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This gripping story of courage and achievement is an account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology.

Have you ever had an itch, and not scratched it?

Shortlisted for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize

There have been thousands of books on the Great War, but most have focused on commanders, battles, strategy, and tactics.

Find hope even in these dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece, a companion to his international best seller Man's Search for Meaning.

What is it about evil that we find so compelling?

Written by an emergency physician and a public health physician, The Flu Pandemic and You is a timely and forthright guide on how to prepare for an influenza pandemic, and how to understand the bro

Armed with the same personable, candid style found in his first book, Alan Doyle turns his perspective outward from Petty Harbour toward mainland Canada, reflecting on what it was like to venture a

A quarter-Canadian from Cleveland explores his roots--and melts your face with joy. There's an idea most Americans tend to learn as children.

The capacity to be alone - properly alone - is one of life's subtlest skills.

One of Canada's greatest inventors appraises his peers, with mixed results.

The youngest ever winner of the Griffin Prize mines his own personal history to reconcile the world he was born into with the world that could be .

The ad men behind CBC Radio's The Age of Persuasion combine lively social history and years of industry experience to show how the art of persuasion shapes our culture.

Aleppo's city center no longer echoes with the rich, exciting sounds of copper-pot pounding and traditional sword sharpening.