Recognized as one of the most comprehensive oral histories of apartheid ever broadcast (NPR, BBC, CBC, SABC), Mandela: An Audio History tells the story of the struggle against apartheid through rare sound recordings. The series weaves...
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Author:Mandela, NelsonSummary: - Author:Thomas, Paul G.Summary:
Manitoba Politics and Government is a rich and fascinating account of a province that strives for the centre, for the delicate middle ground where individualism and collectivism overlap, and where a multitude of different cultures and...
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Margaret Laurence and Jack McClelland-one of Canada's most beloved writers and one of Canada's most significant publishers-enjoyed an unusual rapport. In this collection of annotated letters, readers gain rare insight into the private...
- Author:Speziale, Robin R.Summary:
Tips and tricks to win in the market
Market Masters is the definitive book on investing in the Canadian market, featuring exclusive and insightful conversations and first-hand advice from Canada’s top investors...
- Author:King, Martin LutherSummary:
This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King Jr., from his inspirational "I Have a Dream" to his fiery "Give Us the Ballot."
- Author:Gladwell, MalcolmSummary:
Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is unlike any artistic portrait you've ever heard before. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation between Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce...
- Author:Van Tighem, Victor, Van Tighem, LeonardSummary:
Using valuable primary source material, most of which is previously unpublished, and some of which has been translated from the Flemish-Dutch and French, editors Mary Eggermont-Molenaar and Paul Callens introduce the Van Tighem brothers...
- Author:Diane CroftSummary:
Our braille catalogs always include a unique quotation on the cover. Over the years, customers have called and written to say how much they enjoy them and to suggest, "Why not put together a whole book of unique quotations?" So, we did...
- Author:Lucht, Bernie, Ward, Barbara, Underhill, Frank H., Levi-Strauss, Claude, Brandt, Willy, Grant, GeorgeSummary:
The CBC Massey Lectures, Canada's preeminent public lecture series, are for many of us a highly anticipated annual feast of ideas. However, some of the finest lectures, by some of the greatest minds of modern times, have been lost for...
- Author:Hayden, TylerSummary:
Mother’s Message in a Bottle is an inspirational collection of over 40 letters from mothers around the world to the people they love. The aim of the book is to provide direction, wisdom, and connection between mothers and their children...
- Author:Crowe, JuliaSummary:
Famous guitarists reveal the stories behind their first six-string and their lifelong passion for music
Every guitarist remembers his or her first instrument, the guitar that was a gateway to a lifetime of passion and...
- Author:Gilly, William O. S.Summary:
"[...]master was at the wheel; the captain stood by to con and to direct his steering. At one fearful crisis, every blast threatened to shiver a sail, or to carry away a spar, and a single false movement of the helmsman, or the...
- Author:Scott, MarianneSummary:
During her time on the west coast, Marianne Scott has met a variety of fascinating people whose lives revolve around the sea - racing sailors, scientists, yacht designers, adventurers, boat builders, writers, painters, and eccentrics....
- Author:Boochani, BehrouzSummary:
Winner of Australia’s richest literary award, No Friend but the Mountains is Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee Behrouz Boochani’s account of his detainment on Australia’s notorious Manus Island prison. Composed entirely by text...
- Author:Thompson, StephenSummary:
NPR celebrates the joyful, inspiring and downright delicious culture of food. Featuring interviews with celebrity chefs (Julia Child, Paul Prudhomme, Jacques Pepin, Charlie Trotter, Rick Bayless and others) and famous foodies (Ruth...
- Author:Comeau, JoeySummary:
A collection of bitterly hilarious job application letters.
Applying for a job is stupid. It is a demeaning, humiliating exercise in learning to grovel in front of faceless strangers. Everyone who has ever sent a job...
- Author:Dyson, Michael Eric, Goldberg, Michelle, Fry, Stephen, Peterson, Jordan, Griffiths, RudyardSummary:
"You're telling me I'm being sensitive, and students looking for safe spaces that they're being hypersensitive. If you're white, this country is one giant safe space." - Michael Eric Dyson. Is political...
- Author:Lessing, DorisSummary:
In her 1985 CBC Massey Lectures Doris Lessing addresses the question of personal freedom and individual responsibility in a world increasingly prone to political rhetoric, mass emotions, and inherited structures of unquestioned belief....
- Author:Wachtel, EleanorSummary:
A great conversation can offer insight into the hearts and minds of its participants. In this intimate, wide-ranging collection of conversations (and some correspondence), writer-broadcaster Eleanor Wachtel and her friend, author Carol...
- Author:Grant, PatrickSummary:
Soon after his death, Vincent van Gogh’s reputation grew and developed through the remarkably symbiotic relationship evident between his paintings and letters. However, the sheer bulk and complexity of Van Gogh’s complete surviving...
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