Mrs. Strange was thrust, unprepared, into hard farm life on a Canadian ranch, with a background of London, gentle upbringing, a bit of the rough with the smooth in her war experiences, but with no training for hard labor and domestic...
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Author: Strange, KathleenSummary:
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Author: John Michael GreerSummary:
In the audio book Dark Age America, John Michael Greer argues that decades of missed opportunities have effectively closed the door on a sustainable future. We now face the unraveling of industrial civilization in the wake of...
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Author: Betty MacDonaldSummary:
Onions in the Stew is the favorite book of the Betty Fans worldwide. Why? She described family life on Vashon Island with husband Don and daughters Anne and Joan in an unique way. They moved to Vashon in the fall, which wasnt too bad,...
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Author: JG DanielSummary:
Hate or Be Hated: How I Survived Right-Wing Extremism. There is something seriously and deadly wrong in America when racists, sexists, paranoids and those full of hatred, brainwash their children with their own narrow-minded belief...
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Author: Shawn OttoSummary:
Shawn Ottos provocative audio book investigates the historical, social, philosophical, political, and emotional reasons for why and how evidence-based politics are in decline and authoritarian politics are once again on the rise, and...
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Author: Mari K. SwingleSummary:
Many of us would no more go out without our cell phone than we would leave the house without clothes. We live our lives on social media, and PDAs, tablets, computers and other devices are completely integrated into our global culture....
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Author: Gabor MateSummary:
Dr. Mate, who for twelve years practiced medicine in Vancouvers notorious Downtown Eastside North Americas most concentrated area of drug use, begins by telling the stories of his patients, who, in their destitution and uniformly...
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Author: Paula BeckerSummary:
Granted full access to the archives of Betty MacDonalds, Paula Beckers biography includes materials never before seen by any researcher. In this first official biography of this beloved Northwest storyteller, Becker tells us the story...
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Author: Charles TidlerSummary:
Lewis King is a trumpet player who lands a gig in the Big Easy. He is a genius on horn, but Kings private life is, morally, physically, and financially bankrupt. A heavy drinker and compulsive sexual manipulator, he is prone to paranoid...
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Author: Joel BakanSummary:
Joel Bakans book is a brilliantly argued account of the corporations pathological pursuit of profit and power. An eminent law professor and legal theorist, Bakan contends that the corporation is created by law to function much like a...
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Author: Vera Tarman, Philip WerdellSummary:
Overeating, binge eating, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia: Food Junkies tackles the complex, poorly understood issue of food addiction from the perspectives of a medical researcher and dozens of survivors.
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Author: David RoedigerSummary:
Combining classical Marxism, psychoanalysis, and the new labor history pioneered by E. P. Thompson and Herbert Gutman, David Roedigers widely acclaimed book provides an original study of the formative years of working-class racism in...
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Author: Morpurgo, MichaelSummary:
In Dresden, 1945, Elizabeth and Karli’s mother works at the zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. Then the zoo director tells her that the dangerous animals - including the elephants - must be shot...
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Author: Adams, Robert J.Summary:
The Stump Farm, by Robert J. Adams, follows the trials of Bobby during the time Canada brought its soldiers back from the Second World War. The hardships of the time go unnoticed by a young boy more concerned with genuine moose hide...
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Author: Dallaire, RoméoSummary:
At the heart of Waiting for First Light is a no-holds-barred self-portrait of a top political and military figure whose nights are invaded by despair, but who at first light faces the day with the renewed desire to make a difference in...
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Author: Adams, Robert J.Summary:
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Author: Marquis, GregSummary:
Truth and Honour explores the 2011 murder of Saint John businessman Richard Oland, of the prominent family that owns Moosehead Breweries, the ensuing police investigation and the arrest, trial, and conviction of the victim's son Dennis...
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Author: Klein, NaomiSummary:
Journalist Naomi Klein explains that Trump is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst and most dangerous trends of the past half-century.
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Author: Sellars, BevSummary:
Price Paid untangles truth from some of the myths about First Nations and addresses misconceptions still widely believed today. The second book by award-winning author Bev Sellars, Price Paid is based on a popular presentation Sellars...
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Author: Pitts, FrankSummary:
"Confessions of a Mountie is the dramatic memoir of retired RCMP Officer Frank Pitts from Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador. His story begins with a terrifying standoff between him and a machete-wielding suspect. As his life...
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