Penguin Canada: 177 books
by Jay Ingram
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Have you ever felt a sudden rush of recognition that you've been in a place before? What causes a déjà vu? Why do dogs look like their owners? What's up with insect swarms? What's the science behind showing your tongue? Do you keep drier by walking or running through a rainstorm? In this updated...
A History of Canada in Ten Maps
Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
**Winner of the 2018 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for Nonfiction
Longlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize
Shortlisted for the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
The sweeping, epic story of the mysterious land that came to be called “Canada” like it’s...
The History of Canada Series: War in the St. Lawrence
The Forgotten U-boat Battles On Canada's Shores
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
From 1942 to 1944, 15 German submarines destroyed or severely damaged 27 ships, including three Canadian warships, a U.S. Army troop transport, and the Newfoundland ferry Caribou. More than 250 lives were lost. It was the only battle of the twentieth century to take place within Canada’s boundaries,...
Crazy Town
The Rob Ford Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
His drug and alcohol-fuelled antics made world headlines and engulfed a city in unprecedented controversy. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s personal and political troubles have occupied centre stage in North America’s fourth largest city since news broke that men involved in the drug trade were selling...
by Peggy Blair
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Detective Mike Ellis returns to Ottawa from Cuba to find he’s the main suspect in his wife’s unexplained and unexpected death. Meanwhile, Inspector Ramirez, head of the Havana Major Crimes Unit, is dispatched to Canada’s capital to take custody of a priest found with a laptop full of disturbing...
Dog and I
Confessions Of A Best Friend
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
From Canada’s beloved award-winning journalist and bestselling author comes a collection of essays, new and previously published, on man’s best friend. In the course of 20 years of column writing about everything from politics to hockey and everything in between, Roy MacGregor has learned firsthand...
The History of Canada Series - The Last Act: Pierre Trudeau
The Gang Of Eight And The Fight For Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Between the morning of Wednesday, November 4, and the morning of Thursday, November 5, 1981, a fateful drama unfolded that changed Canada forever.
In one last attempt to renew the constitution with the consent of the provinces, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau met behind closed doors in...
The Home Team
Fathers, Sons & Hockey
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award
“A truly magnificent book.”—Calgary Herald
It’s the great Canadian icon: a frozen creek, a backyard rink, a father passing something precious on to his child—the love of a game. There is nothing quite so Canadian as hockey, and...
by Robert Arthur Alexie
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2005
A heartbreaking love story set against the beauty of the north.
In 1972, John Daniel, an eleven-year-old Blue Indian from Aberdeen in Canada's Northwest Territories, and his six-year-old sister, Eva, were brought to live with a white couple in Alberta, having been removed from their parents...
The Mindful Glow Cookbook
Radiant Recipes for Being the Healthiest, Happiest You
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
**Shortlisted for the 2019 Taste Canada Awards - Health and Special Diets Cookbooks
Cheeky registered dietitian, food lover, and YouTube star Abbey Sharp is often described as "Nigella Lawson in a lab coat." In her debut cookbook she shares fun, satisfying, and unbelievably healthy recipes...
Chef Michael Smith's Kitchen
100 Of My Favourite Easy Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Chef Michael Smith, Canada’s most popular chef, is back with a brand-new cookbook for all his fans! Chef Michael Smith’s Kitchen is a fabulous new collection of Michael’s all-time favourite recipes that he regularly cooks at home. Simple, easy to make and packed with tips, all you have to do...
Farm to Chef
Cooking Through the Seasons
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
**National Winner for Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2017 - Women Chef
Winner of the 2018 Taste Canada Awards - General Cookbooks
Bestselling author and acclaimed chef Lynn Crawford celebrates the bounty of the seasons with over 140 recipes featuring farm-fresh produce for every occasion**
There's...
The Greenhouse Cookbook
Plant-Based Eating and DIY Juicing
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
**NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Plant-based whole food recipes to help you feel energized, refreshed and ready to greet each day**
From the founders of Greenhouse Juice Co., this stunning collection of 100 easy-to-make recipes—50 to eat with a fork, spoon or your fingers, and 50 to serve in...
The Simple Bites Kitchen
Nourishing Whole Food Recipes for Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
**National Winner for Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2017 - Family Books
Winner of the 2018 Taste Canada Awards - General Cookbooks, Silver
Delicious, wholesome family-friendly recipes from the creator of the award-winning Simple Bites blog**
Toasty warm in the winter and cool...