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  • When Charlie Met Joan

    The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law

    by Diane Kiesel ...
    A 2026 PROSE Award Category Winner for Biography and AutobiographyCharlie Chaplin, the silent screen’s “Little Tramp,” was beloved by millions of movie fans until he starred in a series of salacious, real-life federal courtroom dramas. The 1944 trial was described by ace New York Daily News reporter Florabel Muir as “the best show in town.” The leading lady was a woman under contract to his studio ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • She Can Bring Us Home

    Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer

    by Diane Kiesel ...
    Long before it became the slogan of the presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Dorothy Ferebee (1898–1980) lived by the motto YES, WE CAN. An African American obstetrician and civil rights activist from Washington DC, she was descended from lawyers, journalists, politicians, and a judge. At a time when African Americans faced Jim Crow segregation, desperate poverty, and lynch mobs, she advised ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • Black Berry, Sweet Juice

    On Being Black and White in Canada

    by Lawrence Hill ...
    Lawrence Hill’s remarkable novel, Any Known Blood, a multi-generational story about a Canadian man of mixed race, was met with critical acclaim and it marked the emergence of a powerful new voice in Canadian writing. Now Hill, himself a child of a black father and white mother, brings us Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada, a provocative and unprecedented look at a timely ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Enrique's Journey

    The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother

    by Sonia Nazario ...
    An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an author interview, and more—the definitive edition of a classic of contemporary AmericaBased on the Los Angeles Times newspaper series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for feature writing and another for ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Warrior Woman

    The Exceptional Life Story of Nonhelema, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief

    A bestselling master of historical fiction, James Alexander Thom has brought unforgettable Native American figures to life for millions of readers, powerfully dramatizing their fortitude, fearsomeness, and profound fates. Now he and his wife, Dark Rain, have created a magnificent portrait of an astonishing woman–one who led her people in war when she could not persuade them to make peace.Her name ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Things I Carry Around

    The bestselling memoir from the ARIA Award-winning country music star

    A born storyteller, Troy Cassar-Daley has at last turned his talent to sharing his own inspiring life.‘Troy’s achievements are many, and perhaps the finest may be his ability to make us listen to his heart.’ Joy McKeanFor the first time, Troy talks about his early life - how his parent’s divorce changed things for him, about missing his Dad and growing up in Grafton surrounded by the warmth and ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Full Bore

    William McInnes, one of Australia's best-loved entertainers and authors, takes a look at the Aussie obsession with sports and pop culture.A chance encounter in an auction house is the jumping-off point for William's inimitable take on our sport-obsessed nation, Australian popular culture and the artefacts and memorabilia that both make us cringe with recognition and laugh with warm affection. His ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • For the Benefit of Those Who See

    Dispatches from the World of the Blind

    "A multilayered, utterly gripping account of life among the developing world's blind population." — New York TimesRosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868–1919

    Biography of a Race

    The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography about the author and premier architect of America's civil rights movement.Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize and the Bancroft PrizeA Finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics' Circle AwardThis monumental biography by David Levering Lewis—eight years in the research and writing—treats the early and middle phases of a long and intense ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Great Britons, A Very Peculiar History

    by Ian Graham ...
    Series Book 8 - A Very Peculiar History
    Great Britain can be accused of many things; a proliferation of queuing, a fondness of the demon drink; but it's not without more than its fair share of important historical and modern people. 'Great Britons: A Very Peculiar History' looks at a myriad brillliant Britons and their influence on the world. The book features a short potted history of each person, detailing their acheivements, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ecstatic Healing

    A Journey into the Shamanic World of Spirit Possession and Miraculous Medicine

    Understanding ecstatic spirit possession for physical and spiritual healing• Details the author’s direct experiences working with Brazilian miracle healer John of God (João de Deus) and African high shaman Credo Mutwa• Includes stories of psychic surgery, spirit possession, and shamanic healing rituals• Explains how each of us is capable of miraculous healingMargaret De Wys first became aware of ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Untold Glory

    African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity, and Achievement

    by Alan Govenar ...
    Untold Glory offers a fresh perspective on one of the most fundamental elements of American history—the conquest of new frontiers. In twenty-seven fascinating first-person accounts, African Americans from different eras, backgrounds, and occupations explore and reflect on the meaning of frontier, both literally and metaphorically.This collection chronicles the search for freedom and opportunity ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD