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Gift Idea
Citing costly memory-related inconveniences suffered by average individuals, a science journalist...
Category: Canada
$16.95
Ghost Pine
Invisible Pub |
April 15, 2010 |
225 pages
Ghost Pine: All Stories True offers thirteen years worth of sparkling true stories from the life of author Jeff Miller, compiling the best of his long-running zine. From his youth in suburban Ottawa in the late 1990s, to travels across Canada and North America and his current home in Montreal,... More Info
$45.00
Reconciling Canada
February 3, 2013 |
576 pages
In this volume, leading scholars in the humanities and social sciences relate contemporary political and social efforts to redress wrongs to the fraught history of government relations with Aboriginal and diasporic populations.
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The Beothuk Saga
M&S |
September 6, 2001 |
352 pages
This astounding novel fully deserves to be called a saga. It begins a thousand years ago in the time of the Vikings in Newfoundland. It is crammed with incidents of war and peace, with fights to the death and long nights of lovemaking, and with accounts of the rise of local clan chiefs and the... More Info
$14.95
Saving the CBC
April 5, 2013 |
80 pages
The CBC is already crippled by decades of draconian budget cutting by a succession of unsympathetic federal governments. It now faces a new fiscal crisis—one that signals the end of public broadcasting as we know it in Canada. We have less than two years to find a way to save CBC/Radio-Canada,... More Info
$39.99
Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent
Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |
December 1, 2012 |
350 pages
The education provided by Canada's faith-based schools is a subject of public, political, and scholarly controversy. As the population becomes more religiously diverse, the continued establishment and support of faith-based schools has reignited debates about whether they should be funded publicly... More Info
Free Expression in Canad
Bytech Services |
May 1, 2012 |
458 pages
Robert Martin shines the spotlight of truth on the dismal state of free speech in Canada. With impeccable research and a clear, conversational tone, Robert provides devastating commentary on the absurdity of political correctness and post-modern liberalism.
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$29.95
Losing Control
Between the Lines(CA) |
May 15, 2010 |
300 pages
One of the first books to examine social conservatism in Canada, from a long-time activist
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Defiant Spirits
Douglas & McIntyre |
October 11, 2011 |
492 pages
Recounts the story of the Group of Seven, Canadian painters who wanted to create an art movement based on the country's landscape, including the group's first meeting, the obstacles they faced from the local art community, disbandment, and legacy.
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Manuel Populaire de la Citoyenneté
Arbeiter Ring Pub |
November 30, 2012 |
80 pages
En 2009, le gouvernement conservateur de Stephen Harper a modifié le guide officiel de la citoyenneté remis à tous les nouveaux immigrants. La nouvelle version fait une plus grande place à l'histoire militaire et présente beaucoup d'information sur la monarchie, mais fait très peu état de... More Info
$35.50
Unhealthy times
Oxford University Press, USA |
March 15, 2001 |
254 pages
This unique work assembles in a readily accessible format an enormous amount of research in the areas of health and health care, within a broadly defined political economy framework. Divided into three sections, it covers homecare, globalization, and the comparisons between the Canadian system and... More Info
$23.00
Nation Maker
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 21, 2012 |
728 pages
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winningJohn A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn. John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most... More Info
101 Letters to a Prime Minister
Vintage Books Canada |
October 30, 2012 |
448 pages
From the mailbox of the Prime Minister's Office to your bookshelf, a list of more than 100 books that every Canadian should read. This largely one-sided correspondence from the "loneliest book club in the world" is a compendium for bibliophiles and those who follow the Canadian political scene.... More Info
$22.95
Fight The Right
Random House Digital, Inc. |
October 2, 2012 |
277 pages
Everywhere you look, these days, Conservatives are winning elections. No matter where you look, the story is the same: white, angry men on the Right are winning power. The Left, meanwhile, is divided and dispirited, and rapidly losing ground. Fight the Right is a handbook on how to survive the... More Info
When the Gods Changed
Vintage Books Canada |
September 25, 2012 |
320 pages
The May 2, 2011 federal election turned Canadian governance upside down and inside out. In his newest and possibly most controversial book, Peter C. Newman argues that the Harper majority will alter Canada so much that we may have to change the country's name. But the most lasting impact of the... More Info
$45.00
Imagining Canada
Random House Digital, Inc. |
October 30, 2012 |
240 pages
Sophisticated and well-curated, this photographic tour through Canada's history documents the nation's evolution over more than a century, as seen through the lens of photographers from The New York Times. The book compiles more than 100 iconic, momentous and inspiring images of Canada and includes... More Info
A Nation Worth Ranting About
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 18, 2012 |
246 pages
An all-new collection of furiously funny rants from the most recent seasons of the Rick Mercer Report plus three brilliantly written, previously unpublished pieces by Rick. Illustrated throughout with photos and snatches of dialogue from Rick's encounters and exploits across Canada.
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$27.95
A Concise History of Canada
March 31, 2012 |
312 pages
Margaret Conrad's history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment? And who are its people? Drawing on her many years of experience as a scholar, writer, and teacher of... More Info
Sites of Governance
McGill Queens Univ |
June 28, 2012 |
424 pages
Focusing on diverse policy fields including emergency planning, image-building, immigrant settlement, infrastructure, federal property, and urban Aboriginal policy, Sites of Governance presents detailed studies of the largest city in each of Canada's provinces. Drawing on extensive documentary... More Info
Refereeing Identity
McGill Queens Univ |
April 28, 2012 |
328 pages
In Refereeing Identity, Michael Buma examines the ways in which the hockey novel genre attempts to reassure readers that "threatened" traditional Canadian and masculine identities still thrive on the ice. In a period of perceived crisis and flux, hockey novels offer readers the comforting... More Info
The Sweet Sixteen
McGill Queens Univ |
April 1, 2012 |
224 pages
How a train ride to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 revolutionized the journalism field for women.
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$24.95
Omar Khadr, Oh Canada
McGill Queens Univ |
May 28, 2012 |
400 pages
In Omar Khadr, Oh Canada, over thirty contributors analyze Khadr's background, his incarceration, the actions of Canadian authorities, and the implications raised by his legal case. This multi-genre book includes essays, articles, poems, a play, extended excerpts from the documentary film You Don't... More Info
The Woman Who Mapped Labrador
McGill Queens Univ |
May 28, 2012 |
544 pages
The definitive Hubbard, combining her previously unpublished diary, a full biography, and new maps that break down her daring canoe trip day by day.
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Canada Among Nations, 2011-2012
McGill Queens Univ |
January 28, 2012 |
224 pages
In the decade following the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement, economic and political relations between Canada and Mexico have expanded significantly. Today, Canada and Mexico are each other's third largest trading partners and, outside of the United States, Mexico is the second... More Info
Canada and the Idea of North
McGill Queens University Press |
May 1, 2007 |
344 pages
A comprehensive overview of the role of the idea of North in Canadian thought, art, and popular culture.
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$29.95
Inside the Ndp War Room
McGill Queens Univ |
November 1, 2012 |
200 pages
A first-hand account of how decisions to represent political parties are made.
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Phoenix
McGill Queens Univ |
August 14, 2012 |
479 pages
The life and loves of Norman Bethune - Canadian doctor and activist and battlefield surgeon in China during the Japanese invasion of the 1930s.
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Cartographies of Violence
October 16, 2012 |
432 pages
In 1942, the federal government expelled more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians from their homes in British Columbia. From 1942 to 1949, they were dispossessed, sent to incarceration sites, and dispersed across Canada. Over 4,000 were deported to Japan. Cartographies of Violenceanalyses the effects of... More Info
$39.95
Progressive heritage
Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr |
April 1, 2002 |
322 pages
Most critics and literary historians have ignored Marxist-inspired creative literature in Canada, or dismissed it as an ephemeral phenomenon of the 1930s. Research reveals, however, that from the 1920s onward Canadian creative writers influenced by Marxist ideas have produced a quantitatively... More Info
Working the Dead Beat
House of Anansi |
September 29, 2012 |
448 pages
Globe and Mailcolumnist Sandra Martin honours the lives of Canada's famous, infamous, and unsung heroes in this unique collection of obituaries of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Here are Canadian icons such as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, social... More Info
Cultures, Communities, and Conflict
December 28, 2012 |
320 pages
Cultures, Communities, and Conflictoffers provocative, cutting-edge perspectives on the history of English-Canadian universities and war in the twentieth century. The contributors explore how universities contributed not only to Canadian war efforts, but to forging multiple understandings of... More Info
$37.95
Filipinos in Canada
November 30, 2012 |
464 pages
The Philippines became Canada’s largest source of short- and long-term migrants in 2010, surpassing China and India, both of which are more than ten times larger. The fourth-largest racialized minority group in the country, the Filipino community is frequently understood by such figures as the... More Info
$24.95
Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands
James Lorimer |
March 27, 2012 |
248 pages
It's visionary, principled leaders-not just policies and programs-that are key to the NDP's importance in Canadian public life
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$24.95
Living with Uncle
James Lorimer & Company |
October 3, 2006 |
279 pages
Invaluable information on key issues for Canadians -- energy, water, security and surveillance, military integration, social services Living With Uncle examines the new realities of Canada's relations with the US in a world of a Conservative government in Ottawa, a trade agreement that often proves... More Info
The Al Purdy A-Frame Anthology
Harbour Publishing |
November 30, 2009 |
160 pages
A celebration of place for the poetry of Al Purdy.
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Full Frontal T.o.
Coach House |
July 17, 2012 |
200 pages
"Full Frontal T.O." examines how the architecture of the city's streetscape looks, lives, and changes over time.
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$15.95
Blowback
Fernwood Books Ltd |
September 1, 2009 |
96 pages
The village of Enniskillen, a sleepy cluster of a few dozen houses in New Brunswick's Queens County, has never been invaded by a foreign power. But during the 1950s to 1970s, the village was ground zero for a different kind of offensive, this one launched by the Canadian military against its own... More Info
$34.95
Black Canadians
Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd. |
July 30, 2010 |
293 pages
For researchers seeking detailed information about the black diaspora in North America, this authoritative reference provides more than 300 years of black Canadian history, from the first migration of slaves, black loyalists, and Civil War refugees to the expansive movement brought about by the... More Info
$22.95
No Debate
James Lorimer & Company |
October 24, 2011 |
334 pages
How Israel lobby groups tried to curb free speech at York University
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How We Almost Gave the Tories the Boot
James Lorimer & Company |
February 4, 2010 |
192 pages
An exciting insider's account of the formation and dissolution of the coalition against Stephen Harper's Conservative Party in November 2008.
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Shifting the Ground of Canadian Literary Studies
Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |
August 30, 2012 |
310 pages
Shifting the Ground of Canadian Literary Studies is a collection of interdisciplinary essays that examine the various contexts?political, social, and cultural?that have shaped the study of Canadian literature and the role it plays in our understanding of the Canadian nation-state. The essays are... More Info
Perfect Youth
E C W Press |
September 26, 2012 |
366 pages
While many volumes devoted to the punk and hardcore scenes in America grace bookstore shelves, Canada's contributions to the genre remain largely unacknowledged. For the first time, the birth of Canadian punk—a transformative cultural force that spread across the country at the end of the... More Info
A Paddler's Guide to Algonquin Park
Boston Mills Pr |
March 6, 2012 |
176 pages
Ontario's Algonquin Park is one of North America's foremost canoeing destinations. Callan has chosen 25 canoe routes of varying difficulty, from the most popular and easiest to deep backcountry routes most suitable for experienced canoeists.
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$24.95
Imperialist Canada
Arbeiter Ring Pub |
November 1, 2010 |
432 pages
Imperialist Canadaexposes Canada's imperialist past and present, at home and across the globe. Todd Gordon interweaves histories of indigenous dispossession in Canada with the cold facts of Canadian capital's oppression of peoples in the global South. The book digs beneath the surface of Canada's... More Info
$19.95
The Lucky Child
Mansfield Pr |
April 7, 2010 |
204 pages
Marianne Apostolides
Mansfield Press, 2010
Paperback, 204 pages
9781894469470
How do we construct the story of ourselves and our countries? How do we know our histories, our memories, our identities? These are the questions that compelled Marianne Apostolides to ask her father about his childhood... More Info
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