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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
The Rise of the New West The History of a Region in Confederation	This one-volume history chronicles a 150-year history of dramatic changes in fortune and attitudes in western Canada. From the Riel Rebellions and the Winnipeg General Strike to the founding of …	John F. Conway	400	2014	View
The Secret Power of Juries What jurors in Canada aren't being told about their rights -- and what we can do about it	Canadians know that the jurors at a trial decide the defendant’s guilt or innocence according to the law of the land. What they don’t know is how far that right actually goes, and …	Gary Bauslaugh	216	2013	View
The Tangled Garden A 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
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada A Citizen's Guide	The Trans-Pacific Partnership, with its twelve participating countries on three continents, is the largest regional trade and investment agreement that Canada has ever negotiated. It is also one …	Scott Sinclair; Stuart Trew	216	2016	View
The United Nations in the 21st Century Grappling with the world's most challenging issues: militarism, the environment, human rights, inequality	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
Their Town The Mafia, the Media and the Party Machine	This book is a classic of its kind — a no-holds-barred portrait of Hamilton civic life in the 1970s. The focus is on power — and the powerful. On the surface, power was wielded by the …	Bill Freeman; Marsha Aileen Hewitt	166	2016	View
To Wawa with Love	When Tom Douglas’s father returned home after the Second World War, he was forced to move his family from Sault Ste. Marie north to Wawa, where he was the timekeeper at the Helen Mine. …	Tom Douglas	160	2012	View
NEW! Toronto’s Ravines and Urban Forests Their natural heritage and local history	No matter where you are in Toronto, you are close to a ravine. In these often-hidden places you can find an astonishing diversity of birds, flowers, and trees. Jason Ramsay-Brown has spent twenty …	Jason Ramsay-Brown	200	2020	View
Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands The Idealistic Canadians Who Built the NDP	As an idealist and a visionary, Jack Layton connected with millions of Canadians who saw that he was a different kind of political leader. So did Tommy Douglas, chosen as the greatest Canadian …	Lynn Gidluck	248	2012	View
Winnipeg 1919 The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike	On May 15, 1919 workers from across Winnipeg, ranging from metal workers to telephone operators, united to spark the largest worker revolt in Canadian history. Even the Winnipeg police voted to …	Norman Penner	340	2019	View
Within the Barbed Wire Fence A Japanese Man's Account of his Internment in Canada	Takeo Nakano immigrated to Canada from Japan in 1920, later marrying and starting a family in his adopted homeland. Takeo’s passion was poetry, and he cultivated the exquisite form known as …	Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano	144	2012	View
From Acknowledgments and Floor Plans From: Casa Loma Preview	-	Bill Freeman; Vincenzo Pietropaolo	3	2016	$0.30 Add
From Author’s Forward and Introduction From: Crisis in Canada's Policing Preview	-	Christopher J. Williams; John Sewell	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From Black Consciousness From: Black Cop Preview	A brief overview of Calvin’s early life growing up in Yarmouth, N.S. Details his early experiences with racism and the 1960s black community in Nova Scotia.	Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe	28	2019	$2.80 Add
From Brave New World From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945 Preview	1945-1963. Looks at this period in terms of economic expansion and the emergence of a weak welfare states, notes the conflicting pressures in government policy making between public demand for …		41	2012	$4.10 Add
From Canada’s Social Safety Net A Snapshot From: Early Intervention Preview	An overview of Canada’s social safety net. Canadian governments are at the centre of and have control over the social safety net. They work with and through myriad partners, professionals, …	James Hughes	15	2015	$1.50 Add