Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction
A Keen Soldier
eBook | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Military; History - Military - World War II
ISBN: 978-0-307-36873-7 (0-307-36873-4)
November 13, 2012 | $15.99
When award-winning journalist Andrew Clark found the file on Harold Joseph Pringle, he uncovered a Canadian tragedy that had lain buried for fifty years. This extraordinary story of the last soldier to be executed by the Canadian military -- likely wrongfully -- gives life to the forgotten casualties of war and...
Written by Andrew Clark
eBook | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Military; History - Military - World War II
ISBN: 978-0-307-36873-7 (0-307-36873-4)
November 13, 2012 | $15.99
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When award-winning journalist Andrew Clark found the file on Harold Joseph Pringle, he uncovered a Canadian tragedy that had lain buried for fifty years. This extraordinary story of the last soldier to be executed by the Canadian military -- likely wrongfully -- gives life to the forgotten casualties of war and...
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Into the Silence
Trade Paperback | 688 pages | Vintage Canada | History - Great Britain; Biography & Autobiography - Adventurers & Explorers
ISBN: 978-0-676-97920-6 (0-676-97920-3)
October 2, 2012 | $22.95
Written by Wade Davis
Trade Paperback | 688 pages | Vintage Canada | History - Great Britain; Biography & Autobiography - Adventurers & Explorers
ISBN: 978-0-676-97920-6 (0-676-97920-3)
October 2, 2012 | $22.95
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A classic account of exploration and endurance from the bestselling author of The Wayfinders.
In this magisterial work of history and adventure, based on more than a decade of prodigious research in British, Canadian and European archives, and months in the field in Nepal and Tibet, Wade Davis vividly re-creates British climbers'...
Leonardo and the Last Supper
eBook | 432 pages | Bond Street Books | Art - History
ISBN: 978-0-307-37598-8 (0-307-37598-6)
September 25, 2012 | $14.99
Written by Ross King
eBook | 432 pages | Bond Street Books | Art - History
ISBN: 978-0-307-37598-8 (0-307-37598-6)
September 25, 2012 | $14.99
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Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work in Milan on what would become one of history's most influential and beloved works of art-The Last Supper. After a dozen years at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point personally and professionally: at forty-three...
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Stolen Life
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
ISBN: 978-0-307-36713-6 (0-307-36713-4)
July 31, 2012 | $17.99
"Written with primal intensity, touched with redeeming compassion, Rudy Wiebe--has explored our history, our roots and the secrets of our hearts with moral seriousness and great feeling." - Governor General's Award for Fiction Citation, l994
A powerful, major work of non-fiction, beautifully written, with the impact of Mikal Gilmore's Shot in the...
Written by Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
ISBN: 978-0-307-36713-6 (0-307-36713-4)
July 31, 2012 | $17.99
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"Written with primal intensity, touched with redeeming compassion, Rudy Wiebe--has explored our history, our roots and the secrets of our hearts with moral seriousness and great feeling." - Governor General's Award for Fiction Citation, l994
A powerful, major work of non-fiction, beautifully written, with the impact of Mikal Gilmore's Shot in the...
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The Arctic Grail
eBook | pages | Anchor Canada | History - Canada
ISBN: 978-0-385-67362-4 (0-385-67362-0)
June 19, 2012 | $18.99
Scores of nineteenth-century expeditions battled savage cold, relentless ice and winter darkness in pursuit of two great prizes: the quest for the elusive Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific and the international race to reach the North Pole. Pierre Berton's #1 best-selling book brings to life the great explorers: the...
Written by Pierre Berton
eBook | pages | Anchor Canada | History - Canada
ISBN: 978-0-385-67362-4 (0-385-67362-0)
June 19, 2012 | $18.99
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Scores of nineteenth-century expeditions battled savage cold, relentless ice and winter darkness in pursuit of two great prizes: the quest for the elusive Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific and the international race to reach the North Pole. Pierre Berton's #1 best-selling book brings to life the great explorers: the...
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The Measure of a Man
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Emblem Editions | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Design - Fashion
ISBN: 978-0-7710-4648-3 (0-7710-4648-0)
May 15, 2012 | $22.00
Written by JJ Lee
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Emblem Editions | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Design - Fashion
ISBN: 978-0-7710-4648-3 (0-7710-4648-0)
May 15, 2012 | $22.00
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FINALIST - Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - Governor General's Literary Award - Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - BC Book Prize's Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (2012)
A son’s decision to alter his father’s last surviving suit for himself is the launching point...
The Judgment of Paris
eBook | 464 pages | Anchor Canada | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
ISBN: 978-0-307-37496-7 (0-307-37496-3)
January 11, 2012 | $18.99
The fascinating new book by the author of Brunelleschi’s Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling: a saga of artistic rivalry and cultural upheaval in the decade leading to the birth of Impressionism.
If there were two men who were absolutely central to artistic life in France in the second half of...
Written by Ross King
eBook | 464 pages | Anchor Canada | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
ISBN: 978-0-307-37496-7 (0-307-37496-3)
January 11, 2012 | $18.99
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The fascinating new book by the author of Brunelleschi’s Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling: a saga of artistic rivalry and cultural upheaval in the decade leading to the birth of Impressionism.
If there were two men who were absolutely central to artistic life in France in the second half of...
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Into the Silence
Hardcover | 672 pages | Knopf Canada | History - Great Britain; Biography & Autobiography - Adventurers & Explorers
ISBN: 978-0-676-97919-0 (0-676-97919-X)
September 27, 2011 | $35.00
A magnificent work of history, biography and adventure.
