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An autistic writer¿s memoir of the detrimental effects of pretending to be normal, and her impassioned call to redefine what is considered a successful life.

Following his national best-seller, "Juno Beach," and with his usual verve and narrative skill, historian Mark Zuehlke chronicles the crucial six days when Canadians saved the vulnerable beachheads they had won during the D-Day landings. D-Day ended with the Canadians six miles inland -- the deepest penetration achieved by Allied forces during this longest day in history. But for all the horror endured on June 6 every soldier knew the worst was yet to come. The Germans began probing the Canadian lines early in the morning of June 7 and shortly after dawn counter attacked in force. The ensuing six days of battle was to prove bloodier than D-Day itself. Although battered and bloody, the Canadians had held their ground and made it possible for the slow advance toward Germany and eventual Allied victory to begin. "Holding Juno" recreates this pivotal battle through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it, with the same dramatic intensity and factual detail that made "Juno Beach," in the words of "Quill & Quire" reviewer Michael Clark, "the defining popular history of Canada's D-Day battle."

First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists, activists, educators and writers, youth and elders come together to envision Indigenous futures in Canada and around the world. Discussing everything from language renewal to sci-fi, this collection is a powerful and important expression of imagination rooted in social critique, cultural experience, traditional knowledge, activism and the multifaceted experiences of Indigenous people on Turtle Island.In Me Tomorrow¿Darrel J. McLeod, Cree author from Treaty-8 territory in Northern Alberta, blends the four elements of the Indigenous cosmovision with the four directions of the medicine wheel to create a prayer for the power, strength and resilience of Indigenous peoples.Autumn Peltier, Anishinaabe water-rights activist, tells the origin story of her present and future career in advocacy¿and how the nine months she spent in her mother¿s womb formed her first water teaching. When the water breaks, like snow melting in the spring, new life comes.Lee Maracle, acclaimed Stó:l¿ Nation author and educator, reflects on cultural revival¿imagining a future a century from now in which Indigenous people are more united than ever before.Other essayists include Cyndy and Makwa Baskin, Norma Dunning, Shalan Joudry, Shelley Knott-Fife, Tracie Léost, Stephanie Peltier, Romeo Saganash, Drew Hayden Taylor and Raymond Yakeleya.For readers who want to imagine the future, and to cultivate a better one, Me Tomorrow is a journey through the visions generously offered by a diverse group of Indigenous thinkers.

Children will laugh out loud at this silly illustrated book where animals teach people a lesson about respect for nature. After all the campers and hikers return to the city at the end of summer, a group of animals from the forest decide to pay them a visit. When Raccoon, Moose, Bear, Otter and their friends arrive in the big city, everyone is so excited to see them that they shout and run away with joy. The animals have a fun-filled day rampaging through the city and learning about human customs, until some new friends with large nets give them a ride back home.Featuring humorous and charming illustrations, City Day will make young readers laugh while educating them about the importance of treating animals¿ wilderness home with care and respect.

Finding happiness at 80+, from the perspective of an octogenarian.Author Ralph Milton wants readers to know that old age is not a disease circling the world ready to pounce on anyone over eighty. Many¿maybe even most¿old people say they are happier and more contented than they have ever been. And that¿s good news because we are living much, much longer than we used to. In fact, seniors are North Americäs fastest growing demographic. To quote the author, ¿Society has never had to deal with such a huge bunch of old people.¿To address this societal shift, Well Aged offers a candid, useful and entertaining insider¿s take on life among the old-old. Not the recently retired who are enjoying Arizona winters and unlimited golf, but those in their last years, usually in the eighty- to one-hundred-year-old bracket. This book is a lively and candid look at what it¿s really like to be old, written by someone living the experience, and sprinkled liberally with humour.Topics include:Identity and independenceChoosing where to livePersonal health needs and prioritiesCommunity support, friendships and recreationSpirituality and religionIntimacy, companionship and sexualityLoneliness, depression and frailtyLeaving a legacy and end-of-life arrangementsWhen the subject of the elderly does get public attention, as it has during the covid-19 pandemic, the focus is usually on what can go wrong. Well Aged expands this conversation around aging, and it is a must-read for anyone who needs to put out their birthday cake with a fire extinguisher¿as well as those who love and care for them.

