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The Calgary author details how she coped with – and healed from – the discovery that her husband was a philandering porn addict drowning in debt
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NPR critic Ann Powers' biography, 'Traveling,' lands at the height of the 80-year-old singer-songwriter’s renaissance
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The bitter family dispute over control of Cara Operations, a restaurant and catering behemoth, is rife with bad behaviour and unresolved conflict
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In a Q&A, Winnipeg activist and scholar Niigaan Sinclair talks about Indigenous values and how reciprocity is essential for reconciliation
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The sharp-tongued former host of 'What Not to Wear' digs deep into the hearts – and closets – of her social-media super fans to pen a self-help beauty and style book
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Our Zed contributor reports on literary tips and tricks from Manchán Magan, Hari Kunzru, Meg Wolitzer, Omar El Akkad and Jeannette Walls
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In the first secular account of the Jesuit missionary, the bestselling non-fiction author details how the sainted Catholic was not only a failed proselytizer, but barking mad
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Canadian author and train enthusiast Pamela Mulloy relates fascinating history about riding the rails, interwoven with reminiscences about trips in Canada, the U.S. and Europe
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Former Toronto Star reporter Mary Ormsby examines new evidence, including Johnson's lab report, that support her suspicion Johnson didn’t receive due process
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Founder Len Senater got 100 chefs from the now-shuttered restaurant to contribute recipes for 'a book about the culinary life of Toronto'
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A new Canadian Audible audiobook lends a non-judgemental ear to the mostly male cheaters who are still reeling from the fallout
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The retrospective was curated and sequenced by his model and muse, and adds a new chapter to the 58-year-old Canadian supermodel’s renaissance
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In a conversation about 'A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home,' the TikTok star implores us to ditch the dryer sheets and always clean the washing machine
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In a Q&A, the author talks about the link between celebrity and wealth, the gap between rich and poor, and a new class – "the utterly shameless"
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In a Q&A, the public intellectual talks about how the world is balanced on a knife's edge, with democracy on one side and fascism on the other
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In a Q&A, 'The Underworld' author talks about sea creatures, the ill-fated Titan expedition and how visiting the abyssal zone was a spiritual revelation
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In a Q&A, the Canadian true-crime doyenne talks about why people are attracted to the genre, the danger of glorifying serial killers and why it's important to remember the victims
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'100 Places to See After You Die' is jammed with Jeopardy!-worthy facts about our final destination
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In ‘Where We Ate,’ the St. John’s food writer explains how immigration shaped our palates and why Greeks own so many pizza joints
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In a Q&A, the U.S. psychologist says today’s generational conflicts match that of the '60s, and understanding those divides is essential to our future
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In a Q&A with U.S. author Benyamin Cohen, he explains how he called out Ivanka Trump and why he impersonates the Nobel Prize winning physicist
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In a Q&A about "Outsider," author Brett Popplewell explains how the former Bond stuntman defies ageing tropes and why he lives in a bus on a B.C. mountain
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In an excerpt from her new book, the Zoomer contributor is taken aback when the new pup immediately bonds with her husband
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In a Q&A, the authors discuss how Indigenous and non-Indigenous people can live side by side, as equals
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For a new authorized biography, Kate Andersen Browers sifted through 7,000 letters and notes to get to the notorious heart of the famous actress
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In an excerpt from "The Battle of the Atlantic" by Ted Barris, the author recounts tense moments when Canadian ships tracked – and sank – German U-boats off the East Coast
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From Vogue editor Edward Enninful's memoir to a lexicon of American fashion, these six sartorial tomes will inspire and delight
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In an excerpt from "Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World," the author visits Leamington, Ont., home to a tasty little golf ball of a fruit called the Campari
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In a Q&A, the author reveals how theft of old-growth trees is linked to the conservation movement and what motivates the poachers.
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In her first book, comedian Tracy Dawson delights in historical stories about women “who dressed like men to do s--t they weren’t supposed to do.”
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In his latest book, A.J. Jacobs says there's a puzzle for everyone, and shares how they have shaped history, brought people together and made them better thinkers.
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Read an excerpt from Sarah Weinman's true-crime book about U.S. killer Edgar Smith, who was freed in the 70s in a "wrongful conviction in reverse"
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In a Q&A about her candid memoir, Victoria doctor Stefanie Green talks about her decision to pivot from delivering babies to helping people die, and what a good death looks like
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Eliza Reid, the Canadian-born First Lady of Iceland, shows what it's like to live in a progressive country with gender equality
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U.K. author and public policy professor Bobby Duffy argues that generational stereotypes are all wrong, since values shift as we age
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In her political memoir, former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould explains the Indigenous values and principles that shaped her life
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We've got nature covered in summer's best non-fiction, with tales about whales, moths, trees, bears, ants and baby hummingbirds
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The story of Canadian-born beauty tycoon Elizabeth Arden and Canadian director Norman Jewison are among our picks of new notable memoirs and biographies
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The latest from The Nest author, a post-apocalyptic story set in northern Ontario and Paula McLain's latest novel will keep you preoccupied on rainy days
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From a meditation on baseball to the B.C. doctor Bonnie Henry’s account of the first days of COVID-19, we’ve got true stories, some of which are indeed stranger than fiction
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Our pick of winter’s notable non-fiction prove the adage that life is lived forward but best understood backward