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Series: Assessing Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government 353 Promises and a Mandate for Change Paperback Lisa Birch 9782763744438 $29.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 26, 2019

During the 2015 election, the Liberal Party of Justin Trudeau promised to make real change in the lives of all Canadians. On the eve of the next election, Assessing Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government provides a rigorous and impartial assessment of how the government has delivered on its campaign promises. Under the direction of Lisa Birch and François Pétry, twenty renowned academics investigate the fate of the 353 liberal campaign promises in fields as varied as international relations, energy and sustainable development, the economy, Indigen... + Read More
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Series: Best Actress The History of Oscar®-Winning Women Hardcover Stephen Tapert 9781978808058 $49.95 PERFORMING ARTS Age (years) from 16 - 99 Dec 10, 2019

Ingrid Bergman. Audrey Hepburn. Elizabeth Taylor. Jane Fonda. Meryl Streep. The list of women who have won the coveted and legendary Academy Award for Best Actress is long and varied. Through this illustrious roster we can trace the history of women in Hollywood, from the rise of Mary Pickford in the early 20th century to the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements of today, which have galvanized women across the world to speak out for equal pay, respect, power, and opportunity. This lavishly illustrated coffee table book offers a vital examination of... + Read More
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Series: I Wonder U How Prince Went beyond Race and Back Paperback Adilifu Nama 9781978805163 $30.95 MUSIC Age (years) from 16 - 99 Nov 15, 2019

Featured in the 2020 Association of University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show In 1993, Prince infamously changed his name to a unique, unpronounceable symbol. Yet this was only one of a long string of self-reinventions orchestrated by Prince as he refused to be typecast by the music industry’s limiting definitions of masculinity and femininity, of straightness and queerness, of authenticity and artifice, or of black music and white music. Revealing how he continually subverted cultural expectations, I Wonder U examines the entirety o... + Read More
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Series: Long Walk Home Reflections on Bruce Springsteen Hardcover Jonathan D. Cohen 9781978805262 $30.95 MUSIC Age (years) from 16 - 99 Sep 23, 2019

Bruce Springsteen might be the quintessential American rock musician but his songs have resonated with fans from all walks of life and from all over the world. This unique collection features reflections from a diverse array of writers who explain what Springsteen means to them and describe how they have been moved, shaped, and challenged by his music. Contributors to Long Walk Home include novelists like Richard Russo, rock critics like Greil Marcus and Gillian Gaar, and other noted Springsteen scholars and fans such as A. O. Scott, Peter Am... + Read More
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Series: Queer Objects Paperback Chris Brickell 9781978801707 $49.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Age (years) from 16 - 99 Dec 20, 2019

Queer lives give rise to a vast array of objects: the things we fill our houses with, the gifts we share with our friends, the commodities we consume at work and at play, the clothes and accessories we wear, various reminders of state power, as well as the analogue and digital technologies we use to communicate with one another. But what makes an object queer? The sixty-three chapters in Queer Objects consider this question in relation to lesbian, gay and transgender communities across time, cultures, and space. In this unique international col... + Read More
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Series: Shall Not Be Denied Women Fight for the Vote Paperback Library of Congress 9781978808911 $34.95 HISTORY Age (years) from 16 - 99 Jun 04, 2019

Official Companion to the Library of Congress Exhibition.The campaign for women’s suffrage—considered the largest reform movement in American history—lasted more than seven decades. The struggle was not for the fainthearted. For years, determined women organized, lobbied, paraded, petitioned, lectured, picketed, and faced imprisonment in pursuit of the right to vote. Drawing from the Library’s extensive collections of photographs, personal papers, and the organizational records of such figures as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary C... + Read More
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Series: Time to Get Real! Turning Uncertainty into an Action Plan for Personal and Professional Success Hardcover Alex J. Plinio 9781978804616 $33.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Age (years) from 16 - 99 Sep 20, 2019

