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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Intrinsic Hope Living Courageously In Troubled Times New Society Publishers	Climate disruption. Growing social inequality. Pollution. We are living in an era of unprecedented crises, resulting in widespread feelings of fear, despair, and grief. Now, more than ever, …	Kate Davies	203	2018	View
Legalizing Theft A Short Guide to Tax Havens Fernwood Publishing	When our infrastructures deteriorate, when social benefits are frozen, when our living conditions are precarious, it is because of tax havens. A source of growing inequalities and colossal tax …	Alain Deneault	125	2018	View
Living with Uncle Canada-US Relations in an Age of Empire James Lorimer and Company	Invaluable information on key issues for Canadians — energy, water, security and surveillance, military integration, social services Living With Uncle examines the new realities of …	Bruce Campbell; Ed Finn	280	2006	View
Merchant Princes Halifax's First Family of Finance, Ships and Steel James Lorimer and Company	This book tells the story of an extraordinary family of merchants and entrepreneurs. It begins in 1810, when William Stairs opened a small general store on the Halifax waterfront. Over the next …	James D. Frost	376	2003	View
NEW! Mining Country A History of Canada's Mines and Miners James Lorimer and Company	Mining has had a significant presence in every part of Canada — from the east to west coasts to the far north. This book tells the stories of those who built Canada’s mining industry. …	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	226	2021	View
Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good The Spread of Historical Amnesia bar	Surgically, but with wit, Francesco Filippi demolishes each and every myth that has taken root about Mussolini and fascism in an uplifting handbook for political and intellectual self-defense. No …	Francesco Filippi	216	2021	View
NEW! Mutual Aid An Illuminated Factor of Evolution Between The Lines	One hundred years after his death, Peter Kropotkin is still one of the most inspirational figures of the anarchist movement. It is often forgotten that Kropotkin was also a world-renowned …	Allan Antliff; Andrej Grubačić; David Graeber; GATS; N.O Bonzo; Peter Kropotkin; Ruth Kinna	337	2021	View
Negotiating So Everyone Wins Secrets you can use from Canada's top business, sports, labour and political negotiators James Lorimer and Company	Every day, people make deals that matter. But very few of us benefit from the public scrutiny and analysis that have helped Canada’s leading negotiation experts hone their craft. Hockey …	David C. Dingwall	336	2016	View
Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure Third Edition Formac Publishing	Uncovering the British military’s role on Nova Scotia’s “Treasure Island” Civil engineers Graham Harris and Les MacPhie have spent over a decade investigating the enigma …		264	2013	View
Oil and World Politics The real story of today's conflict zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more James Lorimer and Company	This book identifies the underlying role played by the oil and gas resource and the oil industry in international affairs, with a focus on recent conflict zones. It discusses military …	John Foster	280	2018	View
Oil’s Deep State How the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming — in Alberta, and in Ottawa James Lorimer and Company	Why have democratic governments failed to take serious steps to reduce carbon emissions despite dire warnings and compelling evidence of the profound and growing threat posed by global warming? …	Kevin Taft	256	2017	View
Organizing the 1% How Corporate Power Works Fernwood Publishing	Canada is ruled by an organized minority of the 1%, a class of corporate owners, managers and bankers who amass wealth by controlling the large corporations at the core of the economy. But …	J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll	184	2018	View
Our Lives: Canada after 1945 Second Edition James Lorimer and Company	This book offers a short, comprehensive history of post-war Canada. All the major events and developments in Canadian history are discussed: the evolution of the welfare state; the growth of …	Alvin Finkel	488	2012	View
Patriarchy of the Wage Notes on Marx, Gender, and Feminism Between The Lines	At a time when socialism is entering a historic crisis and we are witnessing a worldwide expansion of capitalist relations, a feminist rethinking of Marx’s work is vitally important. In …	Silvia Federici	144	2021	View
Payback Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth House of Anansi Press	Legendary poet, novelist, and essayist Margaret Atwood gives us a surprising look at the topic of debt — a timely subject during our current period of economic upheaval, caused by the …	Margaret Atwood	242	2007	View
Peak Everything Waking Up to the Century of Declines New Society Publishers	A combination of wry commentary and sober forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and industrial design, this book describes how to make the transition from The Age of Excess to the Era of …	Richard Heinberg	240	2010	View