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Series: How to Succeed at University (and Get a Great Job!) Mastering the Critical Skills You Need for School, Work, and Life Paperback Thomas R. Klassen 9780774838986 $19.95 STUDY AIDS Aug 01, 2015

Going to university is exciting, but it can also be stressful. What courses should I take? What program should I choose? Will I get a job after graduation? This book shows that the best preparation for success on the job, and in life, is succeeding at university. Teamwork, meeting deadlines, overcoming challenges, writing well, and dealing with people are essential in any professional job. These same skills are also vital to becoming a strong student. This practical guide shows you how to master the critical skills and strategies for success at... + Read More
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Series: Law and Society Cleaner, Greener, Healthier A Prescription for Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws and Policies Paperback David R. Boyd 9780774830478 $34.95 LAW Sep 01, 2015

In Cleaner, Greener, Healthier, David R. Boyd sets out to remedy Canada’s environmental health problems. He begins by assessing the environmental burden of disease, identifies its unequal distribution, and estimates the associated economic costs. He then compares Canada’s environmental laws and policies with those in the US, Australia, and the EU, delivering a provocative diagnosis of the causes of Canada’s second-rate standards. Finally, he prescribes legal remedies that will enable Canada to catch up with the world’s environmental leaders whi... + Read More
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Series: Planning Toronto The Planners, The Plans, Their Legacies, 1940-80 Hardcover Richard White 9780774829359 $50.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Feb 15, 2016

In this lavishly illustrated, meticulously researched book, Richard White analyzes the city’s planning and how it contributed to Toronto becoming a functional, world-class city. Focusing on the critical period from 1940 to 1980, he examines how planners sought to shape the city and the region amid a maelstrom of local and international influences and obstacles. Planning Toronto offers the first comprehensive explanation of how Toronto’s postwar plans – city, metropolitan, and regional – came to be, who devised them, and what impact they had. As... + Read More
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Series: Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies Big Tent Politics The Liberal Party’s Long Mastery of Canada’s Public Life Hardcover R. Kenneth Carty 9780774829991 $29.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 01, 2015

The Liberal Party of Canada is one of the most successful parties in the democratic world. It dominated Canadian politics for a century, practising an inclusive style of “big tent” politics that enabled it to fend off opponents on both the left and right. This book traces the record of the party, unwrapping Liberal practices and organization to reveal its distinctive “brokerage” approach to politics and franchise-style structure. A masterful analysis of how one party came to define the nation’s public life, this book also identifies the challen... + Read More
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Series: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation A Road Map for All Canadians Hardcover Greg Poelzer 9780774830874 $34.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Oct 01, 2015

Canada is a country founded on relationships and agreements between Indigenous people and newcomers. Although recent court cases have strengthened Aboriginal rights, the cooperative spirit of the treaties is being lost as Canadians engage in endless arguments about First Nations “issues.” Greg Poelzer and Ken Coates breathe new life into these debates by looking at approaches that have failed and succeeded in the past and offering all Canadians – from policy makers to concerned citizens – realistic steps forward. The road ahead is clear: if all... + Read More
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Series: Law and Society Putting the State on Trial The Policing of Protest during the G20 Summit Paperback Margaret E. Beare 9780774828307 $32.95 LAW Grade (US) from 17 May 15, 2015

When the G20 Summit was held in Toronto in 2010, people were shocked to see Canadian police officers acting in ways that appeared foreign and frightening. The riot gear, surveillance, mass arrests, and physical abuse of citizens were all indicative of an out-of-control policing operation. The conflict sparked widespread outrage and calls for a public inquiry, but to no avail. Putting the State on Trial: The Policing of Protest during the G20 Summit provides a much-needed critical analysis of this event. This book shines a sharp light on policin... + Read More
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Series: Nature | History | Society Resettling the Range Animals, Ecologies, and Human Communities in British Columbia Paperback John Thistle 9780774828383 $29.95 NATURE Jul 01, 2015

The ranchers who resettled British Columbia’s interior in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries depended on grassland for their cattle, but in this they faced some unlikely competition from grasshoppers and wild horses. With the help of the government, settlers resolved to rid the range of both. Resettling the Range explores the ecology and history of the grasslands and the people who lived there by looking closely at these eradication efforts. In the process, the author uncovers in claims of “range improvement” and “rational land u... + Read More
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Series: What Should a Clever Moose Eat? Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods Paperback John Pastor Ph.D. 9781610916776 $42.95 NATURE Feb 04, 2016

In What Should a Clever Moose Eat?, John Pastor explores the natural history of the ecologically rich North Woods, illuminating the discoveries waiting behind each fallen tree or beaver pond. As Pastor moves from the geological history of the region to the shapes of leaves and the relationship between aspens, caterpillars, and predators, the range of his essays reflects the diversity of the North Woods themselves. Through his careful observations, Pastor shows readers -- scientists and nonscientists alike -- how to see the world in a new way, a... + Read More
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Series: Satellites in the High Country Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man Hardcover Jason Mark 9781610915809 $39.95 NATURE Sep 29, 2015

With cell reception in national parks and soot in Antarctica’s ice cores, many have described this so-called Human Age as the end of wilderness -- when humans control the very air, can anything be truly natural? And if not, what comes next? In Satellites in the High Country, journalist and adventurer Jason Mark ventures deep into the wild to explore these questions. From encounters with a modern-day wild woman in Washington’s Cascade Mountains to seeking an elusive Mexican gray wolf, Mark takes readers on an epic journey to the edges of humanit... + Read More
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Series: Living Off the Pacific Ocean Floor Stories of a Commercial Fisherman Paperback George Moskovita 9780870718243 $21.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Age (years) from 0 - 99 Nov 15, 2015

In this account of a seafaring life, Captain George Moskovita offers a highly personal and humorous look at the career of a commercial fisherman. George Moskovita was sixteen when he went to sea. Fishing would take him crabbing off Alaska, seining for sardines off California, tuna off Mexico, and soupfin sharks off Oregon. He came to Astoria in 1939, where he was a pioneer of the Oregon ocean perch fishery. Moskovita’s memoir provides a unique glimpse of Pacific maritime life in the 20th century, small-town coastal life after World War II, and ... + Read More
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Series: Seeing Nature Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection Hardcover Brian J. Ferriso 9780295995229 $59.90 ART Grade (US) from 17 Oct 01, 2015

The Allen Family Collection reveals a marked interest in innovative artists’ reflections on the land and sea. The artists in the collection represent a who’s who of masters of the landscape tradition, from early masters Brueghel and Canaletto to Impressionists such as Van Gogh and Monet to modern visionaries like Max Ernst, Thomas Hart Benton, and David Hockney. These artists and others bring forth a full discussion of the formal intellectual development of the landscape form.
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Series: Native Art of the Pacific Northwest: A Bill Holm Center Series In the Spirit of the Ancestors Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum Paperback Robin K. Wright 9780295995212 $52.40 ART Grade (US) from 17 Oct 01, 2015

In the Spirit of the Ancestors celebrates the vitality of contemporary Pacific Northwest Coast art by showcasing a selection of objects from the Burke Museum's collection of more than 2,400 late-twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century Native American works.Essays focus on contemporary art while exploring the important historical precedents on which so many artists rely for training and inspiration. Margaret Blackman reflects on building one of the largest collections of Northwest Coast serigraphs, and Joe David reminisces about his artistic j... + Read More
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Series: Earth and Mars A Reflection Paperback Stephen E. Strom 9780816500383 $30.95 PHOTOGRAPHY Oct 22, 2015

Earth and Mars relates the life story of two planets, celestial siblings in space. The book is a fusion of art and science, a blend of images and essays celebrating the successful creation of our life-sustaining planet. A collection of simple and profoundly beautiful forms, Earth and Mars provides a context to appreciate the common forces responsible for these haunting shapes as well as the divergent paths that led to an Earth teeming with life-forms, while its sibling, Mars, is seemingly devoid of all life.
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Series: Numbers and Nerves Information, Emotion, and Meaning in a World of Data Paperback Scott Slovic 9780870717765 $28.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Age (years) from 0 - 99 Oct 15, 2015

The human mind is quickly desensitized by information presented in the form of numbers, and yet many important social and environmental phenomena, ranging from genocide to global climate change, require quantitative description. The collected essays in Numbers and Nerves explore the quandary of our cognitive responses to quantitative information, while also offering compelling strategies for overcoming insensitivity to the meaning of such information. With contributions by journalists, literary critics, psychologists, naturalists, activists, an... + Read More
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Series: Vital Signs Volume 22 The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future Paperback The Worldwatch Institute 9781610916721 $32.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 15, 2015

