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Forthcoming Books
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Casa Loma
This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Casa Loma, Toronto’s most famous historic site, and its owner, Sir Henry Pellatt. Casa Loma took 300 men three years to build…
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Greenbelt Trails
Ontario’s Greenbelt offers hundreds of kilometres of trails. Here, for the first time, is a guide that presents the best nature walks and trails along this protected natural terrain. Outdoor…
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Capitalism and Colonialism: The Making of Modern Canada 1890–1960
This second volume of Bryan Palmer’s history of Canada covers 1890 to 1960. Weaving together themes that include business, labour, politics, and social history, this account brings the experiences of…
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Targeting Libya
For over four decades, Canada has played a pivotal yet little-known role in Libya’s history. In Canada in Libya, investigative journalist Owen Schalk examines how Canadian business and government actors…
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Canadian Architectural Styles
Featuring over 1,000 photographs, this guide identifies more than 40 important architectural styles in Canada, ranging from the nineteenth-century Georgian, Gothic Revival and Italianate buildings to twentieth- and twenty-first-century Art…
$27.95, paperback
Canadian History
Capitalism and Colonialism: The Making of Modern Canada 1890–1960
Capitalism and Colonialism: The Making of Modern Canada 1890–1960 continues the examination of our nation’s past through a new lens, incorporating the scholarship of Canadian historians to portray a richly endowed and wealthy but very unequal first-world country.
$39.95, hardcoverFamily Ties: How a Ukrainian Nazi and a living witness link Canada to Ukraine today
Award winning author Peter McFarlane exposes the ignored and little known history of Ukrainian Nazis settling in Canada.
$27.95, paperbackCanada in Afghanistan
How and why Canada went to war in Afghanistan, what Canadians were doing on the ground, and why the effort failed to achieve any of its aims – military, humanitarian, or diplomatic
$27.95, paperbackResidential Schools: Righting Canada’s Wrongs
This updated Adult Trade edition includes the findings of unmarked graves at residential schools and examines the work still to be done to implement the Calls to Action of the TRC Report.
$29.95, paperback
Mining Country
Mining Country offers the stories of Canadian miners from past and present, from pre-settlement aboriginal mines to the development of Vancouver and Toronto as centres of global mining finance.$29.95, paperbackJohn Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Year Canada Was Cool
While the Beatles were breaking up, John Lennon and Yoko Ono headed to Canada to stage a bed-in for peace, play a peace concert, and meet prime minister Trudeau.
$24.95, paperbackHarry Livingstone’s Forgotten Men
An untold story about the clandestine operation to transport 80,000 Chinese labourers from remote Chinese villages, across Canada and all the way to the European battlefront to aid in the war effort and the mistreatment and racism they faced along the way.$27.95, paperbackCold War Over Canada
A story of the Cold War over Canada told by RCAF flier Scott Maclagan. This memoir adds a fascinating chapter to Canada’s military history.
$29.95, paperback
Business and Politics
Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada’s Challenge
Neoliberalism – idealizing free-market capitalism – sets the boundaries for how we are governed in Canada, no matter who is in power. Author Alex Himelfarb explores why these ideas persist when the need for dramatic action on issues like inequality and global warming is obvious to all.
$27.95, paperbackThe Trudeau Record: Promise v. Performance
An authoritative review of Justin Trudeau’s tenure, with 25 independent experts weighing in on his promises and performance.
$27.95, paperbackThe Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada
A distinguished economist breaks the silence and explains why most Canadians are stuck — while a few grow rapidly more wealthy
$27.95, paperbackFrom Layton to Singh
An incisive analysis of the federal NDP since 2000, examining the ongoing, unresolved tension between the party’s idealistic grassroots base and centrist bureaucracy at its core.
$24.95, paperback
Canada’s State Police
The 150 year legacy of the RCMP, Canada’s national state police.
$27.95, paperbackGigs, Hustles, & Temps
“Precarious work” contributes to rampant inequality, increased insecurity, and the crisis of public and mental health. “Gigs, Hustles, and Temps” explains why.
$27.95, paperbackVancouver Ltd.
Donald Gutstein reveals the tangled web of corporate ownership and influence, family relationships and social contacts which held the Vancouver business establishment together in the 1970s
$29.95, paperbackCorporate Rules: The Real World of Business Regulation in Canada
Corporations and their lobbyists have captured control of most Canadian regulatory bodies. How this happened is documented by field experts, insiders, academics and whistleblowers.
$27.95, paperback
Local Interest Titles
Toronto: City of Commerce 1800-1960
Archival images and contemporary photos illuminate the history of Toronto’s businesses and industries.
$29.95, paperbackToronto’s Ravines and Urban Forests
A guide to the most popular of Torontos unique ravine parks and the trees, birds and plants visitors can easily identify$24.95, paperbackFort Henry
An illustrated guide to Kingstons Fort Henry$19.95, paperbackLorimer Field Guide to 225 Ontario Birds
A concise, full-colour guide to Ontario’s most common wild birds, with listings of the best birding hotspots from Point Pelee to Ottawa
$24.95, paperback