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Who better to tell the narrative of our times about the restoration of land and culture than Wa'xaid (the good river), or Cecil Paul, a Xenaksiala elder who pursued both in his ancestral home, the Kitlope -- now the largest protected unlogged temperate rainforest left on the planet.

Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood, the power of ceremony, the love of family, and the possibility of redemption.

The cop who blew the whistle on Saskatoon's notorious "Starlight Tours," Ernie Louttit is the bestselling author of two previous "Indian Ernie" books. He demonstrates in this latest title that being a leader means sticking to your convictions and sometimes standing up to the powers that be. One of the first Indigenous officers hired by the Saskatoon Police, he was an outsider who became an insider, with a difference. A former military man with a passion for the law, he was tough on the beat, but was also a role model for kids on the streets.

Whisperin' Bill Anderson features eye-opening personal stories from Anderson's nearly eighty years of living--from his early days of radio broadcasting in Georgia to standing alongside the greatest country music stars in the world onstage at the Grand Ole Opry.

Jennifer Romolini started her career as an awkward twenty-seven-year-old misfit, navigated her way through New York media, and became a boss-an editor-in-chief, an editorial director, and a vice president, all within little more than a decade. She asserts that being outside-the-norm and achieving real, high-level success are not mutually exclusive, even if the perception of the business world often seems otherwise, even if it seems like only office-politicking extroverts are set up for reward.

Walden is a classic of American philosophy that describes Thoreau's concepts of self-reliance and individualism. In "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience," he develops the philosophy of nonviolent political protest.

A survivor of the Waco massacre tells the inside story of Branch Davidians, David Koresh, and what really happened at the religious compound in Texas. Thibodeau explores why so many people believed Koresh was divinely inspired, and dissects the actions of the government that ended in tragedy. The result is a memoir that reads like a thriller, with each page taking us closer to the eventual inferno.

Here are selected testimonies to living history--speeches, letters, poems, songs--offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. New voices featured in this tenth anniversary edition include Chelsea Manning, Naomi Klein, a member of Dream Defenders, members of the Undocumented Youth movement, a member of the Day Laborers movement, and several critics of the Obama administration.

The true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World War II.

From growing up dirt poor in Mexico to becoming a lowly dishwasher in the US and finally a person you might almost think is perpetually in a state of nirvana, this is the story of a truly fascinating man.