What we make and buy is a major indicator of society’s collective priorities. Among twenty-four key trends, Vital Signs Volume 22 explores significant global patterns in production and consumption. The result is a fascinating snapshot of how we invest our resources and the implications for the world’s wellbeing. The book examines developments in six main areas: energy, environment and climate, transportation, food and agriculture, global economy and resources, and population and society. Readers will learn how aquaculture is making gains on wil... + Read More
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Series: Roads Were Not Built for Cars How Cyclists Were the First to Push for Good Roads and Became the Pioneers of Motoring Paperback Carlton Reid 9781610916899 $39.95 TRANSPORTATION Apr 09, 2015

In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal -- and largely unrecognized -- role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to “poor man’s transport” in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget t... + Read More
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Series: Economics versus Reality How to Be Effective in the Real World in Spite of Economic Theory Paperback John M. Legge 9781412862516 $32.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Dec 15, 2015

John M. Legge shows the many ways in which the real world diverges from economics textbooks. He argues that mainstream economic theory took a disastrous turn 140 years ago, when it attempted to use calculus to explain human behavior. A real economy involves people who are not variables in equations. This error led to a second, mainstream economics becoming obsessed with equilibrium. However, constant change is the reality and one cannot explain the present without understanding the path taken to get there.
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Series: A Brookings Classic Equality and Efficiency The Big Tradeoff Paperback Arthur M. Okun 9780815726531 $25.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Apr 30, 2015

Originally published in 1975, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff is a very personal work from one of the most important macroeconomists of the last hundred years. And this new edition includes "Further Thoughts on Equality and Efficiency," a paper published by the author two years later. In classrooms Arthur M. Okun may be best remembered for Okun's Law, but his lasting legacy is the respect and admiration he earned from economists, practitioners, and policymakers. Equality and Efficiency is the perfect embodiment of that... + Read More
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Series: America's Political Dynasties From Adams to Clinton Hardcover Stephen Hess 9780815727088 $49.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Nov 15, 2015

The Constitution states that "no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States," yet it seems political nobility is as American as apple pie. America was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status. Yet from the start, dynastic families have been conspicuous in national politics. The Adamses. The Lodges. The Tafts. The Roosevelts. The Kennedys. And today the Bushes and the Clintons. Longtime presidential historian Stephen Hess offers an encyclopedic tour of the families that have loomed large over America's politica... + Read More
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Series: The Islamic State A Brief Introduction Paperback Charles R. Lister 9780815726678 $25.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Mar 25, 2015

An authoritative guide to the rise of the Islamic State and its senior leadership. How did the Islamic State grow from regional terrorist group to a brutal multinational bureaucratic machine? What are its goals? How can it be stopped? In 2014 the Islamic State seemingly appeared out of nowhere, routing Iraqi forces, conquering Iraq's second-largest city, boldly announcing the establishment of a caliphate, and declaring itself the Islamic State (IS). Today, IS controls thousands of square miles and is attempting to govern millions of people.... + Read More
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Series: Imperial Gamble Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War Hardcover Marvin Kalb 9780815726647 $37.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Sep 21, 2015

Marvin Kalb, a former journalist and Harvard professor, traces how the Crimea of Catherine the Great became a global tinder box. The world was stunned when Vladimir Putin invaded and seized Crimea in March 2014. In the weeks that followed, pro-Russian rebels staged uprisings in southeastern Ukraine. The United States and its Western allies immediately imposed strict sanctions on Russia and whenever possible tried to isolate it diplomatically.This sharp deterioration in East-West relations has raised basic questions about Putin's provocative pol... + Read More
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Series: Gandhi’s Footprints Paperback Predrag Cicovacki 9781412862646 $26.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 15, 2015

It is already well documented that Mahatma K. Gandhi (1869–1948) dedicated his life to finding a road of possible liberation from an epidemic of violence. The central issue and the novelty of this book focuses on what Gandhi wanted to liberate us for, and how viable is his positive vision of humanity. This book explores how Gandhi’s legacy has been distorted not only in India, but in the West as well. Predrag Cicovacki argues that we need to de-mythologize Gandhi and take a closer look at his thoughts, aims, and struggles; let us look at the fo... + Read More
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Series: The Portland Black Panthers Empowering Albina and Remaking a City Hardcover Lucas N. N. Burke 9780295995168 $67.50 SOCIAL SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Jan 01, 2016

Portland, Oregon, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be ?America?s whitest major city.? In early recognition of such disparate realities, a group of African American activists in the 1960s formed a local branch of the Black Panther Party in the city?s Albina District to rally their community and be heard by city leaders. And as Lucas Burke and Judson Jeffries reveal, the Portland branch was quite different from the more famous?and infamous?Oakla... + Read More
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Series: The Color of Night Race, Railroaders, and Murder in the Wartime West Paperback Max Geier 9780870718205 $30.95 HISTORY Age (years) from 0 - 99 Nov 15, 2015

