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Series: A Runner's Journey Paperback Bruce Kidd 9781487541040 $29.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 14, 2021

In this autobiography of a former Olympian and leader in sport history, Bruce Kidd details why sports are important to him, what he’s learned from them, and why he continues to fight to make them more equitable.In the 1960s, Bruce Kidd was one of Canada’s most celebrated athletes. As a teenager, Kidd won races all over the globe, participated in the Olympics, and started a revolution in distance running and a revival in Canadian track and field. He quickly became a symbol of Canadian youth and the subject of endless media coverage. Although mo... + Read More
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Series: Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well Paperback Pellegrino Artusi 9780802086570 $63.00 COOKING Dec 27, 2003

First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi's La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most significant Italian cookbook of modern times. It was reprinted thirteen times and had sold more than 52,000 copies in the years before Artusi's death in 1910, with the number of recipes growing from 475 to 790. And while this figure has not changed, the book has consistently remained in print. Although Artusi was himself of the upper classes and it was doubtful he had ever touched a kitchen utensil or lit a fire under... + Read More
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Series: Damaged Childhood Trauma, Adult Illness, and the Need for a Health Care Revolution Hardcover Robert Maunder, MD 9781487528348 $29.95 MEDICAL Oct 05, 2021

This is the story of a psychiatrist and his career-long relationship with a difficult patient showing how medical treatment should not just be about biology, but also about psychology.We need a revolution in care. Damaged tells the painful yet inspiring story of a dedicated psychiatrist and his most challenging patient. In the authentic voices of Dr. Robert Maunder and his patient, Isaac, we hear how childhood trauma harms Isaac’s health for the rest of his life. Providing readers with a window into the private world of long-term psychotherapy,... + Read More
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Series: Toronto Iberic Chocolate How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature Paperback Erin Alice Cowling 9781487527204 $27.95 LITERARY CRITICISM Jul 20, 2021

Chocolate traces representations of chocolate in Spanish literature and historical documents, providing a fascinating and worldly narrative about one of the most beloved foods of all time.In terms of its popularity, as well as its production, chocolate was among the first foods to travel from the New World to Spain. Chocolate: How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature considers chocolate as an object of collective memory used to bridge the transatlantic gap through Spanish literary works of the early modern period, tracing the ment... + Read More
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Series: Chinese Science Fiction during the Post-Mao Cultural Thaw Hardcover Hua Li 9781487508234 $65.00 LITERARY CRITICISM Jun 22, 2021

This is the first book in English to focus on the transitional period of Chinese science fiction – a key prelude to the increasingly global stature of Chinese science fiction in the twenty-first century. The late 1970s to the mid-1980s, a period commonly referred to as the post-Mao cultural thaw, was a key transitional phase in the evolution of Chinese science fiction. This period served as a bridge between science-popularization science fiction of the 1950s and 1960s and New Wave Chinese science fiction from the 1990s into the twenty-firs... + Read More
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Series: UTP Insights Nothing Less than Great Reforming Canada's Universities Paperback Harvey P. Weingarten 9781487509446 $26.95 EDUCATION Sep 15, 2021

Nothing Less than Great addresses the current challenges faced by Canada’s university system and offers solutions to help improve the academic experience of students.Canada’s public higher education system is in trouble. The economic and social benefits of the Canadian university system are widely seen as a public good, which begs a pressing question: Why should we aspire to anything less than a great system? For that to happen, everything about the way universities currently operate, from the boardroom to the classroom, must change – but this ... + Read More
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Series: Monty and the Canadian Army A Military Triumph Hardcover John A. English 9781487506995 $39.95 HISTORY Oct 15, 2021

