Governor General's Literary Award - Nonfiction
The Ingenuity Gap
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Social Science; Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Business & Economics
ISBN: 978-0-307-37586-5 (0-307-37586-2)
January 29, 2010 | $22.95
"The most persuasive forecast of the 21st century I have seen." -- E.O. Wilson, author of Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge and twice winner of a Pulitzer prize
“Human beings have been smart enough to turn nature to their ends, generate vast wealth for themselves, and double their average life span. But...
Written by Thomas Homer-Dixon
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Social Science; Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Business & Economics
ISBN: 978-0-307-37586-5 (0-307-37586-2)
January 29, 2010 | $22.95
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"The most persuasive forecast of the 21st century I have seen." -- E.O. Wilson, author of Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge and twice winner of a Pulitzer prize
“Human beings have been smart enough to turn nature to their ends, generate vast wealth for themselves, and double their average life span. But...
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Baltimore's Mansion
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography; History - Canada
ISBN: 978-0-307-37543-8 (0-307-37543-9)
January 8, 2010 | $21.00
Baltimore's Mansion introduces us to the Johnstons of Ferryland, a Catholic colony founded by Lord Baltimore in the 1620s on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, and centres on three generations of fathers and sons. Filled with heart-stopping description and a cast of stubborn, acerbic, yet utterly irresistible family members, it is...
Written by Wayne Johnston
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography; History - Canada
ISBN: 978-0-307-37543-8 (0-307-37543-9)
January 8, 2010 | $21.00
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Baltimore's Mansion introduces us to the Johnstons of Ferryland, a Catholic colony founded by Lord Baltimore in the 1620s on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, and centres on three generations of fathers and sons. Filled with heart-stopping description and a cast of stubborn, acerbic, yet utterly irresistible family members, it is...
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trade paperback.
Citizen of the World
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Political; Biography & Autobiography - Historical
ISBN: 978-0-307-37358-8 (0-307-37358-4)
October 15, 2009 | $24.95
One of the most important, exciting biographies of our time: the definitive, major two-volume biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau - written with unprecedented, complete access to Trudeau’s enormous cache of private letters and papers.
Bestselling biographer John English gets behind the public record and existing glancing portraits of Trudeau to reveal the...
Written by John English
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Political; Biography & Autobiography - Historical
ISBN: 978-0-307-37358-8 (0-307-37358-4)
October 15, 2009 | $24.95
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One of the most important, exciting biographies of our time: the definitive, major two-volume biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau - written with unprecedented, complete access to Trudeau’s enormous cache of private letters and papers.
Bestselling biographer John English gets behind the public record and existing glancing portraits of Trudeau to reveal the...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Fire and Fury
Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Anchor Canada | History - Military - World War II
ISBN: 978-0-385-66404-2 (0-385-66404-4)
September 15, 2009 | $22.00
National Bestseller
An enlightening and utterly convincing re-examination of the allied aerial bombing campaign and of civilian German suffering during World War II-an essential addition to our understanding of world history.
During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing...
Written by Randall Hansen
Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Anchor Canada | History - Military - World War II
ISBN: 978-0-385-66404-2 (0-385-66404-4)
September 15, 2009 | $22.00
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National Bestseller
An enlightening and utterly convincing re-examination of the allied aerial bombing campaign and of civilian German suffering during World War II-an essential addition to our understanding of world history.
During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing...
Fire and Fury
eBook | pages | Anchor Canada | History - Military - World War II
ISBN: 978-0-307-37238-3 (0-307-37238-3)
September 15, 2009 | $22.00
National Bestseller
An enlightening and utterly convincing re-examination of the allied aerial bombing campaign and of civilian German suffering during World War II-an essential addition to our understanding of world history.
During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing...
Written by Randall Hansen
eBook | pages | Anchor Canada | History - Military - World War II
ISBN: 978-0-307-37238-3 (0-307-37238-3)
September 15, 2009 | $22.00
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National Bestseller
An enlightening and utterly convincing re-examination of the allied aerial bombing campaign and of civilian German suffering during World War II-an essential addition to our understanding of world history.