You chose this book because there are important things on your mind. This is a market and time-tested guide to leading an intentional life. Our Life and Career Planning Model requires attention and work on your part but the time and effort will pay off. It’s Time to Get Real! helps you take control, directing you through a process leading to actions that result in personal and professional success. Manage unforeseen challenges with resilience, confidence, and self-direction. Make decisions and choices that create opportunities for you. Integr... + Read More
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Series: Nature, Society, and Culture For the Birds Protecting Wildlife through the Naturalist Gaze Paperback Elizabeth Cherry 9781978801059 $34.95 SCIENCE Age (years) from 16 - 99 Sep 13, 2019

2020 Award for Distinguished Book from the Animals & Society Section of the American Sociological Association One in five people in the United States is a birdwatcher, yet the popular understanding of birders reduces them to comical stereotypes, obsessives who only have eyes for their favorite rare species. In real life, however, birders are paying equally close attention to the world around them, observing the devastating effects of climate change and mass extinction, while discovering small pockets of biodiversity in unexpected places. For t... + Read More
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Series: Music is Power Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change Hardcover Brad Schreiber 9781978808126 $36.95 MUSIC Age (years) from 16 - 99 Nov 21, 2019

Honorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards - Performing Arts & MusicHonorable Mention, Graphis 2021 Design Annual Competition? Popular music has long been a powerful force for social change. Protest songs have served as anthems regarding war, racism, sexism, ecological destruction and so many other crucial issues. Music Is Power takes us on a guided tour through the past 100 years of politically-conscious music, from Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie to Green Day and NWA. Covering a wide variety of genres, including reggae, country, metal, psy... + Read More
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Series: American Made Music Series Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison The Making of a Masterpiece, Revised and Updated Paperback Michael Streissguth 9781496824905 $30.95 MUSIC Sep 25, 2019

On January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash (1932?2003) took the stage at Folsom Prison in California. The concert and the live album, At Folsom Prison, propelled him to worldwide superstardom. He reached new audiences, ignited tremendous growth in the country music industry, and connected with fans in a way no other artist has before or since. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece, Revised and Updated is a riveting account of that day, what led to it, and what followed. Michael Streissguth skillfully places the album and the concert i... + Read More
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Series: Accompaniments Chutneys, Relishes, Pickles, Sambals, and Preserves Paperback Kusuma Cooray 9780824867942 $34.95 COOKING Oct 31, 2019

Luscious mango chutney spiced with Ceylon cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg; exotic jaggery pickle with fruit and dates; tomato “pachadi” bursting with the fragrance of cumin and black mustard seed fried in olive oil; stunning and versatile carrot marmalade; fiery, pungent, and creamy green chili and coconut sambal, laced with fresh lemon juice. These are only a few of the tantalizing dishes you will find in this cookbook. The tastes of Asia and the West are brought to life through 175 recipes, along with lavish full-color photographs, in five categ... + Read More
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Series: Imagining Uplands John Olmsted's Masterpiece of Residential Design Hardcover Larry McCann 9780995066304 $55.00 ARCHITECTURE Dec 07, 2017

Imagining Uplands recounts the efforts of the American landscape architect John Charles Olmsted to create an ideal and enduring subdivision on the suburban frontier of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Laid out at the height of the early-twentiety century real estate boom, Uplands was the first large-scale Canadian subdivision to break away entirely from the rigid geometry of the rectangular grid. Fashioned in the naturalistic or modern style, Uplands is marked by artistry and practicality. For John Olmsted personally, of all his su... + Read More
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Series: Mingling Voices Series Shape Your Eyes by Shutting Them Paperback Mark A. McCutcheon 9781771992695 $19.99 POETRY Nov 01, 2019

In this inventive collection of poems, McCutcheon engages in sophisticated literary play and deploys the Surrealist practices of juxtaposition. Moving from eroticism to the macabre and from transformative quotation to the individual idiom, Shape Your Eyes by Shutting Them explores intertextuality in poetry by challenging the cultural tradition of seeing quotation as derivative.