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Some couponable non-fiction sale bargains, if you're looking to use that Kobo 50% off unlimited weekend code (presumably also matched in the other stores in North America, at least).

@ $1.99 from Steerforth Press, which specializes in publishing international literary fiction in translation and accompanying local interest works:

• Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History by Sandra Benjamin, a moderately comprehensive overview which has favourable editorial reviews
• Red Love: The Story of an East German Family by Maxim Leo, translated by Shaun Whiteside, a memoir
• The Essential Guide to Being Polish by Anna Spysz & Marta Turek, a humorous culture guide meant for travelers and armchair historians

Also @ $1.99 from Algonquin Press, a few pages of their non-fiction mixed in with their literary stuff: linkage for the lot and some interesting-looking picks:

• Find the Good: Unexpected Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer by Alaskan columnist Heather Lende (TravelAlaska sample article), another collection of her reminisces and insights, of which her previous bestselling ones have also been on sale, in case you got and enjoyed them earlier
• The Late Starters Orchestra by Ari L. Goldman, a memoir about becoming a musician late in life, and the experiences of the profession
• Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing With Others by Stacy Horn, a similar memoir about becoming involved in a choir and the experiences of working with one, with additional history/trivia tidbits about choral music
• The Day My Brain Exploded: A True Story by Ashok Rajamani, a memoir about the process of recovery from a brain bleed, where the author had to relearn how to do a whole bunch of things from scratch

Chronicle Books has a number of items both fiction and non- (including a whole bunch of cookbooks) from $0.99-$2.99 (some of them on the short pamphlet-y side): linkage for the lot. Interesting-looking ones include:

• No Plot? No Problem! Revised and Expanded Edition: A Low-stress, High-velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty, founder of the NaNoWriMo annual DIY phenomenon (Wikipedia)
• Mandela: A Film and Historical Companion by Keith Bernstein, to go with the recent box office success about the titular South African leader (Wikipedia)
• Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patrica Hruby Powell & Christian Robinson, an illustrated children's book which is also multiple award-winning look at the famous Jazz Age performer (Wikipedia)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, who are couponable in Canada, have quite a lot of biographies and science/nature-related books at the $1.99-$2.99 (and a lot of short pamphlet cookbooks to skip through): linkage for the lot. Interesting ones at the $2.99 mark include:

• Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist by Thomas Levenson, a true crime case about the time that Isaac Newton a Warden of His Majesty's Mint.
• Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders, a collection of humorous essays by notable birdwatchers
• The Culinarian: A Kitchen Desk Reference by Barbara Ann Kipfer, with both practical food facts and trivial food history
• What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World & The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration, somewhat more scientifically-inclined nature books
• Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis & Love, Fiercely: A Gilded Age Romance, biographies about people who strongly influenced assorted creators/artists (the 2nd is for some socialites in a John Singer Sargent painting)
• Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America & Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel & Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer, more specialty-subject micro-histories

Workman Publishing has just over a page's worth of $2.99 full-length-looking mostly cookbooks & personal health/lifestyle works in Canada, at least, including some cookbook classics by Sheila Lukins (Wikipedia) of the Silver Palate brand: linkage for the lot.