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"Honest and insightful, a testament to Japanese Canadian resilience." —Kerri Sakamoto, author of Floating City.

An innovative, informative, and entertaining history of Roman Britain told through the lives of individuals in all walks of life.

Since the end of the Cold War, America's national security establishment has been searching for a new operating theory to explain how this seemingly "chaotic" world actually works.

In 1831, an unknown, horrifying and deadly disease from Asia swept across Continental Europe, killing millions in its path and throwing the medical profession into confusion.

A remarkable firsthand view of a lost culture in all its simplicity and violence by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014), author of the National Book Award–winning The Snow Leopard and the

A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on a journey from deep in the countryside of eastern Japan to the capital.

Shortlisted for the Toronto Book Awards. "A hospital ...

In this unconventional and accessible history, Italian best-seller Alberto Angela literally follows the money to map the reach and power of the Roman Empire.

Finalist for Toronto Book Awards.

In this annotated translation and study of an early fourteenth-century Japanese devotional picture scroll set, Royall Tyler illuminates the complex relationships between medieval Japanese religion

Heroin is an illustrated history of Canadian heroin regulation over two centuries.

How identity politics failed one particular identity. "A must read and if you think you don't need to read it, that's just the clue to know you do" —Sarah Silverman.

The extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany. In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought.

From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier - "An ideal pairing of tale

A New York Times Critics' Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 - Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Biography - From a gifted young writer, the story of his quest to reclaim his family's apartmen