On an unusually cold January night in 1943, Martha James was murdered on a train in rural Oregon, near the town of Albany, in Linn County. She was young, White, Southern, and newly married to a Navy pilot. Despite inconsistent and contradictory eyewitness accounts, a young Black cook by the name of Robert Folkes, a trainman from South Central Los Angeles, was charged with the crime. Folkes’ trial and controversial conviction – resulting in his execution by the state of Oregon – captured national attention and reshaped how Oregonians and others ... + Read More
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Series: Alaska's Skyboys Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of the Last Frontier Hardcover Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth 9780295995083 $142.50 HISTORY Grade (US) from 17 Oct 01, 2015

This fascinating account of the development of aviation in Alaska examines the daring missions of pilots who initially opened up the territory for military positioning and later for trade and tourism. Early Alaskan military and bush pilots navigated some of the highest and most rugged terrain on earth, taking off and landing on glaciers, mudflats, and active volcanoes. Although they were consistently portrayed by industry leaders and lawmakers alike as cowboys?and their planes compared to settlers? covered wagons?the reality was that aviation c... + Read More
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Series: The Way of the Five Elements Hardcover John Kirkwood 9781848192706 $33.95 MEDICAL Feb 01, 2016

This book takes a refreshing, anecdotal stroll through fifty-two weeks of acu-points, exploring their names, functions, and uses in treatments. Threaded through the descriptions of the points is a journey through the landscape of the Five Elements of Chinese medicine, framed within the context of the modern, everyday world. The author explores the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual associations and uses of the points from the perspective of the Five Element tradition. With clear descriptions and illustrations of point locations a... + Read More
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Series: Yoga for Grief and Loss Paperback Karla Helbert 9781848192041 $29.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Nov 21, 2015

This book demonstrates how the principles and practices of yoga can help relieve symptoms of grief, enabling those who have experienced loss to move toward wholeness, peace, and feelings of connection with loved ones who have died. Exploring the six branches of yoga, the book shows how each branch supports us through grief in different ways, whether it be the self-reflection of Jnana Yoga, the meditation of Raja Yoga, or the poses of Hatha Yoga. We are shown how to begin a personal practice, both on and off the yoga mat, to help us move through... + Read More
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Series: ...is Really Strange Pain is Really Strange Paperback Steve Haines 9781848192645 $15.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Jun 21, 2015

Answering questions such as: How can I change my pain experience? What is pain? and How do nerves work? This short, research-based graphic book reveals just how strange pain is and explains how understanding it is often the key to relieving its effects. Studies show that understanding how pain is created and maintained by the nervous system can significantly lessen the pain you experience. The narrator in this original, gently humorous book explains pain in an easy-to-understand, engaging graphic format and reveals how to change the mind’s habi... + Read More
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Series: The Future of Mental Health Deconstructing the Mental Disorder Paradigm Paperback Eric Maisel 9781412862493 $32.95 MEDICAL Nov 15, 2015

In The Future of Mental Health, Eric Maisel powerfully deconstructs the “mental disorder” paradigm that is the foundation of current mental health practices and presents a revolutionary alternative paradigm, a “human experience” paradigm. This book drills to the heart of the current mental health crisis, where hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide (including tens of millions of children) receive unwarranted “mental disorder diagnoses.” It paints a picture of how mental health providers can improve their practices to better serve individ... + Read More
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Series: A Short Introduction to Understanding and Supporting Children and Young People with Eating Disorders Paperback Lucy Watson 9781849056274 $25.95 PSYCHOLOGY Dec 21, 2015

This easy-to-read guide presents all the vital information on a range of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, selective eating, and avoidant and restrictive intake disorders. Each eating disorder is clearly defined, and the book covers their origins, characteristics and typical development, letting teachers and parents know what signs to look for. There is information on the specific problems teachers and parents face, practical advice on how to help young people, as well as information on available treatments. An essential reso... + Read More
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Series: Parenting Adopted Teenagers Advice for the Adolescent Years Paperback Rachel Staff 9781849056045 $26.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Feb 01, 2016

