Marcel proust a life

"The most authoritative life of Proust ever written." (Alain de Botton, Sunday Telegraph) "A masterpiece . . . the best...

The illustrated encyclopedia of royal britain a magnificent study of britain’s royal heritage with a directory of royalty and over

Explore the history of the British Isles in this celebration of its monarchs, and the development of its fine architectural...

Churchill's white rabbit the true story of a real life james bond

A revealing biography of Edward Yeo-Thomas GC, the man who inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond Edward Yeo-Thomas GC was one...

Kasztner's train the true story of rezso kasztner

The true, heart-wrenching tale of Hungary's own Oskar Schindler, a lawyer and journalist named Rezso Kasztner who rescued thousands of...

Stikine sojourn life on a remote trapline

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The literary churchill author

A transformative portrait of Churchill, whose love of history, theater, and reading was inextricably linked to his life as a...

The danger tree memory

Emulating the circuitous tales told by his mother's relatives, the Goodyears of Newfoundland, David Macfalane weaves the major events of...

Permanent astonishment growing up cree in the land of snow and sky

WINNER OF THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION * NOMINATED FOR THE EVERGREEN AWARD * NAMED A BEST...

All we leave behind a reporter's journey into the lives of others

Winner of the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction Finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Finalist...

Wanderings

Far out isn't far enough

Colour illustrations throughout.

The true history of the elephant man

In the mid 1880s, a patient admitted to the London Hospital in Whitechapel caught the imagination of the public. He...

Buckskin pimpernel the exploits of justus sherwood

At the beginning of the American Revolution, Justus Sherwood left his young family in order to serve with the King’s...

The price of peace money

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of...

Virunga the passion of dian fossey

On December 28, 1985 after eighteen years of research in the dripping rain forests of the Virunga volcanoes in central...

The mamba mentality how i play

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court...

Honey and ashes

From the acclaimed author of The Green Library, a haunting memoir of family and home, both lost and found, of...

Evolution of an unorthodox rabbi

Prominent Canadian rabbi John Moscowitz charts the shifts in his views over the years — controversial for some, exciting for...

The travel journals of tappan adney

Setting out to visit his friends in Woodstock, New Brunswick, and with all intentions to return to the United States...

Tunney boxing's brainiest champ and his upset of the great jack dempsey

Among the legendary athletes of the 1920s, the unquestioned halcyon days of sports, stands Gene Tunney, the boxer who upset...

My little red book

My Little Red Book is an anthology of stories about first periods, collected from women of all ages from around...

Sir oliver mowat

Few political leaders in Ontario's history have had as lasting an impact on the province, and perhaps on the nation,...

Provence

Provence, 1970 is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic...

Scar tissue

In this "vivid and inspiring" New York Times bestseller (Newsweek), the Red Hot Chili Peppers' lead singer and songwriter shares...