100 years of love, celebration, heartbreak, and even paradesOn December 19, 2017, the Toronto Maple Leafs officially turn 100. In the spirit of the centenary celebrations, Toronto and the Maple Leafs
A startling, moving magic realist debutAlmost immediately upon Julie Bird’s return to the small port town where she was raised, everyday life is turned upside down. Julie’s Gulf War vet fa
She has one of the most thorough and comprehensive understandings of her subject of anyone alive.” Globe and MailWe are complacent. We bask in the idea that Canada holds 20% of the world’s fresh
Could we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself?The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in b
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
The Fin de Siecle Spirit uses the biography of an unjustly forgotten writer to recreate some of the intersecting and contrasting features of the Canadian and American literary milieux in the 1890s. Bo
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
In the days before the great earthquake and fire of 1906, officials and politicians deemed San Francisco’s Barbary Coast a moral cancer on their Paris of the Pacific, and back-alley vice and corruptio
“If you like your crime hard and fast, Kalteis is for you.” — The Globe and MailSet to the cranking beat and amphetamine buzz of Vancouver’s early punk scene, Zero Avenue follows Frankie Del Rey, a ta
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,
One of Canada's most popular and controversial authors, Farley Mowat has written novels, short stories, nonfiction, screenplays, and children's literature. John Orange's detailed biography of Mowat fo
?Merciless but honest about being monstrous, Wilson is worthy to stand next to Loren Estleman’s Peter Macklin and Donald Westlake’s Parker.” ? Publishers WeeklyA phone call brought Wilson and nine oth
A riveting story of talent and the price it exacts, set in a richly imagined Victorian EnglandCalled the most promising artist of his generation, handsome, modest and affectionate, Richard Dadd rubbed
Defiance, faith, and triumph in a heartrending novel about daughters and mothersOn a miserable November day in 1967, two women disappear from a working-class town on the Fraser River. The community is
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
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
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.
Crime and adventure on the high seasJared Kane is a West Coast commercial fisherman whose life has been plagued by bad luck and blackout drinking. When he inherits Arrow, an old 46-foot wooden sa
The true story of one of pro wrestling’s most charismatic, feared, and beloved iconsWho was Maurice the man, and who was Mad Dog the character? Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon was a gold medalist, a pro-wres
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
?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
?In addition to her clear medical explanations, Mitchell’s compassionate attitude will bring comfort to those readers and their loved ones facing a cancer diagnosis.” ? Publishers WeeklyAward-winning
?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
The highly anticipated follow-up to the wildly popular GlimpseQuick is George Murray’s second collection of aphorisms ? a form that straddles the lines between poetry, philosophy, humour, and prose. H
A rollicking memoir through the shifting zeitgeist of the last five decadesIn The Barefoot Bingo Caller, Antanas Sileika finds what’s funny and touching in the most unlikely places, from the bingo hal
Lawyer Foster Cobb prosecutes the mysterious Dr. Au, the West Coast’s primary drug trafficker. But Cobb ? under pressure of a failing practice and a disintegrating marriage ? has himself taken up a lo
A reformed smuggler finds himself embroiled in a mind-bending criminal conspiracy in this page-turning debutPastor Tommy Bosco runs a Winnipeg skid row mission that caters to ex-criminals and ex-addic
One of hockey’s most colorful characters, from its most colorful era, tells allGilles Gratton was not the prototypical professional hockey player. He refused to don his equipment and man his net if th
Vincent Appleton smiles at his daughters, raises a gun, and blows off his head. For the Appleton sisters, life had unravelled many times before. This time it explodes.Eight-year-old Hariet, known to a
The collapse of civilization has left the survivors scattered amongst a few settlements along the wilderness fringe of a land ravaged by war. Preyed upon by roving bands of sadistic ex-soldiers and ev
Glimpse is a book of 409 aphorisms, a form that straddles the line between poetry and philosophy, yet is likely more accessible to the general public than either. Each tiny, crafted piece is not simpl
A lushly imagined novel of passion and terrorism that asks When do we ever really know ourselves?When Rebecca Laurelson is forced to leave her post as a trauma surgeon in an east African field hospita
Join Rob Simpson on a dozen once-in-a-lifetime adventures in the world of international mediaThough he’s now known to hockey fans across North America for his NHL commentary and as co-host of th
It’s okay if you don’t believe in the afterlife. The people who live there don’t believe in you, either.What if you went to heaven and no one there believed in Earth? This is the question at the heart
The first Black American in the NHL tells his story ? now in trade paperVal James received his first pair of skates for his 13th birthday and by 16, he left his home in New York to play in Canada, whe