This unique guide will help adoptive parents and their teenagers to navigate the challenges of the adolescent years. It encourages an understanding of the impact of early trauma on a child’s development and the specific nature of the changes that occur during adolescence. With tips for coping with common problems, this book combines first-hand accounts from professionals, parents, and teenagers themselves. It covers topics such as family and peer relationships, developing healthy intimate relationships, emerging identity issues, and contacting ... + Read More
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Series: How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler Paperback Natasha Daniels 9781849057387 $25.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Dec 21, 2015

This book demystifies the behavior of anxious toddlers and provides tried-and-tested parenting approaches for tackling common anxious behaviors such as rigidity, flexibility, meltdowns, fears, phobias, and separation anxiety. It also offers tools to help reduce anxiety relating to everyday scenarios such as bath time, bedtime, toileting, sleep, and eating. Parents will walk away from this book with a better understanding of the reasons for their toddler’s behavior and with the tools to help their child develop lifelong coping mechanisms.
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Series: Creative, Successful, Dyslexic 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories Hardcover Margaret Rooke 9781849056533 $29.95 EDUCATION Age (years) from 8 - 99 Oct 21, 2015

Twenty-three well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood and how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the strengths of dyslexia to achieve success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard Branson, Meg Mathews, Zoe Wanamaker, Sir Richard Rogers, Benjamin Zephaniah, Lynda La Plante, Jackie Stewart, Sophie Conran, and others share their stories, and their advice. An introduction and final section that includes practical information about dyslexia are writt... + Read More
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Series: Sex, Drugs and Asperger's Syndrome (ASD) A User Guide to Adulthood Hardcover Luke Jackson 9781849056458 $27.95 PSYCHOLOGY Age (years) from 16 - 25 Mar 21, 2016

Luke Jackson serves up an honest guide to young adulthood with autism in this unabridged sequel to his best-selling Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome. Offering personal insights throughout, he covers everything from bullying, socializing, and drugs to finding a job, establishing relationships, and sex. The book will help anyone growing up with autism navigate the transition to adulthood and the trials and tribulations of living through the young adult years.
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Series: Seahorse’s Magical Sun Sequences How All Children (and Sea Creatures) Can Use Yoga to Feel Positive, Confident and Completely Included Hardcover Michael Chissick 9781848192836 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 11 Dec 21, 2015

The Starfish Brothers have stiff backs, Crab doesn't like exercise, and Octopus has broken six legs! Luckily for them, Seahorse has some magical sun sequences they can do together. Soon they will have a happy glow above their heads, just like Seahorse! This fun picture book teaches a popular yoga sequence and includes variations to cater for all abilities. Specific advice is included for teaching the sequence to children less able to stand, in wheelchairs, or with autism or sensory processing problems. This excellent resource for teachers, yoga... + Read More
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Series: Asperger Adventures Blue Bottle Mystery An Asperger Adventure Paperback Kathy Hoopmann 9781849056502 $22.95 PSYCHOLOGY Age (years) from 8 - 14 Dec 21, 2015

This graphic novel edition of Kathy Hoopmann’s best-selling Blue Bottle Mystery brings this much-loved, fun-filled fantasy story to life for a new generation of readers. The hero is Ben, a boy with Asperger Syndrome (AS). When Ben and his friend Andy find an old bottle in the school yard, little do they know of the surprises about to be unleashed in their lives. Bound up with this exciting mystery is the story of how Ben is diagnosed with AS and how he and his family deal with the problems and joys that come along with it.
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Series: Anadarko A Kiowa Country Mystery Paperback Tom Holm 9780816531813 $21.95 FICTION Oct 01, 2015

This is the second installment of the story begun in The Osage Rose. Set in 1923, two years after the first novel, this sequel follows two detectives, the Irish ex-cop J.D. Daugherty, and the part-time detective/part time auto mechanic/fulltime Oklahoma Cherokee Hoolie Smith as they investigate the disappearance of a white geologist, Frank Shotz. The novel is set in the aftermath of the violent Tulsa race riots of June 1921 and moves between its primary setting -- the small town of Anadarko, Oklahoma and the adjacent Kiowa allotments -- and the... + Read More
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Series: Editing Canadian English, 3rd edition A Guide for Editors, Writers, and Everyone Who Works with Words Hardcover Editors Association of Canda 9780986945618 $44.95 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES May 15, 2015

Editing Canadian English is a style guide, reference manual, judgment-call coach, and much more. Written by expert editors from across the country, it presents a flexible but systematic approach to creating workable Canadian styles. This comprehensive update includes valuable information on: Canadianization inclusivity spelling compounds and hyphens capitalization abbreviations punctuation measurements citation the editor’s legal and ethical responsibilities working with French in an English text professional editorial standards Here is a refe... + Read More
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Series: Women and Indigenous Studies Written as I Remember It Teachings (??ms t???w) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder Paperback Elsie Paul 9780774827119 $39.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Feb 01, 2015

