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  • Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939

    Memories of the Canadians Who Survived the Depression

    Hundreds of ordinary Canadians tell their own stories in this book. They tell them in their own words, and the impact is astonishing. As page after page of unforgettable stories rolls by, it is easy to see why this book sold 300,000 copies and why a successful stage play that ran for years was based on them.The stories, and the 52 accompanying photographs, tell of an extraordinary time. One tells ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Night Boat to Tangier

    A novel

    by Kevin Barry ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEFrom the acclaimed author of the international sensations City of Bohane and Beatlebone, a striking and gorgeous new novel of two aging criminals at the butt ends of their damage-filled careers. A superbly melancholic melody of a novel full of beautiful phrases and terrible men.In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Days Without End

    A Novel

    **COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERLONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE"A true leftfield wonder: Days Without End is a violent, superbly lyrical western offering a sweeping vision of America in the making."—Kazuo Ishiguro, Booker Prize winning author of The Remains of the Day and The Buried GiantFrom the five-time Booker Prize nominee Sebastian Barry, “a master storyteller” (Wall Street ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Secret Scripture

    A Novel

    **FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE“[Barry writes] in language of surpassing beauty. . . . It is like a song, with all the pulse of the Irish language, a song sung liltingly and plaintively from the top of Ben Bulben into the airy night.” —The New York TimesAn epic story of family, love, and unavoidable tragedy from the acclaimed author of Old God's Time and The Newer World**Sebastian Barry's novels ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $13.99 CAD

  • Ten Caesars

    Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine

    by Barry Strauss ...
    Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)****—a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine.In this essential and “enlightening” (The ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Heart in Winter

    by Kevin Barry ...
    **SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION • SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD • Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian • The Economist • Minnesota Star Tribune • The Observer • The Times • and moreA savagely funny and achingly romantic tale of young lovers on the lam in 1890s Montana, from award-winning writer Kevin Barry.**October 1891. A hard winter ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Paradox of Choice

    Why More Is Less, Revised Edition

    In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, decision fatigue and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new preface from the author.Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders

    by Barry Day ...
    Investigating a crooked tabloid magnate, Sherlock Holmes is drawn across the continentDr. Watson has never been much of an angler, and he is perplexed when Sherlock Holmes invites him on a Scottish fishing expedition. "Come if convenient," reads the telegram. "If not, come anyway." A few years after his near-death experience at the hands of Moriarty, the great detective is restless. If any man ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • We Ride Upon Sticks

    A Novel (Alex Award Winner)

    by Quan Barry ...
    In the town of Danvers, Massachusetts, home of the original 1692 witch trials, the 1989 Danvers Falcons will do anything to make it to the state finals—even if it means tapping into some devilishly dark powers.Against a background of irresistible 1980s iconography, Quan Barry expertly weaves together the individual and collective progress of this enchanted team as they storm their way through an ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Great Influenza

    The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

    by John M. Barry ...
    **#1 New York Times bestseller“Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill Gates"Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."—Chicago Tribune**The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic.Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Lexicon

    A Novel

    by Max Barry ...
    **"About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell. Lexicon reads like Elmore Leonard high out of his mind on Snow Crash." —Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians and The Magician King“Best thing I've read in a long time . . . a masterpiece.” —Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of WoolStick and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Spartacus War

    by Barry Strauss ...
    An authoritative account from the classical historian and bestselling author of Ten Caesars about the true story of the legendary Spartacus, leader of the greatest slave revolt in history, the rebellion that rocked and nearly destroyed the Roman Republic, and the inspiration for countless novels and films.The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ... Read more

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