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Originally Posted by bfisher

There is a non-fiction sale at Amazon.ca today; some of the prices have been set by the publisher, so they may be on sale elsewhere.

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Invention-Natu.../dp/B00RKO0L3A
Excellent book - I read it last year. It was on the 2016 Cundill Prize shortlist.
The blurb: "The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism."

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Sleepwalkers-H.../dp/B008B1BL4E
Excellent book, read it in 2014 - 2013 Cundill Prize shortlist

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Contain-Multit.../dp/B01824YMCM

How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/How-States-Got.../dp/B001NLL1I0

The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Ethics-Ambigui.../dp/B006CWK8UM

Pacific by Simon Winchester for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Pacific-Surfbo.../dp/B00T3CTYTY

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Genome-Autobio.../dp/B00AXXUA7C

To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Explain-World-.../dp/B00KFG18Q4

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe by Lisa Randell for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Dark-Matter-Di.../dp/B00T3CU1ZK

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Sound-Wild-Sna.../dp/B00408A828

The Language Instinct: How The Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Language-Insti.../dp/B0049B1VOU

The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Secret-Life-Lo.../dp/B000Z4JQOM

The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Dancing-Wu-Li-.../dp/B002Q1YCW8

Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code by Matthew Cobb for $CDN 2.29
https://www.amazon.ca/Lifes-Greatest.../dp/B00UY0EMXM

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey-Williams for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Periodic-Tales.../dp/B004J17VTO

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Red-Queen-Evol.../dp/B006O4227U

The ones I've checked (Periodic Tales, Pacific, Genome..) were also on sale at kobo.