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    Tommy Douglas, Maureen Forrester, Mackenzie King, Igor Gouzenko, Maurice Duplessis, Camillien Houde, Vincent Massey & Andrew Allan

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    Intimate stories of fascinating figures in Canadian history. New Beginnings, a sequel to The Golden Years, crafts intimate stories of Tommy Douglas, Maureen Forrester, Mackenzie King, Igor Gouzenko, Maurice Duplessis, Camillien Houde, Vincent Massey, and Andrew Allan. Eric Koch invents a new literary form, crafting engaging stories of important figures in Canadian history.Koch explores the ... Read more

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    A poignant memoir of lives cleaved by war, Otto and Daria is the first-hand account of Eric Koch, a man who once was called Otto. As a Jewish refugee from WWII Germany, Otto first left his country for England, and later arrived in Canada, where he was for a time imprisoned in a camp. The counterpoint to Otto's recollections are the letters from his long-distance love interest, Daria Hambourg, a ... Read more

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  • Building a Successful Social Venture

    A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs

    This is the first book on creating and running a social enterprise to combine theoretical discussions with current cases from around the world, filling a huge gap in the literature. It serves as an eminently practical blueprint for those who wish to build, sustain, and grow social ventures.Building a Successful Social Venture draws on Eric Carlson's and James Koch's pioneering work with the Global ... Read more

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    Building a Successful Social Venture

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    This is the first book on creating and running a social enterprise to combine theoretical discussions with current cases from around the world, filling a huge gap in the literature. It serves as an eminently practical blueprint for those who wish to build, sustain, and grow social ventures.Social Ventures seek to bring the discipline and energy of private enterprise to the task of solving problems ... Read more

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