Canada Economics

The Omnivore's Dilemma meets Fast Food Nation from a global perspective in this game-changing look at the science, economics, and history of ultra-processed food and the industry's effect on our health and planet. It’s not you, it’s the food. How much of our daily caloric intake comes from...

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARD A hard-hitting and powerful look at hockey's moment of reckoning in Canada, and the ways in which a game that is so universally loved has been rocked in recent years by court cases involving sexual assault and startling...

The riotously funny second novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying, Shari Lapena, that explores what happens when art collides with commerce. Will Thorne is a stalled poet, married to Judy, a wildly successful celebrity economist. Pressured by a starving fellow...

A magnificent generational saga that charts a family’s rise and fall, its secrets and inherited crimes, from one of Canada’s most acclaimed novelists Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize “A rugged, riveting novel . . . This superb family saga will satisfy fans of Richard...

Achieve True Mastery in French Can you read advanced French about politics, law, economics, philosophy, literature, and formal argumentation with confidence? If you completed Books 1 through 8, you have moved from beginner French to professional competence. Now Book 9 takes you into the final stage of B2: sophisticated mastery. French Vocabulary Builder B2.2: Advanced Mastery Constructeur de vocabulaire français B2.2 : Maîtrise is the ninth book in the French Vocabulary Builder series. This is where French becomes precise and intellectual. You will understand political discourse, follow ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this “gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change” (New Statesman), an award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher argue that the global population’s inevitable decline will dramatically reshape our social, political, and...

Unlock the Hidden Legacy of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples and Their Role in Shaping the Nation What if the true story of Canada’s origins was not just about European settlers and explorers, but about the Indigenous peoples who built the foundations of this great nation long before they arrived? Imagine discovering how the fur trade, a key element of early Canadian history, was not merely shaped by foreign powers, but was driven by the profound knowledge and networks of Indigenous nations. "Trade Routes of the First Nations: How Indigenous Peoples Shaped the Economic and Cultural ...

A pioneering investigation into the tech-fuelled world of online gambling—its explosive growth, and the transformational impact it is having on sports, fandom, and society. When the puck drops and the game begins, so too does the relentless bombardment from gambling brands. Stake a bet...

A revelatory history of expansion, influence and the making of American power. Historian Daniel Immerwahr exposes a forgotten truth: the United States has always been an empire. From Puerto Rico to Guam, the Philippines to a network of global military bases, How to Hide an Empire uncovers how U...

A sharp and candid memoir from a star in the restaurant world, and an up-and-coming literary voice. Toronto restaurateur Jen Agg, the woman behind the popular The Black Hoof, Cocktail Bar, Rhum Corner, and Agrikol restaurants, is known for her frank, crystal-sharp and often hilarious...

One of Amazon's Best Romances of the Month! For fans of "You’ve Got Mail," a young woman juggles pursuing her dream job in radio while helping her family compete with the new halal restaurant across the street, in this sparkling new rom-com by the author of Ayesha at Last. Sales are slow at...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Known for his sharp-witted skits on CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Mark Critch uses his keen observational skills to explore Canadian identity and the new wave of Canadian patriotism. In Sorry, Not Sorry, Critch delves into the heart of what it means to be Canadian...

A riveting, deeply reported account that takes us inside the dramatic battle for control of Canada’s largest wireless carrier, and paints a broader picture of the cutthroat telecom industry, the labyrinth of regulatory and political systems that govern it, and the high-stakes corporate games...

2017 Man Booker Prize Longlist 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a dazzling new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things. It takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent—from the cramped...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Canada's most famous adman spills a career's worth of marketing secrets, so anyone can compete with the best in their business--whatever that business might be. Big companies spend a fortune marketing their wares and services. Can yours? Invariably people ask...

From the #1 bestselling author of Why Your World Is About to Get A Whole Lot Smaller, a provocative, far-reaching account of how the middle class got stuck with the bill for globalization, and how the blowback—from Brexit to Trump to populist Europe—will change the developed world. Real...

Enter B2 with Professional French Félicitations. You have completed B1 and are ready to enter B2 territory. You can debate, express nuanced opinions, use the subjunctive, and discuss the world around you. Now it is time to develop professional competencies. French Vocabulary Builder B2.1: Professional Competencies (Constructeur de vocabulaire français B2.1 : Compétences) is the eighth book in the series. It moves you from independent French into professional, institutional, academic, and administrative French. Build Competent, Professional French This book helps you use the language of ...

This book will explore whether we can successfully align our politics with climate science and the conditions under which it may be possible to act boldly. Canada’s WWII experience, Klein contends, provides a reminder that we have mobilized in common cause and retooled our economy in a few short years.

Shortlisted for the Donner Prize for Best Public Policy Book of the YearFrom the authors of The Big Shift and Empty Planet, a timely and provocative exploration of the seismic forces reshaping Canada’s political, cultural, and economic landscape. Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson’s explosive...

From Canada's newspaper of record for 180 years, here are thirty-one brilliant and provocative essays by a diverse selection of their writers on how The Globe and Mail covered and influenced major events and issues from the paper’s founding to the latest file. Since 1844, the Globe and Mail...