John Turner: An Intimate Biography of Canada's 17th Prime Minister
By: Steve Paikin
4.45
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
One of the most glamorous and successful politicians in Canadian history In this masterful and enga…
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1. John Wayne: The Life and Legend
By: Scott Eyman
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on interviews that author Scott Eyman conducted with John Wayne before his death and more t… read more
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2. Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball
By: John Feinstein
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed #1 bestselling author . . . a riveting journey through the world of minor-league… read more
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3. The Librarianist
By: Patrick deWitt
3.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who ha… read more
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4. When McKinsey Comes to Town
By: Walt Bogdanich
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more
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"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town
5. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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6. Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
3.85
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
A daring post-apocalyptic thriller from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, … read more
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"Yes, apocalypse. We've had that over and over. But we always survived. We're still here. And we'll still be here, even if the power and the radios don't come back on and we never see any white people…"-Waubgeshig Rice, Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
7. The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
By: Kati Marton
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The “captivating” ( The New York Times ), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, … read more
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"This also serves as a clever way of neutralizing potential opponents. “Angela is very skilled at appropriating any issue as soon as it gains traction,"-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
"Both Merkel and Obama read Yuval Harari’s somewhat ponderous Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind for pleasure. And though their tastes are widely different, both find escape and relaxation in music."-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
"Her description of a perfect day sounds perfectly ordinary: “I will sleep long, have a relaxed breakfast. Then I’ll go out for some fresh air, chat with my husband or with friends. I might go to the …"-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
8. Study for Obedience
By: Sarah Bernstein
3.05
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. A young w… read more
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"I try always to be good."-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"How, I wondered, might a person, a people, take root, roots and rootlessness, the preservation of what little remains of the past, such were thoughts that blew through me on any given morning, standi…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"In taking a side, I thought uneasily, perhaps I ought to take the long view, the survival of the species as a whole. That was my problem, I thought, I was always thinking at the level of the individu…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
"I had hoped that here in the country I would experience the turn of the seasons differently, with less apprehension, I might come to see the form and plan of the world. Not to frame it within systems…"-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience
9. Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
By: Elamin Abdelmahmoud
4.21
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An enlightening and deliciously witty collection of essays on Blackness, faith, pop culture, and th… read more
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"We do things out of fear and we do things out of love and no one tells you what happens when you act from both places at once."-Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
"I am a student of migration stories. I am pulled toward accounts of lives rearranged by the journey from one place to another."-Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
"It is a profound, transformative gift to have someone see you as you’d like to be seen, even if you don’t see yourself that way."-Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
"Love is a practice, a trail you carve out by traveling the same path over and over and over until it becomes familiar, until it lights the way home."-Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces
10. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
By: George Stephanopoulos
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
George Stephanopoulos, former senior advisor to President Clinton and for more than 20 years anchor… read more
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11. Liberalism and Its Discontents
By: Francis Fukuyama
3.93
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling auth… read more
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"Нема причин, з яких економічна ефективність має домінувати над усіма іншими соціальними цінностями."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Комуністичні суспільства були схильні цінувати виробництво більше за споживання, що призвело до поганих наслідків: у них були «герої соціалістичної праці», але не було продуктів на полицях магазинів."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Низка людей, які працюють у цій галузі, починаючи з таких постструктуралістів, як Лакан і Дерріда, писали в такий спосіб, який, здавалося, навмисне затуманював їхні думки й захищав від відповідальнос…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"As instituições financeiras comportam-se de modo muito diferente do que as empresas na economia real. Ao contrário de uma companhia de manufatura, um grande banco de investimento é sistemicamente per…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
12. Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind
By: Doug MacLean
3.57
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game’s biggest pers… read more
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13. The Sleeping Car Porter
By: Suzette Mayr
3.46
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more
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"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
14. The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival
By: Jeremy Dronfield
4.45
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
The #1 Sunday Times bestseller—a remarkable story of the heroic and unbreakable bond between a fath… read more
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"The Stair of Death was the epitome of SS thinking — why install a more efficient mechanical conveyor when criminal and Jewish labour was so cheap and the process so satisfyingly punishing?"-Jeremy Dronfield, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival
15. True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change
By: Jody Wilson-Raybould
4.29
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet , a groundbreaking a… read more
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16. John Turner: An Intimate Biography of Canada's 17th Prime Minister
By: Steve Paikin
4.45
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
One of the most glamorous and successful politicians in Canadian history In this masterful and enga… read more
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17. 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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18. Off the Record
By: Peter Mansbridge
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into … read more
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19. Justin Trudeau on the Ropes: Governing in Troubled Times (Sutherland Quarterly Book 6)
By: Paul Wells
4.19
Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition
The worst decade in the history of the Liberal Party of Canada came to an end on October 19, 2015. … read more
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20. From Left to Right: Saskatchewan's Political and Economic Transformation
By: Dale Eisler
4.06
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
An in-depth look at the political landscape of Saskatchewan from its leftist roots to its recent sh… read more
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21. Memoirs
By: Brian Mulroney
3.91
Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover
Politics was always Brian Mulroney’s real love. As an undergraduate in Nova Scotia he amazed his fr… read more
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