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  • Stroll, updated edition

    THE TORONTO STAR'S "30 BOOKS WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS SPRING"The updated edition of a Toronto favourite meanders around some of the city’s unique neighborhoods and considers what makes a city walkableWhat is the 'Toronto look'? Glass skyscrapers rise beside Victorian homes, and Brutalist apartment buildings often mark the edge of leafy ravines, creating a city of contrasts whose architectural ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Frontier City

    Toronto on the Verge of Greatness

    Toronto is emerging from an identity crisis into a glorious new era.It began as a series of reports from the civic drama of the 2014 elections. But beyond the municipal circus, writer and commentator Shawn Micallef discovered the much bigger story of a city emerging into greatness. He walked and talked with candidates from all over Greater Toronto, and observed how they energized their communities ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD

  • The Trouble with Brunch

    Work, Class and the Pursuit of Leisure

    Series series Exploded Views
    One of The Globe and Mail's Globe 100: Best Books of 2014Every weekend, in cities around the world, bleary-eyed diners wait in line to be served overpriced, increasingly outré food by hungover waitstaff. For some, the ritual we call brunch is a beloved pastime; for others, a bedeviling waste of time. But what does its popularity say about shifting attitudes towards social status and leisure? In ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Displacement City

    Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic

    In Displacement City, outreach worker Greg Cook and street nurse Cathy Crowe present the stories of frontline workers, advocates, and people living without homes during the pandemic. The book uses prose, poetry, and photography to document lived experiences of homelessness, responses to the housing crisis, efforts to fight back for homes, and possible solutions to move Toronto forward. ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Toronto Book of the Dead

    by Adam Bunch ...
    Exploring Toronto’s history through the stories of its most fascinating and shadowy deaths.If these streets could talk…With morbid tales of war and plague, duels and executions, suicides and séances, Toronto’s past is filled with stories whose endings were anything but peaceful. The Toronto Book of the Dead delves into these: from ancient First Nations burial mounds to the grisly murder of Toronto ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • The Toronto Book of Love

    by Adam Bunch ...
    Exploring Toronto’s history through tantalizing true tales of romance, marriage, and lust.Toronto’s past is filled with passion and heartache. The Toronto Book of Love brings the history of the city to life with fascinating true tales of romance, marriage, and lust: from the scandalous love affairs of the city’s early settlers to the prime minister’s wife partying with rock stars on her ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • A Short History of Canada

    Seventh Edition

    Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of Canada’s most noted and highly respected historians, shows how the choices we can make at the dawn of the 21st century have been shaped by history.Morton ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Gift of Ford

    Rob Ford: How Toronto's Unlikeliest Man Became its Most Notorious Mayor

    by Ivor Tossell ...
    Following widespread news that Toronto Police are in possession of the alleged Rob Ford crack cocaine video, there has never been a better time to read the essential backgrounder to Rob Ford's increasingly wild and erratic mayoralty.When people talk about recalling politicians, it's usually because the politician delivered something other than what they advertised, and the voters voted for--lies, ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • You Gotta Go Here!

    397 Hidden Gems and Hometown Favourites in Canada and Beyond

    A city-by-city guide to the best hidden gems, local institutions and memorable placesFor over five years, John Catucci has crossed North America uncovering the great joints and legendary restaurants that most of us have never heard of. Now, in You Gotta Go Here!, youll learn what to do and see between meals: from roadside attractions to incredible experiences to the off-the-beaten path places that ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Mad or Bad

    Crime and Insanity in Victorian Britain

    In a violent 19th century, desperate attempts by the alienists - a new wave of 'mad-doctor' - brought the insanity plea into Victorian courts. Defining psychological conditions in an attempt at acquittal, they faced ridicule, obstruction - even professional ruin - as they strove for acceptance and struggled for change. It left 'mad people' hanged for offenses they could not remember, and bad ... Read more

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  • The Return of History

    Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century

    Series Book 2016 - The CBC Massey Lectures
    In the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics.In 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Economix

    How Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures

    Economix is an essential and accessible guide to understanding the economy and economic practices. This New York Times bestseller is a must-read for every citizen and every voter.With clear, witty writing and quirky, accessible art, this important and timely graphic novel transforms “the dismal science” of economics into a fun, fact-filled story about human nature and our attempts to make the most ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus