{"title":"Non Fiction","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9780316365215","title":"Rest Is Resistance","description":"\u003cb\u003e***INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisrupt and push back against capitalism and white supremacy. In this book, Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to connect to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitalism, we subject our bodies and minds to work at an unrealistic, damaging, and machine‑level pace –– feeding into the same engine that enslaved millions into brutal labor for its own relentless benefit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eRest Is Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, Tricia Hersey, aka the Nap Bishop, casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted. Our worth does not reside in how much we produce, especially not for a system that exploits and dehumanizes us. Rest, in its simplest form, becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it asserts our most basic humanity. We are enough. The systems cannot have us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRest Is Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e is rooted in spiritual energy and centered in Black liberation, womanism, somatics, and Afrofuturism. With captivating storytelling and practical advice, all delivered in Hersey’s lyrical voice and informed by her deep experience in theology, activism, and performance art, \u003ci\u003eRest Is Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to action, a battle cry, a field guide, and a manifesto for all of us who are sleep deprived, searching for justice, and longing to be liberated from the oppressive grip of Grind Culture. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tricia Hersey","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44886921838780,"sku":"9780316365215","price":36.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a27684ec-134f-460b-86c6-ae8687c23369.jpg?v=1753727017"},{"product_id":"9780593467428","title":"Material World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS' CHOICE • AN \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Finalist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations and fed our ingenuity and our greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future.\u003cbr\u003e    The fiber-optic cables that weave the World Wide Web, the copper veins of our electric grid, the silicon chips and lithium batteries that power our phones and cars: though it can feel like we now live in a weightless world of information—what Ed Conway calls “the ethereal world”—our twenty-first-century lives are still very much rooted in the material.\u003cbr\u003e    In fact, we dug more stuff out of the earth in 2017 than in all of human history before 1950. For every ton of fossil fuels, we extract six tons of other materials, from sand to stone to wood tometal. And in \u003ci\u003eMaterial World\u003c\/i\u003e, Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths ofthe deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e    Material World\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the humans and the human networks, the miraculous processes and the little-known companies, that combine to turn raw materials into things of wonder. This is the story of human civilization from an entirely new perspective: the ground up.","brand":"Ed Conway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44921163022524,"sku":"9780593467428","price":28.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6d7095c8-e78e-488e-888e-3d9fa99ccc32.jpg?v=1753726165"},{"product_id":"9780593185667","title":"Marsha","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeatured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's Nonfiction to Read This Spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQIA+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“She is the preeminent and foremost scholar on Marsha P. Johnson. . . . To us, Tourmaline is the expert.”—Janet Mock, \u003ci\u003eAllure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Thank god the revolution has begun, honey.\u003c\/i\u003e” Rumor has it that after Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, she picked up a shard of broken mirror to fix her makeup. Marsha, a legendary Black transgender activist, embodied both the beauty and the struggle of the early gay rights movement. Her work sparked the progress we see today, yet there has never been a definitive record of her life. Until now. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with sparkling prose, Tourmaline’s richly researched biography \u003ci\u003eMarsha\u003c\/i\u003e finally brings this iconic figure to life, in full color. We vividly meet Marsha as both an activist and artist: She performed with RuPaul and with the internationally renowned drag troupe The Hot Peaches. She was a muse to countless artists from Andy Warhol to the band Earth, Wind \u0026amp; Fire. And she continues to inspire people today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarsha didn’t wait to be freed; she declared herself free and told the world to catch up. Her story promises to inspire readers to live as their most liberated, unruly, vibrant, and whole selves.","brand":"Tourmaline","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44921223119036,"sku":"9780593185667","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4b1e71e2-83b9-4ed5-99a4-3d3e67f2954c.jpg?v=1753726164"},{"product_id":"9781408845042","title":"Kitchen Confidential","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthony Bourdain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44921749176508,"sku":"9781408845042","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b43015d0-3b92-4c2b-9726-7a39121e81ef.jpg?v=1753726162"},{"product_id":"9780743456081","title":"The Will to Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, an evergreen treatise on how \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epatriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts us all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEveryone needs to love and be loved—including men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways in which patriarchal culture keeps them from understanding themselves. In \u003ci\u003eThe Will to Change\u003c\/i\u003e, bell hooks provides a compassionate guide for men of all ages and identities to understand how to be in touch with their feelings, and how to express versus repress the emotions that are a fundamental part of who we are.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. \u003ci\u003eThe Will to Change\u003c\/i\u003e “creates space for men to acknowledge their traumas and heal—not only for their sake, but for the sake of everyone in their lives” (\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"bell hooks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44921847546044,"sku":"9780743456081","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bd580c98-7c4d-47f8-8241-3285c9113961.jpg?v=1753726155"},{"product_id":"9781668067307","title":"Dinner for Vampires","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn “incredible” (Alex Cooper, \u003ci\u003eCall Her Daddy\u003c\/i\u003e), “riveting” (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling memoir by \u003ci\u003eOne Tree Hill \u003c\/i\u003estar Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 2000s, after years of hard work and determination to break through as an actor, Bethany Joy Lenz was finally cast as one of the leads on the hit drama \u003ci\u003eOne Tree Hill\u003c\/i\u003e. Her acting career was set to soar, but her personal life was beginning to unravel in ways her fans could never imagine. Unknown to the millions of viewers and even her costars, Lenz led a secret double life within a cult.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs an only child seeking belonging, Lenz thought she found a safe haven in a Bible study group with fellow Hollywood creatives. However, the group morphed into something more sinister—a web of manipulation and fear under the guise of a church covenant called The Big House Family. Piece by piece, Lenz surrendered her autonomy, eventually moving to the Family’s Pacific Northwest compound overseen by a domineering minister who convinced her to marry his son and secretly drained millions from her TV income without her knowledge. Family “minders” assigned to her on set, “Maoist struggle session”—inspired meetings in the basement of a filthy house, and regular counseling with “Leadership” were just part of the tactics used to keep her loyal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOnly when she became a mother did Lenz find the courage to escape and spare her child from a similar fate. After nearly a decade (and with the unlikely help from a devoted \u003ci\u003eOne Tree Hill\u003c\/i\u003e fan), she broke free from the family’s grip, beginning her healing journey from deep trauma that reshaped her faith and identity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWritten with powerful honesty and dark humor, \u003ci\u003eDinner for Vampires\u003c\/i\u003e is a “tart, refreshing” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) story about the importance of identity and understanding what you believe.","brand":"Bethany Joy Lenz","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44921932972220,"sku":"9781668067307","price":38.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_36ebacf9-b2e9-4b7b-b5d2-ef2418f36279.jpg?v=1753726148"},{"product_id":"9781937006723","title":"How to Eat","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn invitation to a joyful and sustainable relationship with all aspects of eating, including gardening, food shopping, preparing, serving, and even cleaning up after a meal. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe second book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese short meditations cover everything from eating with others and enjoying our food to connecting with the Earth. \u003ci\u003eHow to Eat\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome reminder that the benefits of mindful eating are both personal and global. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith sumi-ink drawings by Jason DeAntonis.","brand":"Thich Nhat Hanh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44924872163516,"sku":"9781937006723","price":13.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bc696f6a-0f84-4c26-98b2-41f25ddc4a1f.jpg?v=1753726136"},{"product_id":"9781941529089","title":"How to Relax","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStop, relax mindfully, and recharge to control stress and renew mental freshness and clarity. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe fifth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThich Nhat Hanh says that when we relax, we \"become calm water, and we will reflect reality as it is. If we’re not calm, the image we reflect will be distorted. When the image is distorted by our minds, it’s not the reality, and it causes lots of suffering.\" Relaxation is essential for accessing the tranquility and joy that lead to increased personal well-being. With sections on healing, relief from nonstop thinking, transforming unpleasant sounds, solitude, being peace, and more, \u003ci\u003eHow to Relax\u003c\/i\u003e includes meditations you can do to help you achieve the benefits of relaxation no matter where you are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScientific studies indicate that meditation contributes tremendously to well-being, general health, and longevity. \u003ci\u003eHow to Relax\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique gift for those who want a simple guide to achieving deep relaxation, controlling stress, and renewing mental freshness and clarity, appropriate for those practicing in any spiritual tradition, whether seasoned practitioners or new to meditations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith sumi-ink drawings by celebrated artist Jason DeAntonis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thich Nhat Hanh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44924872392892,"sku":"9781941529089","price":14.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bf094e6a-f6b9-45c0-a451-bd0240b664c9.jpg?v=1753726135"},{"product_id":"9781952692178","title":"How to Focus","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh give us the tools to cultivate concentration. Practicing mindfulness brings concentration, and concentration brings insight and understanding.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith our world experiencing the deep effects of loneliness, digital overload, and a proliferation of potential distractions, this pocket-sized \u003ci\u003eHow To\u003c\/i\u003e book reminds us of the value of developing our concentration, so we can let go of misperceptions and cultivate the clarity of mind that is the basis for understanding ourselves, each other, and the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWritten with characteristic simplicity and kindness, these wise meditations teach us that by practicing mindfulness in daily life, we are cultivating the power of concentration and fostering the conditions that bring insight, liberating us from misperceptions and misunderstanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mindfulness Essentials series is a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces readers to the essentials of mindfulness practice. All Mindfulness Essentials books are illustrated with playful sumi-ink drawings by California artist Jason DeAntonis.","brand":"Thich Nhat Hanh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44924873408700,"sku":"9781952692178","price":14.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3528c37b-4bf6-4741-b032-74b2339e4b4f.jpg?v=1753726134"},{"product_id":"9781039008984","title":"The Brain at Rest","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Joseph Jebelli, PhD, neuroscientist and author of \u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, a narrative exploration of the science of doing nothing and its benefits for the brain and body.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are constantly told to make the most of our time. Work harder, with more focus. Stop procrastinating. Optimize. To be happy, creative, and successful requires discipline. The most important thing is to be efficient with every precious hour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what if all that advice was wrong, and letting the brain rest, and the mind wander, could improve our lives? Dr. Joseph Jebelli proves this surprising and fascinating point in \u003ci\u003eThe Brain at Rest\u003c\/i\u003e, blending science and personal stories with practical tips about using the brain’s “default network,” which turns itself on when we turn \u003ci\u003eoff\u003c\/i\u003e the constant need to always do and achieve. By activating our default network through long walks, baths, and spending time in nature, we can all be more content, less stressed, and actually more productive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for anyone interested in science and creativity, or anyone feeling overwhelmed in their day-to-day lives, \u003ci\u003eThe Brain at Rest\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply researched and entertaining antidote to overwork and burnout, showing readers the way to happier, healthier, and more balanced lives.","brand":"Joseph Jebelli, PhD","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44926471110844,"sku":"9781039008984","price":38.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c2b48795-e22c-4a49-b00b-6de26a1138ca.jpg?v=1753726131"},{"product_id":"9781728291925","title":"How to Piss Off Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBE NO MAN'S PEACE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave you ever been badgered by an annoying pick-up artist at the bar? Ever felt a burning desire to emotionally torture a friend's boyfriend in an act of revenge? Have you ever endured just talking to a man before?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf so, then this book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more than 100 phrases, questions, and comebacks, \u003cem\u003eHow to Piss Off Men\u003c\/em\u003e is your essential guide to sending even the most relentless mansplainer into an existential crisis. Whether it's referring to his expensive NFL jersey as \"cosplay\" or letting him know he has the confidence of a much taller man, this handbook will ensure you're equipped to combat toxic masculinity in any situation.*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* The advice in this book has been thoroughly tested for effectiveness. Even on the author, bless his heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kyle Prue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44926619386044,"sku":"9781728291925","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_469bde3a-e39d-49ab-8504-f18deae805cc.jpg?v=1753726126"},{"product_id":"9781250381682","title":"Not My Type","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT INDIE, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY,\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delightful . . . We already know that E. Jean Carroll looked smashing when she went to court versus Donald J. Trump. But her irrepressible voice was, necessarily, repressed...Now she is saying pretty much everything.\" —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Buoyant.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hilarious, hopeful, revelatory behind the scenes account of the trials that riveted the nation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou’ve heard about the tantrums, the seething, the storming out of court, yes. But what about E. Jean’s side of the story? What about the flight suits, the bottle of green Chartreuse, and the bob? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot My Type \u003c\/i\u003eputs you in a better seat than the jury box. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou will hear Alina Habba, Esq., “Trump’s most beautiful attorney,” asking E. Jean to “list” the people she has “slept with”—a list which turns out to be so marvelous, it is worth twice the price of this book. You will experience the fear and loathing of E. Jean’s “psychiatric evaluations,” and hear how she tries to cheer up Trump’s gloomy, $750-an-hour shrink by telling him about the strange white tablet Hunter S. Thompson gave her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou will be in on the choosing of the “clothes for court,” and the creation of “the look”: a look that will help the jury connect the younger E. Jean who is attacked by Trump in Bergdorf’s with the older E. Jean who sits in the courtroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s all here: two dazzling trials, the full-tilt high stakes, the laugh-out-loud commentary, and the inspiring fact that a woman is never too old to get even.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"E. Jean Carroll","offers":[{"title":"Hardback With dust jacket","offer_id":44926786797756,"sku":"9781250381682","price":42.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_35cc931e-ccd9-4b00-8fbe-497f8e03ef60.jpg?v=1753726109"},{"product_id":"9780593582503","title":"Strong Female Character","description":"\u003cb\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Witty, dry, and gimlet-eyed, this is a necessary corrective in a world where Autistic women are all either written off as quiet and docile, or erased entirely.” —Devon Price, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eUnmasking Autism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScottish comedian Fern Brady was told she couldn't be autistic because she'd had loads of boyfriends and is good at eye contact. In this frank and surreal memoir, she delivers a sharp and often hilarious portrait of neurodivergence and living unmasked.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Porchlight Business Book Award • A \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter reading about autism in her teens, Fern Brady knew instinctively that she had it—autism explained her sensory issues, her meltdowns, her inability to pick up on social cues—and she told her doctor as much. But it took until she was thirty-four for her to get diagnosed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrong Female Character \u003c\/i\u003eis about the years in between, and the unique combination of sexism and ableism that so often prevents autistic women from getting diagnosed until adulthood. Coming from a working-class Scottish Catholic family, Fern wasn’t exactly poised to receive an open-minded acceptance of her neurodivergence. With the piercing clarity and wit that has put her at the top of the British comedy scene, she now reflects on the ways her undiagnosed autism influenced her youth, from the tree that functioned as her childhood best friend to the psychiatric facility where she ended up when neither her parents nor school knew what to do with her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a memoir as hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Fern leaves no stone unturned while detailing her futile attempts at employment, her increasingly destructive coping mechanisms, and the meltdowns that left her mind (and apartment) in ruins. Her chaotic, nonlinear journey—from stripping to getting arrested to finding a lifeline in comedy to her breakout appearance on the \u003ci\u003eTaskmaster \u003c\/i\u003eTV show as her full, unmasked self—is both a remarkable coming-of-age tale and a dark but poignant tribute to life at the intersection of womanhood and neurodiversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrong Female Character\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of how being female can get in the way of being autistic and how being autistic gets in the way of being the 'right kind' of woman.","brand":"Fern Brady","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44926946541756,"sku":"9780593582503","price":37.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_95d4e042-5ecc-44d6-9161-609fab7bdf71.jpg?v=1753726107"},{"product_id":"9780385696227","title":"Permanent Astonishment","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION * NOMINATED FOR THE EVERGREEN AWARD * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE GLOBE AND MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWINNIPEG FREE PRESS\u003c\/i\u003e, AND CBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapricious, big-hearted, joyful: an epic memoir from one of Canada’s most acclaimed Indigenous writers and performers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTomson Highway was born in a snowbank on an island in the sub-Arctic, the eleventh of twelve children in a nomadic, caribou-hunting Cree family. Growing up in a land of ten thousand lakes and islands, Tomson relished being pulled by dogsled beneath a night sky alive with stars, sucking the juices from roasted muskrat tails, and singing country music songs with his impossibly beautiful older sister and her teenaged friends. Surrounded by the love of his family and the vast, mesmerizing landscape they called home, his was in many ways an idyllic far-north childhood. But five of Tomson's siblings died in childhood, and Balazee and Joe Highway, who loved their surviving children profoundly, wanted their two youngest sons, Tomson and Rene, to enjoy opportunities as big as the world. And so when Tomson was six, he was flown south by float plane to attend a residential school. A year later Rene joined him to begin the rest of their education. In 1990 Rene Highway, a world-renowned dancer, died of an AIDS-related illness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePermanent Astonishment\u003c\/i\u003e is Tomson's extravagant embrace of his younger brother's final words: \"Don't mourn me, be joyful.\" His memoir offers insights, both hilarious and profound, into the Cree experience of culture, conquest, and survival.","brand":"Tomson Highway (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44927006965948,"sku":"9780385696227","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b48bba55-8f58-49b7-8394-5edef7e089dd.jpg?v=1753726106"},{"product_id":"9780143118077","title":"A Paradise Built in Hell","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChosen as a Best Book of the Year by\u003ci\u003e the New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A landmark book that gives impassioned challenge to the social meaning of disasters” \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003eSolnit argues that disasters are opportunities as well as oppressions, each one a summons to rediscover the powerful engagement and joy of genuine altruism, civic life, grassroots community, and meaningful work.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stirring investigation into what happens in the aftermath of disaster, from the author of \u003ci\u003eOrwell's Roses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. \u003ci\u003eA Paradise Built in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.","brand":"Rebecca Solnit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44927223922876,"sku":"9780143118077","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8689bac5-f8fe-44ae-bede-ff2e1928279c.jpg?v=1753726104"},{"product_id":"9781039056329","title":"Source Code","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A surprisingly candid memoir of the Microsoft mogul’s early years. . . . Reading this book feels like watching someone take a well-known black-and-white sketch, fill in the details, and paint it in vivid color.” —\u003ci\u003eGeekWire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe business triumphs of Bill Gates are widely known: the twenty-year-old who dropped out of Harvard to start a software company that became an industry giant and changed the way the world works and lives; the billionaire many times over who turned his attention to philanthropic pursuits to address climate change, global health, and U.S. education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSource Code\u003c\/i\u003e is not about Microsoft or the Gates Foundation or the future of technology. It’s the human, personal story of how Bill Gates became who he is today: his childhood, his early passions and pursuits. It’s the story of his principled grandmother and ambitious parents, his first deep friendships and the sudden death of his best friend; of his struggles to fit in and his discovery of a world of coding and computers in the dawn of a new era; of embarking in his early teens on a path that took him from midnight escapades at a nearby computer center to his college dorm room, where he sparked a revolution that would change the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Gates tells this, his own story, for the first time: wise, warm, revealing, it’s a fascinating portrait of an American life.","brand":"Bill Gates","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44927235031228,"sku":"9781039056329","price":37.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_464a0733-d293-4119-8588-2b23f46a2815.jpg?v=1753726102"},{"product_id":"9780735248939","title":"Foreign Fruit","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A sharp-sweet memoir of change, identity and hybridity. I loved it.\"\u003cbr\u003e ― Katherine May, author of \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePer person, oranges are the most consumed fruit in the world. Across the world, no matter how remote or cold or incongruous a climate is, oranges will be there. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e What stories could I unravel from the orange's long ribboning peel? What new meanings could I find in its variousness, as it moves from east to west and from familiar to foreign?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat begins as a curiosity into the origins of the orange soon becomes a far-reaching odyssey of citrus for Katie Goh. Katie follows the complicated history of the orange from east-to-west and west-to-east, from a luxury item of European kings and Chinese emperors, to a modest fruit people take for granted. This investigation parallels Katie’s powerful search into her own heritage. Growing up queer in a Chinese-Malaysian-Irish household in the north of Ireland, Katie felt herself at odds with the culture and politics around her. As a teenager, Katie visits her ancestral home in Longyan, China, with her family to better understand her roots, but doesn’t find the easy, digestible answers she hoped for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her mid-twenties, when her grandmother falls ill, she ventures again to the land of her ancestors, Malaysia, where more questions of self and belonging are raised. In her travels and reflections, she navigates histories that she wants to understand, but has never truly felt a part of. Like the story of the orange, Katie finds that simple and extractable explanations―even about a seemingly simple fruit―are impossible. The story that unfolds is Katie’s incredible endeavor to flesh out these contradictions, to unpeel the layers of personhood; a reflection on identity through the cipher of the orange. Along the way, the orange becomes so much more than just a fruit―it emerges as a symbol, a metaphor, and a guide. \u003ci\u003eForeign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange\u003c\/i\u003e is a searching, wide-ranging, seamless weaving of storytelling with research and a meditative, deeply moving encounter with the orange and the self.","brand":"Katie Goh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44927384355004,"sku":"9780735248939","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0e5ae228-c403-42c4-b0c3-4e84a161e598.jpg?v=1753726095"},{"product_id":"9780771096426","title":"Burning Questions","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes an brilliant collection of essays—funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient— which seek answers to Burning Questions such as:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?\u003cbr\u003eHow much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?\u003cbr\u003eHow can we live on our planet?\u003cbr\u003eIs it true? And is it fair?\u003cbr\u003eWhat do zombies have to do with authoritarianism?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at the world, and reports back to us on what she finds. This roller-coaster period brought the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump, and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better guide to the many and varied mysteries of our universe.","brand":"Margaret Atwood (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44927405457596,"sku":"9780771096426","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_44fac690-4bf3-40c3-84bd-4920505b02dc.jpg?v=1753726095"},{"product_id":"9780593582275","title":"How to Love Better","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • The beloved author of \u003ci\u003eLighter\u003c\/i\u003e offers a blueprint for deepening your compassion, kindness, and gratitude so you can truly grow in harmony with another person and build stronger connections in all your relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A beautiful offering from the heart, to the heart.”—Elizabeth Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Yung Pueblo holds a mirror to the relationships we have and offers clear directions to the relationships we desire.”—Simon Sinek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHow to Love Better\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to change your life.”—Lena Waithe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Everyone enters relationships with imperfections and negative patterns that block the flow of love, but when you embrace growth, the new harmony within you will flow into your relationship.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove enters our lives in many forms: friends, family, intimate partners. But all of these relationships are deeply influenced by the love we have for ourselves. If we see our relationships as opportunities to be fully present in our healing and growth, then, Yung Pueblo assures us, we can transform and meet one another with compassion instead of judgment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHow to Love Better, \u003c\/i\u003eYung Pueblo examines all aspects of relationships, from the rose-colored early days when you may be hesitant to show your full self, to the challenges that can arise without clear communication, to dealing with heartbreak and healing as you close a chapter of your life. The power of looking inward remains at the core of Yung Pueblo’s teachings. Ego and attachment can become barriers in a relationship, so the more self-aware you become, the more you can support both your partner and yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Love Better \u003c\/i\u003eincludes:\u003cbr\u003e• How to build harmony in a relationship\u003cbr\u003e• How to see each other’s perspective\u003cbr\u003e• How to find the right partner\u003cbr\u003e• How to heal from heartbreak\u003cbr\u003e• How to overcome attachment\u003cbr\u003e• How to form commitments\u003cbr\u003e• How to argue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYung Pueblo’s insights on embracing change, building a foundation of honesty, and learning to listen selflessly will resonate regardless of where you are in your healing journey. And his unique combination of poetry, personal experience, and thoughtful advice will help you grow and strengthen all of your relationships.","brand":"Yung Pueblo","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44927418663100,"sku":"9780593582275","price":37.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_63b8a214-d58c-4c30-89ba-e410cf8e8b32.jpg?v=1753726094"},{"product_id":"9780593236598","title":"Outlive","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“One of the most important books you’ll ever read.”—Steven D. Levitt, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eBLOOMBERG \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late to help, prolonging lifespan at the expense of healthspan, or quality of life. Dr. Attia believes we must replace this outdated framework with a personalized, proactive strategy for longevity, one where we take action now, rather than waiting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis is not “biohacking,” it’s science: a well-founded strategic and tactical approach to extending lifespan while also improving our physical, cognitive, and emotional health. Dr. Attia’s aim is less to tell you \u003ci\u003ewhat to do\u003c\/i\u003e and more to help you learn \u003ci\u003ehow to think\u003c\/i\u003e about long-term health, in order to create the best plan for you as an individual. In \u003ci\u003eOutlive\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will discover:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e• Why the cholesterol test at your annual physical doesn’t tell you enough about your actual risk of dying from a heart attack.\u003cbr\u003e• That you may already suffer from an extremely common yet underdiagnosed liver condition that could be a precursor to the chronic diseases of aging.\u003cbr\u003e• Why exercise is the most potent pro-longevity “drug”—and how to begin training for the “Centenarian Decathlon.”\u003cbr\u003e• Why you should forget about diets, and focus instead on \u003ci\u003enutritional biochemistry, \u003c\/i\u003eusing technology and data to personalize your eating pattern.\u003cbr\u003e• Why striving for physical health and longevity, but ignoring emotional health, could be the ultimate curse of all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAging and longevity are far more malleable than we think; our fate is not set in stone. With the right roadmap, you can plot a different path for your life, one that lets you outlive your genes to make each decade better than the one before.","brand":"Peter Attia, MD (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44927419220156,"sku":"9780593236598","price":42.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e40f8769-1267-4b33-8007-5c3c904f25ea.jpg?v=1753726093"},{"product_id":"9780063022980","title":"Burning Down the House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans—it’s a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music.”—\u003cem\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eRiveting\"\u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A masterful achievement.\" —\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biographer Jonathan Gould presents the long-overdue, definitive story of this singular band, capturing the gritty energy of 1970s New York City and showing how a group of art students brought fringe culture to rock’s mainstream, forever changing the look and sound of popular music. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Psycho Killer.” “Take Me to the River.” “Road to Nowhere.” Few musical artists have had the lasting impact and relevance of Talking Heads. One of the foundational bands of New York’s downtown 1970s music scene, Talking Heads have endured as a musical and cultural force for decades. Their unique brand of transcendent, experimental rock remains a lingering influence on popular music—despite their having disbanded over thirty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow New Yorker contributor Jonathan Gould offers an authoritative, deeply researched account of a band whose sound, fame, and legacy forever connected rock music to the cultural avant-garde. From their art school origins to the enigmatic charisma of David Byrne and the internal tensions that ultimately broke them apart, Gould tells the story of a group that emerged when rock music was still young and went on to redefine the prevailing expectations of how a band could sound, look, and act. At a time when guitar solos, lead-singer swagger, and sweaty stadium tours reigned supreme, Talking Heads were precocious, awkward, quirky, and utterly distinctive when they first appeared on the ragged stages of the East Village. Yet they would soon mature into one of the most accomplished and uncompromising recording and performing acts of their era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than just a biography of a band, Gould masterfully captures the singular time and place that incubated and nurtured this original music: downtown New York in the 1970s, that much romanticized, little understood milieu where art, music, and commerce collided in the urban dystopia of Lower Manhattan. What emerges is an expansive portrait of a unique cultural moment and an iconoclastic band that shifted the paradigm of popular music by burning down the house of mainstream rock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Gould","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44927424069820,"sku":"9780063022980","price":43.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a1d3205c-a239-4ca6-8b7b-694a90fa4bc4.jpg?v=1753726092"},{"product_id":"9781039057524","title":"Lone Wolf","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn intimate account of an epic walking journey through a tense and shifting Europe in the footsteps of one extraordinary wolf.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the winter of 2011, a young wolf, named Slavc by the scientists who collared him, left his natal pack's territory in Slovenia, embarking on what would become a two thousand kilometre trek to northern Italy. There, he found a mate—named Juliet—and they produced the first pack in the region in a hundred years. A decade later, captivated by Slavc's journey, Adam Weymouth set out to walk the same route. As he made his way through mountainous terrain, villages and farmland, he bore witness to the fears and harsh realities of those living on the margins of rural society at a time of deep political and social flux, for whom the surging wolf population posed an existential threat. In \u003ci\u003eLone Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e, Weymouth interrogates how the wolf—loved and loathed, vilified and romanticized throughout history—is re-emerging in wild and cultivated landscapes; how the borders between us and them are slipping away; and what our deep-rooted fear of the mysterious creature really means.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharply observed, searching, poetic and revealing, \u003ci\u003eLone Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of wildness and of the human desire for order in an ever-evolving world.","brand":"Adam Weymouth","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44927443435708,"sku":"9781039057524","price":36.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d17eca9d-282d-4eff-bc08-bd847c63f5fd.jpg?v=1753726091"},{"product_id":"9780593230275","title":"Caste","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Warmth of Other Suns\u003c\/i\u003e examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions—now with a new Afterword by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, O: The Oprah Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, New York Post,\u003c\/i\u003e The New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eFortune, Smithsonian Magazine, Marie Claire, Slate, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award • Dayton Literary Prize Finalist • PEN\/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist • PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award Finalist • Kirkus Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Isabel Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.","brand":"Isabel Wilkerson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44940165546172,"sku":"9780593230275","price":28.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e3abc8b1-3f89-4cc0-bfcd-d02a767f42b2.jpg?v=1753726039"},{"product_id":"9780525565703","title":"The Wide Wide Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review’\u003c\/i\u003es 10 Best Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME, THE ECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER, THE SMITHSONIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this masterly history, Sides tracks the 18th-century English naval officer James Cook’s third and final voyage across the globe, painting a vivid and propulsive portrait.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOn July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the \u003ci\u003eHMS Resolution\u003c\/i\u003e. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHampton Sides’ bravura account of Cook’s last journey both wrestles with Cook’s legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration in the 1700s. Cook was renowned for his peerless seamanship, his humane leadership, and his dedication to science. On previous expeditions, Cook mapped huge swaths of the Pacific, including the east coast of Australia, and initiated first European contact with numerous peoples. He treated his crew well and endeavored to learn about the societies he encountered with curiosity and without judgment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet something was different on this last voyage. Cook became mercurial, resorting to the lash to enforce discipline, and led his two vessels into danger time and again. Uncharacteristically, he ordered violent retaliation for perceived theft on the part of native peoples. This may have had something to do with his secret orders, which were to chart and claim lands before Britain’s imperial rivals could, and to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Whatever Cook’s intentions, his scientific efforts were the sharp edge of the colonial sword, and the ultimate effects of first contact were catastrophic for Indigenous people around the world. The tensions between Cook’s overt and covert missions came to a head on the shores of Hawaii. His first landing there was harmonious, but when Cook returned after mapping the coast of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, his exploitative treatment of the Hawaiians led to the fatal encounter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once a ferociously-paced story of adventure on the high seas and a searching examination of the complexities and consequences of the Age of Exploration, THE WIDE WIDE SEA is a major work from one of our finest narrative nonfiction writers.","brand":"Hampton Sides","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44940262244540,"sku":"9780525565703","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a9ab77ca-d54e-4c51-ad95-f1e2d4d4ed9c.jpg?v=1753726034"},{"product_id":"9781611803433","title":"When Things Fall Apart","description":"\u003cb\u003ePema Chödrön's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart—when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Chödrön suggests, might be just the opposite of what you expect. Here, in her most beloved and acclaimed work, Pema shows that moving \u003ci\u003etoward \u003c\/i\u003epainful situations and becoming intimate with them can open up our hearts in ways we never before imagined. Drawing from traditional Buddhist wisdom, she offers life-changing tools for transforming suffering and negative patterns into habitual ease and boundless joy.","brand":"Pema Chodron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44942102593724,"sku":"9781611803433","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ee829fff-c60e-4c52-ad69-5d3513db1279.jpg?v=1753726025"},{"product_id":"9780141030579","title":"Underland","description":"\u003cb\u003eA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You'd be crazy not to read this book' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated new book from the internationally bestselling, prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLandmarks, The Lost Words \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the hidden worlds beneath our feet...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlobal in its geography, gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications, \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of huge range and power, and a remarkable new chapter in Macfarlane's long-term exploration of landscape and the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eUnderland \u003c\/i\u003eis a magnificent feat of writing, travelling and thinking that feels genuinely frontier pushing, unsettling and exploratory' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Marvellous... Neverending curiosity, generosity of spirit, erudition, bravery and clarity... This is a book well worth reading' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary... at once learned and readable, thrilling and beautifully written' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Robert Macfarlane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44942103740604,"sku":"9780141030579","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9c752aa2-313a-4b72-849c-1de34fc765e7.jpg?v=1753726024"},{"product_id":"9781552455036","title":"Messy Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan messiness make our cities more liveable, lively, and inclusive?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrowded streets, sidewalk vendors, jumbled architecture, constant clamour, graffitied walls, parks gone wild: are these signs of a poorly managed city or indicators of urban vitality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMessy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything \u003c\/em\u003eargues that spontaneity and urban workarounds are not liabilities but essential elements in all thriving cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty-three essays by a range of writers from around the world illuminate the role of messy urbanism in enabling creativity, enterprise, and grassroots initiatives to flourish within dense modern cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith pieces on guerrilla beaches, desire lines, urban interruptions, and the inner lives of unlovely buildings written by experts from all walks of life, \u003cem\u003eMessy Cities\u003c\/em\u003e makes the case for embracing disorder while not shying away from confronting its challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dylan Reid (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44942389444796,"sku":"9781552455036","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8069382e-f6f2-4aed-a0f7-8f83d77d6473.jpg?v=1753726021"},{"product_id":"9780063444737","title":"Save Our Souls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Taking of Jemima Boone\u003c\/em\u003e, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betrayal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were the Walkers—the ship’s captain Frederick, his wife Elizabeth, their three teenage sons, and their dog—along with the ship’s crew. The family had spotted a promising fishing location when a terrible storm arose, splitting their vessel in two and leaving those onboard adrift on the perilous sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the castaways awoke the next morning, they discovered they had been washed ashore—on an island inhabited by a large but ragged and emaciated man who introduced himself as Hans. Hans appeared to have been there for a while and could quickly educate the Walkers and their crew on the island’s resources. But Hans had a secret . . . and as the Walker family gradually came to learn more, what seemed like a stroke of luck to have the mysterious man’s assistance became something ominous, something darker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike David Grann and Stacy Schiff, Matthew Pearl unveils one of the most incredible yet little-known historical true stories, and the only known instance in history of an actual family of castaways. \u003cem\u003eSave Our Souls\u003c\/em\u003e asks us to consider who we might become if we found ourselves trapped on a deserted island.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matthew Pearl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44942673313980,"sku":"9780063444737","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b6feafbe-cdac-411a-b19e-93f4060087f8.jpg?v=1753726012"},{"product_id":"9780063073869","title":"The Light Eaters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e’s Best Books of 2024 \u003cem\u003e•\u003c\/em\u003e TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 \u003cem\u003e•\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine’s 10 Best Books of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e• Washington Post’s \u003c\/em\u003e50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 \u003cem\u003e•\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/em\u003e’s 10 Best Science Books of the Year \u003cem\u003e•\u003c\/em\u003e  A Best Book of the Year: \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe, Scientific American\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eNew York Public Library, \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly •\u003c\/em\u003e An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction Prize \u003cem\u003e• \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Chautauqua Prize \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• Finalist for the\u003cem\u003e Los Angeles Times \u003c\/em\u003eBook Prize\u003cem\u003e • \u003c\/em\u003eWinner of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A masterpiece of science writing.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of \u003cem\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Mesmerizing, world-expanding, and achingly beautiful.” –Ed Yong, author of \u003cem\u003eAn Immense World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Rich, vital, and full of surprises. Read it!”\u003c\/strong\u003e –\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Kolbert, author of \u003cem\u003eUnder a White Sky \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Sixth Extinction \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAward-winning \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e staff writer Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom, “destabilizing not just how we see the green things of the world but also our place in the hierarchy of beings, and maybe the notion of that hierarchy itself.” (\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt takes tremendous biological creativity to be a plant. To survive and thrive while rooted in a single spot, plants have adapted ingenious methods of survival. In recent years, scientists have learned about their ability to communicate, recognize their kin and behave socially, hear sounds, morph their bodies to blend into their surroundings, store useful memories that inform their life cycle, and trick animals into behaving to their benefit, to name just a few remarkable talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Light Eaters\u003c\/em\u003e is a deep immersion into the drama of green life and the complexity of this wild and awe-inspiring world that challenges our very understanding of agency, consciousness, and intelligence. In looking closely, we see that plants, rather than imitate human intelligence, have perhaps formed a parallel system. What is intelligent life if not a vine that grows leaves to blend into the shrub on which it climbs, a flower that shapes its bloom to fit exactly the beak of its pollinator, a pea seedling that can hear water flowing and make its way toward it? Zoë Schlanger takes us across the globe, digging into her own memories and into the soil with the scientists who have spent their waking days studying these amazing entities up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can we learn about life on Earth from the living things that thrive, adapt, consume, and accommodate simultaneously? More important, what do we owe these life forms once we come to understand their rich and varied abilities? Examining the latest epiphanies in botanical research, Schlanger spotlights the intellectual struggles among the researchers conceiving a wholly new view of their subject, offering a glimpse of a field in turmoil as plant scientists debate the tenets of ongoing discoveries and how they influence our understanding of what a plant is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe need plants to survive. But what do they need us for—if at all? An eye-opening and informative look at the ecosystem we live in, this book challenges us to rethink the role of plants—and our own place—in the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zoë Schlanger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44942678655164,"sku":"9780063073869","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4572f893-9a71-4fb6-a184-7aaeb118548e.jpg?v=1753726011"},{"product_id":"9781328662057","title":"Maybe You Should Talk To Someone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINSTANT \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing.”—Katie Couric\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This is a daring, delightful, and transformative book.”—Arianna Huffington, Founder, \u003cem\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e and Founder \u0026amp; CEO, Thrive Global\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Wise, warm, smart, and funny. You must read this book.”—Susan Cain, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eQuiet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist’s world—where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose of­fice she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients’ lives — a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can’t stop hooking up with the wrong guys — she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaybe You Should Talk to Someone \u003c\/em\u003eis rev­olutionary in its candor, offering a deeply per­sonal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly reveal­ing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lori Gottlieb","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44942703395004,"sku":"9781328662057","price":37.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0261fc6b-111b-454f-aa1e-6a45287f6434.jpg?v=1753726010"},{"product_id":"9781492650959","title":"The Radium Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and Amazon Charts Bestseller! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The glowing ghosts of the radium girls haunt us still.\" —\u003cem\u003eNPR Books\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the gripping and inspiring true story of \u003cem\u003eThe Radium Girls\u003c\/em\u003e, a groundbreaking work by acclaimed author Kate Moore. Immerse yourself in this compelling narrative that unravels the extraordinary lives of these fearless women who fought against all odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Curies' newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty, and wonder drug of the medical community. From body lotion to tonic water, the popular new element shines bright in the otherwise dark years of the First World War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radium-dial factories. The glittering chemical covers their bodies from head to toe; they light up the night like industrious fireflies. With such a coveted job, these \"shining girls\" are the luckiest alive—until they begin to fall mysteriously ill. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the factories that once offered golden opportunities are now ignoring all claims of the gruesome side effects, and the women's cries of corruption. And as the fatal poison of the radium takes hold, the brave shining girls find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest scandals of America's early 20th century, and in a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights that will echo for centuries to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith meticulous research and a keen eye for detail, Kate Moore delves into the lives of these remarkable individuals, capturing their resilience, strength, and unwavering determination. Through their stories, she exposes the shocking negligence and corporate cover-ups that plagued the radium industry, ultimately sparking a revolution in workplace safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Radium Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful blend of historical account and heartfelt tribute. Moore's vivid prose brings these forgotten heroines back to life, ensuring that their sacrifices and triumphs are forever etched in our collective memory. As you turn each page, you'll be captivated by their indelible legacy and inspired by their enduring spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Radium Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for history enthusiasts, feminists, and anyone seeking a remarkable story of resilience and empowerment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kate Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44945170956476,"sku":"9781492650959","price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ac27f5aa-50f6-4889-81b9-d4d91275aa07.jpg?v=1753725999"},{"product_id":"9781639732043","title":"I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe internationally bestselling therapy memoir translated by International Booker shortlistee Anton Hur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eME: I don't know, I'm-what's the word-depressed? Do I have to go into detail?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her-what to call it?-depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgmental of others. She hides her feelings well at work, but the effort is exhausting, overwhelming, and keeps her from forming deep relationships. This can't be normal. But if she's so hopeless, why can she always summon a desire for her favorite street food: the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a twelve-week period, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book,\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eI Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book in a duology to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baek Sehee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44945173381308,"sku":"9781639732043","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0ebe8c7f-1f78-4d99-a689-09c5e8f6e74c.jpg?v=1753725998"},{"product_id":"9781770418318","title":"Water Borne","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn June 2023, writer Dan Rubinstein lashed camping gear to his stand-up paddleboard and embarked on an improbable solo voyage from Ottawa to Montreal, New York City, Toronto, and back to Ottawa along the rivers, lakes, and canals of a landlocked region. Over 1,200 miles and 10 weeks, he explored the healing potential of “blue space” — the aquatic equivalent of green space — and sought out others drawn to their local waters. But the farther Rubinstein paddled, the more he realized that being in, on, or around water does more than boost our mental and physical health and prompt stewardship toward the natural world. He discovered that blue spaces are also a way to connect with the kaleidoscopic cross-section of people he met and the diverse geographies and communities he passed through.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cp\u003eWeaving together research, interviews, and an unmacho, malodorous, anticolonial adventure tale, \u003ci\u003eWater Borne\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that we don’t need an epic journey to find solutions to so many modern challenges. Repair and renewal may be close at hand: just add water.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Rubinstein (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44945240424636,"sku":"9781770418318","price":28.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c4f598a1-f4a5-48f6-8b78-644257b86c6a.jpg?v=1753725992"},{"product_id":"9781771642576","title":"That Lonely Section of Hell","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormer police detective Lorimer Shenher's “inside account of the Pickton serial murders is both a horrifying and compelling read. \"—Peter Vronsky, author of \u003ci\u003eSerial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this searing personal account, ex-police detective Lori Shenher (who transitioned to in 2015, and is now known as Lorimer) describes his role in Vancouver's infamous Missing Women Investigation and unflinchingly reveals his years-long struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of working on the case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his first assignment, in 1998, to investigate an increase in the number of missing women to the harrowing 2002 interrogation of convicted serial killer Robert Pickton, Shenher tells a story of massive police failure—failure of the police to use the information about Pickton available to them, failure to understand the dark world of drug addiction and sex work, and failure to save more women from their killer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat Lonely Section of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e passionately pursues the deeper truths behind the causes of this tragedy and the myriad ways the system failed to protect vulnerable people.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lorimer Shenher (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44945263362236,"sku":"9781771642576","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bc671d73-dd2f-4df3-a6ff-ed889909c4c6.jpg?v=1753725989"},{"product_id":"9780815638063","title":"Our Knowledge Is Not Primitive","description":"\u003cp\u003eTraditional Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Chippewa) knowledge, like the knowledge systems of indigenous peoples around the world, has long been collected and presented by researchers who were not a part of the culture they observed. The result is a colonized version of the knowledge, one that is distorted and trivialized by an ill-suited Eurocentric paradigm of scientific investigation and classification. In \u003ci\u003eOur Knowledge Is Not Primitive,\u003c\/i\u003e Wendy Makoons Geniusz contrasts the way in which Anishinaabe botanical knowledge is presented in the academic record with how it is preserved in Anishinaabe culture. In doing so she seeks to open a dialogue between the two communities to discuss methods for decolonizing existing texts and to develop innovative approaches for conducting more culturally meaningful research in the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an Anishinaabe who grew up in a household practicing traditional medicine and who went on to become a scholar of American Indian studies and the Ojibwe language, Geniusz possesses the authority of someone with a foot firmly planted in each world. Her unique ability to navigate both indigenous and scientific perspectives makes this book an invaluable contribution to the field of Native American studies and enriches our understanding of the Anishinaabe and other native communities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wendy Makoons Geniusz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44945382932668,"sku":"9780815638063","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ff1692a7-515f-477b-960f-059a7f7adfac.jpg?v=1753725987"},{"product_id":"9781952178443","title":"Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe","description":"What is the earliest temple complex on Earth? Who built it? Is it really 7,000 years older than Stonehenge and the pyramids? How did such a sophisticated civilization evade detection for so long?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this groundbreaking little book, packed with original research and illustrations, megalithomaniac Hugh Newman tells the story of Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe, Nevali Çori, and other temples in Turkey, which are so old that their very existence challenges history as we know it.","brand":"Hugh Newman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44962383626428,"sku":"9781952178443","price":13.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_98c6c1a2-0f1b-47c4-b2ea-6e222efa3d31.jpg?v=1753725949"},{"product_id":"9780771003639","title":"Rogers v. Rogers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting, deeply reported account that takes us inside the dramatic battle for control of Canada’s largest wireless carrier, and paints a broader picture of the cutthroat telecom industry, the labyrinth of regulatory and political systems that govern it, and the high-stakes corporate games played by the Canadian establishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alexandra Posadzki’s ground-breaking coverage in the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e exposed one of the most spectacular boardroom and family dramas in Canadian corporate history—one that has pitted the company’s extraordinarily powerful chairman and controlling shareholder, Edward Rogers, against not only his own management team but also the wishes of his mother and two of his sisters. Hanging in the balance is no less than the pending $20 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications, a historic deal that promises to transform Rogers into the truly national telecom empire that its late founder, Ted Rogers, always envisioned. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on deeply sourced, investigative reporting of the iconic $30 billion publicly traded telecom and media giant, Posadzki takes us inside a company that touches the lives of millions of Canadians, challenging what we thought we knew about corporate governance and who really holds the power. \u003ci\u003eRogers v. Rogers\u003c\/i\u003e is also a story of family legacy and succession, of an old guard pushing back at the new guard, and of a company struggling to find its footing in the wake of its legendary founder’s death. At the heart of it all is a dispute between warring factions of the family over how they each interpret the desires of the late patriarch and the very identity of the company that bears their name.","brand":"Alexandra Posadzki (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44963178053820,"sku":"9780771003639","price":38.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d76c330d-8ac1-4970-8fe8-5e25c0da2588.jpg?v=1753725897"},{"product_id":"9780385348737","title":"The Splendid and the Vile","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDead Wake\u003c\/i\u003e delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“One of [Erik Larson’s] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment.”—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003cb\u003e“A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.”—NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e • NPR • \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post • Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Globe \u0026amp; Mail • Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e • Bloomberg • \u003ci\u003eNew York Post • \u003c\/i\u003eThe New York Public Library • \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eLibraryReads \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally—and willing to fight to the end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Splendid and the Vile\u003c\/i\u003e, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it’s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some released only recently—Larson provides a new lens on London’s darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents’ wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela’s illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill’s “Secret Circle,” to whom he turns in the hardest moments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Splendid and the Vile\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers out of today’s political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill’s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.","brand":"Erik Larson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44963198566588,"sku":"9780385348737","price":29.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_90825bd3-4c9a-47b1-840c-3aee20eb4965.jpg?v=1753725895"},{"product_id":"9780771060359","title":"The Spy and the Traitor","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2018 Ballie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction Heather’s Pick \u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e’s Best Books of the Year \u003cbr\u003eOne of Indigo’s Top 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eA Spy Among Friends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRogue Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Cold War-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil countless intelligence plots, as the Soviet leadership grew increasingly paranoid at the United States's nuclear first-strike capabilities and brought the world closer to the brink of war. Desperate to keep the circle of trust close, MI6 never revealed Gordievsky's name to its counterparts in the CIA, which in turn grew obsessed with figuring out the identity of Britain's obviously top-level source. Their obsession ultimately doomed Gordievsky: the CIA officer assigned to identify him was none other than Aldrich Ames, the man who would become infamous for secretly spying for the Soviets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfolding the delicious three-way gamesmanship between America, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and culminating in the gripping cinematic beat-by-beat of Gordievsky's nail-biting escape from Moscow in 1985, \u003ci\u003eThe Spy and the Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e may be Macintyre's best yet. Like the greatest novels of John le Carré, it brings readers deep into a world of treachery and betrayal, where the lines bleed between the personal and the professional, and one man's hatred of communism had the power to change the future of nations.","brand":"Ben Macintyre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44964421632188,"sku":"9780771060359","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_720dd1f2-3664-4ac9-96c7-76866d28436d.jpg?v=1753725892"},{"product_id":"9780143038580","title":"The Omnivore's Dilemma","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Outstanding . . . a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review's \u003c\/i\u003eTen Best Books of the Year and Winner of the James Beard Award \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eThis is Your Mind on Plants, How to Change Your Mind \u003c\/i\u003eand the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Food \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFood Rules\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with \u003ci\u003eThe Omnivore’s Dilemma, \u003c\/i\u003ehis brilliant and eye-opening exploration of our food choices, demonstrated that how we answer it today may determine not only our health but our survival as a species. In the years since, Pollan’s revolutionary examination has changed the way Americans think about food. Bringing wide attention to the little-known but vitally important dimensions of food and agriculture in America, Pollan launched a national conversation about what we eat and the profound consequences that even the simplest everyday food choices have on both ourselves and the natural world. Ten years later, \u003ci\u003eThe Omnivore’s Dilemma\u003c\/i\u003e continues to transform the way Americans think about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.","brand":"Michael Pollan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44964433133756,"sku":"9780143038580","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_799845a6-d3e2-4415-8009-7b15cd0f08b9.jpg?v=1753725890"},{"product_id":"9781324094098","title":"The Lyrics","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e\r\nExcerpted in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, \u003ci\u003eThe Lyrics\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through his most meaningful songs.