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Notable Non-Fiction November 2025 |
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The Prime Ministers: Canada's Leaders and the Nation They Shaped
by J. D. M Stewart
With engaging prose and fresh insights, Stewart captures the defining moments of each prime minister's time in office, revealing how they managed relationships with Indigenous peoples, the environment, American presidents, and international powers. He also explores how their reputations have evolved--who has been forgotten, who remains controversial, and who has become a lasting part of Canada's cultural fabric. Canada's Prime Ministers is a necessary and important book, intended both for newcomers to Canadian history and those who have loved it for a long time.
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Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
by Mary Roach
From the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz comes a rollicking exploration of the quest to recreate the impossible complexities of human anatomy including difficult questions prompted by the human body's failings.
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Submersed: Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines
by Matthew Gavin Frank
Folded into author Matthew Gavin Frank’s thought-provoking survey of humankind’s urge to explore the ocean depths from deep-water submersibles lies a much darker obsession -- the “strong undercurrent of violence and misogyny” (Kirkus Reviews) running through the amateur sub community that arguably led to the 2017 murder of journalist Kim Wall. Readers who want more adventures beneath the waves can try The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean by Susan Casey.
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Dear New York
by Brandon Stanton
ln 2025, Brandon Stanton, creator of "Humans of New York" and author of four #1 NYT bestselling books, will publish his most personal work yet: Dear New York, a photographic love letter to the city he has embraced. Opening with a deeply moving prologue that reads like a train ride through the city, the book expands into nearly five hundred full-color pages of portraits and stories from the streets of New York.
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The Gales of November : The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
by John U. Bacon
On November 10, 1975, as a storm threw 100 mile-per-hour winds and 50-foot waves on Lake Superior, the 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald - the biggest, best, and most profitable ship on the Lakes - found itself at the worst possible place, at the worst possible time. When she sank, she took all 29 men onboard down with her, leaving the tragedy shrouded in mystery for a half century. John U. Bacon presents the definitive account of the disaster, drawing on interviews with the families, friends, and former crewmates of those lost.
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The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz
by Anne Sebba
In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a band that would play marching music in all weathers to other inmates, and were also made to give weekly concerts for Nazi officers. For almost all of the musicians chosen to take part, being in the orchestra saved their lives.
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