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February
is work killing you?
A Doctor’s Prescription for Treating Workplace Stress
DAviD PoSen
From the bestselling author of The Little Book of Stress Relief comes the dAvid posen, M.D., is a prAise for tHe little book of
definitive guide to treating — and eliminating — excessive stress in the physician, popular speaker, stress relief:
workplace. and the bestselling author
of The Little Book of Stress “No matter how good you are at dealing
Dr. David Posen, a popular speaker Relief, which has been trans- with stress, I strongly recommend to you
and a leading expert on stress mastery, iden- lated into six languages. His Dr. Posen’s The Little Book of Stress Relief. It
tifies the three biggest problems that contrib- previous books also include provides an excellent framework for stress
ute to burnout and low productivity: Volume, Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough management and is filled with great tips and
Velocity, and Abuse. He shares revealing an- and the classic, Always Change a Losing Game. insights.” — Peter G. Hanson, author of The
ecdotes and offers clear descriptions of the His writing has appeared in Canadian Living, Joy of Stress
biology of stress to illustrate how downsiz- Reader’s Digest, Men’s Health, USA Weekend,
ing, economic uncertainty, and technology and his TV and radio appearances have aired “It’s amazing that such a little book can
have made the workplace more toxic than ever. nation-wide. He lives in Oakville, Ontario. deliver such a huge impact! This is not just a
Most importantly, he offers practical advice stress guide — it’s a life-skills manual, filled
and easy techniques for managing the harmful with stories, warmth, and humour. Superb!”
symptoms and side effects of stress. — Rita Emmett, author of The Procrastinator’s
Witty, engaging, and accessible, Is Work Handbook and The Procrastinating Child
Killing You? touches on everything from meet-
ings to tweeting, from fake work to face time,
from deadlines to dead tired, and more. With
this book, Dr. Posen gives us the tools to stop
harming our most valuable resource — our-
selves.
SeLF-HeLP / Stress Management
978-1-77089-275-0
6 x 8 • 344 pages
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2 3
February
cAn tHe world tolerAte An
irAn witH nucleAr weApons?
The Munk Debate on iran
AMoS YADLin & CHArLeS KrAuTHAMMer (Pro),
FAreeD ZAKAriA & vALi nASr (Con)
“[The Munk Debates are] a significant forum for discussing global issues of Amos yAdlin is a former Israeli Air Force HAs tHe europeAn
experiment fAiled?
our age . . . balanced and thoughtful.” — Huffington Post general, Israel Defence Forces (IDF) military
the munk debate on europe
attaché to the United States, and head of the
niall Ferguson, Daniel Cohn-Bendit,
IDF Military Intelligence Directorate. Josef Joffe, Peter Mandelson
With tensions between Iran,
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Israel, and Western powers reaching new
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Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist,
highs over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear
political commentator, and physician.
enrichment program, the tenth edition of the nortH AmericA’s lost decAde?
the munk debate on the north
Munk Debates investigates how the world
fAreed ZAkAriA is host of CNN’s flagship American economy
should respond to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
international affairs program, Fareed Zakaria Paul Krugman, David rosenberg,
For some, the case for a pre-emptive strike Lawrence Summers, ian Bremmer
GPS, and the Editor-at-Large of TIME.
on Iran is ironclad. An Iranian bomb would
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weapons and trap Israel in a state of perilous East, a bestselling author, Dean of the John
insecurity — along with much of the world’s Hopkins School of Advanced International does tHe 21st century
belong to cHinA?
oil supply. Others argue that a nuclear Iran Studies, and a member of the U.S. State
the munk debate on china
could be the very stabilizing force that the Department’s influential Policy Planning Dr. Henry Kissinger, niall Ferguson,
region needs. Board. David Daokui Li, Fareed Zakaria
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— former Israel Defense Forces head of
military intelligence Amos Yadlin, Pulitzer HitcHens vs. blAir
Prize-winning political commentator Charles be it resolved religion is a force for
good in the world
Krauthammer, CNN host Fareed Zakaria, and
Christopher Hitchens, Tony Blair
Iranian-born academic Vali Nasr debate the
consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran.
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PoLiTiCAL SCienCe / Arms Control
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March
tHe trutH About luck
What i Learned on My road Trip with Grandma
iAin reiD
“A slyly entertaining encounter with the timeless.” — Ben Ryder Howe, iAin reid is the author prAise for iAin reid And
author of My Korean Deli of the critically acclaimed one bird’s cHoice:
comic memoir One Bird’s
Choice, which won the CBC winner of the cBc Bookie AwArd for nonfiction
In The Truth about Luck, Iain Bookie Award for Best Non-
Reid, author of the highly popular coming-of- fiction Book. His writing “A laugh-out-loud comic memoir . . . Reid
age memoir One Bird’s Choice, accompanies his has appeared in newspapers, finds humour and warmth in unexpected
grandmother on a five-day vacation — which magazines, and online in publications such places.” — Maclean’s
turns out to be a “staycation” at his basement as the Globe and Mail, Reader’s Digest, and The
apartment in Kingston. While the twenty- Classical. He writes regularly about books and “Reid’s writing is engaging and humorous.”
eight-year-old writer is at the beginning of writing for the National Post. His work has also — Winnipeg Free Press
his adult life, his ninety-two-year-old grand- appeared on CBC Radio and NPR. He lives in
mother is nearing the end of hers. Between Kingston, Ontario. “Reid is a genial narrator, and you don’t tire
escorting his grandma to local attractions and of his voice . . . e ndearing . . . a gently funny
restaurants, the two exchange memories and book.” — Vancouver Sun
she begins to reveal details of her inspiring life
story.
