Will eating insects change the world for the better??Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us ? mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded hi
A fascinating investigation of a beloved comic stripThe internet is home to impassioned debates on just about everything, but there’s one thing that’s universally beloved: Bill Watterson&r
Poems that challenge the depths of perceptionDazzle camouflage, at the beginning of the 20th century, was an attempt to answer the question, How do we hide those things that are too big to hide? Ships
Backstage with one of Canada’s greatest stage managersWhenever You’re Ready is an intimate account of the career of Nora Polley, who — in her 52 years at the Stratford Festival
A white rock ’n’ roll guitarist on stage with the Godfather of SoulIn this unvarnished account of toiling under one of popular music’s most notorious bosses, Damon Wood details his s
“Bennett’s artistry lies in his ability to create poems that shatter complacency with bricks of loaded language.” — Quill & Quire on Civil and Civic&ldq
This practical handbook will equip readers with the tools to have meaningful conversations about death and dyingDeath is a part of life. We used to understand this, and in the past, loved ones general
The right reasons to fall in love with The BachelorWhen it debuted in 2002, The Bachelor raised the stakes of first-wave reality television, offering the ultimate prize: true love. Since the
The death of Bon Scott is the Da Vinci Code of rockIn death, AC/DC’s trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon, and the legend of the man known around the world simply as “Bon” grows with each pass
In the vein of Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie novels comes this year’s smart new thriller with literary chopsWhen wealthy octogenarian Geza Marton hires art expert Helena Marsh to buy back his family’
38 pieces that will be remembered for seasons to come For 25 years, sports journalists south of the border have been collected in best-of anthologies. With Best Canadian Sports Writing, editors Stacey
The story of the enigmatic woman who captured the hearts of two extraordinary artists — now in trade paperAt 22, Marianne Ihlen travelled to the Greek island of Hydra with writer Axel Jensen. While Ax
An official guide to the crazy science of Orphan BlackDelve deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of the Peabody-winning, cult favourite show. With exclusive insights from the show
Rollins’s Get in the Van meets Bidini’s On a Cold Road in an original fever dreamWhile touring Europe, Eamon McGrath wrestled with one of the biggest questions on the mind of any touring artist: shoul
The City of Toronto, together with prominent landscape photographer Robert Burley, has embarked on an innovative legacy project to raise public awareness about the often hidden and remote wilderness s
The first comprehensive book on WWE’s hottest brandNXT: The Future Is Now follows the rise of WWE’s popular NXT brand from its conception to the brink of taking over WWE with its own rabid following.
Cult comic book creator Debbie Reynolds Biondi has been riding the success of her Cold War era?inspired superhero series, Sputnik Chick: Girl With No Past, for more than 25 years. But with the comic b
With six decades in film, TV, and theater, Ted Kotcheff looks back on his lifeBorn to immigrant parents and raised in the slums of Toronto during the Depression, Ted Kotcheff learned storytelling on t
Kenneth Sherman’s work has always displayed a vibrant lyricism, so it’s no surprise that his powerful new collection, Jogging with the Great Ray Charles, contains a number of poems with musical motifs
Set in the small farming community of Blomidon on Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy, The Blomidon Logs starts with the stories of Glooscap and a leaky old cabin. Complete with the wild imagination of youth a
Done Hunting is the third and final volume of Martin Hunter’s memoirs. It focuses on his life, adventures, and observations as he moves from his sixth to ninth decades. With descriptions of theatrical
?Vivid and fresh and finely crafted, this is a book that will strike a chord with anyone who has loved, lived, or wondered how we manage, in the face of our fragility, to carry on.” ? Nino RicciThis i
?This is an extremely good crime novel, brimming with historical verisimilitude . . . with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery.” ? Booklist on Black RockOn the eve of host
When Pat Patterson was 17 years old, his parents threw him out of the house after he told them he was in love . . . with a man. Cast off to the United States from Montreal in the 1960s, barely knowing
The leaders of Tae Kwon Do, an Olympic sport and one of the world’s most popular martial arts, are fond of saying that their art is ancient and filled with old dynasties and superhuman feats. In fact,
"This humorous encyclopedia of ôfound goddessesö introduces new and wildly inventive goddesses to help frustrated individuals cope with life in the 21st century. Goddesses from A (Acme and Agenda) to
Rats, 16th century poets, and India on 3 bucks a day Golden Goa recounts Grant Buday’s travels in India by paralleling them with those of sixteenth-century Portuguese soldier and poet Luis de Camoens.
From feared NHL sniper to ship captain and bellhop — with hockey’s greatest ’stache Only 20 men in NHL history have scored 60 or more goals in a single season; Gretzky, Lemieux, and Hull all hit the m
The eagerly anticipated fourth medical thriller in the award-winning seriesEpidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo hopes an extended cruise on the Indian Ocean with his girlfriend and his son will salve t
?Told with such humour and suspense that it’s hard to put down...A rare achievement, an unstintingly honest, hilarious, and dreadful delight.” ? Globe and MailGreer Pentland is having a challenging ye
Over the past decade, the magic of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has spread across the globe, touching the imagination of hundreds of millions of people of all ages. From the 1997 U.K. publicatio
Their name is synonymous with royalty and their stores were landmarks in virtually every Canadian city, but as the Eaton empire rose and fell in the last century with the company's patriarchs, there w
After 40 weeks on the Gazette best-seller list, Lesley Chesterman's guide to dining out in Montreal is back on the culinary map, in a completely updated and revised edition. With 50 new restaurants, F
Whatever your poker level — beginning, intermediate, or expert — you can always improve!In The Kaizen of Poker, Sheree Bykofsky will help you take your game to the next level —
An entertaining and digestible volume that demystifies science, from the author of 16 bestselling popular science booksCrave answers? A Feast of Science demystifies the chemistry of everyday
The fourth and final book in the beloved Pippa Greene seriesIt’s senior year, and the college countdown is on. But instead of getting accepted to Tisch’s photography program, Pippa’s
A risqué autobiographical novel that fictionalizes the sexual adventures of the author’s younger daysIn 2012, acclaimed writer George Bowering published Pinboy, a fictional memoir of
Can a former semi-pro win against the best poker players in the world?In 2006, Johnny’s pie-in-the-sky dreams of becoming world champion were dashed when his kings ran into aces in the World Ser
The case for getting back on our feet — now in paperbackThe humble act of putting one foot in front of the other transcends age, geography, culture, and class and is one of the most economical a
A new edition of the first book in the acclaimed Pop Classics seriesThe Worst. Movie. Ever. is a masterpiece. Seriously. Enough time has passed since Showgirls flopped spectacularly that it’s ti
