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Pro wrestling’s surprising Prairie roots
A Lakehead University scholar provides a ’matside people’s history’ of pro wrestling in 19th-century Manitoba
A masterful biography of the Romanovs
A new biography outlines the the violence, treachery and deceit rampant in the Romanov family
Siddhartha Mukherjee’s intimate history of the gene
The author of The Emperor of All Maladies gives us a new book that’s beautifully written and deeply personal
Pinpoint’s sharp telling of the story of GPS
How a military project changed the way we navigate the world
Nine ways of looking at men
One of Britain’s best young novelists explores All That Man Is
The troubled life of Canadian outlaw Daniel Wolfe
Joe Friesen tells the story of the founder of Indian Posse, Canada’s largest street gang
The surprising history of the little black dress
Shannon Meyer on the history of the slimming, safe, versatile wardrobe staple
Fighting the Taliban, one stroke at a time
The mesmerizing true story of Afghan squash champion Maria Toorpakai
The very checkered history of the men’s suit
Christopher Breward grabs a thread from the suit’s seams