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Series: The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History The Call of the World A Political Memoir Hardcover Bill Graham 9780774890007 $39.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 01, 2016

Bill Graham – Canada’s minister of foreign affairs and minister of defence during the tumultuous years following 9/11 – takes us on a personal journey from his Vancouver childhood to important behind-the-scenes moments in recent global history. With candour and wit, he recounts meetings with world leaders, contextualizes important geopolitical relationships, and offers acute observations on backstage politics. He explains Canada’s decision not to participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and makes a passionate case for why international law offe... + Read More
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Series: Communication, Strategy, and Politics Brand Command Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control Hardcover Alex Marland 9780774832038 $43.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE Mar 05, 2016

The pursuit of political power is strategic as never before. Ministers, MPs, and candidates parrot the same catchphrases. The public service has become politicized. And decision making is increasingly centralized in the Prime Minister’s Office. What is happening to our democracy? To get to the bottom of this, Alex Marland reviewed internal political party files, media reports, and documents obtained through access to information requests, and interviewed Ottawa insiders. He discovered that in the face of rapid changes in communication technolog... + Read More
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Series: Points of Entry How Canada's Immigration Officers Decided Who Gets In Paperback Vic Satzewich 9780774830256 $32.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Feb 15, 2016

Every year, over 1.3 million people apply to visit, work, or settle in Canada and discover that their future rests in visa officers’ hands. How do these officers decide who gets in? Seeking answers to this question, Vic Satzewich gained access to eleven overseas visa offices. Points of Entry reveals immigration officers in action as they determine credibility and risk. Contrary to popular opinion, individual bias rarely enters into their decisions. Instead, a combination of experience, organizational culture, and accumulated local knowledge sha... + Read More
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Series: Made in Nunavut An Experiment in Decentralized Government Paperback Jack Hicks 9780774831048 $34.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jun 01, 2016

After years of negotiation, the territory of Nunavut was established in Canada’s Eastern and Central Arctic on April 1, 1999. Made in Nunavut provides the first behind-the-scenes account of the planning that led to this remarkable achievement. The authors, leading authorities on the politics of the Canadian Arctic, pay particular attention to the Government of Nunavut’s innovative organizational design – especially the decentralization of offices and functions to communities across the territory. They explain how this new government was designe... + Read More
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Series: North to Bondage Loyalist Slavery in the Maritimes Paperback Harvey Amani Whitfield 9780774832298 $29.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Feb 01, 2016

Many Canadians believe their nation fell on the right side of history in harbouring escaped slaves from the United States. In fact, in the wake of the American Revolution, many Loyalist families brought slaves with them when they settled in the Maritime colonies of British North America. Once there, slaves used their traditions of survival, resistance, and kinship networks to negotiate their new reality. Harvey Amani Whitfield’s book, the first on slavery in the Maritimes, is a startling corrective to the enduring and triumphant narrative of Ca... + Read More
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Series: Sexuality Studies Making a Scene Lesbians and Community across Canada, 1964-84 Paperback Liz Millward 9780774830676 $32.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jun 01, 2016

In the 1960s, a youthful and ambitious lesbian movement began taking shape in Canada. After decades of being pathologized, disparaged, or erased from public view, lesbians were ready to make a scene – both by calling attention to themselves and by creating places to come together and forge their own culture. Making a Scene tells this story, revisiting the spaces lesbians created across rural and urban Canada, from physical locations, such as bars, bookstores, and members’ clubs, to ephemeral sites, such as conferences, festivals, and protest ma... + Read More
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Series: Nature | History | Society Where the Rivers Meet Pipelines, Participatory Resource Management, and Aboriginal-State Relations in the Northwest Territories Paperback Carly A. Dokis 9780774828468 $32.95 POLITICAL SCIENCE Feb 15, 2016

Oil and gas companies now recognize that industrial projects in the Canadian North can only succeed if Aboriginal communities are involved in decision-making processes. Where the Rivers Meet is an ethnographic account of Sahtu Dene involvement in the environmental assessment of the Mackenzie Gas Project, a massive pipeline that, if completed, would have unprecedented effects on Aboriginal communities in the North. The book reveals that while there has been some progress in establishing avenues for Dene participation in decision making, the ulti... + Read More
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Series: Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada Paperback Meenal Shrivastava 9781771990295 $37.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Oct 01, 2015

In probing the impact of Alberta’s powerful oil lobby on the health of democracy in the province, contributors to the volume engage with an ongoing discussion of the erosion of political liberalism in the West. In addition to examining energy policy and issues of government accountability in Alberta, they explore the ramifications of oil dependence in areas such as Aboriginal rights, environmental policy, labour law, women’s equity, urban social policy, and the arts. If, as they argue, reliance on oil has weakened democratic structures in Alber... + Read More
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Series: A Naturalist's Guide to the Hidden World of the Pacific Northwest Dunes Paperback George Poinar Jr. 9780870718540 $27.95 NATURE Age (years) from 0 - 99 Jun 15, 2016

The Pacific dunes provide a unique habitat for plants, animals, and insects, and anyone who walks along the coast will want to have this illustrated reference handy. While written for the educated public, comprehensive data for biologists studying dune ecology are also included. This guide to exploring the dunes is detailed enough to be used by biologists and ecologists, accessible enough to serve as a field guide to hikers and outdoor enthusiasts. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Pacific Dunes belongs on every beach house bookshelf from California ... + Read More
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Series: Walking Washington's History Ten Cities Paperback Judy Bentley 9780295996684 $29.90 HISTORY Grade (US) from 17 Apr 01, 2016

Walking Washington?s History: Ten Cities, a follow-up to Judy Bentley?s bestselling Hiking Washington?s History, showcases the state?s engaging urban history through guided walks in ten major cities. Using narrated walks, maps, and historic photographs, Bentley reveals each city?s aspirations.She begins in Vancouver, established as a fur trade emporium on a plain above the Columbia River, and ends with Bellevue, a bedroom community turned edge city. In between, readers crisscross the state, with walks through urban Olympia, Walla Walla, Tacoma,... + Read More
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Series: Forest Under Story Creative Inquiry in an Old-Growth Forest Hardcover Nathaniel Brodie 9780295995458 $52.40 NATURE Grade (US) from 17 Mar 01, 2016

Two kinds of long-term research are taking place at the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, a renowned research facility in the temperate rain forest of the Oregon Cascades. Here, scientists investigate the ecosystem?s trees, wildlife, water, and nutrients with an eye toward understanding change over varying timescales up to two hundred years or more. And writers from both literary and scientific backgrounds spend time in the forest investigating the ecological and human complexities of this remarkable and deeply studied place.This anthology?whi... + Read More
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Series: Boundary Layer Exploring the Genius Between Worlds Paperback Kem Luther 9780870718441 $22.95 NATURE Age (years) from 0 - 99 May 15, 2016

In atmospheric science, a boundary layer is the air layer where the ground comes into contact with the air, where daily fluctuations in temperature and moisture are transferred to or from the surface of the earth. This boundary layer teems with lichens, mosses, ferns, fungi, and diminutive plants. It’s a universe in miniature, an unexplored territory that author Kem Luther calls the stegnon, the terrestrial equivalent of oceanic plankton. In Boundary Layer, Luther takes a voyage of discovery through the stegnon, exploring the life forms that th... + Read More
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Series: Endeavouring Banks Exploring Collections from the Endeavour Voyage 1768-1771 Hardcover Neil Chambers 9780295998114 $74.90 HISTORY Grade (US) from 17 Dec 01, 2015

When English naturalist Joseph Banks (1743?1820) accompanied Captain James Cook (1728?1779) on his historic mission into the Pacific, the Endeavour voyage of 1768?1771, he took with him a team of collectors and illustrators. They returned with unprecedented collections of artifacts and specimens of stunning birds, fish, and other animals, as well as thousands of plants, most seen for the first time in Europe. They produced, too, remarkable landscape and figure drawings of the peoples encountered on the voyage along with detailed journals and de... + Read More
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Series: Unpleasantries Considerations of Difficult Questions Hardcover Frank Soos 9780295998404 $52.40 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Grade (US) from 17 Jun 01, 2016