\r\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally in paperback and featuring seven new song commentaries, the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller celebrates the creative life and unparalleled musical genius of Paul McCartney.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSpanning sixty-four years—from his early days in Liverpool, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo career—Paul McCartney’s \u003ci\u003eThe Lyrics\u003c\/i\u003e revolutionized the way artists write about music. An unprecedented “triumph” (\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e UK), this handsomely designed volume pairs the definitive texts of over 160 songs with first-person commentaries on McCartney’s life, revealing the diverse circumstances in which songs were written; how they ultimately came to be; and the remarkable, yet often delightfully ordinary, people and places that inspired them. \u003ci\u003eThe Lyrics\u003c\/i\u003e also includes:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n· A personal foreword by McCartney\u003cbr\u003e\r\n· An unprecedented range of songs, from beloved standards like “Band on the Run” to new additions “Day Tripper” and “Magical Mystery Tour”\u003cbr\u003e\r\n· Over 160 images from McCartney’s own archives\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nEdited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, \u003ci\u003eThe Lyrics\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive literary and visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.","brand":"Paul McCartney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44964526915772,"sku":"9781324094098","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7a4450f5-24da-4433-a8d8-857cc0dac446.jpg?v=1753725881"},{"product_id":"9781324110385","title":"The Garden Against Time","description":"In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore an eighteenth-century walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work brought to light a crucial question for our age: Who gets to live in paradise, and how can we share it while there’s still time? Moving between real and imagined gardens, from Milton’s \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e to John Clare’s enclosure elegies, from a wartime sanctuary in Italy to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground funded by slavery, Laing interrogates the sometimes shocking cost of making paradise on earth.\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut the story of the garden doesn’t always enact larger patterns of privilege and exclusion. It’s also a place of rebel outposts and communal dreams. From the improbable queer utopia conjured by Derek Jarman on the beach at Dungeness to the fertile vision of a common Eden propagated by William Morris, new modes of living can and have been attempted amidst the flower beds, experiments that could prove vital in the coming era of climate change. The result is a humming, glowing tapestry, a beautiful and exacting account of the abundant pleasures and possibilities of gardens: not as a place to hide from the world but as a site of encounter and discovery, bee-loud and pollen-laden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivia Laing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44969087467708,"sku":"9781324110385","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8310ccc6-897a-42a0-a07f-356f1e7e463d.jpg?v=1753725860"},{"product_id":"9781324096740","title":"Left for Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812—a tale of treachery, shipwreck, isolation, and the desperate struggle for survival.\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLeft for Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Jay Dolin—“one of today’s finest writers about ships and the sea” (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e)—tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland archipelago during the War of 1812.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailors and two Americans, including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard, abandoned in the barren, windswept, and inhospitable Falklands for a year and a half. With deft narrative skill and unequaled knowledge of the very pith of the seafaring life, Dolin describes in vivid and harrowing detail the increasingly desperate existence of the castaways during their eighteen-month ordeal—an all-too-common fate in the Great Age of Sail.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA tale of intriguing complexity, with surprising twists and turns throughout—involving greed, lying, bullying, a hostile takeover, stellar leadership, ingenuity, severe privation, endurance, banishment, the great value of a dog, the birth of a baby, a perilous thousand-mile open-ocean journey in a seventeen-foot boat, an improbable rescue mission, and legal battles over a dubious and disgraceful wartime prize—\u003ci\u003eLeft for Dead\u003c\/i\u003e shows individuals in wartime under great duress acting both nobly and atrociously, and offers a unique perspective on a pivotal era in American maritime history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eric Jay Dolin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44993230831804,"sku":"9781324096740","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_5f62cc55-bddd-4348-a39b-758ae4e96e73.jpg?v=1753725774"},{"product_id":"9781668087848","title":"How to Lose a Country","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Essential.” —Margaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent call to action and a field guide to spotting the insidious patterns and mechanisms of the populist wave sweeping the globe from an award-winning journalist and acclaimed political thinker.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Lose a Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a warning to the world that populism and nationalism don’t march fully-formed into government; they creep.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author and journalist Ece Temelkuran identifies the early warning signs of this phenomenon, sprouting up across the world from Eastern Europe to South America, in order to arm the reader with the tools to recognise it and take action.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWeaving memoir, history and clear-sighted argument, Temelkuran proposes alternative answers to the pressing—and too often paralysing—political questions of our time. \u003ci\u003eHow to Lose a Country\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the insidious ideas at the core of these movements and an urgent, eloquent defence of democracy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis 2024 edition includes a new foreword by the author.","brand":"Ece Temelkuran","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44993473249468,"sku":"9781668087848","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_373245b4-cfb7-437f-b20c-eabb595639b6.jpg?v=1753725767"},{"product_id":"9781982160074","title":"We Are Eating the Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe New New Deal, \u003c\/i\u003ea groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHumanity has cleared a land mass the size of Asia plus Europe to grow food, and our food system generates a third of our carbon emissions. By 2050, we’re going to need a lot more calories to fill nearly 10 billion bellies, but we can’t feed the world without frying it if we keep tearing down an acre of rainforest every six seconds. We are eating the earth, and the greatest challenge facing our species will be to slow our relentless expansion of farmland into nature. Even if we quit fossil fuels, we’ll keep hurtling towards climate chaos if we don’t solve our food and land problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this rollicking, shocking narrative, Grunwald shows how the world, after decades of ignoring the climate problem at the center of our plates, has pivoted to making it worse, embracing solutions that sound sustainable but could make it even harder to grow more food with less land. But he also tells the stories of the dynamic scientists and entrepreneurs pursuing real solutions, from a jungle-tough miracle crop called pongamia to genetically-edited cattle embryos, from Impossible Whoppers to a non-polluting pesticide that uses the technology behind the COVID vaccines to constipate beetles to death. It’s an often infuriating saga of lobbyists, politicians, and even the scientific establishment making terrible choices for humanity, but it’s also a hopeful account of the people figuring out what needs to be done—and trying to do it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Michael Grunwald, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Swamp\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New New Deal\u003c\/i\u003e, builds his narrative around a brilliant, relentless, unforgettable food and land expert named Tim Searchinger. He chronicles Searchinger’s uphill battles against bad science and bad politics, both driven by the overwhelming influence of agricultural interests. And he illuminates a path that could save our planetary home for ourselves and future generations—through better policy, technology, and behavior, as well as a new land ethic recognizing that every acre matters.","brand":"Michael Grunwald","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44993519091900,"sku":"9781982160074","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3517a886-c329-4de0-9cdf-6d6653c92b5f.jpg?v=1753725766"},{"product_id":"9780008638993","title":"The Life of Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Attenborough has been watching and learning all his life. His classic book, now fully updated with the latest discoveries in ornithology, is a brilliant introduction to bird behaviours around the world: what they do and why they do it. He looks at each step in birds' lives and the problems they have to solve: learning to fly; finding food; communicating; mating and caring for nests, eggs and young; migrating; facing dangers and surviving harsh conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir David has no equal in helping others to learn and making it exciting. His curiosity and enjoyment are infectious. He shows the lifelong pleasure that birds around us offer, and how much we miss if unaware of them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Attenborough","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback B-format paperback","offer_id":44993902706876,"sku":"9780008638993","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f63141e3-be60-435f-9c71-2800e0c1bb57.jpg?v=1753725756"},{"product_id":"9780062993168","title":"Cultish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOW IN PAPERBACK\u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eAN INSTANT \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/em\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“One of those life-changing reads that makes you see—or, in this case, hear—the whole world differently.” —Megan Angelo, author of \u003cem\u003eFollowers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“At times chilling, often funny, and always perceptive and cogent, \u003cem\u003eCultish\u003c\/em\u003e is a bracing reminder that the scariest thing about cults is that you don't realize you're in one till it's too late.”