If the quest for Mount Everest began as a grand imperial gesture, as redemption for an empire of explorers that had lost the race to the Poles, it ended as a mission of regeneration for a country and a people bled white by war...
Written by Wade Davis
Hardcover | 672 pages | Knopf Canada | History - Great Britain; Biography & Autobiography - Adventurers & Explorers
ISBN: 978-0-676-97919-0 (0-676-97919-X)
September 27, 2011 | $35.00
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A magnificent work of history, biography and adventure.
If the quest for Mount Everest began as a grand imperial gesture, as redemption for an empire of explorers that had lost the race to the Poles, it ended as a mission of regeneration for a country and a people bled white by war...
The Measure of a Man
Hardcover | 304 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; History - Social History; Design - Fashion
ISBN: 978-0-7710-4647-6 (0-7710-4647-2)
September 27, 2011 | $29.99
Written by JJ Lee
Hardcover | 304 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; History - Social History; Design - Fashion
ISBN: 978-0-7710-4647-6 (0-7710-4647-2)
September 27, 2011 | $29.99
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FINALIST - Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - Governor General's Literary Award - Non-Fiction (2012)
FINALIST - BC Book Prize's Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (2012)
A son’s decision to alter his father’s last surviving suit for himself is the launching point for this powerful book – part personal memoir, part social...
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Nation Maker
Hardcover | 688 pages | Random House Canada | History - Canada; Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Biography & Autobiography - Political
ISBN: 978-0-307-35644-4 (0-307-35644-2)
September 27, 2011 | $37.00
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn.
John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who...
Written by Richard J. Gwyn
Hardcover | 688 pages | Random House Canada | History - Canada; Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Biography & Autobiography - Political
ISBN: 978-0-307-35644-4 (0-307-35644-2)
September 27, 2011 | $37.00
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn.
John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who...
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Nation Maker
eBook | pages | Random House Canada | History - Canada; Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Biography & Autobiography - Political
ISBN: 978-0-307-36687-0 (0-307-36687-1)
September 27, 2011 | $17.99
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn.
John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who...
Written by Richard J. Gwyn
eBook | pages | Random House Canada | History - Canada; Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Biography & Autobiography - Political
ISBN: 978-0-307-36687-0 (0-307-36687-1)
September 27, 2011 | $17.99
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn.
John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who...
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Mordecai
Trade Paperback | 800 pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 978-0-676-97965-7 (0-676-97965-3)
July 5, 2011 | $24.95
Foran's book is IT: the definitive, detailed, intimate portrait of Mordecai Richler, the lion of Canadian literature, and the turbulent, changing times that nurtured him. It is also an extraordinary love story that lasted half a century.
The first major biography with access to family letters and archives. Mordecai Richler was an...
Written by Charles Foran
Trade Paperback | 800 pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 978-0-676-97965-7 (0-676-97965-3)
July 5, 2011 | $24.95
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Foran's book is IT: the definitive, detailed, intimate portrait of Mordecai Richler, the lion of Canadian literature, and the turbulent, changing times that nurtured him. It is also an extraordinary love story that lasted half a century.
The first major biography with access to family letters and archives. Mordecai Richler was an...
Klondike
eBook | pages | Anchor Canada | History - Canada
ISBN: 978-0-385-67364-8 (0-385-67364-7)
February 11, 2011 | $16.99
With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater...
Written by Pierre Berton
eBook | pages | Anchor Canada | History - Canada
ISBN: 978-0-385-67364-8 (0-385-67364-7)
February 11, 2011 | $16.99
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With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater...
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Starlight Tour
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Social Science - Native American Studies; Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 978-0-307-36657-3 (0-307-36657-X)
November 5, 2010 | $14.99
A teen’s suspicious death, a shocking police cover-up and a mother’s search for the truth.
In 1990, on a November night that hit –28 degrees Celsius, seventeen-year-old Neil Stonechild disappeared only blocks from his mother’s home. His frozen body was found three days later, eight kilometres from where he was last seen...
Written by Susanne Reber and Robert Renaud
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Social Science - Native American Studies; Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 978-0-307-36657-3 (0-307-36657-X)
November 5, 2010 | $14.99
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A teen’s suspicious death, a shocking police cover-up and a mother’s search for the truth.
In 1990, on a November night that hit –28 degrees Celsius, seventeen-year-old Neil Stonechild disappeared only blocks from his mother’s home. His frozen body was found three days later, eight kilometres from where he was last seen...
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28
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Political Science - Political Freedom & Security; Political Science; Social Science
ISBN: 978-0-307-36654-2 (0-307-36654-5)
October 22, 2010 | $18.99
From one of our most widely read, award-winning journalists – comes the powerful, unputdownable story of the very human cost of a global pandemic of staggering scope and scale. It is essential reading for our times.
In 28, Stephanie Nolen, the Globe and Mail’s Africa Bureau Chief, puts a human face to...
Written by Stephanie Nolen
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Political Science - Political Freedom & Security; Political Science; Social Science
ISBN: 978-0-307-36654-2 (0-307-36654-5)
October 22, 2010 | $18.99
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From one of our most widely read, award-winning journalists – comes the powerful, unputdownable story of the very human cost of a global pandemic of staggering scope and scale. It is essential reading for our times.
In 28, Stephanie Nolen, the Globe and Mail’s Africa Bureau Chief, puts a human face to...
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