Canadian nonfiction

  • Off the tracks : a meditation on train journeys in a time of no travel

    Creator

    Mulloy, Pamela

    Abstract

    Train travel is having a renaissance. Grand old routes that had been canceled, or were moldering in neglect, have been refurbished as destinations in themselves. The Rocky Mountaineer, the Orient Express, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad run again in all their glory. Pamela Mulloy has always loved train travel. Whether returning to the Maritimes every year with her daughter on the Ocean, or taking her family across Europe to Poland, trains have been a linchpin of her life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    ECW Press

    Not specified
  • Big mall : shopping for meaning

    Creator

    Black, Kate

    Abstract

    A phenomenology of the mall: If the mall makes us feel bad, why do we keep going back? In a world poisoned by capitalism, is shopping what makes life worth living? In less than a century, the shopping mall has morphed from a blueprint for a socialist utopia to something else entirely: a home to disaffected mallrats and depressed zoo animals, a sensory overload and consumerist trap. Kate Black grew up in North America's largest mall: West Edmonton Mall -- a mall on steroids.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Coach House Books

    Not specified
  • Brotherhood to nationhood : George Manuel and the making of the modern Indian movement

    Creator

    McFarlane, Peter

    Abstract

    Charged with fresh material and new perspectives, this updated edition of the groundbreaking biography Brotherhood to Nationhood brings George Manuel and his fighting tradition into the present. George Manuel (1920-1989) was the strategist and visionary behind the modern Indigenous movement in Canada. A three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, he laid the groundwork for what would become the Assembly of First Nations and was the founding president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Between the Lines

    Not specified
  • Stay up : racism, resistance, and reclaiming Black freedom

    Creator

    Dill, Khodi

    Abstract

    Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don’t know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives readers tools to understand how racism impacts their lives. From dismantling internalized racism, decolonizing schools, joining social justice movements and more, Dill lays out paths to personal liberation and social transformation. Vibrant, dramatic collages by stylo starr complement Dill’s propulsive voice.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Annick Press

    Not specified
  • Blood in the water : a true story of revenge in the maritimes

    Creator

    Cameron, Silver Donald

    Abstract

    National Bestseller. Winner of the 2021 Atlantic Book Awards' Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award. Shortlisted for the 2021 Crime Writers of Canada Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book. A brutal murder in a small Maritime fishing community raises urgent questions of right and wrong, and even the nature of good and evil, in this masterfully told true story. In June 2013, three upstanding citizens of a small Cape Breton town cold-bloodedly murdered their neighbor, Phillip Boudreau, at sea.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Viking

    Not specified
  • The duel : Diefenbaker, Pearson and the making of modern Canada

    Creator

    Ibbitson, John

    Abstract

    Instant National Bestseller. One of Canada's foremost authors and journalists offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today's Canada. John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated by history. Although he wrestled with personal demons, his governments launched major reforms in public health care, law reform, and immigration. On his watch, First Nations on reserve obtained the right to vote and the federal government began to open up the North.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Signal

    Not specified
  • Landbridge : life in fragments

    Creator

    Troeung, Y-Dang

    Abstract

    The inaugural title from Alchemy by Knopf Canada: a searing account by an exquisite writer who came to Canada as a baby, escaping war in Cambodia. In 1980, Y-Dang Troeung and her family were among the last of the 60,000 refugees from Cambodia that then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau pledged to relocate to Canada. As the final arrivals, their landing was widely documented in newspapers, with photographs of the PM shaking Y-Dang's father's hand, reaching out to pat baby Y-Dang's head.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Knopf Canada

    Not specified
  • The rainbow, the midwife and the birds

    Creator

    Yakeleya, Raymond

    Abstract

    The Rainbow, the Midwife & the Birds contains seven Dene stories, as told by Raymond Yakeleya. "Flight Through the Rainbow" is about flying through a rainbow in a small plane and experiencing multi-sensations of colour. It also tells the legend of the spider and how its web catches raindrops that create the rainbow. "The Midwife and the Spirit of Life," dedicated to Raymond's Granny Harriet Gladue, is about the birth of babies and bringing their spirits into the world. "The Slingshot and the Songbird" is about a boy's sadness over killing a friendly songbird.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Durvile

    Not specified
  • Indigenous justice : true cases by judges, lawyers, and law enforcement officers

    Abstract

    Indigenous Justice is Book 10 in the Durvile True Cases series. In the spirit of truth and reconciliation and respectful of Indigenous cultural integrity, judges, lawyers, and law enforcement officers write about working with First Nations, Mťis, and Inuit Peoples through their trials and tribulations with the criminal justice system. The stories are a mix of previously published essays from the True Cases anthologies with an equal number of new chapters by legal and law enforcement professionals.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Durvile

    Not specified
  • Laugh out loud : nature down under

    Creator

    Pirk, Wendy

    Abstract

    What comes from the land down under? mania, that's Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania! There are so many unique species of animals, insects and plants on these islands! You will be amazed!

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Winnipeg, Manitoba]

    Folklore Publishing

    Not specified