Even from upside-down in his recently flipped truck, Frank Soos reveals himself to be ruminative, grappling with the limitations of language to express the human condition. Moving quickly?skiing in the dark or taking long summer bike rides on Alaska highways?Soos combines an active physical life with a dark and difficult interior existence, wrestling the full span of ?thinking and doing? onto the page with surprising lightness. His meditations move from fly-fishing in dangerously swift Alaska rivers to memories of the liars and dirty-joke telle... + Read More
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Series: Holy Moli Albatross and Other Ancestors Paperback Hob Osterlund 9780870718489 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Age (years) from 0 - 99 May 15, 2016

Albatross live long. They spend the majority of their years airborne, gliding across vast oceans. In nesting season, they rack up inconceivable mileage to feed their chicks waiting on the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago. When Hob Osterlund happened upon a few courting albatross in Kauai, in 1979, she embarked on a personal journey that introduced her to the Hawaiian concept of 'amakua -- spiritual ancestors who occupy the physical forms of animals. This is the story of how the albatross -- or Moli -- guided Hob on her journey, back to the o... + Read More
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Series: Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters Series Leaving Iran Between Migration and Exile Paperback Farideh Goldin 9781771991377 $22.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 20, 2016

In 1976, at the age of twenty-three, Farideh Goldin left Iran in search of her imagined America. Meanwhile, the political unrest in Iran intensified and in 1979, Farideh’s family was forced to flee Iran on the last El-Al flight to Tel Aviv. Farideh's father was a well-respected son of the chief rabbi and dayan of the Jews of Shiraz. During his last visit to the US in 2006, he handed Farideh his memoir chronicalling his life after exile: the confiscation of his passport when he returned to Iran for his belongings, the years of loneliness as he ... + Read More
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Series: Worlds Ago A Memoir of My Journeying Years Paperback Walter Laqueur 9781412862752 $39.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb 15, 2016

Originally published in 1993, Worlds Ago is about the world that shaped renowned historian and political commentator, Walter Laqueur. In pre-war Germany, he witnessed the rise of the Nazi party. As a young man, he worked as an agricultural laborer on a kibbutz in Palestine. He became a journalist and writer, and came to know many of the leading figures involved in the establishment of the State of Israel. This volume tells his story up until 1948, when he was working as a reporter in Jerusalem. Laqueur went on to become one of the leading histo... + Read More
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Series: The Teacher and the Superintendent Native Schooling in the Alaskan Interior, 1904-1918 Paperback George E. Boulter II 9781927356500 $39.99 EDUCATION Grade (US) from 17 Dec 15, 2015

From its inception in 1885, the Alaska School Service was charged with the assimilation of Alaskan Native children into mainstream American values and ways of life. Working in the missions and schools along the Yukon River were George E. Boulter and Alice Green, his future wife. Boulter, a Londoner originally drawn to the Klondike, had begun teaching in 1905 and by 1910 had been promoted to superintendent of schools for the Upper Yukon District. In 1907, Green left a comfortable family life in New Orleans to answer the “call to serve” in the Ep... + Read More
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Series: Counterpunch The Cultural Battles over Heavyweight Prizefighting in the American West Hardcover Meg Frisbee 9780295995465 $67.50 HISTORY Grade (US) from 17 May 02, 2016

Boxing was popular in the American West long before Las Vegas became its epicenter. However, not everyone in the region was a fan. Counterpunch examines how the sport?s meteoric rise in popularity in the West ran concurrently with a growing backlash among Progressive Era social reformers who saw boxing as barbaric. These tensions created a morality war that pitted state officials against city leaders, boxing promoters against social reformers, and fans against religious groups. Historian Meg Frisbee focuses on several legendary heavyweight priz... + Read More
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Series: Modern Poisons A Brief Introduction to Contemporary Toxicology Paperback Alan Kolok 9781610913829 $28.95 SCIENCE May 15, 2016

Modern Poisons bridges the gap between traditional toxicology textbooks and journal articles on cutting-edge science. This accessible text explains basic principles in plain language while illuminating the most important issues in contemporary toxicology. Kolok begins by exploring age-old precepts such as the dose-response relationship and goes on to show exactly how chemicals enter the body and elicit their toxic effect. Kolok then traces toxicology’s development, from studies of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in toiletries to the emerging sci... + Read More
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Series: State of the World State of the World 2016 Can a City be Sustainable? Paperback The World Watch Institute 9781610917551 $27.95 NATURE May 15, 2016

Cities are the world’s future. Today, more than half of the global population – 3.7 billion people – are urban dwellers and that number is expected to double by 2050. Will we invest in the physical and social infrastructure necessary for livable, equitable, and sustainable cities? In the latest edition of State of the World, the flagship publication of the Worldwatch Institute, experts from around the globe examine the core principles of sustainable urbanism and profile cities that are putting them into practice. Issues examined ran... + Read More
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Series: Defying Dystopia Going on with the Human Journey after Technology Fails Us Paperback Ed Ayres 9781412863230 $26.95 SCIENCE Jun 15, 2016

To most, the collapse of modern civilization is the stuff of fiction. Yet science confirms that due to misuse of technology and environmental abuse, our world is in grave danger of ruin. The Union of Concerned Scientists prophesized, in their World Scientists’ Warning, that humanity is not going any further – our journey will be over in the near future. Ayres is committed to preventing that and argues that the most critical task for survival is to disengage from our tech thrall. Rather, we need to shift to a conscious management of our evoluti... + Read More
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Series: Successful Management in the Digital Age Paperback John Harte 9781412863247 $32.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Apr 15, 2016

Successful Management in the Digital Age examines key factors for success in today’s business environment: finding markets, achieving a suitable market share, remaining vigilant for new trends and changes, exercising control, and overcoming obstacles. The business world continues to constantly change with the advent of new technology. While acknowledging the benefits of these technological advances, Harte warns against a dependency on them which can prove to be a detrimental crutch. He emphasizes the importance of knowledgeable marketing and cr... + Read More
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Series: Hidden Cameras Everything You Need to Know About Covert Recording, Undercover Cameras and Secret Filming Paperback Joe Plomin 9781849056434 $26.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Mar 21, 2016

This is the complete and authoritative guide to the practicalities of using hidden cameras to expose abuse or wrongdoing. Secret filming is no longer the preserve of specialists, professional journalists and private investigators. Drawing on the author’s own experience producing undercover documentaries and wearing secret cameras, this book explains covert recording for the general public, including specific advice for filming using a phone or covert camera, the legal and ethical issues to consider, and what to do with any evidence recorded. It... + Read More
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Series: At War with Yourself A Comic about Post-Traumatic Stress and the Military Paperback Samuel Williams 9781848192959 $14.95 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Mar 22, 2016

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Series: ...is Really Strange Trauma is Really Strange Paperback Steve Haines 9781848192935 $15.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Jan 21, 2016

What is trauma? How does it change the way our brains work? And how can we overcome it? When something traumatic happens to us, we dissociate and our bodies shut down their normal processes. This unique comic explains the strange nature of trauma and how it confuses the brain and affects the body. With wonderful artwork, cat and mouse metaphors, essential scientific facts, and a healthy dose of wit, the narrator reveals how trauma resolution involves changing the body’s physiology. This book also describes techniques that can achieve this, incl... + Read More
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Series: When Anxiety Attacks Paperback Terian Koscik 9781848192843 $17.95 SELF-HELP Oct 21, 2015

Frank and full of gentle humour, Terian Koscik’s graphic memoir shares her experiences of living with anxiety, finding the courage to see a therapist, and learning more than she could have imagined. Even in childhood, anxious thoughts would seep into Terian’s day. Yet she never thought that getting professional help was for her, simply concluding that her problems weren't "real" problems. But when her anxiety finally became overwhelming, she knew it was time to see a therapist. To her surprise, Terian learned endless coping techniques through h... + Read More
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Series: What the Hell Happened to My Brain? Living Beyond Dementia Paperback Kate Swaffer 9781849056083 $33.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Jan 21, 2016

Kate Swaffer was just 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a form of younger onset dementia. In this book, she offers an all-too-rare first-hand insight into that experience, sounding a clarion call for change in how we ensure a better quality of life for people with dementia. Kate describes vividly her experiences of living with dementia, exploring the effects of memory difficulties, loss of independence, leaving long-term employment, the impact on her teenage sons, and the enormous impact of the dementia diagnosis on her sense of self. Ne... + Read More
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Series: The Embroidered Cancer Comic Paperback Sima Elizabeth Shefrin 9781848192898 $17.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Apr 21, 2016