Monty and the Canadian Army details the lasting influence of General B.L. Montgomery, whose military competence shaped the Canadian Army in the Second World War.General Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as "Monty," exerted a more lasting military influence on the Canadian Army than any other Second World War commander. In 1942 he assumed responsibility for the exercise and training of Canadian formations in England, and by the end of the war Canada’s field army was second to none in the practical exercise of combined arms. In Monty a... + Read More
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Series: The Discovery of Insulin Special Centenary Edition Paperback Michael Bliss 9781487529130 $34.95 MEDICAL Sep 30, 2021

This special centenary edition of The Discovery of Insulin celebrates a path-breaking medical discovery that has changed lives around the world.The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921–22 was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin was a wonder drug with the ability to bring diabetes patients back from the very brink of death. It was no surprise that in 1923 the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the Canadian research team of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, ... + Read More
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Series: Canadian Social History Series All Things in Common A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia Paperback Ruth Brouwer 9781487525569 $29.95 HISTORY Jun 28, 2021

All Things in Common explores the history of a Canadian utopian community, highlighting the roles of family, faith, and business pragmatism in its cohesion and longevity.In the first decade of the twentieth century, a few closely related families established a utopian community in Canada’s smallest province. Known officially as B. Compton Limited but described by a journalist in 1935 as "Prince Edward Island’s unique ‘brotherly love’ community," this utopia owed its longevity to the cohesion provided by its communal organization, dense kin ties... + Read More
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Series: Decoding CEO-Speak Hardcover Russell Craig 9781487505950 $34.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 23, 2021

Decoding CEO-Speak monitors the written and oral language of CEOs to reveal its manipulative, enlightening, frustrating, inspiring, and disturbing characteristics.The words of business leaders matter. They can spark action, enhance branding, share knowledge, transmit values, and influence social and cultural behavior. Decoding CEO-Speak critiques the public language of a powerful class of people – the Chief Executive Officers of major companies. Interest in the behavior and thinking of CEOs is not confined to their corporation’s direct stakehol... + Read More
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Series: Canada's Army Waging War and Keeping the Peace, Third Edition Paperback J.L. Granatstein 9781487509484 $49.95 HISTORY Sep 13, 2021

In this revised and updated third edition, one of Canada’s leading historians covers the history of the Canadian military to the present day.Originally published in 2002, Canada's Army quickly became the definitive history of the Canadian military. In the twenty intervening years, we have seen major changes to how Canadians think about their military, and in the ways Canadians fight, train, and serve their nation in peace and in war. Written by J.L. Granatstein, one of the country's leading political and military historians, Canada's Army trac... + Read More
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Series: Politics of Command Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939-1943 Paperback John Nelson Rickard 9781487541026 $32.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 11, 2021

The Politics of Command re-examines Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton’s command and argues that the long-accepted reasons for his relief of duty warrant review.In December 1943, Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton resigned from command of the 1st Canadian Army amidst criticism of his poor generalship and of his abrasive personality. Despite McNaughton's importance to the Canadian Army during the first four years of the Second World War, little has been written about the man himself or the circumstances of his resignation. In The Politics of... + Read More
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Series: A History of Science in Society From Philosophy to Utility, Fourth Edition 4th edition Paperback Andrew Ede 9781487524630 $59.95 SCIENCE Mar 02, 2022

Detailed, engaging, and beautifully written, the fourth edition of A History of Science in Society explores the many ways in which science and society interact.In A History of Science in Society, Ede and Cormack trace the history of the changing place of science in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful. The fourth edition of this bestselling textbook brings the narrative right up to the present day by incorporating the COVID-19 pandemic. The edition also adds content on Indige... + Read More
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Series: Toronto Iberic Lazarillo de Tormes A Graphic Novel Paperback Zafra 9781487529383 $22.95 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Jan 26, 2021

Available for the first time in English and in graphic novel format, Lazarillo de Tormes is a gritty and shocking classic that is frequently compared to Don Quixote.This is the first graphic novel adaptation of Lazarillo de Tormes, an anonymous sixteenth-century work that is credited with founding the literary genre of the picaresque novel. This genre includes not only works by Spanish authors like Miguel de Cervantes but also famous novels in English and American literature featuring the “anti-hero.” This edition offers a new approach to ... + Read More
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Series: The Bridge in the Parks The Five Eyes and Cold War Counter-Intelligence Paperback Dennis G. Molinaro 9781487523718 $34.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 06, 2021