Long before vacationers discovered BC’s Sunshine Coast, the Sliammon, a Coast Salish people, called the region home. In this remarkable book, Sliammon elder Elsie Paul collaborates with a scholar, Paige Raibmon, and her granddaughter, Harmony Johnson, to tell her life story and the history of her people, in her own words and storytelling style. Raised by her grandparents who took her on their seasonal travels, Paul spent most of her childhood learning Sliammon ways, teachings, and stories and is one of the last surviving mother-tongue speakers ... + Read More
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Series: “Métis” Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood Paperback Chris Andersen 9780774827225 $32.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Jan 15, 2015

Ask any Canadian what “Métis” means, and they will likely say “mixed race.” Canadians consider Métis mixed in ways that other Indigenous people are not, and the census and courts have premised their recognition of Métis status on this race-based understanding. Andersen argues that Canada got it wrong. From its roots deep in the colonial past, the idea of Métis as mixed has slowly pervaded the Canadian consciousness until it settled in the realm of common sense. In the process, “Métis” has become a racial category rather than the identity of an ... + Read More
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Series: Klallam Grammar Hardcover Timothy Montler 9780295994611 $90.00 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Grade (US) from 17 May 01, 2015

Klallam is the language of the Lower Elwha Klallam, Port Gamble S?Klallam, and Jamestown S?Klallam Tribes. It is spoken on the north shore of Washington?s Olympic Peninsula from the Strait of Juan de Fuca inland into the mountains, Vancouver Island?s Becher Bay, and other small adjacent islands. An endangered language, Klallam is being revived through the Klallam Language Program. Together with the comprehensive Klallam Dictionary, this pedagogically oriented reference grammar thoroughly documents the Klallam language, providing a resource to l... + Read More
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Series: Art AIDS America Hardcover Jonathan David Katz 9780295994949 $67.50 ART Grade (US) from 17 Dec 01, 2015

Art AIDS America is the first comprehensive overview and reconsideration of 30 years of art made in response to the AIDS epidemic in the United States. This book foregrounds the role of HIV/AIDS in shifting the development of American art away from the cool conceptual foundations of postmodernism and toward a new, more insistently political and autobiographical voice. Art AIDS America surveys more than 100 works of American art from the early 1980s to the present, reintroducing and exploring the whole spectrum of artistic responses to HIV/AIDS,... + Read More
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Series: Future Arctic Field Notes from a World on the Edge Hardcover Edward Struzik 9781610914406 $37.95 NATURE Feb 15, 2015

In one hundred years, or even fifty, the Arctic will look dramatically different than it does today. While these changes may seem remote, they will have a profound impact on a host of global issues, from international politics to animal migrations. In Future Arctic, journalist and explorer Edward Struzik offers a clear-eyed look at the rapidly shifting dynamics in the Arctic region, a harbinger of changes that will reverberate throughout our entire world. A unique combination of extensive on-the-ground research, compelling storytelling, and pol... + Read More
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Series: Circus Maximus The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup Hardcover Andrew Zimbalist 9780815726517 $34.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 14, 2015

Athletes compete for national honor in Olympic and World Cup games. But the road to these mega events is paved by big business. We all know who the winners on the field are?but who wins off the field?The numbers are staggering: China spent $40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia spent $50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Brazil's total expenditures are thought to have been as much as $20 billion for the World Cup this summer and Qatar, which will be the site of the 2022 World Cup, is estimating that it wi... + Read More
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Series: Geopolitics in the 21st Century Mr. Putin Operative in the Kremlin Paperback Fiona Hill 9780815726173 $44.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Feb 02, 2015

Fiona Hill and other U.S. public servants have been recognized as Guardians of the Year in TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year issue.From the KGB to the Kremlin: a multidimensional portrait of the man at war with the West.Where do Vladimir Putin's ideas come from? How does he look at the outside world? What does he want, and how far is he willing to go?The great lesson of the outbreak of World War I in 1914 was the danger of misreading the statements, actions, and intentions of the adversary. Today, Vladimir Putin has become the greatest challenge t... + Read More
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Series: Russia and the New World Disorder Paperback Bobo Lo 9780815726098 $37.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Aug 17, 2015

The Russian annexation of Crimea was one of the great strategic shocks of the past twenty-five years. For many in the West, Moscow's actions in early 2014 marked the end of illusions about cooperation, and the return to geopolitical and ideological confrontation. Russia, for so long a peripheral presence, had become the central actor in a new global drama. In this groundbreaking book, renowned scholar Bobo Lo analyzes the broader context of the crisis by examining the interplay between Russian foreign policy and an increasingly anarchic int... + Read More
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Series: The Fog of Peace A Memoir of International Peacekeeping in the 21st Century Paperback Jean-Marie Guéhenno 9780815726302 $35.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE May 12, 2015

No small number of books laud and record the heroic actions of those at war. But the peacekeepers? Who tells their stories? At the beginning of the 1990s, the world exited the cold war and entered an era of great promise for peace and security. Guided by an invigorated United Nations, the international community set out to end conflicts that had flared into vicious civil wars and to unconditionally champion human rights and hold abusers responsible. The stage seemed set for greatness. Today that optimism is shatte... + Read More
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Series: The Kurdish Spring A New Map of the Middle East Paperback David L. Phillips 9781412856805 $26.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Feb 28, 2015

Kurds are the largest stateless people in the world. An estimated thirty-two million Kurds live in a “Kurdistan,” which includes parts of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran—today’s “hot spots” in the Middle East. The Kurdish Spring explores the subjugation of Kurds by Arab, Ottoman, and Persian powers for almost a century, and why Kurds are now evolving from a victimized people to a coherent political community. This work will encourage the public to look critically at the post-colonial period, recognizing the injustice and impracticality of states ... + Read More
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Series: Reviving Social Democracy The Near Death and Surprising Rise of the Federal NDP Paperback David Laycock 9780774828505 $32.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Feb 01, 2015

In 2011, the NDP stunned political pundits by becoming the Official Opposition in the House of Commons. After near collapse in the 1993 election, how did the NDP manage to win triple the seats of its Liberal rivals and take more than three-quarters of the ridings in Quebec? This book examines the federal NDP’s transformation from “nearly dead party” to new power player within a volatile party system. Its early chapters – on the party’s emergence in the 1960s, its presence in Quebec, and the Jack Layton factor – pave the way for insightful analy... + Read More
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Series: The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History Grit The Life and Politics of Paul Martin Sr. Hardcover Greg Donaghy 9780774829113 $39.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Grade (US) from 17 May 01, 2015

“I am not afraid to be called a politician,” declared Paul Martin Sr., defending his life’s work in politics. “Next to preaching the word of God, there is nothing nobler than to serve one’s fellow countrymen in government.” This book examines Martin’s remarkable career as a liberal reformer and cabinet minister who tackled the issues of his day with consummate political skill and gritty determination. Though some mocked his ambition and doubted his progressive politics, his resolute championing of health care and pension rights, new meanings fo... + Read More
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Series: Dragon in the Tropics Venezuela and the Legacy of Hugo Chavez Second Edition Paperback Javier Corrales 9780815725930 $37.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Apr 02, 2015

This new and expanded edition of Dragon in the Tropics?the widely acclaimed account of how president Hugo Chávez (1999?2013) revamped Venezuela’s political economy?examines the electoral decline of Chavismo after Chavez’s death and the policies adopted by his successor, Nicolás Maduro, to cope with the economic chaos inherited from previous radical populist policies. Corrales and Penfold argue that Maduro has had to struggle with the inherent contradictions of a large and heterogeneous social coalition, a declining oil sector, the strength of e... + Read More
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Series: A Brookings Classic Red Tape Its Origins, Uses, and Abuses Paperback Herbert Kaufman 9780815726609 $25.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jun 08, 2015

Death, taxes, and red tape. The inevitable trio no one can escape. That wry sense of reality colors Herbert Kaufman's classic study of red tape, the bureaucratic phenomenon that all of us have encountered in some form?from the confounding tax form filled out annually to the maddeningly time-consuming wait at the driver's license bureau. The complaints about red tape, Kaufman concedes, are legion. It's messy, it takes too long, it lacks local knowledge, it is out of date, it makes insane demands, it increases costs, it slows progr... + Read More
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Series: Tactical Urbanism Short-term Action for Long-term Change Paperback Mike Lydon 9781610915267 $30.95 ARCHITECTURE Mar 31, 2015

Short-term, community-based projects—from pop-up parks to open streets initiatives—have become a powerful and adaptable new tool of urban activists, planners, and policy-makers seeking to drive lasting improvements in their cities and beyond. These quick, often low-cost, and creative projects are the essence of the Tactical Urbanism movement. Tactical Urbanism, written by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia, two founders of the movement, promises to be the foundational guide for urban transformation. Tactical Urbanism will inspire and empower a new g... + Read More
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Series: Nature | History | Society The First Green Wave Pollution Probe and the Origins of Environmental Activism in Ontario Paperback Ryan O'Connor 9780774828093 $29.95 NATURE Grade (US) from 17 Apr 01, 2015

The First Green Wave traces the rise of Ontario’s environmental movement. At the heart of the story is Pollution Probe, an organization founded in 1969 by students and faculty at the University of Toronto. In its first year of operation, Pollution Probe confronted Toronto’s City Hall over its use of pesticides, Ontario Hydro over air pollution, and the detergent industry over pollution of the Great Lakes. The success of these actions inspired the founding of other environmental organizations across Canada and led to the development of initiativ... + Read More
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Series: Toms River A Story of Science and Salvation Paperback Dan Fagin 9781610915915 $23.95 SCIENCE Oct 16, 2014

The true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize and has been hailed by The New York Times as “a new classic of science reporting.” Now available in paperback with a new afterword by acclaimed author Dan Fagin, the book masterfully blends hard-hitting investigative journalism, scientific discovery, and unforgettable characters. For years, large chemical companies had been using Toms River as their private dumping ground. The result was a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically ... + Read More
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Series: Brilliant Green Sense and Intelligence in the Plant World 2nd edition Hardcover Stefano Mancuso 9781610916035 $27.95 SCIENCE Oct 01, 2015

Dr. Mancuso begins with a deceptively simple question: are plants intelligent? Although plants have long been considered lower organisms, modern botanists have documented an array of surprising plant behaviors: they interact with their surroundings, sleep, communicate, and are capable of choosing and remembering. Dr. Mancuso argues that these complex traits, among many others, show that plants are intelligent and aware far beyond what most people—and even most scientists—realize.
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Series: Rebel Youth 1960s Labour Unrest, Young Workers, and New Leftists in English Canada Paperback Ian Milligan 9780774826884 $32.95 HISTORY Grade (US) from 17 Jan 15, 2015

During the “long sixties,” baby boomers raised on democratic postwar ideals demanded a more egalitarian society for all. While a few became vocal leaders at universities across Canada, nearly 90% of Canada’s young people went straight to work after high school. There, they brought the anti-authoritarian spirit of the youth revolt to the labour movement. While university-based activists combined youth culture with a new brand of radicalism to form the New Left, young workers were defying their aging union leaders in a wave of renewed militancy. ... + Read More
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Series: Stars for Freedom Hollywood, Black Celebrities, and the Civil Rights Movement Hardcover Emilie Raymond 9780295994802 $142.50 HISTORY Grade (US) from 17 May 01, 2015

From Oprah Winfrey to Angelina Jolie, George Clooney to Leonardo DiCaprio, Americans have come to expect that Hollywood celebrities will be outspoken advocates for social and political causes. However, that wasn?t always the case. As Emilie Raymond shows, during the civil rights movement the Stars for Freedom - a handful of celebrities both black and white - risked their careers by crusading for racial equality, and forged the role of celebrity in American political culture. Focusing on the ?Leading Six? trailblazers - Harry Belafonte, Ossie Da... + Read More
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Series: Food Will Win the War The Politics, Culture, and Science of Food on Canada’s Home Front Paperback Ian Mosby 9780774827621 $32.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Jan 31, 2015

During the Second World War, as Canada struggled to provide its allies with food, public health officials warned that malnutrition could derail the war effort. Posters admonished Canadians to “Eat Right” because “Canada Needs You Strong” while cookbooks helped housewives become “housoldiers” through food rationing, menu substitutions, and household production. Ian Mosby explores the symbolic and material transformations that food and eating underwent as the Canadian state took unprecedented steps into the kitchens of the nation, changing the wa... + Read More
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Series: French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest Paperback Jean Barman 9780774828055 $39.95 HISTORY Grade (US) from 17 Feb 01, 2015

Jean Barman rewrites the history of the Pacific Northwest from the perspective of the French Canadians involved in the fur economy, the Indigenous women whose presence in their lives encouraged them to stay, and their descendants. For half a century, French Canadians were the region’s largest group of newcomers, facilitating early overland crossings, driving the fur economy, initiating non-wholly-Indigenous agricultural settlement, and easing relations with Indigenous peoples. When the region was divided in 1846, they also ensured that the nort... + Read More