The Possession of Barbe Hallay: Diabolical Arts and Daily Life in Early Canada (Volume 5) (McGill-Queen's Studies in Early Canada / Avant le Canada)
By: Mairi Cowan
3.65
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
When strange signs appeared in the sky over Québec during the autumn of 1660, people began to worry…
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1. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
2. When a Scot Ties the Knot (Castles Ever After, #3)
By: Tessa Dare
4.75
Format: None pages, ebook
On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shyly pretty and talented wit… read more
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3. Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
By: Eden Robinson
3.82
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
With striking originality and precision, Eden Robinson, the Giller-shortlisted author of the classi… read more
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"He wasn't going to be alone after she died, but the world was going to be a lonelier place without her."-Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
4. The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
By: Caleb Carr
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SOON TO BE A TNT ORIGINAL SERIES When The Alienistwas first published i… read more
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5. 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)
6. Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
By: Sarah Polley
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores me… read more
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"His love was all around the edges, but sometimes it was hard for both of us to see, I think."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past was affecting how I moved through the world, while present life was affecting how the past moved through me."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"The past and present, I have come to realize, are in constant dialogue, acting upon one another in a kind of reciprocal pressure dance."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
"It can seem perplexing from the outside, this pull that many women experience to make things better for those who have hurt us. The impulse to smooth things over the keep ourselves safe..."-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
7. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
8. Are You Willing to Die for the Cause
By: Chris Oliveros
4.09
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
A deep dive into a contentious and dramatic period in Canadian history―the rise of a militant separ… read more
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9. Atalanta
By: Jennifer Saint
3.78
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne , a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta… read more
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"I made a bargain with him: if he let me have the mountains and my girls, then I'd keep out of Hera's way. But the main thing I wanted was to live untouched by men. I wasn't going to find myself in my…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
"I missed the spread of the sky above me. Sometimes as I lay awake, I yearned so powerfully for freedom; for the dark silhouette of the Argo, blotting out the stars behind it; the promise of another j…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
"Standing in the shadows, gathering my resolve. I'd been among too many people, living according to their rules for too long. It was clouding my vision, gnawing away at my confidence and certainty, ma…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
"I despised my father, of course I did. The thought of presenting myself to him, of him thinking that my deeds could reflect on him was repulsive, that he thought what I would do would be a substitute…"-Jennifer Saint, Atalanta
10. The White Hare
By: Jane Johnson
3.94
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
For fans of Alice Hoffman and Kate Morton, The White Hare is a spellbinding novel about mothers and… read more
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11. 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
12. On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
By: Caroline Dodds Pennock
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Ag… read more
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13. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
By: Marion Gibson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more
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"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
14. Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
By: Jennifer Raff
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how … read more
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15. The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
By: Hana Videen
4.26
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from … read more
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"For some reason, the ball-biting beaver doesn't live on in modern fiction like Aslan the lion or Fawkes the phoenix."-Hana Videen, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
16. Scars and Stars: Poems
By: Jesse Thistle
4.15
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A beautiful and moving collection of poems and stories from the author of th… read more
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17. Northern Armageddon: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham - Eight Minutes of Gunfire That Shaped A Continent
By: D. Peter MacLeod
3.91
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham is one of the pivotal events in North American and global histo… read more
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18. The Lost Tarot
By: Sarah Henstra
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A lost tarot card is the key to unravelling decades of secrets in this dazzling novel about art and… read more
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19. Heirs of an Ambivalent Empire: French-Indigenous Relations and the Rise of the Métis in the Hudson Bay Watershed (Volume 4) (McGill-Queen's Studies in Early Canada / Avant le Canada)
By: Scott Berthelette
4.11
Format: 378 pages, Paperback
The fur trade was the heart of the French empire in early North America. The French-Canadian (Canad… read more
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20. The Possession of Barbe Hallay: Diabolical Arts and Daily Life in Early Canada (Volume 5) (McGill-Queen's Studies in Early Canada / Avant le Canada)
By: Mairi Cowan
3.65
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
When strange signs appeared in the sky over Québec during the autumn of 1660, people began to worry… read more
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21. Crosses in the Sky: Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia
By: Mark Bourrie
3.96
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Bush The Adventures of Pierre Esprit-Radisson A biography of Jesui… read more
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