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  • Cultivating Success

    The Life of Acadian Seaplants Founder Louis Deveau

    by Jim Meek ...
    Cultivating Success is the remarkable story of a remarkable man. Louis Deveau was born in the Acadian village of Salmon River, Digby County, NS, in the early years of the Great Depression. He inherited his father’s work ethic and his mother’s entrepreneurial flair, soon pioneering the creation of the commercial crab industry—now the second-largest fishery in Atlantic Canada. That work put him on ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Living into God's Dream

    Dismantling Racism in America

    Edited by Catherine Meeks ...
    An unflinching look at the failure to achieve an equitable society with faith-based approaches to a meaningful racial reconciliation.While the dream of post-racial America remains unfulfilled and the current turmoil (George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, to name a few), this examination of racism is more relevant and consequential than ever. Living into God’s Dream combines frontline personal stories ... Read more

    $13.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Treat Them Where They Lie

    Pioneering a Revolution in Modern Emergency Medicine

    When Ron Stewart—a coal miner’s son from the east coast of Canada—took a residency in emergency medicine in Los Angeles in 1972, emergency care was still in its infancy. First responders—often dispatched from fire departments or funeral homes, with hearses serving as ambulances—could put on bandages and perform CPR, but that was about it.Stewart took on a dual role as emergency physician and ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

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  • My Journey

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    Olivia Chow--Member of Parliament, seasoned politician and widow of former New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton--tells her story in this candid memoirWhat drives Olivia Chow? How did she emerge from a turbulent childhood to become an inspiring political force? What influences and events have shaped her life? And how is she continuing her quest after losing her partner in life and politics?When ... Read more

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  • Extraordinary Canadians

    Stories from the Heart of Our Nation

    From Peter Mansbridge, the beloved former anchor of CBC’s The National, and Mark Bulgutch, former CBC producer, comes a collection of first-person stories about remarkable Canadians who embody the values of our great nation—kindness, compassion, courage, and freedom—and inspire us to do the same.In this timely and heartwarming volume of personal stories, Peter Mansbridge and former CBC producer ... Read more

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  • And the Band Played On

    Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition

    by Randy Shilts ...
    Upon its first publication more than twenty years ago, And the Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigative reporting.An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ... Read more

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  • America's Original Sin

    Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America

    by Jim Wallis ...
    America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin."It's time we right this unacceptable wrong," says bestselling author and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis. Fifty years ago, Wallis was driven away from his faith by a white church that ... Read more

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  • Born to Walk

    The Transformative Power of a Pedestrian Act

    The case for getting back on our feetThe humble act of putting one foot in front of the other transcends age, geography, culture, and class, and is one of the most economical and environmentally responsible modes of transit. Yet with our modern fixation on speed, this healthy pedestrian activity has been largely left behind.At a personal and professional crossroads, writer, editor, and obsessive ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alienated America

    Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse

    Now a Washington Post bestseller.Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: it is not purely the result of economics as the left claims, but the collapse of the institutions that made us ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Class

    A Memoir of a Place, a Time, and Us

    by Ken Dryden ...
    **INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Shortlisted for the 2024 Speaker’s Book AwardFrom bestselling author Ken Dryden, a riveting new book.**On Tuesday, September 6, 1960, the day after Labour Day, class 9G at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute in a suburb of Toronto assembled for the first time. Its thirty-five students, having written special exams, came to be known as the “Selected Class.”They would stay ... Read more

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  • Clash!

    How to Thrive in a Multicultural World

    “If you fear that cultural, political, and class differences are tearing America apart, read this important book.” —Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D., author of The Righteous MindWho will rule in the twenty-first century: allegedly more disciplined Asians, or allegedly more creative Westerners? Can women rocket up the corporate ladder without knocking off the men? How can poor kids get ahead when schools ... Read more

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  • What I Learned About Politics

    Inside the Rise-and Collapse-of Nova Scotia's NDP Government

    by Graham Steele ...
    On October 8, 2013, Nova Scotia's NDP government went down to a devastating election defeat. Premier Darrell Dexter lost his own seat, and the party held the dubious distinction of being the first one-term majority government in over 100 years.In this new memoir, former NDP finance minister and MLA Graham Steele tries to make sense of the election result and shares what he's learned from a fifteen ... Read more

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