Decreased libido is a common effect of cancer treatment, but it can be awkward to talk about and it is often brushed under the carpet. Elizabeth Shefrin doesn't shy away from this most intimate of topics, and in this embroidered comic she shares with gentle humour how her husband's cancer treatment affected their sex life.
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Series: The Menopause Maze The Complete Guide to Conventional, Complementary and Self-Help Options Paperback Megan A. Arroll 9781848192744 $26.95 HEALTH & FITNESS Jul 21, 2016

With practical hints and tips for relieving the symptoms of menopause, this book gives an honest account of the pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), bioidentical HRT, and alternative therapies based on research evidence. It is the essential guide for navigating your way through the barrage of information and options to find the best approach for you.
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Series: The Way of the Five Seasons Paperback John Kirkwood 9781848193017 $47.95 MEDICAL Apr 21, 2016

A guide to living well through the seasons of the year, the book reveals how the Five Elements, which embrace body, mind, and spirit, change focus through the year. The author offers a model for living in harmony with the world by responding to the Elements of each season, through nutrition, activity, and mindset.
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Series: Artistic Autistic Colouring Book Precision colouring for the creative obsessive Paperback Peter Myers 9781785920097 $22.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS May 01, 2016

Enter a world of order, detail and precision through every page of this extraordinary colouring book. Providing a mesmerizing snapshot into the creative world of autism through the mind of Peter Myers, an artist with Asperger's Syndrome, the book includes an introduction by the artist along with a collection of pen and ink illustrations ready to be brought to life. Letting his imagination inspire his creativity, Peter's artwork captures perfectly his constantly changing and shifting ideas, down to the very last millimetre. Add your personal sta... + Read More
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Series: Elemental Island Hardcover Kathy Hoopmann 9781849056588 $26.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Age (years) from 8 - 13 May 15, 2016

Astie has always been different. Her twelfth birthday is looming and she still has not decided on her thesis. All the Learners at the Hub picked theirs years ago. If it wasn't for her cousin, Jakob, life would be unbearable on Elemental Island. On the verge of being diagnosed with Social Syndrome, she stumbles upon Danny who has landed in a forbidden flight machine. To protect him, Astie persuades Jakob to tamper with the Overseer's memory. On the run from the Monitors together, Astie calls on her unique qualities to forge a friendship with the... + Read More
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Series: Frankie's Foibles A Story About a Boy Who Worries Hardcover Kath Grimshaw 9781849056953 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Nov 21, 2015

Frankie is worried. He's worried about his new school, he's worried about making friends, and he's worried about the bully boys that wait for him on the corner of the street. But most of all, he's worried about what might happen if he steps on the cracks in the pavement. Then Frankie learns about his foibles, the pesky little creatures that whisper worries in his ear. They are bullies, just like the boys on the corner. But with a big grin on his face and a little help from his brand new friend, Frankie discovers that he can learn to ignore his ... + Read More
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Series: Starving the Depression Gremlin A Cognitive Therapy Workbook on Managing Depression for Young People Paperback Kate Collins-Donnelly 9781849056939 $24.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 - 16 Jul 31, 2019

Have you met the depression gremlin? He's a troublesome creature who likes nothing more than to feed off your low mood. And the more he devours, the bigger he gets and the more sadness you feel. But never fear - starve him of depression-related thoughts, feelings and behaviours and watch him shrink and shrivel away! Part of the award-winning Starve the Gremlin series, this engaging and accessible workbook helps young people aged 10+ to understand their feelings by explaining what depression is, how it develops and the impact it can have on the ... + Read More
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Series: Ricky's Atlas Mapping a Land on Fire Paperback M.L. Herring 9780870718427 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Apr 11, 2016

On a visit to his uncle’s ranch in eastern Oregon, Ricky Zamora brings his curiosity and love of map-making to the arid landscapes east of the Cascades Mountains. He arrives during a wild thunderstorm, and watches his family and their neighbors scramble to deal with a wildfire that grew from a spark of lightning. Joined by his friend Ellie, he sees how plants, animals, and people adjust to life with wildfires. Designed for upper elementary kids, this sequel to the bestselling Ellie’s Log is based on actual historical, physical and ecological da... + Read More
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Series: Sun Tracks Weaving the Boundary Paperback Karenne Wood 9780816532575 $19.95 POETRY Mar 24, 2016