—Refinery29.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Magical Overthinking\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWordslut \u003c\/em\u003eanalyzes the social science of cult influence: how “cultish” groups, from Jonestown and Scientologists to SoulCycle and social media gurus, use language as the ultimate form of power.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join—and more importantly, stay in—extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that, on some level, it already has . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur culture tends to provide pretty flimsy answers to questions of cult influence, mostly having to do with vague talk of “brainwashing.” But the true answer has nothing to do with freaky mind-control wizardry or Kool-Aid. In Cultish, Montell argues that the key to manufacturing intense ideology, community, and us\/them attitudes all comes down to language. In both positive ways and shadowy ones, cultish language is something we hear—and are influenced by—every single day.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough juicy storytelling and cutting original research, Montell exposes the verbal elements that make a wide spectrum of communities “cultish,” revealing how they affect followers of groups as notorious as Heaven’s Gate, but also how they pervade our modern start-ups, Peloton leaderboards, and Instagram feeds. Incisive and darkly funny, this enrapturing take on the curious social science of power and belief will make you hear the fanatical language of “cultish” everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amanda Montell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44996303782076,"sku":"9780062993168","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fc238fd5-ab39-458a-acef-caeeee2ca54f.jpg?v=1753725749"},{"product_id":"9780593242766","title":"Shade","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary investigation into shade, this “compelling . . . conversation-starter draws examples from history, city-planning and social policy” (NPR) to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a 90-degree day in Los Angeles, bus riders across the city line up behind the shadows cast by street signs and telephone poles, looking for a little relief from the sun’s glaring heat. Every summer such scenes play out in cities across the United States, and as Sam Bloch argues, we ignore the benefits of shade at our own peril. Heatwaves are now the country’s deadliest natural disasters with victims concentrated in poorer, less shady areas. Public health, mental health, and crime statistics are worse in neighborhoods without it. For some, finding shade is a matter of life and death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShade was once a staple of human civilization. In Mesopotamia and Northern Africa, cities were built densely so that courtyards and public passageways were in shadow in the heat of the day, with cool breezes flowing freely. The Greeks famously philosophized in shady agoras. Even today, in Spain’s sunny Seville, political careers are imperiled when leaders fail to put out the public shades that hang above sidewalks in time for summer heat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo what happened in the U.S.? The arrival of air conditioning and the dominance of cars took away the impetus to enshrine shade into our rapidly growing cities. Though a few heroic planners, engineers, and architects developed shady designs for efficiency and comfort, the removal of shade trees in favor of wider roads and underinvestment in public spaces created a society where citizens retreat to their own cooled spaces, if they can—increasingly taxing the energy grid—or face dangerous heat outdoors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShade \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the key role that shade plays not only in protecting human health and enhancing urban life, but also looks toward the ways that innovative architects, city leaders, and climate entrepreneurs are looking to revive it to protect vulnerable people—and maybe even save the planet. Ambitious and far-reaching, \u003ci\u003eShade\u003c\/i\u003e helps us see a crucially important subject in a new light.","brand":"Sam Bloch","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44996330291388,"sku":"9780593242766","price":42.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_36db153f-8e82-4609-88f8-6b02e63f669c.jpg?v=1753725747"},{"product_id":"9781632175465","title":"Raising Securely Attached Kids","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Winner of the Child Psychology Award for Literary Excellence*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A comprehensive roadmap for parents who want to raise securely attached, emotionally healthy children. A parenting must-read.” —Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed., author of \u003ci\u003eTiny Humans, Big Emotions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Eli Harwood teaches the essentials of attachment, which can help parents 'show up' in ways that enable our children to become securely attached to us.” —Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whole-Brain Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearn how to create a lifetime of connection, trust, and open communication with your children through connection-focused parenting.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Though there have been countless studies on how attachment styles affect our romantic relationships, \u003ci\u003eRaising Securely Attached Kids\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to reframe the subject for caregivers and children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLicensed therapist and highly sought-after attachment research expert Eli Harwood illuminates the science that explores our innate human need to bond with other humans, and helps us harness it as the only parenting approach proven to have a lasting impact. Her loyal following—fast approaching the millions—connects to Eli’s accessible approach that helps everyone form secure and close relationships with their kids, which helps them develop resilience, confidence, and form close relationships in the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Eli Harwood brings infectious-fun energy, vulnerability, and fresh perspectives without shaming or blaming. Not only is \u003c\/i\u003eRaising Securely Attached Kids\u003ci\u003e a practical and actionable guide, it’s grounded in science and entertaining to read.” —Hilary Swank, actress, storyteller, mom of twins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHopeful and inspiring, this essential evidence-based guide shows parents, educators, and anyone with children in their lives that they are not alone in the questions and concerns they may have about raising confident, capable, and caring kids.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering every parenting era from newborns to adults, \u003ci\u003eRaising Securely Attached Kids\u003c\/i\u003e teaches simple, real-life strategies that will help you:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMove past old patterns from your childhood to become the parent or caregiver you yearn to be—no matter what you went through growing up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResolve past attachment traumas so you can offer a calm, connected, and secure base\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate a secure attachment relationship with your kids by choosing connection over control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild and reinforce a strong foundation of trust with scripts and practical tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand that it’s never too late to create a stronger bond with your children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eli Harwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44998662029500,"sku":"9781632175465","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_afe86974-4da4-4aca-b6bb-dee86a665b2d.jpg?v=1753725733"},{"product_id":"9781668064016","title":"The Mind Electric","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of Summer 2025 by \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail \u003c\/i\u003e(Toronto), \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBook Riot \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003e(London)’s Summer Reads Select\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this collection of medical tales “reminiscent of Oliver Sacks...the best of medical writing” (Abraham Verghese, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/i\u003e), a neurologist reckons with the stories we tell about our brains, and the stories our brains tell us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA girl believes she has been struck blind for stealing a kiss. A mother watches helplessly as each of her children is replaced by a changeling. A woman is haunted each month by the same four chords of a single song. In neurology, illness is inextricably linked with narrative, the clues to unraveling these mysteries hidden in both the details of a patient's story and the tells of their body.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eStories are etched into the very structure of our brains, coded so deeply that the impulse for storytelling survives and even surges after the most devastating injuries. But our brains are also porous—the stories they concoct shaped by cultural narratives about bodies and illness that permeate the minds of doctors and patients alike. In the history of medicine, some stories are heard, while others—the narratives of women, of Black and brown people, of displaced people, of disempowered people—are too often dismissed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Mind Electric\u003c\/i\u003e, neurologist Pria Anand reveals—through case study, history, fable, and memoir—all that the medical establishment has overlooked: the complexity and wonder of brains in health and in extremis, and the vast gray area between sanity and insanity, doctor and patient, and illness and wellness, each separated from the next by the thin veneer of a different story.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMoving from the Boston hospital where she treats her patients, to her childhood years in India, to Isla Providencia in the Caribbean and to the Republic of Guinea in West Africa, she demonstrates again and again the compelling paradox at the heart of neurology: that even the most peculiar symptoms can show us something universal about ourselves as humans.","brand":"Pria Anand","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":45020496134332,"sku":"9781668064016","price":38.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9a8320e5-ef17-4ab2-a019-83203cd128ca.jpg?v=1753725694"}],"url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/collections\/non-fiction.oembed?page=8","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}