"Allan Levine's biography of Toronto is a triumph of historical storytelling. Avoiding the worn path of grand themes and broad concepts of civic evolution, he instead ventures out, engagingly marshalling real-time encounters of people, places and events¿the good, the bad and the ugly of it all. This fresh take on Toronto evokes a saga of the city that keeps the delighted reader turning the pages, eager to enjoy¿and learn¿more."¿David Crombie, Former mayor of Toronto In the last seventy years, Toronto has been transformed from a provincial town to a significant urban heavyweight. Few cities have experienced such sustained growth, and the packed streets of North Americäs fourth-largest city are a far cry from the origins of the city as ¿Little York,¿ which was comprised of the Lieutenant-Governor¿s muddy tent¿which he shared with his wife and many children¿and some barracks. Between then and now, fervent Orangemen have imposed strict morals on the growing provincial town, and an influx of immigrants has changed the face of the city.With the same eye for character, anecdote and circumstance that made Peter Ackroyd¿s London and Colin Jones¿s Paris so successful, Levine¿s captivating prose integrates the sights, sounds and feel of Toronto with a broad historical perspective, linking the city¿s present with its past through themes such as politics, transportation, public health, ethnic diversity and sports. Toronto invites readers to discover the city¿s lively spirit over four centuries and to wander purposefully through the city¿s many unique neighbourhoods, where they can encounter the striking and peculiar characters who have inhabited them: the powerful and powerless, the entrepreneurs and the entertainers, and the moral and the corrupt, all of whom have contributed to Toronto¿s collective identity.

The unlikely and riveting story of how a left-wing activist became one of BC¿s most accomplished business leaders and philanthropists, championing projects in the visual arts and innovation in Canadian wildlife protection and sustainability. Freedom rider. Student radical. Academic. Social activist. Residential developer. Museum builder. Grizzly bear protector. Michael Audain has been all of these things and more in a colourful life spanning eight decades, three continents and five careers. Born into a branch of the legendary BC Dunsmuir clan that had lost its wealth and social status, little was expected of Audain. A lonely teenager plagued by insecurities, he was a dismal failure in the classroom and on the playing field. Yet Audain would become one of the most prominent home builders in British Columbia and a well-known philanthropist in support of the visual arts and wildlife causes.Along the way, Audain did time in a Mississippi prison for participating in the Freedom Rider movement. He started the Nuclear Disarmament Club at the University of British Columbia and was a founder of the BC Civil Liberties Association. He advocated for the radical Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sect on their protest march from the Kootenays to Vancouver. He proudly displayed a photograph of the communist revolutionary Fidel Castro at the founding convention of the New Democratic Party until Tommy Douglas persuaded him to take it down. Audain worked for an airline in the Arctic, became a probation officer and a farm appraiser, was arrested in Ireland under suspicion of terrorism, and sought wisdom from a Buddhist monk in Thailand. In 1980, he took the most unexpected turn of all and became a developer in Greater Vancouver¿s volatile housing market. As chairman of Polygon Homes Ltd., he has been responsible for the construction of over 30,000 homes.¿My life never had a business plan,¿ muses Audain. One Man in His Time¿ is a story of life¿s unplanned twists and turns, victories and defeats, recounted with characteristic wit and candour. It is a tale of adventure and perseverance that will inspire many seeking to find their place in the world.

CBC journalist Ian Hanomansing profiles Canadian infectious disease doctors who stepped up to guide the nation through its worst medical crisis in a century. Canadians who have followed the news about the COVID-19 pandemic will recognize the names of doctors Lisa Barrett, Isaac Bogoch, Zain Chagla, Sumon Chakrabarti, Susy Hota, Fatima Kakkar, Srinivas Murthy, Lynora Saxinger and Alexander Wong¿nine remarkable Canadians who found themselves in the spotlight during a remarkably challenging year.While dealing with their own personal concerns about the worsening pandemic and their busy medical practices, the doctors profiled in Pandemic Spotlight volunteered their time and offered their expertise in hundreds of media interviews, providing calm, clear and independent analysis. Hanomansing talks to them about what inspired them to become doctors and what led them to specialize in infectious diseases and then take on this very public role.The doctors discuss the moment the pandemic became very real to them and speak candidly about what it was like when infections raged out of control in Italy and then New York City, leaving doctors at Canadian hospitals to wonder what might be next. And they explain the sense of duty they felt to step into the media glare, even as public anxiety and skepticism sometimes turned into hostility and social media made them easy to contact and, sometimes, easy targets. And for anyone whös been asked to offer their expertise to the media, they have advice on how to answer the call.There are a few silver linings in the COVID storm. One of them is how these doctors put science front and centre and became public symbols of trust and hope. As they prepare to return to their private careers, they respond to Hanomansing¿s invitation to reflect on lessons learned and their concerns about the next pandemic. All author royalties from sales of the book will go to UBC¿s Centre for Health Education Scholarship.

When Jane Munro¿s husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer¿s, the Griffin-award-winning poet must chart a path through the depths of grief, learning to live with loss and to take solace and find freedom in the restorative powers of writing.Open Every Window is a genre-bending prose account of the unravelling of a life¿two lives¿when Munro¿s husband, Bob, twenty years her senior, is diagnosed with Alzheimer¿s. Evoking Lorna Crozier's Through the Garden, this memoir charts a path through sorrow¿the pain of seeing a partner age and approach death, the exhaustion of caretaking and the regret in seeing life¿s scope narrow and diminish. Writing with courage and love, Munro grapples with what it means to care for a husband who is gradually but devastatingly deteriorating. Her identity as a writer, yoga practitioner, mother and grandmother is eclipsed by a single word¿caregiver. When a doctor admonishes, ¿What job could be more important than caring for your husband?¿ Munro wonders if the same question would be asked if the roles were reversed and her husband was asked to put aside all his own needs in order to care for a wife with dementia. Ultimately, Munro finds respite in the power of writing, Iyengar yoga and the rhythms of the moon¿not to heal but to allow her to face grief without breaking.A poignant affirmation for anyone who has experienced loss, Open Every Window reveals the pain and power inherent in loving and being loved. Framed with short observations of the moon¿from a new moon in Pune, India, to the following new moon in Vancouver, Canadäthis memoir will entrance with its lyricism and comfort with the writer¿s hard-won warmth and wisdom.

