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The world’s addiction to economic growth continues with barely any recognition that this is a problem.

In the first book to distill the entire history of the United Nations into one accessible volume, Maggie Black explains how this complex organization works.

Three brothers, born on a Greek island, spread their wings and soar to impressive heights in their three professions.

Why are there so many people who are poor in a world that’s richer than ever before? Something must be wrong with conventional thinking about wealth and poverty.

One of the few up-to-date works on the whole of the arms trade, this No-Nonsense Guide explores not just the movement of weaponry across borders, but also the problematic activities that sustain th

Climate chaos and pollution, deforestation and consumerism: the crisis facing human civilization is clear enough.

Five men and a woman, as deadly as any, were hunting Reece.

May Day: A Graphic History of Protest traces the development of International Workers’ Day, May 1st, against the ever-changing economic and political backdrop in Canada.

Feminist, educator, Quaker, and physicist, Ursula Franklin has long been considered one of Canada’s foremost advocates and practitioners of pacifism.

Some Like It Cold plunges headlong into the political conundrum of Canada’s climatechange debate.

This humorous novel is set against the backdrop of Hollywood in the 1920's and follows the adventures of actor Richard Browning as he gets caught between the FBI and the Ku Klux Klan, and make

Eating Fire follows in the steps of Riordon’s popular 1996 book Out our way, on gay and lesbian life in the country (BTL, 1996).

Financial collapse and crisis; disgust at bankers’ greed; the devastating effects of yawning inequality: all these and more have led to widespread dissatisfaction and disenchantment with capitalism

From its sudden emergence as a military force to be reckoned with in Syria and Iraq in June 2014 through its YouTube executions of hostages to its atrocious attacks in Paris in November 2015, the m

“Religion” is a term that the media often use without any clarification. But it is a loaded word that encompasses hundreds of different beliefs.