America lies in ruins during an age of decline, despair, and death. The year is 1975 and a radical far-left group has kidnapped a young woman from one of America's richest families. She will later...
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Author: Davis, Brian JosephSummary:
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Author: Lorinc, John, McClelland, Michael, Scheinberg, Ellen, Taylor, TatumSummary:
The story of the growth and destruction of Toronto’s first 'priority neighbourhood.' From the 1840s until the Second World War, waves of newcomers who migrated to Toronto - Irish, Jewish, Italian...
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Author: Brooks, Walter R.Summary:
Mr. Bean knows he has the smartest animals in the state of New York. He's just not sure they can care for his farm by themselves while he takes his wife on vacation. So to show how...
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Author: Bryant, John Hope, Young, AndrewSummary:
John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the...
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Author: Quinn, TaraSummary:
Fifty writers on life, art and writing from twenty-two years of Brick, A Literary Journal. Founded in 1977, Brick, A Literary Journal features a great many of the world’s best-loved writers, and...
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John Perkins’ controversial and bestselling exposé, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, revealed for the first time the secret world of economic hit men (EHMs). But Perkins’ Confessions contained...
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Author: Cook, J. S.Summary:
In the frigid winter of 1891, with the nation still reeling from the Barings bank crisis, Inspector Philemon Raft returns from an involuntary sabbatical, tasked with solving the kidnapping of...
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Author: Rowe, TedSummary:
The foremost political figure from the years of responsible government in Newfoundland, Robert Bond led a spectacularly successful but often tortured life. Cultured and well-to-do, he tried to...
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Author: Inman, JohnSummary:
To the casual observer, Paulie Banks lives the perfect life. After all, he's young, handsome and rich. But Paulie has a secret. He's madly in love with Ben, his old college roommate—and Ben is...
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Author: Brooke, JohnSummary:
Inspector Aliette Nouvelle's romantic life is in tatters. This sad fact becomes a heavy distraction as she goes back and forth from France to Switzerland, trying to determine who killed a...
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Written by a premier group of 21 thinkers from around the world, the second edition of Alternatives to Economic Globalization lays out democratic, ecologically sound, socially just alternatives to...
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Author: Barklem, JillSummary:
Step into the miniature world of the hedgerow in this beautiful new edition of this classic picture book, following a summer in the lives of the mice of Brambly Hedge.It was such a hot summer....
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Author: MacGregor, RoySummary:
No country is more blessed with fresh water than Canada. MacGregor, has paddled, sailed and traversed Canada's rivers, learned their stories and secrets, and the tales of centuries lived on...
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Author: Elliott, Charlene, Athabasca University PressSummary:
Food nourishes the body, but our relationship with food extends far beyond our need for survival. Food choices not only express our personal tastes but also communicate a range of beliefs, values...
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Author: Goldstein, JacobSummary:
Co-host of the popular NPR podcast "Planet Money" provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit...