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  • The great regression
    Author:

    Appadurai, Arjun

    Summary:

    We are living through a period of dramatic political change ' Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xeno

    Genre: Essays, Political science

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  • The Bush Garden : essays on the Canadian imagination
    Author:

    Frye, Northrop

    Summary:

    "Any publication by Northrop Frye is an important literary event; this one is of the highest importance to Canadian literature." - Globe and Mail Originally published by Anansi in 1971, The Bush Ga

    Genre: Art and architecture, Canadian nonfiction, Essays

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  • High notes selected writings of gay talese
    Author:

    Talese, Gay.

    Summary:

    A superb new collection from the illustrious career of Gay Talese, "the most important nonfiction writer of his generation" (David Halberstam).

    Genre: Essays

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  • Rothko the color field paintings
    Author:

    Rothko, Christopher

    Summary:

    Mark Rothko's iconic paintings are some of the most profound works of twentieth-century Abstract Expressionism.

    Genre: Art and architecture, Essays, Illustrated works

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  • Chronicles of a liquid society
    Author:

    Eco, Umberto

    Summary:

    A posthumous collection of essays about the modern world from one of Europe's greatest, and best-selling, literary figures Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar.

    Genre: Essays, General fiction

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  • No time to spare thinking about what matters
    Author:

    Guin, Ursula K. Le.

    Summary:

    Ursula K.

    Genre: Essays, General fiction

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  • The best American essays 2017
    Author:
    Summary:

    "Jamison has done an exceptional job curating this volume, selecting essayists who are diverse in ideas and experiences, and essays that are challenging, passionate, sobering, and clever.&quot

    Genre: Essays

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  • In her voice women directors talk directing
    Author:

    Silverstein, Melissa

    Summary:

    In Her Voice is the first book that takes the words and experiences of a diverse group of celebrated women film directors and puts their voices front and center.

    Genre: Essays, Film, television and performing arts

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  • Dignity, democracy, development : a citizen's reader
    Author:

    Urbaniak, Tom

    Summary:

    With these 61 readable essays, Cape Breton's Tom Urbaniak brings a courageous, critical and constructive eye to problems of our time.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Social science

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  • Waiting: an anthology of essays
    Author:

    Altrows, Rona

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    Sedivy, Julie

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    Albert, Samantha

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    Butala, Sharon

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    Cawthorne, Jane

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    Chan, Weyman

    ,

    Danos, Rebecca

    ,

    Edgar, Patti

    ,

    Greentree, Leslie

    ,

    Graham-Pole, John

    ,

    Anstey Hanen, Edythe Anstey

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    Hansen, Vivian

    ,

    Harris, Jane

    ,

    Harrison, Richard

    ,

    Kvern, Lee

    ,

    Haynes, Elizabeth

    ,

    Lévesque, Anne

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    Major, Alice

    ,

    McGrath, Wendy

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    Ian McKay, Stuart Ian

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    Neilsen Glenn, Lorri

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    Olding, Susan

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    Rees, Roberta

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    Seifert, Kathy

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    Siré, Cora

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    Ross Smith, Steven Ross

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    Sorbie, Anne

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    Sorestad, Glen

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    S. Thompson, Kelly S.

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    van Eck, Robin van

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    van Herk, Aritha

    Summary:

    The verb esperar means to wait. It also means to hope.—“The Past Was a Small Notebook, Much Scribbled-Upon”, Cora Siré Waiting, that most human of experiences, saturates all of our lives.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays

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  • Vulnerability and adaptation to drought on the Canadian Prairies
    Author:

    Diaz, Harry

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    Warren, Jim

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    Hurlbert, Margot

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    Boninsegna, Jose Armando

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    Bonsal, Barrie

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    Corkal, Darrell

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    Fletcher, Amber

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    Hadarits, Monica

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    Harrison, Tom

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    Hurlbert, Margot

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    Kerr, Samantha

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    Knuttila, Erin

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    Kulshreshta, Suren

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    Marchildon, Gregory

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    Montana, Elma

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    Morito, Bruce

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    Pittman, Jeremy

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    Rojas, Alejandro

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    Sauchyn, David

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    Santibanez, Paula

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    Unvoas, A.

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    Wandel, Johanna

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    Warren, James

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    Whittrock, Virginia

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    Wheaton, Elaine

    Summary:

    Although there is considerable historical literature describing the social and economic impact of drought on the prairies in the 1930s, little has been written about the challenges presented by dro

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays

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  • David Helwig : essays on his works
    Author:

    Ruthig, Ingrid

    Summary:

    To date, Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist David Helwig has published close to fifty books and edited numerous others.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Discursive works, Essays

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  • Small things : (a random selection of anti-essays)
    Author:

    Gilbert, Sky

    Summary:

    Small Things is a book of mini-anti-essays, part of Sky Gilbert's project to dismantle and challenge the rigid classifications of genre.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Creative nonfiction, Essays

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  • If you're not free at work, where are you free? : literature and social change
    Author:

    Wayman, Tom

    Summary:

    The essays in If You're Not Free At Work, Where Are You Free?: Literature and Social Change focus on the interconnection of community/workplace/individual and how literature (and thinking abou

    Genre: Essays, Literary arts, Social science

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  • Inner ranges : an anthology of mountain thoughts and mountain people
    Author:

    Powter, Geoff

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    Bonington, Chris

    Summary:

    Inner Ranges brings together an enlightening and entertaining selection of mountain writing by one of Canada's most respected adventure journalists and thinkers.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, True adventure stories

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