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  • Morality by Design

    Technology's Challenge to Human Values

    par Wade Rowland ...
    The eleven short, linked essays in Morality by Design represent a culmination of two decades of research and writing on the topic of moral realism. Wade Rowland first introduces readers to the basic ideas of leading moral thinkers from Plato to Leibniz to Putnam, and then explores the subject through today’s political, economic and environmental conundrums. The collection presents a strong ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Storm of Progress

    Climate Change, AI, and the Roots of Our Dangerous Ethical Myopia

    par Wade Rowland ...
    In a time of existential threats from climate change, computer-based superintelligences, AI-accelerated nuclear and biological warfare and more, we can no longer avoid some profound questions about what’s going on. We need to ask: what kind of 'progress' leads to the destruction of humanity’s basic habitat, even its basic identity? ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Canada Lives Here

    The Case for Public Broadcasting

    par Wade Rowland ...
    Canada Lives Here tells the tumultuous story of public broadcasting in Canada, from its inception in 1933 to the CBC’s current, controversial attempts to adapt to collapsing revenues and new technologies. It explores in detail the struggle to preserve public space and foster community in an environment devoted to profit-making, arguing that the ideals of public service broadcasting are more ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • Saving the CBC

    Balancing Profit and Public Service

    par Wade Rowland ...
    Asked to name the institutions that best define this country, most Canadians place our pubic broadcaster somewhere high on the list. But there is a very real danger that the CBC will not survive beyond the next two years in any recognizable form. Decades of budget cuts have left it dangerously weakened, and now a massive loss of television advertising revenue is predicted with the loss of NHL ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

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    A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer“Sing Like Fish is that rare book that makes you see the world differently.”—Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Salt and CodLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Outrage Machine

    How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy—And What We Can Do About It

    **An invaluable guide to understanding how the internet has broken our brains—and what we can do to fix it."Vivid and unforgettable.” ―Jonathan Haidt, New York Times bestselling author of The Righteous Mind**The original internet was not designed to make us upset, distracted, confused, and outraged. But something unexpected happened at the turn of the last decade, when a handful of small features ... En savoir plus

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  • Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO

    the "astonishingly fine history" of the world's most successful military alliance

    par Peter Apps ...
    'EXCELLENT' - THE TLS'HUGELY IMPRESSIVE' - THE INDEPENDENT'AN ASTONISHINGLY FINE HISTORY' - COUNTRY LIFE'FASCINATING' - DAILY MAILThe history of the world's most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.As they signed NATO into being after World War II, its founders fervently believed that only if the West's... ... En savoir plus

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  • Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence

    “This global affairs veteran has carved out a solid, mature path, including for ‘flawed democracies’ like the U.S. We’d all be wise to follow.” — Vancouver SunFrom the author of the Claws of the Panda, a Globe and Mail bestseller, Restoring Democracy is quite literally a book for our times.Jonathan Manthorpe argues that democracy is more resilient than it appears, and is capable of overcoming the ... En savoir plus

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  • Boiling Point

    Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and Canada’s Water Crisis

    par Maude Barlow ...
    Passionate and cogent, this could be the most important book of the year for CanadiansWe are complacent. We bask in the idea that Canada holds 20% of the world’s fresh water — water crises face other countries, but not ours. We could not be more wrong. In Boiling Point, bestselling author and activist Maude Barlow lays bare the issues facing Canada’s water reserves, including long-outdated water ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word

    A Different Take on Taxes in Canada

    Modifié par Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb ...
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    Taxes connect us to one another, to the common good, and to the future. This is a book about taxes: who pays what and who gets what. More than that, it’s about the role of government, about citizenship and our collective well-being, about the Canada we want. The contributors, leading Canadian practitioners and scholars, explore how taxes have become a political “no-go zone” and how changes in ... En savoir plus

    $23.19 CAD

  • The Carbon Bubble

    What Happens to Us When It Bursts

    par Jeff Rubin ...
    As the price of oil falls, bestselling author and economist Jeff Rubin takes us to the epicentre of the bursting global carbon bubble, and dares us to imagine a new engine for growth that does not run on oil.For a decade, the vision of Canada's future as an energy superpower has driven the country's political agenda, as well as the fast-paced development of Alberta's oil sands and the push for ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $16.99 CAD Maintenant $13.99 CAD

  • Living on Earth

    Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World

    One of the Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty minutes or so of the final hour. But life itself is not such a late arrival: It has existed on Earth for something like 3.7 billion years ... En savoir plus

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