Evocative, haunting, and ultimately hopeful, Karenne Wood’s poetry collection Weaving the Boundary explores personal and collective memories and contemporary Indigenous realities through lenses of human loss, desire, violence, and love. Political yet universal, Wood tells of love and betrayal, loss and forgiveness. Wood intertwines important and otherwise untold stories and histories with a heightened sense of awareness of Indigenous peoples’ issues and present realities. Moving from elegy to evocations of hope and desire, the poems call for re... + Read More
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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: 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: 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 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: 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: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books Behind the Curve Science and the Politics of Global Warming Paperback Joshua P. Howe William Cronon 9780295995601 $27.95 SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Apr 15, 2016

Behind the Curve follows the story of rising CO2 through historical contexts, highlighting the relationships among scientists, environmentalists, and politicians as those relationships changed over time. While the “science first” forms of advocacy scientists developed to fight global warming produced more and better research, the primacy of science in global warming politics has failed to produce meaningful results. We know much more about global warming than we did fifty years ago but CO2 continues to rise. The problem is not ... + Read More
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Series: Earth and Mars A Reflection Paperback Stephen E. Strom 9780816500383 $27.95 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: Human Spaceflight From Mars to the Stars Paperback Louis Friedman 9780816531462 $27.95 SCIENCE Nov 15, 2015

Mars, the red planet named for the god of war, a mysterious dust-ridden place, is most like Earth in its climate and seasons. Of all the possible destinations in space to travel, Mars is the most likely for humans to reach. According to esteemed scientist Louis Friedman, it may be the only destination outside the moon to ever see human footprints. Far from diminishing our future in space, Human Spaceflight lays out a provocative future for human space travel. The noted aerospace engineer and scientist says that human space exploration will cont... + Read More
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Series: Shaping the Public Good Women Making History in the Pacific Northwest Paperback Sue Armitage 9780870718168 $25.95 HISTORY Oct 01, 2015

In this lively survey of women as history-makers, Sue Armitage explores the story of women's lives from the earliest inhabitants to yesterday's newest migrants, told within the larger framework of the changing Pacific Northwest -- Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, and British Columbia. Showcasing both the variety and commonality of women's activities and values, Armitage provides an ongoing context for women's lives and shows how their activism on behalf of families and communities has made our regional history. Shaping the Public Goo... + Read More
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Series: Symbolic Immortality The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition 2nd edition Paperback Sergei Kan 9780295994895 $60.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Dec 01, 2015

Decades after its initial publication, Symbolic Immortality retains its status as the most comprehensive analysis of the mortuary practices of the Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska-or any other indigenous culture of the Northwest Coast. This updated and expanded edition furthers our understanding of the potlatch (koo.éex’) as a total social phenomenon, with emotional and religious as well as economic and sociopolitical dimensions. The result is a major contribution to both Northwest Coast ethnology and theoretical literature on the anthrop... + Read More
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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: Garyou Tensei 108 Japanese Tattoo Sleeve Designs by Yushi "Horikichi" Takei Hardcover Yushi 'Horikicki' Takei 9789491394072 $166.95 ART Grade (US) from 17 Aug 15, 2015

Garyou Tensei refers to the final dot of ink that the Japanese believe brings life to a drawing; for a dragon, the finishing touch is its eye. This book contains a series of 108 hand-painted, traditional Japanese kaina, Japanese short-sleeve tattoo designs applied to the upper left and right arms. All of the designs in this volume are by the young tattoo artist Yushi 'Horikichi' Takei.
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Series: Horihide Celebrating the Life and Work of Kazuo Oguri Hardcover Yushi 'Horikichi' Takei 9789491394089 $142.50 ART Grade (US) from 17 Aug 03, 2015

In Horihide we celebrate the life and work of one of Japan's most famous tattoo artists, Kazuo Oguri, the pioneer who introduced traditional Japanese tattoo iconography and techniques to the West. Since Oguri's visit to Sailor Jerry in Hawaii in the early 1960s, Western tattooing has never been the same and Japanese body suit tattoos are now appreciated throughout the world as a pinnacle of the art of tattooing.To celebrate his lengthy career we present 72 designs from his extensive oeuvre, which reflect his love of themes from traditional Japa... + Read More
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Series: The Mingins Photo Collection 1288 Pictures of Early Western Tattooing from the Henk Schiffmacher Collection Hardcover Henk Schiffmacher 9789491394010 $82.50 ART Grade (US) from 17 Aug 03, 2015

