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Hell or High Water
My Life in and out of Politics
Written by Paul Martin
Format: Trade Paperback, 504 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $18.95
National bestseller
Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.
“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)
“From the moment I flipped his truck... Read more >
My Life in and out of Politics
Written by Paul Martin
Format: Trade Paperback, 504 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $18.95
National bestseller
Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.
“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)
“From the moment I flipped his truck... Read more >
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Hell or High Water
My Life in and out of Politics
Written by Paul Martin
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $18.95
National bestseller
Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.
“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)
“From the moment I flipped his truck... Read more >
My Life in and out of Politics
Written by Paul Martin
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $18.95
National bestseller
Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.
“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)
“From the moment I flipped his truck... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Hockey
A People's History
Written by Michael McKinley
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $37.50
Now in paperback, updated with a new final chapter!
Lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, Hockey: A People’s History is the altogether irresistible companion book to the CBC-Television series of the same name, airing in Fall 06. A must-have for every fan!
Hockey is not just Canada’s national game, it... Read more >
A People's History
Written by Michael McKinley
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: October 27, 2009
Price: $37.50
Now in paperback, updated with a new final chapter!
Lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, Hockey: A People’s History is the altogether irresistible companion book to the CBC-Television series of the same name, airing in Fall 06. A must-have for every fan!
Hockey is not just Canada’s national game, it... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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John A
The Man Who Made Us
Written by Richard J. Gwyn
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2009
Price: $19.00
The first full-scale biography of Canada’s first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers.
The first volume of Richard Gwyn’s definitive biography of John A. Macdonald follows his life from his birth in Scotland in 1815 to his emigration with his family... Read more >
The Man Who Made Us
Written by Richard J. Gwyn
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2009
Price: $19.00
The first full-scale biography of Canada’s first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers.
The first volume of Richard Gwyn’s definitive biography of John A. Macdonald follows his life from his birth in Scotland in 1815 to his emigration with his family... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Against the Grain
An Irreverent View of Alberta
Written by Catherine Ford
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $16.50
A contrarian view of Alberta and Albertans from the outspoken and often controversial former Calgary Herald columnist.
In 2005, Alberta celebrates its centenary: a hundred-year stretch that has seen the province catapulted from being little more than thinly populated grassland and mountain to one of Canada’s richest provinces, one with a fair... Read more >
An Irreverent View of Alberta
Written by Catherine Ford
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $16.50
A contrarian view of Alberta and Albertans from the outspoken and often controversial former Calgary Herald columnist.
In 2005, Alberta celebrates its centenary: a hundred-year stretch that has seen the province catapulted from being little more than thinly populated grassland and mountain to one of Canada’s richest provinces, one with a fair... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Sorry, I Don't Speak French
Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away
Written by Graham Fraser
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $16.50
As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided country
Canada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The... Read more >
Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away
Written by Graham Fraser
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $16.50
As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided country
Canada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada
Written by William Johnson
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $18.95
There has never been a book about Stephen Harper, yet on June 28 he came close to being our prime minister. If Paul Martin miscalculates, Stephen Harper could be our next prime minister in months, not years.
Who is this man? Everyone knows that he became leader of the Alliance Party and... Read more >
Written by William Johnson
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $18.95
There has never been a book about Stephen Harper, yet on June 28 he came close to being our prime minister. If Paul Martin miscalculates, Stephen Harper could be our next prime minister in months, not years.
Who is this man? Everyone knows that he became leader of the Alliance Party and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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What Is a Canadian?
Forty-Three Thought-Provoking Responses
Edited by Irvin Studin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $26.95
Each of these essays begins with the words “A Canadian is . . .”. Each one is very different, producing a fascinating book for all thinking Canadians.
Irvin Studin is an idealistic young Canadian who wanted to do something extraordinary for his country. So he decided to approach leading Canadians — he... Read more >
Forty-Three Thought-Provoking Responses
Edited by Irvin Studin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $26.95
Each of these essays begins with the words “A Canadian is . . .”. Each one is very different, producing a fascinating book for all thinking Canadians.
Irvin Studin is an idealistic young Canadian who wanted to do something extraordinary for his country. So he decided to approach leading Canadians — he... Read more >
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A Short History of Canada
Sixth Edition
Written by Desmond Morton
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $18.95
Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of... Read more >
Sixth Edition
Written by Desmond Morton
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $18.95
Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Hell or High Water
My Life in and out of Politics
Written by Paul Martin
Format: Hardcover, 504 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $37.99
National bestseller
Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.
“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)
“From the moment I flipped his truck... Read more >
My Life in and out of Politics
Written by Paul Martin
Format: Hardcover, 504 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $37.99
National bestseller
Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.