During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing...
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
A Place Within
Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Anchor Canada | History - India; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
ISBN: 978-0-385-66179-9 (0-385-66179-7)
September 15, 2009 | $21.00
A Globe and Mail Best Book
It would take many lifetimes, it was said to me during my first visit, to see all of India. The desperation must have shown on my face to absorb and digest all I possibly could. This was not something I had articulated or resolved; and yet...
Written by M.G. Vassanji
Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Anchor Canada | History - India; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
ISBN: 978-0-385-66179-9 (0-385-66179-7)
September 15, 2009 | $21.00
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A Globe and Mail Best Book
It would take many lifetimes, it was said to me during my first visit, to see all of India. The desperation must have shown on my face to absorb and digest all I possibly could. This was not something I had articulated or resolved; and yet...
An Imperfect Offering
Trade Paperback | 448 pages | Anchor Canada | Current Affairs - International
ISBN: 978-0-385-66070-9 (0-385-66070-7)
August 11, 2009 | $22.00
National Bestseller
“As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness-to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak out against the horrors of political inaction. . . . The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting.”
—James Orbinski
In 1988, James Orbinski, then a...
Written by James Orbinski
Trade Paperback | 448 pages | Anchor Canada | Current Affairs - International
ISBN: 978-0-385-66070-9 (0-385-66070-7)
August 11, 2009 | $22.00
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National Bestseller
“As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness-to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak out against the horrors of political inaction. . . . The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting.”
—James Orbinski
In 1988, James Orbinski, then a...
The Golden Spruce
eBook | 272 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Nature; Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 978-0-307-37132-4 (0-307-37132-8)
March 18, 2009 | $21.00
The Golden Spruce is the story of a glorious natural wonder, the man who destroyed it, and the fascinating, troubling context in which his act took place.
A tree with luminous glowing needles, the golden spruce was unique, a mystery that biologically speaking should never have reached maturity; Grant Hadwin, the...
Written by John Vaillant
eBook | 272 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Nature; Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 978-0-307-37132-4 (0-307-37132-8)
March 18, 2009 | $21.00
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The Golden Spruce is the story of a glorious natural wonder, the man who destroyed it, and the fascinating, troubling context in which his act took place.
A tree with luminous glowing needles, the golden spruce was unique, a mystery that biologically speaking should never have reached maturity; Grant Hadwin, the...
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
A Place Within
eBook | 464 pages | Doubleday Canada | History - India; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
ISBN: 978-0-307-37177-5 (0-307-37177-8)
March 18, 2009 | $34.95
A Globe and Mail Best Book
It would take many lifetimes, it was said to me during my first visit, to see all of India. The desperation must have shown on my face to absorb and digest all I possibly could. This was not something I had articulated or resolved; and yet...
Written by M.G. Vassanji
eBook | 464 pages | Doubleday Canada | History - India; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
ISBN: 978-0-307-37177-5 (0-307-37177-8)
March 18, 2009 | $34.95
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A Globe and Mail Best Book
It would take many lifetimes, it was said to me during my first visit, to see all of India. The desperation must have shown on my face to absorb and digest all I possibly could. This was not something I had articulated or resolved; and yet...
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
An Imperfect Offering
eBook | 448 pages | Doubleday Canada | Current Affairs - International
ISBN: 978-0-307-37180-5 (0-307-37180-8)
February 24, 2009 | $22.00
National Bestseller
“As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness-to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak out against the horrors of political inaction. . . . The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting.”
—James Orbinski
In 1988, James Orbinski, then a...
Written by James Orbinski
eBook | 448 pages | Doubleday Canada | Current Affairs - International
ISBN: 978-0-307-37180-5 (0-307-37180-8)
February 24, 2009 | $22.00
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National Bestseller
“As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness-to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak out against the horrors of political inaction. . . . The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting.”
