In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest--and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from …
Paul Berton takes aim at the waste and excess of consumer culture with a lively and satire-laced expos of the rich, famous and totally miserable. There is little argument that …
This frank and authoritative biography explores the life and often controversial work of W.P. Kinsella, the author who penned iconic lines such as "If you build it, he will come." …
From the winner of the 2021 Governor General's Award for literature, a revelatory look into an obscured piece of Canadian history: what was then called the Eskimo Identification …
Hockey used to be Canada's game. What happened? A renowned sports expert details the sellout of a sport Canada once dominated to big-money U.S. corporatization and enumerates the …
A thought-provoking and provocative challenge to consumerism (with plenty of name-dropping and celebrity antics). Sassy and satirical, Shopomania is an economic, environmental and …
