The Perfection of the Morning"Frontier Farewell offers new perspectives on everything from the transfer of Rupert's...
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Galloway
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On the land of his ancestors in Scotland, a young farmer struggles to find a balance between farming, the conservation of wild, and human culture...
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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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Merchant Kings
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Commerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern world.It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the...
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Muggins: The Life and Afterlife of a Canadian Canine War Hero
$22.95 CAD
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The unusual and moving tale of Muggins, a famed fundraising dog who became a mascot of the Canadian Red Cross during the First World War....
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On The Road: The Original Scroll
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The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published as Kerouac originally composed itIN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote his first...
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Tales from the Highwood Cemetery: Lives and Legacies of High River and Beyond
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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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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 Dawn of Everything
$29.95 CAD
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRenowned activist and public intellectual David Graeber and archaeologist David Wengrow deliver a trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental...
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The Last Viking
$24.95 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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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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This Wild Spirit: Women
$38.99 CAD
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In 1912, Mary Vaux, a botanist, glaciologist, painter, and photographer, wrote about her mountain adventures:“A day on the trail, or a scramble over the glacier,...
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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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