Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada
By: Stephen R. Bown
4.20
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the enginee…
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1. Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939
By: Don Hagen , Volker Ullrich
4.43
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A major new biography-an extraordinary, penetrating study of the man who has become the personifica… read more
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"Kershaw did not minimise the historical role played by his insane, ideological fixations, but he did illustrate that without the readiness of many people to work for the man in charge, there would ha…"-Don Hagen, Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939
"Hitler's unusually improvisational and personal style of leadership, which created constant responsibility conflicts and an anarchic tangle of offices and portfolios, was anything but an expression o…"-Don Hagen, Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939
2. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
By: John Vaillant
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest… read more
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- nonfiction
- canada
3. The Outfit (Parker, #3)
By: Richard Stark
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but goin… read more
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4. The Man With The Getaway Face (Parker, #2)
By: Richard Stark
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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5. Late Nights on Air
By: Elizabeth Hay
3.88
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly anticipated novel from the bestselling author of A Student of Weather and Garbo Laughs.… read more
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6. Champlain's Dream
By: David Hackett Fischer
4.15
Format: 384 pages,
In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life t… read more
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7. The Wars
By: Timothy Findley
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war - the War to End All Wars.… read more
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8. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more
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9. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
10. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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11. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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12. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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13. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
14. Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11)
By: Iona Whishaw
4.39
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
Beginning with a bang, the latest mystery in the series Publishers Weekly calls “highly entertainin… read more
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15. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
16. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
By: Helen Simonson
3.96
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more
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17. All the Colour in the World
By: C.S. Richardson
3.74
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The story of the restorative power of art in one man's life, set against the sweep of the twentieth… read more
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18. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
By: Camilla Townsend
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more
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"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
19. Denison Avenue
By: Christina Wong
4.17
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more
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20. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
By: David E. Sanger
4.37
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more
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21. Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada
By: Stephen R. Bown
4.20
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Stephen R. Bown continues to revitalize Canadian history with this thrilling account of the enginee… read more
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22. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past
By: Brett Popplewell
4.31
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
Into the Wild meets Born to Run meets The Stranger in the Woods in a fascinating true story of… read more
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23. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic
By: Adam Shoalts
4.32
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more
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24. On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey
By: Paul Theroux
4.03
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The legendary travel writer drives the entire length of the US–Mexico border, then takes the back r… read more
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"In the casual opinion of most Americans, I am an old man, and therefore of little account, past my best, fading in a pathetic diminuendo while flashing his AARP card; like the old in America generall…"-Paul Theroux, On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey
25. The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada
By: John Ibbitson
4.34
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
One of Canada’s foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between … read more
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26. Daughter
By: Claudia Dey
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In Claudia Dey’s Daughter, a woman long caught in her father's web strives to make a life—and art—o… read more
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27. Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada's Telecom Empire
By: Alexandra Posadzki
4.12
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A riveting, deeply reported account that takes us inside the dramatic battle for control of Canada’… read more
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28. Searching for Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery
By: Ken McGoogan
3.95
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Frankli… read more
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29. Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster
By: Ken Cuthbertson
4.16
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Blood on the Coal has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. read more
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30. Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors
By: Alex Wong
4.41
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in Toronto In just over 25 years, th… read more
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31. By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families
By: R.H. Thomson
3.74
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
From one of Canada’s most beloved performing artists comes an audacious work of non-fiction that ex… read more
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