Told with subtlety, humour, and heart, this Also AvAilAble:
delightful comic memoir reflects on family
connections; how we experience adversity, the
one bird’s cHoice
passage of time, and aging; and most impor-
A year in the life of an
tantly what it truly means to feel lucky. overeducated, underemployed
twenty-something who moves
back Home
iain reid
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May
How to Host A dinner pArty
CoreY MinTZ
iLLuSTrATeD BY STeve MurrAY
inTroDuCTion BY SArAH PoLLeY
A fun, informative guide to hosting the perfect party every time. corey mintZ hosts din- excerpt:
ner parties in his home every
week for his popular Toronto Every dinner, every guest, is different, requir-
Star column, “Fed.” Before ing and deserving of thoughtful attention. Our
We’ve all been there: twenty min- that he was a restaurant crit- task is to make them comfortable. This is why
utes before guests arrive, and you’re unsure if ic. And before that he worked we take their coat, get them a drink, introduce
you’ve got enough wine, or enough chairs, or for a living, as a cook. In the them to new people, inquire about their work,
whether your friend is a vegetarian or a veg- past two years, he has hosted 150 dinner par- their family, their renovations. But the famil-
an. Hosting a dinner party is hard, but Corey ties. He began without napkins or stemware, iarity, the mundane predictability of these
Mintz can help. For his popular Toronto Star serving wine out of Nutella jars. But after host- topics, should usher us to move as quickly as
column, “Fed,” he has presided over 150 din- ing politicians, artists, academics, monkeys, possible past work, the weather, vacation plans.
ner parties, every week opening his home to librarians, chefs, sommeliers, cops, lawyers, Dinner has struck gold when guests can argue
strangers and friends alike in an effort to per- psychologists, a spy, a forager, a rabbi, a gam- respectfully about politics and race while still
fect the craft of hosting. And in How to Host a bler, a drug addict, and a mayor, he’s become reaching for one last spoonful of cassoulet.
Dinner Party, he shares everything he’s learned a pro. Most guests, even those who seemed like they
in a hilarious handbook that will appeal to ev- only came to appease their spouse will even-
steve murrAy is a columnist, cartoonist,
eryone — from those throwing their first din- tually relax. You can see this in their posture,
and illustrator for the National Post. He has a
ner party to seasoned entertainers looking to the openness of their dialogue. It can happen
weekly illustrated column called “Extremely
enhance their skills. in five minutes or an hour. Our challenge as
Bad Advice.” His illustrations have appeared
This book guides readers through every- hosts, and talent, if we can find it, is to shorten
in the Globe and Mail, New York magazine,
thing they need to know about hosting, start- this timeframe.
and Canadian Business magazine, as well as on
ing with the golden rule — that the goal of a
CBC.ca. He lives in Toronto.
dinner party is to have fun with our friends,
not to show off our cooking skills. It will
explain why we like to gather for dinner, when
we should host, who we should invite, what mArketing notes
we should cook, and how we should cook it.
CooKinG / entertaining
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about Canada that I’ve come across this year.” — National Post
“. . . researched energetically and written graciously by one of the
country’s leading journalists.” — Globe and Mail
fiction
universe witHin: from QuAntum to cosmos
by neil turok
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charles Taylor prize lonGlisT
“Turok does an excellent job making accessible some of the most
difficult concepts in physics, writing about science with a clar-
ity that rivals Brian Greene and James Gleick.” — Quill & Quire,
starred review
“. . . Turok takes you where no physicist has gone before. It’s well
worth making the journey with him.” — TIME Magazine
tecumseH And brock: tHe wAr of 1812
by JAmes lAxer
“Laxer proves Canadian history doesn’t have to be dull, particu-
larly when told through the lives of people who lived it.”
— Toronto Star
tHe secret of tHe crown: cAnAdA’s AffAir witH royAlty
by JoHn frAser
“. . . it is Fraser’s personal lifelong romance with the Queen and
the monarchy that emerges as the charming heart of this delight-
ful book.” — National Post
March
bone And breAd
SALeeMA nAWAZ
Saleema Nawaz’s debut is a gorgeous, heartbreaking novel in the spirit of sAleemA nAwAZ is the prAise for sAleemA nAwAZ And
Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible. author of the short story motHer superior:
collection Mother Superior,
which was shortlisted for the Qwf Best first Book Prize finAlist
Beena and Sadhana are sisters who Quebec Writers’ Federation
share a bond that could only have been shaped Best First Book Prize. Her “Nawaz credits the reader with a collaborative
by the most unusual of childhoods — and by story “My Three Girls” won imagination. It’s a treat.” — Globe and Mail
shared tragedy. Orphaned as teenagers, they the Journey Prize in 2008. She maintains a
have grown up under the exasperated watch blog at metaphysicalconceit.blogspot.com. “These stories show real promise and make
of their Sikh uncle, who runs a bagel shop in Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, she cur- Saleema Nawaz . . . well worth paying atten-
Montreal’s Hasidic community of Mile End. rently lives and works in Montreal, Quebec. tion to.” — Toronto Star
Together, they try to make sense of the rich,
confusing brew of values, rituals, and beliefs “Make room for one wild new writer. Nawaz
that form their inheritance. Yet as they grow is going to dazzle you with her style, her
towards adulthood, their paths begin to di- remarkable sense of things in this world, her
verge. Beena catches the attention of one of plain out-and-out talent.” — Dennis Cooley,
the “bagel boys” and finds herself pregnant at author of Bloody Jack
sixteen, while Sadhana drives herself to perfec-
tionism and anorexia. “Her observations are pitch-perfect, and her
When we first meet the adult Beena, she is prose scintillates.” — Warren Cariou, author
grappling with a fresh grief: Sadhana has died of Lake of the Prairies
suddenly and strangely, her body lying undis-
covered for a week before anyone realizes what
has happened. Beena is left with a burden of
guilt and an unsettled feeling about the cir-
cumstances of her sister’s death, which she sets
FiCTion / Literary about to uncover. Her search stirs memories
978-1-77089-009-1 and opens wounds, threatening to undo the
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June
cAugHt
LiSA Moore
“Lisa Moore’s style is cool, clear, lethally accurate, and reminiscent of lisA moore is the acclaimed author of prAise for lisA moore And
Raymond Carver.” — Independent on Sunday February, which was longlisted for the Man februAry:
Booker Prize, selected as one of The New
Yorker’s Best Books of the Year, and was a Globe cBc cAnAdA reAds 2013 finAlist
Internationally acclaimed au- and Mail Top 100 Book and a CBC Canada the new yorker Best Books of the yeAr
thor Lisa Moore offers us a remarkable new Reads 2013 finalist; and Alligator, which was a mAn Booker Prize, longlist
novel about a man who escapes from prison to finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won A gloBe And mAil toP 100 Book of the yeAr
embark upon one of the most ambitious pot- the Commonwealth Fiction Prize (Canada and A Quill & Quire Book of the yeAr
smuggling adventures ever attempted. the Caribbean), and was a national bestseller.
Here are bravado and betrayal, bad weather Her story collection Open was a finalist for the “Moore never errs on the side of sentimental-
and seas, love, undercover agents, the collusion Scotiabank Giller Prize and a national best- ity . . . There’s an economy in Moore’s style
of governments, unbridled ambition, inno- seller. Her third novel, Caught, will be pub- that shows us how a once vibrant life can be
cence and the loss thereof, and many, many lished by House of Anansi Press in June 2013. whittled down by pain and loneliness.”
bales of marijuana. Here, too, is the seeming She lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. — National Post
invincibility of youth and all the folly that it
Also AvAilAble
allows. “Moore offers us, elegantly, exultantly, the
Caught is an exuberant, relentlessly sus- very consciousness of her characters.”
penseful, and utterly unique novel, and prom- — Globe and Mail
februAry
ises to be the astonishing Lisa Moore’s most Lisa Moore
accomplished work to date. “Lisa Moore’s work is passionate, gritty, lucid
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pitch-perfect detail.” —The New Yorker
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inside
by Alix oHlin
Globe and Mail Top ficTion
Quill & Quire books of The year
scoTiabank Giller prize finalisT
roGers WriTers’ TrusT ficTion prize finalisT
aMazon.ca besT books: ediTors’ pick
oprah’s book club suMMer readinG pick
How sHould A person be?
by sHeilA Heti
neW york TiMes noTable books
huffinGTon posT besT books
dr. brinkley’s tower
by robert HougH
Governor General’s liTerary aWard finalisT
Globe and Mail Top ficTion
scoTiabank Giller prize lonGlisT
cArnivAl
by rAwi HAge
Quebec WriTers’ federaTion huGh Maclennan prize for ficTion Winner
roGers WriTers’ TrusT ficTion prize finalisT
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ntroducing Astoria, a new short
Globe and Mail Top ficTion
aMazon.ca besT books: ediTors’ pick fiction imprint that will celebrate
this great genre and canadian writ-
eAsy to like
by edwArd ricHe ers’ talent for the short story.
2013 iMpac dublin liTerary aWard lonGlisT
reliT aWards finalisT