—James Orbinski
In 1988, James Orbinski, then a...
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
A Place Within
Hardcover | 464 pages | Doubleday Canada | History - India; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
ISBN: 978-0-385-66178-2 (0-385-66178-9)
November 4, 2008 | $34.95
A Globe and Mail Best Book
It would take many lifetimes, it was said to me during my first visit, to see all of India. The desperation must have shown on my face to absorb and digest all I possibly could. This was not something I had articulated or resolved; and yet...
Written by M.G. Vassanji
Hardcover | 464 pages | Doubleday Canada | History - India; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
ISBN: 978-0-385-66178-2 (0-385-66178-9)
November 4, 2008 | $34.95
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A Globe and Mail Best Book
It would take many lifetimes, it was said to me during my first visit, to see all of India. The desperation must have shown on my face to absorb and digest all I possibly could. This was not something I had articulated or resolved; and yet...
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Fifteen Days
Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Anchor Canada | Current Affairs - Military; Social Science - Popular Culture
ISBN: 978-0-385-66467-7 (0-385-66467-2)
October 28, 2008 | $22.00
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed...
Written by Christie Blatchford
Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Anchor Canada | Current Affairs - Military; Social Science - Popular Culture
ISBN: 978-0-385-66467-7 (0-385-66467-2)
October 28, 2008 | $22.00
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Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed...
Fire and Fury
Hardcover | 352 pages | Doubleday Canada | History - Military - World War II
ISBN: 978-0-385-66403-5 (0-385-66403-6)
October 14, 2008 | $34.95
National Bestseller
An enlightening and utterly convincing re-examination of the allied aerial bombing campaign and of civilian German suffering during World War II-an essential addition to our understanding of world history.
During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing...
Written by Randall Hansen
Hardcover | 352 pages | Doubleday Canada | History - Military - World War II
ISBN: 978-0-385-66403-5 (0-385-66403-6)
October 14, 2008 | $34.95
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National Bestseller
An enlightening and utterly convincing re-examination of the allied aerial bombing campaign and of civilian German suffering during World War II-an essential addition to our understanding of world history.
During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing...
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
God's Mercies
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Anchor Canada | History - Canada
ISBN: 978-0-385-66059-4 (0-385-66059-6)
September 16, 2008 | $22.00
From acclaimed author Douglas Hunter, a searing historical work about death, deceit and dishonour, and the rivalry between Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson-two of the greatest explorers of the seventeenth century.
Samuel de Champlain of France and Englishman Henry Hudson were rival explorers in a race to describe and exploit the...
Written by Douglas Hunter
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | Anchor Canada | History - Canada
ISBN: 978-0-385-66059-4 (0-385-66059-6)
September 16, 2008 | $22.00
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From acclaimed author Douglas Hunter, a searing historical work about death, deceit and dishonour, and the rivalry between Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson-two of the greatest explorers of the seventeenth century.
Samuel de Champlain of France and Englishman Henry Hudson were rival explorers in a race to describe and exploit the...
The Geography of Hope
Trade Paperback | 480 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Social Science
ISBN: 978-0-679-31466-0 (0-679-31466-0)
July 29, 2008 | $22.00
After the fierce warnings and grim predictions of The Weather Makers and An Inconvenient Truth, acclaimed journalist and national bestselling author Chris Turner finds hope in the search for a sustainable future.
Point of no return: The chilling phrase has become the ubiquitous mantra of ecological doomsayers, a troubling headline above stories...
Written by Chris Turner
Trade Paperback | 480 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Social Science
ISBN: 978-0-679-31466-0 (0-679-31466-0)
July 29, 2008 | $22.00
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After the fierce warnings and grim predictions of The Weather Makers and An Inconvenient Truth, acclaimed journalist and national bestselling author Chris Turner finds hope in the search for a sustainable future.
Point of no return: The chilling phrase has become the ubiquitous mantra of ecological doomsayers, a troubling headline above stories...
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hardcover.
