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Nature outings are a fantastic way to get some exercise, reduce stress and increase quality time with your family. The perfect resource for planning fun, family-friendly, inexpensive year-round adventures, this book features 30 of the best nature getaways in south-central Ontario.

This visually delightful full-colour book features 75 recipes that reflect the regional cuisine of Ontario. The recipes also include folkloric, historic and anecdotal information about the recipes and the food products from which they are made.

Although much has been written about Tom Thomson’s mysterious death, little to nothing has been written about his life’s accomplishment: how in less than four years, a man with little experience and no art school education was able to create hundreds of paintings that have captured the nation’s imagination for almost a century. This is…

Ontario Animal Tracks will help you identify tracks of all shapes and sizes, from the Deer Mouse to the White-tailed Deer. This book is perfect for children, teachers, parents, backwoods explorers and naturalists: * Excellent illustrations of the animals * Detailed drawings of fore and hind prints * Stride patterns * Easy track identification *…

Barbara Smith’s second collection of tales of the paranormal in Ontario. Meet the phantom who wanders the halls of a Brockville home dressed in along, white gown and the Hamilton family of five who have co-existed with a ghost for 20 years. Read about two

Winner of Canada Reads 2013 and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize In 1982, the oil rig Ocean Ranger sank off the coast of Newfoundland during a Valentine’s Day storm. All eighty-four men aboard died. February is the story of Helen O’Mara, one of those left behind when her husband, Cal, drowns on the rig.…

The story of the volatility of a marriage and the inelasticity of two personalities, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.

A harrowing journey through the past, present, and future of mining, this expertly-researched account ends on a vision for how industry can better serve the needs of humanity. A race is on to exploit the last bonanzas of gold, silver, and industrial metals left on Earth. These metals are not only essential for all material…

Picturing the Game showcases the gifted, forward-thinking graphic journalists throughout hockey’s history whose bold aesthetic and deft draughtsmanship could always make the butt of their satire look perfectly asinine. Their work embodied a truly acerbic spirit that was nothing short of groundbreaking, and the game is better for it.