Established in the 1940s, the Five Eyes intelligence network consists of Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. The alliance was integral to shaping domestic and international security decisions during the Cold War, yet much of the intelligence history of these countries remains unknown. In The Bridge in the Parks, intelligence scholars from across the Five Eyes come together to present case studies detailing the varied successes and struggles their countries experienced in the world of Cold War counter-intelligence. Th... + Read More
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Series: The Gatherings Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations Hardcover Shirley Hager 9781487508951 $29.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Mar 31, 2021

In a world that more than ever needs all of our knowledge and wisdom to address the developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create mutually beneficial relationships.Thirty years ago, in Wabanaki territory – a region encompassing the state of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes – a group of Native and non-Native individuals came together to explore some of the most pressing questions at the heart of Truth and Healing efforts in the United States and Canada. What price do we pa... + Read More
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Series: Solved How the World's Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis Hardcover David Miller 9781487506827 $31.95 NATURE Oct 01, 2020

If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly. Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small but significant changes that can drastically reduce our carbon footprint. We cannot wait for national governments to agree on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and manage the average temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees. In Solved, David Miller argues that cities are taking action on clim... + Read More
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Series: The Rapids Ways of Looking at Mania Hardcover Sam Twyford-Moore 9781487507824 $31.95 PSYCHOLOGY Sep 15, 2020

The Rapids is an exploration of manic depression (also known as bipolar disorder). With reflections on artists such as Carrie Fisher, Kanye West, Saul Bellow, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Spalding Gray, Sam Twyford-Moore takes readers on a literary and cultural tour of mania and what it means to live with a diagnosis of "bipolarity" in contemporary society. He also looks at the condition in our digital world, where someone’s manic episode can unfold live in real time, watched by millions. His own story, told unflinchingly, is shocking and sometime... + Read More
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Series: Artistry Unleashed A Guide to Pursuing Great Performance in Work and Life Paperback Hilary Austen 9781487528386 $29.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 15, 2021

Helping individuals deal effectively with risks, failures and successes, Artistry Unleashed stimulates great performance and innovation in the workplace.Artistry Unleashed is about working and living at the edge of what you know and beyond. Surprise, uncertainty, ambiguity, intensity, and change are all disruptive forces that we often avoid or fear. Yet they are the essential origin of both creativity and great performance.Imagine if you could make effective progress with no clear plan or destination in view; if you could achieve excellence wit... + Read More
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Series: ethnoGRAPHIC Light in Dark Times The Human Search for Meaning Paperback Alisse Waterston 9781487526405 $21.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Sep 17, 2020

What will become of us in these trying times? How will we pass the time that we have on earth? In gorgeously rendered graphic form, Light in Dark Times invites readers to consider these questions by exploring the political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted. A profound work of anthropology and art, this book is for anyone yearning to understand the darkness and hoping to hold onto the light. It is a powerful story of encounters with writers, phi... + Read More
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Series: The New Spice Box Contemporary Jewish Writing Paperback Ruth Panofsky 9781487526009 $26.95 LITERARY COLLECTIONS Sep 17, 2020

The New Spice Box includes short fiction, personal essays, and poetry by Jewish writers from a broad range of cultural backgrounds. Fresh and relevant, profound and lasting, this anthology features works by acclaimed short story writers David Bezmozgis, Mireille Silcoff, and Ayelet Tsabari; groundbreaking memoirists Bernice Eisenstein and Alison Pick; and award-winning poets Isa Milman, Jacob Scheier, and Adam Sol. The driving force behind The New Spice Box is the desire to uncover the twin touchstones of original expression and writerly craft,... + Read More