2015

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Insurance Law, 2/e Irwin Law Inc.	Insurance is everywhere in Canadian society: health, employment, transportation, commerce, industry, and communications are all sectors of activity affected by insurance. Whether public or …	Denis Boivin	697	2015	View
Law of Evidence, 7/e Irwin Law Inc.	The Law of Evidence, by David M. Paciocco and Lee Stuesser, is Canada’s leading text in evidentiary law in both criminal and civil cases. For nearly two decades, it has been relied upon by …	David Paciocco; Lee Stuesser	713	2015	View
Law of Torts, 5/e Irwin Law Inc.	The Law of Torts by Philip Osborne is an indispensable resource for practitioners, judges, and students seeking a concise and accessible introduction to the principles of tort law in Canada, as …	Philip H. Osborne	563	2015	View
Resilient Agriculture Cultivating Food Systems for A Changing Climate New Society Publishers	Climate change presents an unprecedented challenge to the productivity and profitability of agriculture in North America. More variable weather, drought and flooding create the most obvious …	Laura Lengnick	370	2015	View
Scandinavian Common Sense Policies to Tackle Social Inequalities in Health Baraka Books	When some claim austerity is the only answer to today’s economic woes, a close look at the best practices in Scandinavia and Finland gives pause for thought. Cited as models for their …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	192	2015	View
Sold Down the Yangtze Canada's lopsided investment deal with China James Lorimer and Company	When legal experts finally saw the terms of the investment deal Canada had signed with China, they could hardly believe what their eyes. The deal was unprecedented — Canada had never given …	Gus Van Harten	368	2015	View
South End Boy Growing up in Halifax in the tumultuous '30s and '40s Formac Publishing	In this memoir Jim Bennet introduces us to Halifax of the 1930s and ’40s: one full of coal smoke and rival gangs, chuffing freight trains and pine tar soap. He takes the reader along with …	Jim Bennet	143	2015	View
The Color of Food Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming New Society Publishers	Imagine the typical American farmer. Many people visualize sun-roughened skin, faded overalls, and calloused hands-hands that are usually white. While there’s no doubt the growing trend of …	Natasha Bowens	242	2015	View
The Myth of the Good War America in the Second World War James Lorimer and Company	Was the role of the United States in the Second World War an essentially idealistic one, a crusading struggle to conquer the dark forces of German fascism and Japanese militarism? Was it an …	Jacques R. Pauwels	328	2015	View
The United Nations in the 21st Century Grappling with the world's most challenging issues: militarism, the environment, human rights, inequality James Lorimer and Company	After more than seven decades, the United Nations embodies humanity’:s hopes for peace, security, social justice, human rights, equality for women, and a voice for all. At the same time, …	Douglas Roche	98	2015	View
The Ward The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood Coach House Books	-	Michael ed. McClelland	321	2015	View
The Wheel of Things A Biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery Formac Publishing	Lucy Maud Montgomery is Canada’s best-known writer of children’s fiction. Anne of Green Gables — in print, film, television or on stage — captures people’s imaginations as easily now as it did …	Mollie Gillen		2015	View
Thirty Years’ War The Failed Public/Private Partnership that Spurred the Creation of the Toronto Transit Commission, 1891-1921 Irwin Law Inc.	Between 1891 and 1921, the Toronto Railway Company operated Toronto’s streetcars under a franchise granted by the City. The arrangement brought the City a modern electric streetcar system, …	C. Ian Kyer	257	2015	View
Worth Fighting For Canada’s Tradition of War Resistance from 1812 to the War on Terror Between The Lines	Historians, veterans, museums, and public education campaigns have all documented and commemorated the experience of Canadians in times of war. But Canada also has a long, rich, and important …	Catherine Gidney; Lara Campbell; Michael Dawson	336	2015	View
From “Sober Second Thought” – Why Have a Senate at All? From: A People's Senate For Canada Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Helen Forsey	21	2015	$2.10 Add
From Brown Girl Farming From: The Color of Food Preview New Society Publishers	In the introduction, the author discusses her introduction to organic farming, and how the food and farm movement has excluded people of colour.	Natasha Bowens	6	2015	$0.60 Add