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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
On Borrowed Time North America's Next Big Quake	Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a …		248		View
NEW! On Opium Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance	A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user. Her writing has been described as "measured," "sensuous," and …		364		View
From On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts Tools with a Life of Their Own From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	In assessing and understanding technology and its effects on people and nature, it is at least as important to pay attention to the energy that drives our tools as to the tools themselves and the …	Richard Heinberg	17	2010	$1.70 Add
On This Patch of Grass City Parks on Occupied Land Fernwood Publishing	Parks are importantly fertile places to talk about land. Whether its big national parks, provincial campgrounds, isolated conservation areas, destination parks, or humble urban patches of grass, …	Daisy Couture; Matt Hern; Sadie Courture; Selena Courture	167	2018	View
From NEW! One foot in, one foot out The Trudeau record on infrastructure and public transit From: The Trudeau Record View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the Trudeau government’s investment in infrastructure and analyzes its commitment to public spending to realize affordable and accessible public transit.	Nate Wallace	16	2024	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Opium Eater The New Confessions From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	After years of being clawed by stiffness and pain the author describes clawing back the life pain took from her. She describes the effects of the opiates she takes for pain, the pain relief, and …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	64	2021	$6.40 Add
From Optimum Power Sustaining Our Power Over Time From: Power View New Society Publishers	This chapter makes the case that we humans are capable of controlling our thirst for power, and we have a long history of doing so. Moreover, that capacity is rooted in similar behavior expressed …	Richard Heinberg	51	2021	$5.10 Add
From Organizing Against the Odds Anti-Unionism in Niagara's Casino Gaming Sector From: Labour Under Attack View Fernwood Publishing		Larry Savage; Nick Ruhloff-Queiruga	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Origins From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	To understand how we find ourselves in such a situation of ecological precarity requires delving into the past. But our intents are fraught from the start. Any attempt to retell human history is …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	8	2018	$0.80 Add
From Other Voices in a Neo-Conservative Age From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945 View James Lorimer and Company	Since 1980. Looks at the successes and setbacks experienced by the groups that composed the majority of members of society but who were increasingly called "special interest groups" by …	Alvin Finkel	33	2012	$3.30 Add
Our Lives: Canada after 1945 Second Edition	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 …		488		View
From Out of Sync With a “Shrinking State”? Making Sense of the Employment Equity Act (1995) From: Restructuring and Resistance View Fernwood Publishing		A. Paul Williams; Janet M. Lunn	18	2000	$1.80 Add
From Outcome and Learnings From: Inner City Renovation View Fernwood Publishing		Marty Donkervoort	11	2013	$1.10 Add
From Outcomes and Opportunities From: The Age of Increasing Inequality View James Lorimer and Company	Equalizing opportunity does not necessarily equalize outcomes. However, inequality of outcomes implies inequality of opportunity since the children of affluent parents inherit human capital and …	Lars Osberg	20	2018	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Outcomes and opportunities From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author asks to what extent we as a society should be concerned about factors affecting inequality of opportunity (such as race, ethnicity, gender, class) or instead about …	Lars Osberg	26	2024	$2.60 Add
From Overpowered The Fine Mess We've Gotten Ourselves Into From: Power View New Society Publishers	In this chapter the author focuses primarily on power dilemmas that are less frequently discussed, but that may be even more important for us to understand, especially in the 21st century. These …	Richard Heinberg	60	2021	$6.00 Add