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A collection of music and lyrics that form the last unpublished work of one of Canada's most remarkable poets.

Chronicles a year in the life of a septuagenarian sheep farmer as she observes and reflects on the cycles of life on land she's tended for over half a century. Barbara shepherds her flock and spins their wool into fine yarn; plants, harvests, and prepares beautiful food; and writes about the local community and how it's changed.

A heartbreaking portrait of Bria, a teenage girl slipping into addiction despite loathing what the same drugs have done to her family. In the middle of a heat wave, Bria must deal with a bear that wanders into town, unsolicited dick pics texted from a mystery number, and a creeping dependence on what Bria should hate most of all.

Featuring interviews with everyone from Savage's neighborhood friends to his high school teammates to minor league teammates, tons of wrestlers and even extras on Spider-Man, Jon Finkel writes the definitive biography of "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

From the author of the popular New York Times Modern Love essay "The Ghost Was the Least of Our Problems," comes this series of intimate and humorous dispatches as examined through '80s and '90s pop culture on motherhood, love and loss, the supernatural, kaleidoscopic sexuality, and the unexplained moments in life that leave you haunted.

The Time of My Life weaves together the sharp, incisive, wryly funny story of the making of a young feminist who found inspiration in an unexpected place, and the former teenage mambo queen who turned her love of dance, music, and social justice into an unlikely blockbuster hit about an illegal abortion: Dirty Dancing.

Climate apocalypse meets the fierceness of the human spirit in this follow-up to the Aurora Award winner and critically acclaimed novella The Annual Migration of Clouds.

Character argues that while competencies reflect what a leader can do, character determines what a leader will do. Character combines the insights from the authors' scholarship and interviews with leaders whose lessons on building stronger societies through character-based leadership are moving, powerful, and evergreen.

Off the Tracks: A Meditation on Train Journeys in a Time of No Travel is creative nonfiction that combines the social history of trains and personal travel memoir with a broader meditation on the meaning, importance, and symbolism of traveling.

Throughout his career, Police Superintendent Merith ran headfirst into the institutionalized racism of the York Regional Police. Here, he lays out his career, lived experiences, and passion for systemic change and social justice reform and shows the reader what it's like to be a Black man charged with a duty to serve.

Including accounts from eyewitnesses to Lee's real-life fights, newspaper clippings, diary entries, and audio recordings, Wrath of the Dragon is the first book that deals directly with the question of Bruce Lee's real-world fighting ability and presents the definitive case for Bruce being every bit as lethal as he appears onscreen.

The relatively unknown story of the Leitz family, the Third Reich's use of Gentile forced labor, and its prisons. It is a life-affirming story of survival, resilience, and the ways World War II continues to influence our present moment.

The stories in this collection are dark, magnetic, uncanny, and uncomfortable. They are literary and speculative, familiar but not quite reality, and many verge on the horrific. They examine the complexity of individual identity and of interpersonal relationships -- each is elevated by Hirsch Garcia's very keen human insight.

For the first time ever, the amazing story of the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair will be told in stunning detail, illustrating why he's one of the greatest ever to lace up his boots.

A story told in two parts as a graphic novel and novella, about elderly Wong Cho Sum's attempt to cope with the death of her husband by taking up bottle and can collecting. Denison Avenue explores the price of progress in cities like Toronto and those it leaves behind.

The Trauma Beat examines the impact of the news media on trauma survivors and the impact of trauma on members of the media. Told from the perspective of a longtime crime reporter who is discovering the meaning of trauma-informed journalism, Cherry shares the stories of more than 100 trauma survivors.

The Marigold melds ecofiction with body horror as it weaves disparate storylines around a crumbling condo tower, its foundation plagued by a grotesque infection, and illustrates the precarious role of community and the fragile designs that bind us together.

A blend of memoir and journalism, a scathing examination of how the uterus has been sidelined, ignored, and mistreated. For the tens of millions globally who suffer from endometriosis as well as those looking to understand the deeply rooted misogyny of the medical system.

The inside story of a Canadian soccer superstar, who, by age 20, captured the hearts of a nation and became an inspiration to refugees around the world.

A love letter to the hard-rocking, but often snubbed, music of the era of excess: the 1980s. Removing the guilt from the pleasure, Kelly invites readers to experience a critical examination of a time when big hooks, big hair, and big fun ruled the airwaves.