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A powerful testament to resilience by performing and recording artist Christa Couture.

The exciting tale of the Bluenose and the International Fishermen's Cup series is now available in trade paper, just in time for the Canadian icon's centennial.

A new collection of short stories that illuminate Inuit experience in the Canadian South.

A colourful children's book written in a rhyming combination of English and Ojibwe.

In this third volume of his critically acclaimed trilogy tracing Canada''s involvement in World War II''s Italian campaign, Mark Zuehlke vividly recounts the Battle of the Gothic Line. The line was meant to be impregnable, a final fortified position that would enable the battered German divisions to bring the Allied advance up Italy''s boot to a decisive halt. On August 25, 1944, it fell to the soldiers of I Canadian Corps to spearhead the British Eighth Army''s attempt to rip a hole in the line. For the next twenty-eight days, the men of 1st Canadian Infantry Division and 5th Canadian Armoured Division slugged their way through a rugged killing ground in the most costly battle of the campaign. The Gothic Line portrays the horror, the fear, the courage, and ultimately the glory that Canadians won on this remote battlefield.

A fast-paced, behind-the-scenes look at thirty years of Canadian journalism from veteran CBC correspondent Reg Sherren.

Short stories that blur the boundaries between the fantastic and the mundane.

A graceful and compelling first novel that pays tribute to the magic and unfathomable mystery of the natural world.

A compendium of career-affirming moments from a diverse group of doctors across Canada.

A backyard-to-table guide to growing and enjoying ancient grains and seeds, featuring fifty vegetarian recipes.

A community-oriented cookbook that will inspire readers to embrace the proven health benefits of plant-based eating.

The surprising history and vibrant present of small-town Chinese restaurants from Victoria, BC, to Fogo Island, NL

A lyrical biography of Canadian legend Emily Carr's beloved and enigmatic petmonkey, Woo.

As reports of human encounters with wolves become more frequent, Return of the Wolf offers a timely examination of this icon of the wilderness.

The story of how the CBC lost Hockey Night in Canada-and all the ways Rogers's big win went wrong.

An inspirational, spiritual and transformative collection of meditative wisdoms by beloved Indigenous author Richard Wagamese.In this carefully curated selection of everyday reflections, Richard Wagamese finds lessons in both the mundane and sublime as he muses on the universe, drawing inspiration from working in the bush—sawing and cutting and stacking wood for winter—as well as the smudge ceremony to bring him closer to the Creator. Embers is perhaps Richard Wagamese's most personal volume to date. Honest, evocative and articulate, he explores the various manifestations of grief, joy, recovery, beauty, gratitude, physicality and spirituality—concepts many find hard to express. But for Wagamese, spirituality is multifaceted. Within these pages, readers will find hard-won and concrete wisdom on how to feel the joy in the everyday things. Wagamese does not seek to be a teacher or guru, but these observations made along his own journey to become, as he says, "a spiritual bad-ass," make inspiring reading."Life sometimes is hard. There are challenges. There are difficulties. There is pain. As a younger man I sought to avoid them and only ever caused myself more of the same. These days I choose to face life head on—and I have become a comet. I arc across the sky of my life and the harder times are the friction that lets the worn and tired bits drop away. It's a good way to travel; eventually I will wear away all resistance until all there is left of me is light. I can live towards that end."  —Richard Wagamese, Embers

A forgotten Haudenosaunee social song beams into the cosmos like a homing beacon for interstellar visitors. A computer learns to feel sadness and grief from the history of atrocities committed against First Nations. A young Native man discovers the secret to time travel in ancient petroglyphs. Drawing inspiration from science fiction legends like Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, Drew Hayden Taylor frames classic science-fiction tropes in an Aboriginal perspective.The nine stories in this collection span all traditional topics of science fiction--from peaceful aliens to hostile invaders; from space travel to time travel; from government conspiracies to connections across generations. Yet Taylor's First Nations perspective draws fresh parallels, likening the cultural implications of alien contact to those of the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, or highlighting the impossibility of remaining a "good Native" in such an unnatural situation as a space mission.Infused with Native stories and variously mysterious, magical and humorous, Take Us to Your Chief is the perfect mesh of nostalgically 1950s-esque science fiction with modern First Nations discourse.

An authoritative survey of sculpture’s coming of age in Canada.