Non-fiction

"In the age of high-pressure parenting, when so many of us we feel like we've got to get everything exactly right the first time, Dr. Aliza Pressman is the compassionate, reassuring expert we all need--and the one whose advice we can all use. Already beloved by listeners of hit podcast, Raising Good Humans, Dr. Pressman distills it all with a handful of strategies every parent can use to get things right often enough: Relationship, Reflection, Regulation, Rules, and Repair. The 5 Principles of Parenting doesn't presume to tell you how to parent with "my way is right" advice because the science is clear: There's no one "right" way to raise good humans. No matter how you were raised, how your coparent behaves, or how your kids have been parented up until now, you can start using The 5 Principles of Parenting to chart a manageable course for raising good humans that's aligned with your own values and with your children's unique temperaments. Whether you're in the trenches with a toddler or a tween (because spoiler alert: the tantrums of childhood mirror of the tantrums of adolescence), it's never too late to learn to use these 5 principles to reparent yourself and help your kids build the resilience they need to thrive. Through practice and normalizing imperfection, along the way you'll discover the person you're ultimately raising is yourself. By becoming more intentional people, we become better parents. By becoming better parents, we become better people. Let's get started."-- Provided by publisher.

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In less than a century, the shopping mall has morphed from a blueprint for a socialist utopia to something else entirely: a home to disaffected mallrats and depressed zoo animals, a sensory overload and consumerist trap. Kate Black grew up in North America's largest mall: West Edmonton Mall - a mall on steroids. Blending a history of shopping with a story of coming-of-age in North America's largest and strangest mall, Kate investigates how these structures have become the ultimate symbol of late-capitalist dread - and, surprisingly, a subversive site of hope.

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Muslims from all around the world start each meal by saying "Bismillah!" Similar to the practice of saying grace before you eat, it is like a short practice of gratitude. In her first cookbook, Toronto-based hijabi fitness influencer Zehra Allibhai welcomes everyone to her table, sharing a new way to think about family food. Her style of cooking is flavourful, accessible, wholesome - and above all - meant to be shared with joy. With more than 130 recipes for every meal, and a healthy Ramadan guide for those who observe, this cookbook is a go-to for everyday dishes to satisfy the whole family.

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A member of the so-called Silent Generation, Michael Hadley has a great deal to say in his twilight years. Opening with his Depression-era childhood on a lonely lighthouse on the west coast of Vancouver Island, this remarkably nuanced memoir spans decades, countries, and oceans. Whether examining ancient historical sites and battlegrounds, navigating at sea, or riding camels in the desert, Hadley seeks universal patterns of human experience. This is a deeply personal chronicle of a fascinating life and a measured, mature reflection on some of the most cataclysmic events of the past century.

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Reuben, aged 38, was living in a home for adults with learning disabilities and still struggling to accept that he had Down syndrome. Increasingly isolated, cut off from everyone and everything he loved, Reuben sent a text message: "brother. do. you. love. me." When Manni received this desperate message from his youngest brother, he knew everything had to change. Combining Manni's tender words with Reuben's powerful illustrations, their story of hope and resilience questions how we care for those we love, and demands that, through troubled times, we learn how to take better care of each other.

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József Debreczeni, a prolific Hungarian-language journalist and poet, arrived in Auschwitz in 1944. One of the "lucky" ones, he spent twelve horrifying months of incarceration and slave labor in a series of camps, ending in the "Cold Crematorium" - the so-called hospital of the forced labour camp Dörnhau. Debreczeni recorded his experiences in Cold Crematorium, one of the harshest, most merciless indictments of Nazism ever written. First published in Hungarian in 1950, it was never translated into a world language due to McCarthyism, Cold War hostilities, and antisemitism.

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"This book explores the work of activists in the Americas who are documenting feminicide, arguing that feminist activists at the margins have much to teach mainstream data scientists about data ethics: how to work with data ethically amidst extreme and durable structural inequalities"-- Provided by publisher.

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Though we have been taught to deny, repress, and lock away our feelings to get by in our emotionally illiterate culture, our bodies and hearts long to be open and free. Alexandra Roxo shares a powerful resource for reclaiming the lost parts of yourself and rediscovering the full richness of your human experience in all its breathless passion, tender vulnerability, and boundless love. This is a guide on the "transformational path of the heart," a spiritual practice for connecting more deeply with yourself, others, and the world by accessing the power of your emotions, sensations, and intuition.

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Genevieve (Gwen) Kingston's mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer when Gwen was just three years old. Defying the odds, she lived another eight years - during which time she filled a chest with gifts and letters to Gwen and her brother, Jamie, for every major milestone and birthday through age thirty. Two decades after her passing, Gwen's mother's extraordinary efforts created a lifelong conversation beyond the grave. This is not just a gorgeously written mother-daughter story. It's also the story of a family riven by grief and mental illness, and a story of a young woman's navigation through both.

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Grieving her father and pining for her home country of Zimbabwe, reeling from a midlife breakup, freshly sober, and piecing her way uncertainly through a volatile new relationship, Alexandra vows to get herself back on even keel. And then - suddenly and incomprehensibly - her son Fi, at 21 years old, dies in his sleep. Alexandra journeys up and down the spine of the Rocky Mountains in an attempt to find how to grieve herself whole. By turns disarming, devastating and unexpectedly, blessedly funny, Alexandra recounts the wild medicine of painstakingly grieving a child in a culture that has no instructions for it.

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A memoir about the suicide of the author's closest friend and the ensuing grief process.

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When Lyn Slater started her fashion blog Accidental Icon at age 61, she discovered that followers were flocking to her account for more than just her A-list style. They found in her an alternative model of older life: someone who defied the stereotypes, refused to become invisible, and showed that all women have the opportunity to be relevant and do something new at any stage of their life. Lyn offers the possibility that, even with its unique challenges, being old is just like any other new beginning in your life.

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Women can commit acts of extreme and sadistic brutality. And those who do, are outcasts from society and from womanhood itself. Renowned clinical and forensic psychologist Anna Motz explores in depth the shockingly underexamined psychological underpinnings of female violence. Motz's daring book, bursting with humanity, makes clear that women's violence is more widespread than most realize, that these acts of violence expose deeply held, centuries-old beliefs about women and their value, and that these acts demand to be taken more seriously as a distinctive societal taboo that can - and must - be brought into the light.

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Healing and thriving after or even during a narcissistic relationship can be challenging, but it is possible. It's Not You shows that the first step is to stop trying to change the narcissistic person, stop blaming yourself, and start giving yourself permission to foster your autonomy and sense of self outside of this relationship.

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Our hormones shape us at every stage of our lives, from the second we are conceived to the moment we breathe our last breath. They are essential to our immune system, sleep, digestion, hunger, stress levels, and so much more. When our hormone systems aren't functioning well, it wreaks havoc on our health and our wellbeing. Professor Max Nieuwdorp explores the role our hormones play from our early years through to puberty, pregnancy, and old age, combining stories from his day-to-day life treating his patients with the amazing, cutting-edge new science of hormones.

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"When husband and wife scientists Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods fell in love with a trained service dog named Congo, they wanted to understand what made him such a great companion. Given that there hadn't been a large-scale study of puppy development since 1950, they decided to start one, inviting generations of Labrador and Golden Retriever puppies and dozens of student volunteers to come to their lab at Duke University, and the Puppy Kindergarten was born. When and how do puppies develop key cognitive skills such as self-control or cooperative communication? Using the same kinds of cognitive tests and games that have become standard for understanding human infant development, they initially wanted to know if they could predict which qualities would make puppies grow up to be great assistance dogs. But they quickly realized that these special dogs have a lot to tell us about how all dogs navigate the world, solve problems, and learn from the people around them. Even the smartest dogs can't figure out how to make the water stay in their bowl, but they can read our gestures and respond to our emotions in a way that no other species can. Introducing us to the many puppies who contributed to this research and synthesizing findings from cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and evolutionary anthropology, this delightful, informative book will teach readers how puppies begin to develop abilities that allow them to succeed as adults and flexibly solve problems, giving us a new window into who our dogs are, how they see the world, and the amazing things they can do"-- Provided by publisher.

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"This book reveals new science and remarkable discoveries about the octopus, one of nature's most elusive and intelligent animals"-- Provided by publisher.

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As a child, Matt Hay didn't know his hearing wasn't the way everyone else processed sound - because of the workarounds he did to fit in. But by the time he was a prospective college student and couldn't pass the entrance requirements for West Point, Hay's condition, generated by a tumour, was unavoidable: his hearing was going, and fast. A personal soundtrack was Hay's determined compensation for his condition. Hay prepared a mental playlist of the bands he loved and created a way to tap into his most resonant memories.

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The drum is a special symbol in many Indigenous cultures. In this rhyming picture book, young Ren is given a handmade drum by his mother that helps to teach him many things about himself and his culture. An adaptation of best-selling book, Drum from the Heart, by Indigenous author Ren Louie for ages 4-6.

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Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and conscientious honesty. Unapologetically punk, the essays in Thunder Song segue between the miraculous and the mundane, the spiritual and the physical, as they examine the role of art-in particular music-and community in helping a new generation of indigenous people claim the strength of their heritage while defining their own path in the contemporary world.

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Based on interviews with twenty-one key decision-makers and participants, many of whom are speaking publicly for the first time, "Unwinnable Peace" recounts the personal and professional challenges faced by individuals deeply committed to securing and rebuilding Kandahar province. A veteran diplomat, Tim Martin combines his personal experiences with those of his colleagues (Afghan and Canadian) to examine Canada's mission to Afghanistan at a human level.

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FBI informant Joe Moore reveals the astounding true story of how he became one of the most entrenched and valuable undercover agents in the FBI's history. Moore vividly recounts how he infiltrated the "Invisible Empire" at the highest levels - overseeing security, defense, and internal communications for the domestic terrorist group. Moore reflects on the steep personal costs of immersing himself in the Klan's racist ideology and twisted rituals - and its effect on himself and his family - while secretly providing the FBI with invaluable information on the Klan's inner workings, murderous plots, and plans for civil war.

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