What does diversity mean for the Quebec identity? Who gets to consider themselves a Quebecer? The author, a young journalist who moved to Quebec City from Saskatchewan, has some critical questions for the adopted province she loves. Are...
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Author:Fletcher, RaquelSummary: -
Author:Parmar, Prabhjot, Somaia-Carten, NilaSummary:This collection features the writing of women from places as diverse as Slovakia and Portugal, India and Uruguay, Korea and Kenya, Italy and Iran. They look and think differently. They have distinctive traditions, cultures and history....
- Author:McBride, JamesSummary:
"A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing." -Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review "We all need-we all deserve- this vibrant, love-affirming novel that bounds...
- Author:Lehmann, HeinzSummary:
In tracing the pioneering role that German-speaking settlers from all over Europe and America played in the opening up and development of large parts of eastern and western Canada, Lehmann shows German Canadians to be one of Canada's...
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Author:Savage, CandaceSummary:When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expected. Napoléon Sureau dit Blondin built the house in the 1920s, an era when French-speakers...
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- Author:Marikian, Mona-MarianneSummary:
L'histoire de ce récit, Quête d'illusions, relate la relation amicale de trois copains, issus du multiculturalisme montréalais. À travers des discussions passionnées touchant tous les aspects de la vie, de l'amour à la spiritualité, on...
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Author:Kinsella, WarrenSummary:The X Gang face off with Earl Turner, a presidential candidate straight out of their nightmares. It is a dangerous, divisive time in America. A far-right political candidate is seeking the presidency and stirring up hatred against...
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Seeing through the eyes of others brings new perspective on the place we call home. In Land of Many Shores, writers share their essays about life in Newfoundland and Labrador from often-neglected viewpoints. In this collection,...
- Author:Namian, DahliaSummary:
Bernés par les prestidigitations des ultrariches, nous regardons ceux-ci, stupéfaits, dilapider les ressources de la planète. Dans son roman Chien blanc, Romain Gary appelle «société de provocation» cet ordre social où l'...
- Author:Rainbow, DavidSummary:
Is the concept of "race" applicable to Russia and the Soviet Union? Citing the idea of Russian exceptionalism, many would argue that in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, while nationalities mattered, race did not. Others...
- Author:Besco, RandySummary:
Identities and Interests offers an entirely new perspective on the role of racial and ethnic identities in Canadian elections. Using a series of experiments, as well as candidate and census data, Randy Besco demonstrates that self-...
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Author:Newman, Katherine S.Summary:Now that the welfare system has been largely dismantled, the fate of America's poor depends on what happens to them in the low-wage labor market. In this timely volume, Katherine S. Newman explores whether the poorest workers and...
- Author:Lee, ErikaSummary:
An award-winning historian reframes our continuing debate over immigration with a compelling history of xenophobia in the United States and its devastating impact The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a...
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Author:LaValle, Victor D.Summary:A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and envision new futures for America—from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more.
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Author:Takaki, Ronald T.Summary:A presentation of American history from a multi-cultural perspective, focusing on a broader and comparative approach to enhance the possibility of understanding and appreciating America's racial and cultural diversity.
