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Author:Soderstrom, Mary
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Author:Schallié, Charlotte
,Thorson, Helga
,van Noord, Andrea
Summary:After the Holocaust brings together scholarship, activism, poetry, and personal narratives from some of the last living survivors of the Holocaust to tackle the changing face of Holocaust and human
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Author:Bai, Heesoon
,Chang, David
,Scott, Charles
Summary:Despite our brief tenure on planet Earth, Homo sapiens have reached an epoch—the Anthropocene—that is characterised by our species’ uncanny ability to spoil our own nest.
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Author:Mosby, Ian
,Rotz, Sarah
,Fraser, Evan D.G.
Summary:In a world expected to reach a staggering population of 9 billion by 2050, and with global temperatures rising fast, humanity must fundamentally change the way it grows and consumes food.
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Author:Abley, Mark
Summary:Harry Abley was a nightmare of a father: depressive, self-absorbed, unpredictable, emotionally unstable. He was also a dream of a father: gentle, courageous, artistically gifted.
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Author:Billette, Véronique
,Marier, Patrik
,Séguin, Anne-Marie
Summary:A grey tsunami is sweeping the land, wreaking social and financial havoc in its wake. Sound familiar?
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Author:Bradbury, Bettina
Summary:Caroline Kearney faced a heartbreaking dilemma. In 1865 she was newly widowed, thirty-one years old, and the mother of six children.
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Author:Abbott, George M.
,Palmer, Vaughn
Summary:When Gordon Campbell’s Liberal government won a massive majority in British Columbia in 2001, the premier immediately fulfilled his pledge to cut personal income taxes.
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Author:Cooper, Christopher A. A.
Summary:Unlike most public servants, top administrators – those who manage thousands of personnel and oversee millions of dollars in public spending – are appointed by the head of government.
Genre: Political scienceAvailable Formats:
Author:Marland, Alex
,Giasson, Thierry
Summary:Inside the Campaignis a behind-the-scenes look at the people involved in an election campaign and the work they do.
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Author:Watson, Amanda D. D.
Summary:Who isthe juggling mother, the woman who quietly flicks dried cereal off her blazer while running a corporate empire?
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Author:Reynolds, Jim
Summary:This book tells the story of a First Nation’s single-minded quest for justice.
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Author:Mathen, Carissima
,Plaxton, Michael
Summary:The process by which Supreme Court judges are appointed is traditionally a quiet affair, but this certainly wasn’t the case when Prime Minister Stephen Harper selected Justice Marc Nadon – a federa
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Author:Macfarlane, Daniel
Summary:Since the late nineteenth century, Niagara Falls has been heavily engineered to generate energy behind a flowing façade designed to appeal to tourists.
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Author:Cook, Tim
,Granatstein, J.L.
Summary:With compelling insight, Canada 1919examines the concerns of Canadians in the year following the Great War: the treatment of veterans, including nurses and Indigenous soldiers; the rising farm lobb
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