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  • Gold Rush Queen

    The Extraordinary Life of Nellie Cashman

    by Thora Illing ...
    A biography of the extraordinary Nellie Cashman, a well-loved miner, entrepreneur and philanthropist who lived and worked in the roughest boomtowns of the West in the late-nineteenth century.At a time when well-bred women wore tight corsets and entertained each other at tea, Nellie Cashman (1845–1925) was trekking for hundreds of miles through blizzard conditions to deliver food and supplies to ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

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  • Dancing in Small Spaces

    One Couple’s Journey with Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia

    An unstintingly honest and surprisingly humorous memoir that charts a couple’s parallel diagnoses of Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia.In 2011, Leslie Davidson and her husband Lincoln Ford were enjoying retired life to the fullest as ardent outdoor enthusiasts, energetic travellers, and soon-to-be grandparents. But when Lincoln’s confusion became a concern and Leslie began to experience a ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Peking Express

    The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China

    The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express–style adventure, set in China’s republican era.In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • How Canada Works

    The People Who Make Our Nation Thrive

    From #1 bestselling authors Peter Mansbridge and Mark Bulgutch comes a new book of first-person stories about the unique people and professions that make Canada work.In this latest collection of personal stories, Peter Mansbridge and former CBC producer Mark Bulgutch shine a light on the everyday jobs that keep our nation running and the inspiring people who perform them with empathy and kindness ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Women We Buried, Women We Burned

    A Memoir

    Winner of the Independent Publisher Book AwardKirkus Best Nonfiction of the Year“Snyder shows us how to summon the courage to imagine in a cruel and dangerous world. A beautiful book.” -Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestselling author of Rogues and Empire of Pain“A gorgeous memoir that parses the patriarchy with an endearing frankness as fierce as it is, astonishingl... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Future of Us

    The Science of What We'll Eat, Where We'll Live, and Who We'll Be

    by Jay Ingram ...
    A fascinating look at the cutting-edge science and technologies that are on the cusp of changing everything from where we’ll live, how we’ll look, and who we’ll be, by the popular science broadcaster and bestselling author Jay Ingram.Where will we live? How will we get around? What will we look like? These are just some of the questions bestselling author and popular science broadcaster Jay Ingram ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Prisoner #1056

    How I Survived War and Found Peace

    by Roy Ratnavel ...
    **#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERBRONZE MEDALIST IN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY FOR THE AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDSAn incredible immigrant story from a prominent Canadian Tamil who fled torture and imprisonment, arrived in Canada with $50 in his pocket, then rose from the mailroom to the executive suite of the country’s largest independent asset management company.**Roy Ratnavel’s astonishing journey began at age ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Dancing in the Mosque

    An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son

    A People Book of the Week & a Kirkus Best Nonfiction of the YearAn exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mother’s unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent suicide explosions. With the city and the ... Read more

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  • Truth Telling

    Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

    by Michelle Good ...
    #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER High Plains Book AwardFINALIST for the Writers’ Trust Balsillie Prize for Public PolicyFINALIST for the Indigenous Voices AwardLonglisted for the First Nation Communities READAbold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada.With authority and insight... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Gaslighting Recovery for Women

    A complete gaslighting recovery guide for women to regain control and reclaim their livesGaslighting is one of the most destructive forms of emotional abuse that women can experience, causing them to distrust their own realities and perceptions and even believe they have a mental illness. In Gaslighting Recovery for Women, trauma-informed therapist Amelia Kelley, PhD, offers evidence-based therapy ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • One Fine Day

    Britain's Empire on the Brink

    This critical historical exploration shows a portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach—and the moment it began to topple.September 29, 1923. Once the Palestine Mandate officially takes effect, the British Empire—now covering a quarter of the world’s land and boasting a population of 460 million—is the largest the world has ever seen. But it is also an empire in rapid ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Sisters in Resistance

    How a German Spy, a Banker's Wife, and Mussolini's Daughter Outwitted the Nazis

    In a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, discover how three women delivered critical evidence of Axis war crimes to Allied forces during World War II: “A tantalizingly novelistic history lesson" (Kirkus).In 1944, news of secret diaries kept by Italy's Foreign Minister, Galeazzo Ciano, had permeated public consciousness. What wasn't reported, however, was how three women—a Fascist's daughter, a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD