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In a Q&A, 'The Underworld' author talks about sea creatures, the ill-fated Titan expedition and how visiting the abyssal zone was a spiritual revelation

In a Q&A, the Canadian true-crime doyenne talks about why people are attracted to the genre, the danger of glorifying serial killers and why it's important to remember the victims

'100 Places to See After You Die' is jammed with Jeopardy!-worthy facts about our final destination

In ‘Where We Ate,’ the St. John’s food writer explains how immigration shaped our palates and why Greeks own so many pizza joints

In a Q&A, the U.S. psychologist says today’s generational conflicts match that of the '60s, and understanding those divides is essential to our future

In a Q&A with U.S. author Benyamin Cohen, he explains how he called out Ivanka Trump and why he impersonates the Nobel Prize winning physicist

In a Q&A about "Outsider," author Brett Popplewell explains how the former Bond stuntman defies ageing tropes and why he lives in a bus on a B.C. mountain

In an excerpt from her new book, the Zoomer contributor is taken aback when the new pup immediately bonds with her husband

In a Q&A, the authors discuss how Indigenous and non-Indigenous people can live side by side, as equals

For a new authorized biography, Kate Andersen Browers sifted through 7,000 letters and notes to get to the notorious heart of the famous actress

In an excerpt from "The Battle of the Atlantic" by Ted Barris, the author recounts tense moments when Canadian ships tracked – and sank – German U-boats off the East Coast

From Vogue editor Edward Enninful's memoir to a lexicon of American fashion, these six sartorial tomes will inspire and delight

In an excerpt from "Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World," the author visits Leamington, Ont., home to a tasty little golf ball of a fruit called the Campari

In a Q&A, the author reveals how theft of old-growth trees is linked to the conservation movement and what motivates the poachers.

In her first book, comedian Tracy Dawson delights in historical stories about women “who dressed like men to do s--t they weren’t supposed to do.”

In his latest book, A.J. Jacobs says there's a puzzle for everyone, and shares how they have shaped history, brought people together and made them better thinkers.

Read an excerpt from Sarah Weinman's true-crime book about U.S. killer Edgar Smith, who was freed in the 70s in a "wrongful conviction in reverse"

In a Q&A about her candid memoir, Victoria doctor Stefanie Green talks about her decision to pivot from delivering babies to helping people die, and what a good death looks like

Eliza Reid, the Canadian-born First Lady of Iceland, shows what it's like to live in a progressive country with gender equality

U.K. author and public policy professor Bobby Duffy argues that generational stereotypes are all wrong, since values shift as we age

In her political memoir, former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould explains the Indigenous values and principles that shaped her life

We've got nature covered in summer's best non-fiction, with tales about whales, moths, trees, bears, ants and baby hummingbirds

The story of Canadian-born beauty tycoon Elizabeth Arden and Canadian director Norman Jewison are among our picks of new notable memoirs and biographies

The latest from The Nest author, a post-apocalyptic story set in northern Ontario and Paula McLain's latest novel will keep you preoccupied on rainy days

From a meditation on baseball to the B.C. doctor Bonnie Henry’s account of the first days of COVID-19, we’ve got true stories, some of which are indeed stranger than fiction

Our pick of winter’s notable non-fiction prove the adage that life is lived forward but best understood backward