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Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps by Treena Orchard 9781487549305
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.47Lifelong luddite Treena Orchard was a newly sober woman coming off a much-needed break from relationships, reluctantly taking the digital plunge by downloading a dating app. Instead of the fun, easy... -
The Rapids: Ways of Looking at Mania by Sam Twyford-Moore
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.02The Rapids is an exploration of manic depression (also known as bipolar disorder). With reflections on artists such as Carrie Fisher, Kanye West, Saul Bellow, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Spalding Gray,... -
The Song of the Stars: Starry Skies, Anishinaabe Stories, Scientific Insights, and More! Robert Horton 9781487564155
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.47Since the earliest days of human memory, countless generations have turned their eyes to the skies in wonder, drawing patterns, understanding the stars' connection to cycles and events, and carrying... -
Lead for the Planet: Five Practices for Confronting Climate Change by Rae Andre
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.02With melting ice caps in the Arctic causing catastrophic environmental issues, it's hard to believe that we've had to spend so much time convincing each other that climate change is real. Lead for... -
Becoming Ecological: Navigating Language and Meaning for Our Planet's Future Derek Gladwin 9781487561864
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.37Our lives are profoundly connected to the planet's unfolding ecological crisis, and the language we use - our words, stories, conversations, and beliefs - determines our ability to respond.Becoming... -
It's All about the Land: Collected Talks and Interviews on Indigenous Resurgence by Taiaiake Alfred 9781487552831
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.02Illuminating the First Nations struggles against the Canadian state, It's All about the Land exposes how racism underpins and shapes Indigenous-settler relationships. Renowned Kahnawa:ke Mohawk... -
Constructing Health: How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind's Health by Tye Farrow 9781487557225
RRP: £94.00Booksplease Price: £77.55Globally renowned architect Tye Farrow bridges the gap in knowledge between the therapeutic medical world and the design community to reveal how the intentional shaping of our environment can support... -
A Return to Healing: Flexner, Osler, and How American Medicine Went Astray Andy Lazris 9781487562861
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.32Drawing from their extensive experience in primary care and backed by decades of academic research, primary care physicians Andy Lazris, MD, and Alan Roth, DO, unravel the complexities of the modern... -
The Making of a Doctor: The Hidden Realities of Medicine Michelle Izmaylov 9781487563875
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.46The business of medicine is a complex mix of thorns and roses - where the reality of profit-driven priorities from corporations and insurance companies clashes with the compassion of clinicians... -
Democracy's Second Act: Why Politics Needs the Public Peter MacLeod 9781487517137
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.02Democracy isn't broken - it's stuck. Around the world, people are growing angry and polarized - not because they've stopped caring, but because democracy has stopped evolving. The result isn't apathy... -
The Story of CO2: Big Ideas for a Small Molecule by Geoffrey Ozin
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £21.92The climate crisis requires that we drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions across all sectors of society. The Story of CO2 contributes to this vital conversation by highlighting the cutting-edge... -
Poutine Nation: Lessons from the Unglamorous Rise of a Canadian Culinary Icon Sylvain Charlebois 9781487541613
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.12Poutine Nation traces the evolution of poutine from its origins in rural Quebec to its status as a global phenomenon. Though it was once dismissed as lowbrow junk food, poutine has now earned a place... -
Intentional Leadership: The Big 8 Capabilities Setting Leaders Apart by Rose Patten
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.02We live in a time of unprecedented speed, connection, and uncertainty. While many organizations are adapting to this new reality by reinventing business models, significantly fewer are examining the... -
Building Justice: Frank Iacobucci and the Life Cycles of Law by Shauna Van Praagh 9781487566289
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.66Building Justice draws on the inspiring life of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to offer insight into the meaning of engaged citizenship through law. Ignoring early advice that... -
The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations by Shirley Hager 9781487545888
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £14.34In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting... -
Something within Me: A Personal and Political Memoir by Michael Wilson 9781487544386
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.56The late Honourable Michael Wilson was a Canadian politician and business professional. As Minister of Finance under Brian Mulroney, Wilson was one of the key negotiators of the Canada-United States... -
Fur, Fleas, and Flukes: The Fascinating World of Parasites Michael Stock 9781487509224
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.46Shedding light on the unseen world around us, Fur, Fleas, and Flukes reveals the role parasites play in shaping the lives of wild mammals. Today, even if you live in a major city and seldom get a... -
Chasing We-ness: Cultivating Empathy and Leadership in a Polarized World by William Marsiglio 9781487544775
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.76As humans, we embrace our individuality, yet we chase the comfort and sense of purpose that comes from being part of a group. Especially timely given our polarized world, Chasing We-ness examines how... -
Damaged: A Call for a Care Revolution by Robert Maunder, MD 9781487528348
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.46Childhood adversity that is severe enough to be harmful throughout life is one of the biggest public health issues of our time, yet health care systems struggle to even acknowledge the problem. In... -
Written in Blood Brodie Ramin 9781487569051
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.02Written in Blood is an urgent exploration of how disasters happen - and how they can be prevented. Award-winning author and physician Brodie Ramin, trained in prevention through his work in primary... -
Cancer Confidential: Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic by Charles Hayter, MD
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.46Each year, almost twenty million people worldwide receive the grim diagnosis of cancer, yet few are prepared for the difficult emotional journey ahead. Shortly after Dr. Charles Hayter graduated as a... -
People, Places, and Belonging: Deepening Our Sense of Community and Identity William Marsiglio 9781487551452
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.66Place matters - for good and bad. Infinitely diverse in form, place embodies the action settings where social life happens. Often fighting to preserve a sense of group belonging in the process, we... -
A Runner's Journey by Bruce Kidd
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.76In the 1960s, Bruce Kidd was one of Canada's most celebrated athletes. As a teenager, Kidd won races all over the globe, participated in the Olympics, and started a revolution in distance running and... -
Pathway to the Stars: 100 Years of the Royal Canadian Air Force by Michael Hood 9781487547431
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £22.72Pathway to the Stars takes readers on a remarkable journey spanning one hundred years of the Royal Canadian Air Force. This beautifully illustrated book shares the rich history of the Royal Canadian... -
The Botanic Age: Planting the Seeds of Human Evolution Dean Falk 9781487546649
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.47How and why did humans get to be so clever and thoughtful? The beginning of the Stone Age, marked by the invention of stone tools, has traditionally dominated discussions about the origin and... -
Dope Advice: How to Talk to Your Teens about Cannabis Gail Beck 9781487557867
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.77With marijuana now legal in Canada and many US states, parents are increasingly seeking reliable and accurate information about its effects on their teens and young adults. Written by Gail Beck, MD,... -
Artificially Intelligent: The Very Human Story of AI David Eliot 9781487567675
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.76The story of AI isn't finished yet. The question is: how will you be part of it?With the unprecedented adoption of artificial intelligence and its far-reaching implications, people everywhere are... -
Damaged: Childhood Trauma, Adult Illness, and the Need for a Health Care Revolution by Robert Maunder
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.77Childhood adversity that is severe enough to be harmful throughout life is one of the biggest public health issues of our time, yet health care systems struggle to even acknowledge the problem. In... -
Wheeling through Toronto: A History of the Bicycle and Its Riders by Albert Koehl 9781487549572
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.47Highlighting an important yet often ignored part of Toronto's transportation story, Wheeling through Toronto chronicles the history of the bicycle and reveals a way forward for a world in climate... -
Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial by Benjamin Perrin 9781487506278
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.19Based on first-hand interviews with survivors, people who have committed offences, and others on the frontlines, Indictment puts the Canadian criminal justice system on trial and proposes a bold new... -
Crossing the Phantom Pass: A Cancer Journey Julia Kwong 9781487565916
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £21.92In this poignant and riveting personal narrative, Julia Kwong, distinguished professor emerita of sociology, explores her own experience of receiving a breast cancer diagnosis while her father is in... -
Acquired Tastes: The Lives and Recipes of Eight Culinary Ambassadors James Chatto 9781487566609
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £21.66Spanning centuries and continents, Acquired Tastes explores the extraordinary journeys of specific recipes as they moved from one culture to another - carried and transmitted by eight remarkable... -
The Scene: Art in 1960s Toronto Harry Malcolmson 9781487560263
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.78The 1960s transformed art in Canada. The Scene traces the remarkable reshaping of the Canadian art landscape during that era. Written by renowned art critic Harry Malcolmson, the book offers a... -
I Will not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany Samuel Clowes Huneke 9781487554347
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.47I Will Not Abandon You brings to life the unrelenting defiance of queer women in fascist Germany. In his latest book, award-winning historian Samuel Clowes Huneke shows how love, queer resistance,... -
Tuzo: The Unlikely Revolutionary of Plate Tectonics by Nick Eyles
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.61Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canada's most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics, a pivotal development that forever altered how we think of our planet. In... -
Business the NHL Way: Lessons from the Fastest Game on Ice by Norm O'Reilly 9781487508760
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.02Business the NHL Way draws on hockey-inspired stories to show how brands, institutions, and individuals associated with the NHL have consistently survived a variety of challenges and thrived as a... -
L.R. “Red” Wilson, a Canadian Journey: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Legacy Dimitry Anastakis 9781487581732
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £18.78L.R. "Red" Wilson's impact has been felt across generations of Canadians businesspeople and students. This biography honours a man who followed his interests wherever they led, sought out new... -
Breaking Canadians: Health Care, Advocacy, and the Toll of COVID-19 by Nili Kaplan-Myrth 9781487548124
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £15.12The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on people worldwide. The death tolls, the economic disruptions, the impact on our children's education, and the extended periods of social and physical... -
Humans of AI: Understanding the People Behind the Machines Joseph Wilson 9781487561659
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.02Unmasking the rituals and cultural norms that define communities of artificial intelligence (AI) workers, Humans of AI demonstrates that there would be no AI without human intervention. Not a day... -
The Handover: A Nurse's Last Shift Tilda Shalof 9781487563035
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £18.78In The Handover, nurse Tilda Shalof shares her knowledge and vast experience with student nurse, Lisa Mochrie. Their relationship unfolds through conversations, texts, emails, and real-time...