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 NEW! Beyond ContemptHow Liberals can Communicate Across the Great Divide |
Liberal and progressive frustration, grief, and alarm over Trump’s destructive political agenda and behavior have prompted mounting disdain for Trump supporters and other conservatives. … | Erica Etelson | 242 | 2020 | View |
 NEW! Decolonize Hipsters |
Few urban critters are more reviled than the hipster. They are notoriously difficult to define, and yet we know one when we see one. No wonder: they were among the global cultural phenomena that … | Grégory Pierrot | 148 | 2021 | View |
 The Tangled GardenA Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital Age |
The emergence of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (the FAANGs) has created an unprecedented challenge to Canada’s news, television and film businesses. In this book Richard … | Richard Stursberg | 224 | 2019 | View |
 NEW! The World After CovidThe Munk Dialogues on a Pandemic |
From the world-renowned Munk Debates comes a collection of dialogues by leading intellectuals envisioning our post-pandemic future. During this time of social distancing, the acclaimed Munk … | Rudyard Griffiths | 153 | 2021 | View |
 Washington’s Long War on Syria |
When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The … | Stephen Gowans | 280 | 2017 | View |
 Working for the Common GoodCanadian Women Politicians |
In Working for the Common Good, Madelyn Holmes details the political policy work of eight social democratic Canadian women and highlights their largely unrecognized struggles and accomplishments. | Madelyn Holmes | 182 | 2017 | View |
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From NEW! IntroductionFrom: Beyond Contempt |
In the Introduction, the author provides some personal background to her experiences with political discourse and sets the stage for engaging in productive conversation in the aftermath of the … | Erica Etelson | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionFrom: Decolonize Hipsters |
In the Introduction, author Grégory Pierrot reflects on how his time in Portland inspired this book. The chapter provides a brief history of Portland and the state of Oregon, a brief … | Grégory Pierrot | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From Introduction |
From 1963 onward, Syrian governments in which Ba’ath Arab Socialist Party members Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar played principal roles, were committed to the Arab nationalist values of … | Stephen Gowans | 28 | 2017 | $2.80 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: The Tangled Garden |
An introduction to the book’s scope and sequence, laying out why Canada’s major media (television networks, newspapers, film industry are suddenly at risk as a result of the advent of … | Richard Stursberg | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation with Rudyard GriffithsApril 9, 2020 From: The World After Covid |
Malcolm Gladwell and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and America’s response to it. Topics include social inequality, health care, ethics, human social behaviours, climate change, and … | Rudyard Griffiths | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From Working for the Common Good in the CCF/NDP |
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From  A Mighty TimeFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
A Mighty Time Early Roots The Dirty Campaign against Al Gore Sr. To the White House Door with Jimmy Carter Dark Money: Lewis Powell’s Legacy A 500-Year Calling Q&A with Don Shaffer | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 22 | 2017 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Bobby and PierreFrom: 1968 in Canada |
In the spring of 1968, the political campaigns of Robert Kennedy in the United States and Pierre Trudeau in Canada generated wild crowd scenes featuring passionate adoration of the candidates. … | Paul Litt | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 1Contempt and Its Discontents From: Beyond Contempt |
In this chapter the author discusses the concept of “contempt”, and how feeling contempt towards those with differing views is both a natural reflex and the greatest obstacle … | Erica Etelson | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
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From NEW! Fareed Zakaria in Conversation with Rudyard GriffithsApril 15, 2020 From: The World After Covid |
Fareed Zakara and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and its global impacts. Topics include the world’s transition into a post-American world and China’s current power and influence, … | Rudyard Griffiths | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
