Doubleday Canada: 111 books
by Mike Myers
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2016
In this instant national bestseller, comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 53-year relationship with his beloved Canada.
Mike Myers is a world-renowned actor, director and writer, and the man behind some of the most memorable comic characters of our time....
A Newfoundlander in Canada
Always Going Somewhere, Always Coming Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Following the fantastic success of his bestselling memoir, Where I Belong, Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle returns with a hilarious, heartwarming account of leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time.
Armed with the same personable, candid style found in his first book,...
A Good Day's Work
In Pursuit of a Disappearing Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
A Good Day's Work is a lyrical journey through a semi-mythological place: the Canada of our imagination. It is the Canada of the day before yesterday. Or perhaps the Canada of 1967 -- the country's "Last Good Year," as Pierre Berton dubbed it. It is a portrait of Canada captured by way of...
Imagining Canada
A Century of Photographs Preserved By The New York Times
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Sophisticated and well-curated, this photographic tour through Canada's history documents the nation's evolution over more than a century, as seen through the lens of photographers from The New York Times. The book compiles more than 100 iconic, momentous and inspiring images of Canada and includes...
by Debi Goodwin
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
An inspiring story of courage, adaptation and determinaton — a year in the life of 11 refugee students entering universities across Canada.
"Most journalists have stories they never forget. This is mine."
When Debi Goodwin travelled to the Dadaab Refugee Camp in 2007 to...
Parking the Moose
One American's Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
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 idea that their country is the "best." But this never stuck with Dave Hill, even though he was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His grandfather,...
by David Olive
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Why are we so hard on ourselves when everyone else thinks we're wonderful? Walt Whitman, Marlene Dietrich and Bill Clinton all have had admiring things to say about Canada. At the same time, some of our patriots--including Northrop Frye, Margaret Atwood and Pierre Trudeau--are harsh critics.
David...
by Rex Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
A cornucopia of comment from Canada’s most opinionated man — a man seen, read, and listened to by millions of Canadians each week.
Canada’s most distinctive commentator presents his fearless and thought-provoking views on a head-spinning range of subjects, from Dr. Johnson’s greatness...
by Rick Mercer
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
An all-new collection of furiously funny rants from the most recent seasons of the Rick Mercer Report plus three brilliantly written, previously unpublished pieces by Rick. Illustrated throughout with photos and snatches of dialogue from Rick’s encounters and exploits across Canada.
“[Mercer’s]...
Dr. Joe's Brain Sparks
179 Inspiring and Enlightening Inquiries into the Science of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Prepare to be amazed once again.
Did you know what when you shake a ketchup bottle you're practicing thixotropy? That the ancient Greeks made themselves look less ancient by inventing moisturizer? That the mysterious drug obecalp* is as effective as homeopathy and many herbal cures? From the...
by Rick Mercer
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Canada's pre-eminent satirical commentator brings down the curtain on his hugely successful show in this instant #1 national bestseller.
Rick Mercer can always be relied on to provoke a strong reaction--but what he said one fall day in 2017 truly shocked the nation. In a rant posted on social...
Frontier Justice
The Global Refugee Crisis and What To Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Frontier Justice is a gripping, eye-opening exploration of the world-wide refugee crisis. Combining reporting, history and political philosophy, Andy Lamey sets out to explain the story behind the radical increase in the global number of asylum-seekers, and the effects of North America and Europe’s...
The Making of the October Crisis
Canada's Long Nightmare of Terrorism at the Hands of the FLQ
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
A definitive, mind-changing history of the October Crisis and the events leading up to it.
The first bombs exploded in Montreal in the spring of 1963, and over the next seven years there were hundreds more bombings, many bank robberies, six murders and, in October 1970, the kidnappings of a...
by Don Cherry
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
You thought you'd read them all did you? Well you haven't. Simultaneously loved and loathed Don Cherry is one of the most talkative and talked-about personalities in hockey today. His more than twenty-five years as a player and coach have informed his popular Hockey Night in Canada commentary segment...