"A very quiet man, smoking all the time. He used to tattoo while seated on a little bench in the back room of his house at 59 Redfern Road, Harleston, in London, while his wife busied herself in the kitchen. There was no flash on the wall, just a book on the table and on the side of his bench he had a roll of paper towel, actually a toilet roll. It was a small room. You had to wait outside. You could not go in until someone came out. There not much to tell about Rich Mingins," recalls George Bone, whose body is adorned with examples of Mingins'... + Read More
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Series: Time and Place Are Nonsense The Films of Seijun Suzuki Paperback Tom Vick 9780934686334 $45.00 PERFORMING ARTS Grade (US) from 17 Nov 02, 2015

Japanese film director Seijun Suzuki began his career making increasingly outrageous B movies for Nikkatsu Studios in the 1950s and 1960s (he was eventually fired for his stylistic excesses). More than ten years later, he reinvented himself as an independent filmmaker with a uniquely eccentric vision. He remains a cult figure outside of Japan and his influence can be seen in the work of directors as diverse as Jim Jarmusch, Baz Luhrmann, and Quentin Tarantino. Time and Place Are Nonsense, the first book-length study of his work in English, aims... + Read More
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Series: Familiar and Foreign Identity in Iranian Film and Literature Paperback Veronica Thompson 9781927356869 $39.99 PERFORMING ARTS Grade (US) from 17 Oct 01, 2015

The current political climate of confrontation between Islamist regimes and Western governments has resulted in the proliferation of essentialist perceptions of Iran and Iranians in the West. Such perceptions do not reflect the complex evolution of Iranian identity that occurred in the years following the Constitutional Revolution (1906–11) and the anti-imperialist Islamic Revolution of 1979. Despite the Iranian government’s determined pursuance of anti-Western policies and strict conformity to religious principles, the film and literature of I... + Read More
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Series: The Forgiveness Project Stories for a Vengeful Age Paperback Marina Cantacuzino 9781785920004 $17.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE May 01, 2016

Exploring themes of forgiveness, reconciliation and conflict resolution, this book brings together the personal testimonies of both victims and perpetrators of crime and violence. The powerful real life stories collected together by The Forgiveness Project charity come from ordinary people around the world in a diverse range of situations. Raising the possibility of alternatives to resentment, retaliation, and revenge, each story shows the role of forgiveness (or unforgiveness) within a particular context, and raises questions such as "what is ... + 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 $35.00 TRANSPORTATION May 15, 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: Satellites in the High Country Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man Hardcover Jason Mark 9781610915809 $31.95 NATURE Oct 01, 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: Black Women in Sequence Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime Paperback Deborah Elizabeth Whaley 9780295994963 $45.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Grade (US) from 17 Nov 01, 2015

Black Women in Sequence takes readers on a search for women of African descent in comics subculture. From the 1971 appearance of the Skywald Publications character ?the Butterfly? - the first Black female superheroine in a comic book - to contemporary comic books, graphic novels, film, manga, and video gaming, a growing number of Black women are becoming producers, viewers, and subjects of sequential art.As the first detailed investigation of Black women?s participation in comic art, Black Women in Sequence examines the representation, producti... + Read More
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Series: Adamastor + Book Series Take It as a Compliment Hardcover Maria Stoian 9781849056977 $33.95 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jan 11, 2016

An American Library Association 2016 Great Graphic Novel for Teens Bringing together the voices of males and females of all ages, the stories in this collective graphic memoir reflect real life experiences of sexual abuse, violence and harassment. Each experience is brought to life by Maria Stoian's exceptional artwork. Her unique and varied styles powerfully reflect the tone and mood of the different stories and in just a few pages express the complex emotions felt by victims of sexual abuse. Covering acts such as sexual violence, public sexu... + Read More
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Series: Daoist Nei Gong Daoist Nei Gong for Women The Art of the Lotus and the Moon Paperback Roni Edlund 9781848192973 $33.95 PHILOSOPHY May 21, 2016

Available in the written form for the first time, the specific practice of Nei Gong for women is explained in this book. Maximising the potential of the female energetic system, Roni Edlund and Damo Mitchell present teachings that make Nei Gong far more effective for women that the male-oriented methods usually taught.
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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.