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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

A compelling story of two intertwined journeys: a Jewish refugee family fleeing persecution and a young man seeking to reclaim a shattered past.

Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades-if you dare! Hear shocking plot summaries that invoke devil worship, satanic children, and haunted real estate.

Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnet, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator.

#1 New York Times Bestseller -- The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this "r

National Bestseller -- A "rip-roaring" (Steve Coll), "staggeringly well-researched" (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, "electric with revelations

*The New York Times Book Review* Notable Book • The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now.

*New York Times* Bestseller • A Best Book of the Year: Amazon, Smithsonian, and *Financial Times*.

One of The New York Times' Notable Books of 2024 - One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 - One of CBC Books' Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2024.

Hope triumphs over fear in this poignant and impactful true story of the Holocaust—a delicate introduction to World War Two history for older audiobook listeners.

The panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicled in this gripping addition to the New York Times Best-Selling What Was? series.