“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)
“From the moment I flipped his truck... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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John A
The Man Who Made Us
Written by Richard J. Gwyn
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $19.50
The first full-scale biography of Canada’s first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers.
The first volume of Richard Gwyn’s definitive biography of John A. Macdonald follows his life from his birth in Scotland in 1815 to his emigration with his family... Read more >
The Man Who Made Us
Written by Richard J. Gwyn
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $19.50
The first full-scale biography of Canada’s first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers.
The first volume of Richard Gwyn’s definitive biography of John A. Macdonald follows his life from his birth in Scotland in 1815 to his emigration with his family... Read more >
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Pierre Berton
A Biography
Written by Brian Mckillop
Format: Hardcover, 808 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $37.99
The first ever biography of one of Canada’s best-known and most colourful personalities by an award-winning author.
From his northern childhood on, it was clear that Pierre Berton (1920—2004) was different from his peers. Over the course of his eighty-four years, he would become the most famous Canadian media figure of his... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Brian Mckillop
Format: Hardcover, 808 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $37.99
The first ever biography of one of Canada’s best-known and most colourful personalities by an award-winning author.
From his northern childhood on, it was clear that Pierre Berton (1920—2004) was different from his peers. Over the course of his eighty-four years, he would become the most famous Canadian media figure of his... Read more >
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Private Demons
The Tragic Personal Life of John A. Macdonald
Written by Patricia Phenix
Format: Trade Paperback, 344 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $17.95
The first book to expose the turbulent personal life of this fascinating Father of Confederation.
Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald once remarked, “I had no boyhood,” an understatement if there ever was one. Indeed, John A.’s Dickensian childhood, filled with poverty, alcoholism, and the beating death of his five-year-old brother at... Read more >
The Tragic Personal Life of John A. Macdonald
Written by Patricia Phenix
Format: Trade Paperback, 344 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $17.95
The first book to expose the turbulent personal life of this fascinating Father of Confederation.
Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald once remarked, “I had no boyhood,” an understatement if there ever was one. Indeed, John A.’s Dickensian childhood, filled with poverty, alcoholism, and the beating death of his five-year-old brother at... Read more >
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John A
The Man Who Made Us
Written by Richard J. Gwyn
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $31.50
The first full-scale biography of Canada’s first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers.
The first volume of Richard Gwyn’s definitive biography of John A. Macdonald follows his life from his birth in Scotland in 1815 to his emigration with his family... Read more >
The Man Who Made Us
Written by Richard J. Gwyn
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $31.50
The first full-scale biography of Canada’s first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers.
The first volume of Richard Gwyn’s definitive biography of John A. Macdonald follows his life from his birth in Scotland in 1815 to his emigration with his family... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Sorry, I Don't Speak French
Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away
Written by Graham Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $16.50
As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided country
Canada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The... Read more >
Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away
Written by Graham Fraser
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $16.50
As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided country
Canada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Against the Grain
An Irreverent View of Alberta
Written by Catherine Ford
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $16.50
A contrarian view of Alberta and Albertans from the outspoken and often controversial former Calgary Herald columnist.
In 2005, Alberta celebrates its centenary: a hundred-year stretch that has seen the province catapulted from being little more than thinly populated grassland and mountain to one of Canada’s richest provinces, one with a fair... Read more >
An Irreverent View of Alberta
Written by Catherine Ford
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $16.50
A contrarian view of Alberta and Albertans from the outspoken and often controversial former Calgary Herald columnist.
In 2005, Alberta celebrates its centenary: a hundred-year stretch that has seen the province catapulted from being little more than thinly populated grassland and mountain to one of Canada’s richest provinces, one with a fair... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Hockey
A People's History
Written by Michael McKinley
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $45.00
Lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, Hockey: A People’s History is the altogether irresistible companion book to the CBC-Television series of the same name, airing in Fall 06. A must-have for every fan!
Hockey is not just Canada’s national game, it is part of every Canadian’s psyche, whether we... Read more >
A People's History
Written by Michael McKinley
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $45.00
Lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, Hockey: A People’s History is the altogether irresistible companion book to the CBC-Television series of the same name, airing in Fall 06. A must-have for every fan!
Hockey is not just Canada’s national game, it is part of every Canadian’s psyche, whether we... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada
Written by William Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $18.95
William Johnson was the first to write a book about Stephen Harper, and he has become the authority on Harper.
Who is this man? Everyone knows that he became leader of the Alliance Party and, against all odds, gathered in the old Conservative Party to create a force designed to win power... Read more >
Written by William Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $18.95
William Johnson was the first to write a book about Stephen Harper, and he has become the authority on Harper.
Who is this man? Everyone knows that he became leader of the Alliance Party and, against all odds, gathered in the old Conservative Party to create a force designed to win power... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Short History of Canada
Sixth Edition
Written by Desmond Morton
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2006
Price: $18.95
Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of... Read more >
Sixth Edition
Written by Desmond Morton
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2006
Price: $18.95
Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Book Of Love Letters
Canadian Kinship, Friendship, And Romance
Written by Paul Grescoe and Audrey Grescoe
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $16.95
In the 138 years since Confederation, kinfolk, friends, old married couples, and especially young lovers have declared on paper their caring and passion. The letters in this unique collection are moving, dramatic, funny, and remind us that falling in love is a universal experience. Read more >
Canadian Kinship, Friendship, And Romance
Written by Paul Grescoe and Audrey Grescoe
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $16.95
In the 138 years since Confederation, kinfolk, friends, old married couples, and especially young lovers have declared on paper their caring and passion. The letters in this unique collection are moving, dramatic, funny, and remind us that falling in love is a universal experience. Read more >
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The Book of War Letters
100 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence
Written by Paul Grescoe and Audrey Grescoe
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2005
Price: $16.95
The second volume in a 3-book series
Duress – the extreme experience war produces – brings out the most remarkable human qualities, and letters written in wartime contain some of the most intense emotion imaginable. This anthology includes letters that date as far back as the Boer War (which began in 1899)... Read more >
100 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence
Written by Paul Grescoe and Audrey Grescoe
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2005
Price: $16.95
The second volume in a 3-book series
Duress – the extreme experience war produces – brings out the most remarkable human qualities, and letters written in wartime contain some of the most intense emotion imaginable. This anthology includes letters that date as far back as the Boer War (which began in 1899)... Read more >
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The Book of Letters
150 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence
Written by Paul Grescoe and Audrey Grescoe
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2004
Price: $16.95
Telephone calls cannot be bundled and tied with ribbon and stored for decades in a bottom drawer. E-mails can’t take us back to our ancestors’ ways of behaving and thinking and viewing the world. Letters - fresh and enduring, each one unique - tell us things about ourselves and our past... Read more >
150 Years of Private Canadian Correspondence
Written by Paul Grescoe and Audrey Grescoe
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2004
Price: $16.95
Telephone calls cannot be bundled and tied with ribbon and stored for decades in a bottom drawer. E-mails can’t take us back to our ancestors’ ways of behaving and thinking and viewing the world. Letters - fresh and enduring, each one unique - tell us things about ourselves and our past... Read more >
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Prairie People
A Celebration of My Homeland
Written by Robert Collins
Format: Trade Paperback, 360 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $16.95
An intimate look at the people of the prairies in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta – who they are, how they live, what makes them a breed apart
The prairies are Robert Collins’s spiritual home. He was born and raised on a Saskatchewan farm, but spent most of his adult life living elsewhere... Read more >
A Celebration of My Homeland
Written by Robert Collins
Format: Trade Paperback, 360 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $16.95
An intimate look at the people of the prairies in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta – who they are, how they live, what makes them a breed apart
The prairies are Robert Collins’s spiritual home. He was born and raised on a Saskatchewan farm, but spent most of his adult life living elsewhere... Read more >
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Navigating a New World
Canada's Global Future
Written by Lloyd Axworthy
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2004
Price: $17.00
In Navigating a New World Lloyd Axworthy charts how we can become active citizens in the demanding world of the twenty-first century, to make it safer, more sustainable and more humane. Throughout he emphasizes the human story. As we meet refugees from civil war and drought, child soldiers and landmine victims... Read more >
Canada's Global Future
Written by Lloyd Axworthy
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: August 3, 2004
Price: $17.00
In Navigating a New World Lloyd Axworthy charts how we can become active citizens in the demanding world of the twenty-first century, to make it safer, more sustainable and more humane. Throughout he emphasizes the human story. As we meet refugees from civil war and drought, child soldiers and landmine victims... Read more >
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While Canada Slept
How We Lost Our Place in the World
Written by Andrew Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2004
Price: $15.95
For how much longer can Canada expect to get a free ride?
With 9/11 and the international “war on terrorism,” the time has come to ask some hard questions. Should we continue to starve our military, reduce our humanitarian assistance, dilute our diplomacy, and absent ourselves from global intelligence-gathering? Can we expect... Read more >
How We Lost Our Place in the World
Written by Andrew Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2004
Price: $15.95
For how much longer can Canada expect to get a free ride?
With 9/11 and the international “war on terrorism,” the time has come to ask some hard questions. Should we continue to starve our military, reduce our humanitarian assistance, dilute our diplomacy, and absent ourselves from global intelligence-gathering? Can we expect... Read more >
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