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Catch a Fire
The Highs and Lows of the Legalization of Canadian Cannabis
Price:
CA$29.99
ISBN: 9781459754652
Pub Date: January 2025
Imprint: Dundurn Press
The untold story of the $131-billion Canadian cannabis blow out.Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton didn’t invent marijuana, but he figured out how to turn a Canadian start-up selling the stuff into...
Patenting Life
Tales from the Front Lines of Intellectual Property and the New Biology
Price:
CA$38.95
ISBN: 9781647125196
Pub Date: January 2025
The story of the commercialization of biology by a pioneer in biotechnology patentingShortly after the emergence of genetic engineering in the 1970s, academic biologists were courted by venture capitalists...
Nothing Trivial
How I grew up, collected many random facts, and was one of the guys behind the most successful board game in recent history
Price:
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781770867307
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Cormorant Books
John Haney, one of the creators of the beloved board game Trivial Pursuit, walks us through his life — his hockey career, his time in Europe, his theatre career, and much more — and how it all led him to acquire the plethora of knowledge that later became the fodder for quality cutthroat game nights around the world.
The Sugar King of California
The Life of Claus Spreckels
Price:
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781496235114
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Sandra E. Bonura tells the overlooked yet genuine rags-to-riches story of Claus Spreckels and his pioneering role in developing the sugar industry in the United States and the kingdom of Hawai'i.
To Make a Killing
Arthur Cutten, the Man Who Ruled the Markets
Price:
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780228020301
Pub Date: February 2024
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
To Make a Killing chronicles the life of Arthur Cutten, the grain and stock market speculator who made a fortune during the 1920s and was later vilified by the Roosevelt administration as one of the “banksters” responsible for the Great Depression.
The Delta in the Rearview Mirror
The Life and Death of Mississippi's First Winery
Price:
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781496849298
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
A firsthand account of the splendid rise and frightening fall of Mississippi?s first winery
Fortune Favours a Bieler
Adventures in Life, Love, and Business
Price:
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780228018889
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Philippe Bieler, born in 1933 and a member of the silent generation, was nonetheless raised by his outspoken mother and well-connected father to not only be seen but also heard. Fortune Favours a Bieler looks back on the past century as a period of luck and opportunity for those who would seize it.
From Telegrapher to Titan
The Life of William C. Van Horne
Price:
CA$59.99
ISBN: 9781459754270
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Dundurn Press
William Van Horne, general manager of the CPR, pushed through construction of the transcontinental line and went on to become company president.
What I Wish I Had Told My Children
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CA$41.95
ISBN: 9780776639598
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
In this letter addressed to his children, we discover the extraordinary journey of Michel Bastarache, former Supreme Court judge: his childhood in Acadia and his multiple careers.
What I Wish I Had Told My Children
Price:
CA$52.95
ISBN: 9780776640143
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
In this letter addressed to his children, we discover the extraordinary journey of Michel Bastarache, former Supreme Court judge: his childhood in Acadia and his multiple careers.
Never Rest on Your Ores
Building a Mining Company, One Stone at a Time, Second Edition
Price:
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780228017783
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
In Never Rest on Your Ores, Keevil recounts how a team of engineers and entrepreneurs built Canada’s largest diversified mining company. Drawing lessons from the turbulent period between 2005 and 2023, this new edition is both entertaining and instructive, a rare insider’s account of an industry that has been crucial to the building of Canada.
William F. Buckley Sr.
Witness to the Mexican Revolution, 1908-1922
Price:
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780806191829
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
An eventful chapter in the life and career of a singular character, this dramatic account of a man and his moment is a document of political and historical significance-but it is also a remarkable story, told with irresistible brio.
When Money Grew on Trees
A. B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron
Price:
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780806192000
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Born in 1848, Andrew Benoni Hammond built an empire of wood that stretched from Puget Sound to Arizona-and in the process had reshaped the American West and the nation's way of doing business. When Money Grew on Trees follows Hammond from the rough-and-tumble world of mid-nineteenth-century New Brunswick to frontier Montana and the forests of Northern California-from lowly lumberjack to unrivaled timber baron.
The Insider
How the Kiplinger Newsletter Bridged Washington and Wall Street
Price:
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781625347039
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
When Willard M. Kiplinger launched the groundbreaking Kiplinger Washington Letter in 1923, he left the sidelines of traditional journalism to strike out on his own. With a specialized knowledge of...
The Insider
How the Kiplinger Newsletter Bridged Washington and Wall Street
Price:
CA$113.00
ISBN: 9781625347046
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
When Willard M. Kiplinger launched the groundbreaking Kiplinger Washington Letter in 1923, he left the sidelines of traditional journalism to strike out on his own. With a specialized knowledge of...
The Successor
The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch
Price:
CA$28.95
ISBN: 9781989555996
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: Sutherland House
A book about power, apprenticeship, and succession in the first family of mediaAn heir apparent to the first global media dynasty, Lachlan Murdoch has been waiting to run his father Rupert’s empire...
Catch a Fire
The Highs and Lows of the Legalization of Canadian Cannabis
CA$29.99
ISBN: 9781459754652
Pub Date: January 2025
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Patenting Life
Tales from the Front Lines of Intellectual Property and the New Biology
CA$38.95
ISBN: 9781647125196
Pub Date: January 2025
Nothing Trivial
How I grew up, collected many random facts, and was one of the guys behind the most successful board game in recent history
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781770867307
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Cormorant Books
John Haney, one of the creators of the beloved board game Trivial Pursuit, walks us through his life — his hockey career, his time in Europe, his theatre career, and much more — and how it all led him to acquire the plethora of knowledge that later became the fodder for quality cutthroat game nights around the world.
The Sugar King of California
The Life of Claus Spreckels
CA$53.95
ISBN: 9781496235114
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
To Make a Killing
Arthur Cutten, the Man Who Ruled the Markets
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9780228020301
Pub Date: February 2024
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
To Make a Killing chronicles the life of Arthur Cutten, the grain and stock market speculator who made a fortune during the 1920s and was later vilified by the Roosevelt administration as one of the “banksters” responsible for the Great Depression.
The Delta in the Rearview Mirror
The Life and Death of Mississippi's First Winery
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781496849298
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
Fortune Favours a Bieler
Adventures in Life, Love, and Business
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780228018889
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Philippe Bieler, born in 1933 and a member of the silent generation, was nonetheless raised by his outspoken mother and well-connected father to not only be seen but also heard. Fortune Favours a Bieler looks back on the past century as a period of luck and opportunity for those who would seize it.
From Telegrapher to Titan
The Life of William C. Van Horne
CA$59.99
ISBN: 9781459754270
Pub Date: August 2023
Imprint: Dundurn Press
William Van Horne, general manager of the CPR, pushed through construction of the transcontinental line and went on to become company president.
What I Wish I Had Told My Children
CA$41.95
ISBN: 9780776639598
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
What I Wish I Had Told My Children
CA$52.95
ISBN: 9780776640143
Pub Date: May 2023
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Never Rest on Your Ores
Building a Mining Company, One Stone at a Time, Second Edition
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780228017783
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
William F. Buckley Sr.
Witness to the Mexican Revolution, 1908-1922
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780806191829
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
An eventful chapter in the life and career of a singular character, this dramatic account of a man and his moment is a document of political and historical significance-but it is also a remarkable story, told with irresistible brio.
When Money Grew on Trees
A. B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780806192000
Pub Date: March 2023
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
The Insider
How the Kiplinger Newsletter Bridged Washington and Wall Street
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9781625347039
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
The Insider
How the Kiplinger Newsletter Bridged Washington and Wall Street
CA$113.00
ISBN: 9781625347046
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
The Successor
The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan Murdoch
CA$28.95
ISBN: 9781989555996
Pub Date: November 2022
Imprint: Sutherland House