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  • Just Say Yes

    A Memoir

    by Bob McDonald ...
    Bob McDonald, host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, offers a personal and inspiring memoir of life-changing events in his early years through five decades in science journalism.Revered science reporter and radio host Bob McDonald has devoted a decades-long career to turning our attention away from everyday perspectives and outward to the vast, intricate wonders of our planet and universe. Now, in ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Future Is Now

    Solving the Climate Crisis with Today's Technologies

    by Bob McDonald ...
    ***NATIONAL BESTSELLER*Is a global pandemic what it took to show us that saving our planet is possible?**In the absence of motorized boats and gondolas, Venice’s waters have returned to a sparkling blue color. Deer have been spotted roaming cities in Italy, and mountain goats recently took over a small seaside town in Wales. Taking advantage of the decreased boat traffic, whales have returned to ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Quirks & Quarks Question Book

    101 Answers to Listeners' Questions

    by CBC ...
    • Is there really such a thing as a blue moon?• What time is it at the North Pole?• Why don’t woodpeckers get concussed?• Why don’t snorers wake themselves with the racket they make?• Do insects sleep?These are just a few of the intriguing questions asked and answered in The Quirks & Quarks Question Book, the first question and answer book to come out of CBC Radio’s enormously popular weekly ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space

    Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Black Holes, Dwarf Planets, Aliens, and More

    by Bob McDonald ...
    Beloved science commentator Bob McDonald takes us on a tour of our galaxy, unraveling the mysteries of the universe and helping us navigate our place among the stars.How big is our galaxy? Is there life on those distant planets? Are we really made of star dust? And where do stars even come from?In An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space, we finally have the answers to all those questions and more. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Agile Project Management Essentials

    by Bob McDonald ...
    Agile project management allows you to produce smaller deliverables more frequently and efficiently, making it an excellent choice for teams that work in product development, programming, business analysis, and other collaborative areas. But it is a fragile process that requires the right scope, goals, and management. In this course, author and Project Management Professional Bob McDonald shows ... Read more

    $6.62 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space

    "42 Questions (and Answers) About Life, the Universe, and Everything"

    by Jim Lebans ...
    For everyone who’s curious about what’s new under (and over and around) the stars.Douglas Adams famously pronounced in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42. Quirks & Quarks, whose approach to science owes almost as much to Adams as it does to Newton or Einstein or Hawking, have flipped that notion through a gap in the space-time ... Read more

    Was $17.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • A Nature Lover's Guide to Seeing God

    Reflections and photographs by a biologist and a pilgrim

    With a Foreword written by prominent Australian Christian leader, Tim Costello AO, this book combines high-quality photos of nature, interesting scientific background and Biblical reflections in a totally unique way. Readers may be drawn to see the natural world and God as perhaps they have not done so before.Forty-four stunning photographs reveal incredibly diverse aspects of God's creation—His ... Read more

    $5.85 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Please Touch Everything

    A History of the Ontario Science Centre

    by Joan Francuz ...
    The story of the revolutionary Ontario Science Centre, its iconic exhibits, and the people who made it all happen.A Centennial project announced by Premier John Robarts in 1964, the Ontario Science Centre upended the traditional museum instruction — Don’t Touch — and created a whole new category of visitor attraction. Its designers, scientists, and craftspeople developed a way to explain science ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Flagrant Foul

    by Bob McDonald ...
    All Davis Brown wanted was a future shot at being Sports Editor of the student newspaper, the Forester. Then in October of 2002, right before basketball season, he got his wish...and more than he bargained for! ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canada Unscripted

    Conversations with Canadian Media Icons

    Canada Unscripted: Conversations with Canadian Media Icons showcases twenty-one of the most influential voices in Canadian film and broadcasting. In these intimate and often surprising interviews, celebrated actors, journalists, directors, and producers share stories that are raw, funny, and deeply revealing. At the heart of the book are the CBC and the National Film Board: two institutions that ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Future Is Now

    Solving the Climate Crisis with Today's Technologies

    by Bob McDonald ...
    Narrated by Bob McDonald ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 25 min

    ***NATIONAL BESTSELLER*Is a global pandemic what it took to show us that saving our planet is possible?**In the absence of motorized boats and gondolas, Venice’s waters have returned to a sparkling blue color. Deer have been spotted roaming cities in Italy, and mountain goats recently took over a small seaside town in Wales. Taking advantage of the decreased boat traffic, whales have returned to ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • On Our Nature Walk Read-Along

    Our First Talk About Our Impact on the Environment

    Illustrated by Jane Heinrichs ...
    Series Book 6 - The World Around Us
    A gentle introduction to the important topic of the environment.Crafted around a conversation between a grade-school-aged child and an adult, this inquiry-focused book using age-appropriate language and tone will help children shape their understanding of the natural world and how they participate in protecting it. Dr. Roberts starts the discussion with the types of pollution and trash that ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD