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  • From Layton to Singh

    Matt Fodor

    An incisive analysis of the federal NDP since 2000, examining the ongoing, unresolved tension between the party’s idealistic grassroots base and centrist bureaucracy at its core.

    $24.95, Paperback

  • J.L. Ilsley: A Political Biography

    Barry Cahill

    This biography of J. L. Ilsley offers a new vantage point on Mackenzie King’s Liberal government during the Second World War and a portrait of a fiscal conservative who opened the floodgates of spending while clamping down on profiteering and the rich.

    $27.95, Paperback

  • Stompin' Tom Connors

    Charlie Rhindress

    An in-depth look at the man who created the myth of Stompin’ Tom, updated with new information.

    $24.95, Paperback

  • Proud to Play

    Erin Silver
    Profiles of Canadian LGBTQ+ athletes who made the playing field more inclusive — including 2020 Olympic Summer Games athletes
    $24.95, Paperback
    Interest ages: 10-18
    Reading level: Grade 5

  • John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Year Canada Was Cool

    Greg Marquis

    While the Beatles were breaking up, John Lennon and Yoko Ono headed to Canada to stage a bed-in for peace, play a peace concert, and meet prime minister Trudeau.

    $24.95, Paperback

  • Jordin Tootoo

    Melanie Florence

    This is the story of Jordin Tootoo, who triumphed over discrimination, racism, and grief after the suicide of his NHL-bound brother, and went on to become the first Inuk to play in the NHL.

    $12.95, Paperback
    Interest ages: 12-18

  • P.K. Subban

    Catherine Rondina
    A biography of Canadian defenceman P.K. Subban, which focuses on his determination, his experience with racism and his support for charities for children
    $12.95, Paperback
    Interest ages: 12-18
    Reading level: Grade 5
    Lexile Reading Level: 800L
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    Just Watch Me

    Larry Zolf

    How can we remember Pierre Trudeau? Let Zolf count the ways.Written as Trudeau retired from active politics, illustrated with dozens of photographs chronicling his career, Just Watch Me is a fascinating record of the career of one of Canada's most enigmatic leaders.

    $24.95, Paperback

  • Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

    Dan Black
    An untold story about the clandestine operation to transport 80,000 Chinese labourers from remote Chinese villages, across Canada and all the way to the European battlefront to aid in the war effort and the mistreatment and racism they faced along the way.
    $27.95, Paperback

  • Black Cop

    Calvin Lawrence, Miles Howe
    A shocking, first-person account of a Mountie who went from small-town Newfoundland to undercover drug work in Toronto to guarding prime ministers and presidents. All along, the racism he encountered from the public was easier to handle than the racism of fellow police officers — and the RCMP hierarchy.
    $24.95, Paperback

  • Beverley McLachlin

    Ian Greene, Peter McCormick
    As a biography of one of the most influential Canadian judges, this book provides an account of Beverley McLachlin's unequalled impact on Canadian life
    $29.95, Hardcover

  • Stompin' Tom Connors

    Charlie Rhindress
    An in-depth look at the man behind the myth.
    $16.99, Digital (ePub)

  • BlackBerry Town

    Chuck Howitt
    A new history of the Blackberry innovation that documents how the resources and people of Kitchener-Waterloo supported, facilitated and benefited from the achievement that Blackberry represents
    $24.95, Paperback

  • Lucy Maud Montgomery

    Stan Sauerwein
    This is the story of a life that doesn't go according to plan. Despite this, Lucy Maud Montgomery has created a world that still resonates deeply with readers.
    $16.95, Paperback

  • My River

    Anne Laurel Carter, Stella Bowles
    When Stella was told she couldn't swim in her back yard river because hundreds of houses flushed their raw sewage into it she decided to try to do something about the issue. This is the true story of Stella's astonishingly successful grade six science project to clean up the LaHave River.
    $16.99, Digital (ePub)
    Interest ages: 7-11
    Reading level: Grade 4
    Lexile Reading Level: 720L

  • Breaking Through

    Sue Irwin
    Profiles of Canadian women athletes who are breaking down barriers and taking the game for themselves.
    $12.95, Paperback
    Interest ages: 12-18
    Reading level: Grade 4
    Lexile Reading Level: HL720L

  • Black Donnellys

    Nate Hendley

    A compelling account of the murder by a vigilante gang of Canada's most notorious criminal family, the Black Donnellys.

    $16.95, Paperback

  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Jennifer Groundwater
    The world of communications was forever changed by his invention of the telephone, but that's not all Alexander Graham Bell put his mind to
    $16.95, Paperback

  • Carey Price

    Catherine Rondina
    This is the story of how Carey Price became the highest paid goalie in the NHL and a role model for Indigenous youth everywhere.
    $12.95, Paperback
    Interest ages: 12-18
    Reading level: Grade 5
    Lexile Reading Level: 890L

  • Churchill and Fisher

    Barry Gough
    A distinguished Canadian historian's portrait of two unforgettable figures
    $39.95, Paperback
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