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  • I Love You, Mitya

    My Amusing Memories of Growing up Sad, Sweet, and Catholic

    by Karen Eckert ...
    In this whimsical, humour-filled memoir, author Karen Eckert shares her journey through the pivotal moments of her formative years. Her story is illustrated with a vibrant collection of photographs, cartoons, reconstructions of past conversations, and excerpts from Karen’s journals and letters, all of it working together to paint a picture of a young woman struggling to find her place in the world ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • A Truce That Is Not Peace

    by Miriam Toews ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR NONFICTION • FINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION • TIME’s 10 Best Books of 2025 • Named a Best Book of 2025 by The Globe and Mail • CBC • The New Yorker • The Guardian • Lit Hub • The Irish Times • The Hill Times • Brooklyn Public LibraryIn this breathtaking memoir of stunning emotional force and ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $13.99 CAD

  • How to Survive Family Holidays

    The hilarious memoir from the stars of Travels with my Father

    'Screamingly funny...a splendidly effervescent and enjoyable book' Daily MailOne part Lonely Planet, one part tell-all family memoir, this is the definitive and hilarious guide on how to survive family holidays.No one has more experience of travelling together than the Whitehalls. They've given us a window into their escapades in the hit Netflix show, Travels With My Father, and in this ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops

    by Shaun Bythell ...
    From the author of Confessions of a Bookseller, a cankerous and darkly funny field guide to bookstore customers.It does take all kinds and through the misanthropic eyes of a very grumpy bookseller, we see them all. There's the Expert (with subspecies from the Bore to the Helpful Person), the Young Family (ranging from the Exhausted to the Aspirational), Occultists (from Conspiracy Theorist to ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tricky Art Of Co-Existing

    How to Behave Decently No Matter What Life Throws Your Way

    by Sandi Toksvig ...
    A "sensible and extremely amusing" guide to etiquette from the comedian and former cohost of The Great British Bake Off ( Library Journal, starred review).No one learns "etiquette" anymore (except by embarrassing trial and error). But manners are more than a dusty tradition: Done right, they make life easier for everyone. That's why Sandi Toksvig, cohost of The Great British Bake Off, highlights ... Read more

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  • Only

    A singular memoir

    by Caroline Baum ...
    Caroline Baum's fascinating and moving memoir about being an only child in a very unusual family.Three barely felt like a family. It felt like it did not count. Like we were unfinished. Incomplete. There was always a gap at the table, room to set places for others. Visitors were few and far between. Mostly, there was only me.Only is a memoir of an unconventional childhood that explores what it ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Novel Cure

    Whether you have a stubbed toe or a stubborn case of the blues, within these pages you’ll find a cure in the form of a novel – or a combination of novels – to help ease your pain. You’ll also find advice on how to tackle common reading ailments – such as what to do when you feel overwhelmed by the number of books in the world, or if you have a tendency to give up halfway through. When read at the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • What Am I Still Doing Here?

    My Life as Me

    by Roger Lewis ...
    This is Roger Lewis at his best: more cantankerous and curmudgeonly wit and musings about the pointlessness of life. Dark, witty and hilarious, Roger Lewis has a real way with words. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Lovetown

    Translated by William Martin ...
    Growing up queer in a Communist state, queens Patricia and Lucretia spent the '70s and '80s underground, finding glamour in the squalor, strutting their stuff in parks and public toilets, seducing hard Soviet soldiers, preying on drunks and seeing their friends die of Aids. Today they're about to hit Lovetown, a homo-haven, populated by a younger generation of emancipated gays, who are out and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Cracks in Our Armor

    by Anna Gavalda ...
    By the international bestselling author of Billie: These seven short stories exploring modern French life are "a raw and tender ode to the human spirit" ( Booklist).Critically acclaimed and beloved across Europe, Anna Gavalda's bestselling novels have been translated into numerous languages. In this collection of short stories, all written in the first person, Gavalda has crafted intimate and ... Read more

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  • From Albion To Shangri-La

    by Peter Doherty ...
    Unexpurgated recent personal journals and tour diaries documenting the turbulent life and misadventures of Libertines and Babyshambles frontman, Peter Doherty. The book hit headlines upon release in July 2014, not least because of entries about the rock star's famous, often tragic, friends including Peaches Geldof, Amy Winehouse and a certain supermodel.Truthful, provocative and sensitive, 'From ... Read more

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  • A French Novel

    Arrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Frederic Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in the cells.In his most autobiographical book to date, the author of the award-winning ‘Windows on the World’ recounts his stay in police custody, when in January 2008 he was arrested for snorting cocaine outside a Paris ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD