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Decision Points
Hardcover | 528 pages | Crown | Biography & Autobiography - Presidents
978-0-307-59061-9 (0-307-59061-5)
November 9, 2010 | $39.95
President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions of his presidency and personal life.
Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America’s 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life.
In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President Bush brings...
Hardcover | 528 pages | Crown | Biography & Autobiography - Presidents
978-0-307-59061-9 (0-307-59061-5)
November 9, 2010 | $39.95
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President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions of his presidency and personal life.
Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America’s 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life.
In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President Bush brings...
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They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children
Hardcover | 304 pages | Random House Canada | Current Affairs - International
978-0-307-35577-5 (0-307-35577-2)
October 26, 2010 | $34.95
"The ultimate focus of the rest of my life is to eradicate the use of child soldiers and to eliminate even the thought of the use of children as instruments of war." —Roméo Dallaire
In conflicts around the world, there is an increasingly popular weapon system that requires negligible technology, is simple...
Hardcover | 304 pages | Random House Canada | Current Affairs - International
978-0-307-35577-5 (0-307-35577-2)
October 26, 2010 | $34.95
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"The ultimate focus of the rest of my life is to eradicate the use of child soldiers and to eliminate even the thought of the use of children as instruments of war." —Roméo Dallaire
In conflicts around the world, there is an increasingly popular weapon system that requires negligible technology, is simple...
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Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Business & Economics; Current Affairs - American
978-0-307-35752-6 (0-307-35752-X)
September 28, 2010 | $22.00
What do subprime mortgages, Atlantic salmon dinners, SUVs and globalization have in common?
They all depend on cheap oil. And in a world of dwindling oil supplies and steadily mounting demand around the world, there is no such thing as cheap oil. Oil might be less expensive in the middle of a...
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Business & Economics; Current Affairs - American
978-0-307-35752-6 (0-307-35752-X)
September 28, 2010 | $22.00
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What do subprime mortgages, Atlantic salmon dinners, SUVs and globalization have in common?
They all depend on cheap oil. And in a world of dwindling oil supplies and steadily mounting demand around the world, there is no such thing as cheap oil. Oil might be less expensive in the middle of a...
Ethical Oil
Hardcover | 272 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Political Science
978-0-7710-4641-4 (0-7710-4641-3)
September 14, 2010 | $29.99
Canada's "no. 1 defender of freedom of speech" and the bestselling author of Shakedown makes the timely and provocative case that when it comes to oil, ethics matter just as much as the economy and the environment.
In 2009, Ezra Levant's bestselling book Shakedown revealed the corruption of Canada's human rights commissions...
Hardcover | 272 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Political Science
978-0-7710-4641-4 (0-7710-4641-3)
September 14, 2010 | $29.99
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Canada's "no. 1 defender of freedom of speech" and the bestselling author of Shakedown makes the timely and provocative case that when it comes to oil, ethics matter just as much as the economy and the environment.
In 2009, Ezra Levant's bestselling book Shakedown revealed the corruption of Canada's human rights commissions...
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Canada and Other Matters of Opinion
Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Anchor Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-385-66727-2 (0-385-66727-2)
September 7, 2010 | $22.00
A cornucopia of comment from Canada’s most opinionated man — a man seen, read, and listened to by millions of Canadians each week.
Canada’s most distinctive commentator presents his fearless and thought-provoking views on a head-spinning range of subjects, from Dr. Johnson’s greatness to Bono’s gratingness, from doubts about Obama to utter...
Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Anchor Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-385-66727-2 (0-385-66727-2)
September 7, 2010 | $22.00
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A cornucopia of comment from Canada’s most opinionated man — a man seen, read, and listened to by millions of Canadians each week.
Canada’s most distinctive commentator presents his fearless and thought-provoking views on a head-spinning range of subjects, from Dr. Johnson’s greatness to Bono’s gratingness, from doubts about Obama to utter...
The Enough Moment
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Three Rivers Press | Political Science
978-0-307-46482-8 (0-307-46482-2)
September 7, 2010 | $16.99
Had Enough?
Join activists, organizations, and celebrities to fight human rights crimes in Africa.
Human rights activist John Prendergast and Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle bring us an empowering and hopeful new book, as they reveal the steps being taken by engaged citizens—"Upstanders"—famous and unknown, here and abroad, to combat genocide, rape, and...
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Three Rivers Press | Political Science
978-0-307-46482-8 (0-307-46482-2)
September 7, 2010 | $16.99
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Had Enough?
Join activists, organizations, and celebrities to fight human rights crimes in Africa.
Human rights activist John Prendergast and Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle bring us an empowering and hopeful new book, as they reveal the steps being taken by engaged citizens—"Upstanders"—famous and unknown, here and abroad, to combat genocide, rape, and...
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The Erotic Engine
Hardcover | 320 pages | Doubleday Canada | Social Science - Pornography
978-0-385-66736-4 (0-385-66736-1)
September 7, 2010 | $32.95
Pornography: The force for change that has been written out of the history of world culture.
From cave painting to photography to the internet, pornography has always been at the cutting edge in adopting and exploiting new developments in mass communication. And in so doing, it has helped to promote and propel...
Hardcover | 320 pages | Doubleday Canada | Social Science - Pornography
978-0-385-66736-4 (0-385-66736-1)
September 7, 2010 | $32.95
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Pornography: The force for change that has been written out of the history of world culture.
From cave painting to photography to the internet, pornography has always been at the cutting edge in adopting and exploiting new developments in mass communication. And in so doing, it has helped to promote and propel...
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Third World America
Hardcover | 288 pages | Crown | Current Affairs - American; Business & Economics; Political Science - Economic Conditions
978-0-307-71982-9 (0-307-71982-0)
September 7, 2010 | $26.99
It’s not an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become as outdated as an Edsel with an eight-track player. That the United States of America is in danger of becoming a third world nation.
The...
Hardcover | 288 pages | Crown | Current Affairs - American; Business & Economics; Political Science - Economic Conditions
978-0-307-71982-9 (0-307-71982-0)
September 7, 2010 | $26.99
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It’s not an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become as outdated as an Edsel with an eight-track player. That the United States of America is in danger of becoming a third world nation.
The...
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Citizens of Nowhere
Hardcover | 336 pages | Doubleday Canada | Current Affairs - International
978-0-385-66722-7 (0-385-66722-1)
September 14, 2010 | $32.95
An inspiring story of courage, adaptation and determinaton — a year in the life of 11 refugee students entering universities across Canada.
"Most journalists have stories they never forget. This is mine."
When Debi Goodwin travelled to the Dadaab Refugee Camp in 2007 to shoot a documentary on young Somali refugees soon coming to...
Hardcover | 336 pages | Doubleday Canada | Current Affairs - International
978-0-385-66722-7 (0-385-66722-1)
September 14, 2010 | $32.95
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An inspiring story of courage, adaptation and determinaton — a year in the life of 11 refugee students entering universities across Canada.
"Most journalists have stories they never forget. This is mine."
When Debi Goodwin travelled to the Dadaab Refugee Camp in 2007 to shoot a documentary on young Somali refugees soon coming to...
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Glimmer
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Art - Design
978-0-307-35674-1 (0-307-35674-4)
September 14, 2010 | $22.00
The first mainstream book to explore how the problem-solving, creative and insightful powers of Bruce Mau and the world’s other great designers can be applied to our everyday lives and businesses — and spawn creative epiphanies around the world.
What can be learned from great designers? How can design improve our lives?...
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Art - Design
978-0-307-35674-1 (0-307-35674-4)
September 14, 2010 | $22.00
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The first mainstream book to explore how the problem-solving, creative and insightful powers of Bruce Mau and the world’s other great designers can be applied to our everyday lives and businesses — and spawn creative epiphanies around the world.
What can be learned from great designers? How can design improve our lives?...
Arrival City
Hardcover | 368 pages | Knopf Canada | Current Affairs; Social Science - Emigration & Immigration; Social Science - Anthropology
978-0-307-39689-1 (0-307-39689-4)
September 21, 2010 | $34.95
From one of Canada's leading journalists comes a major book about how the movement of populations from rural to urban areas on the margins is reshaping our world. These transitional spaces are where the next great economic and cultural boom will be born, or where the great explosion of violence will...
Hardcover | 368 pages | Knopf Canada | Current Affairs; Social Science - Emigration & Immigration; Social Science - Anthropology
978-0-307-39689-1 (0-307-39689-4)
September 21, 2010 | $34.95
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From one of Canada's leading journalists comes a major book about how the movement of populations from rural to urban areas on the margins is reshaping our world. These transitional spaces are where the next great economic and cultural boom will be born, or where the great explosion of violence will...
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Crawling from the Wreckage
Hardcover | 368 pages | Random House Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-35891-2 (0-307-35891-7)
September 28, 2010 | $32.00
Gwynne Dyer is cheering up. Sure, the past decade has had more than its share of stupid wars, obsessions about terrorism, denial about climate change, rapacious turbo-capitalism, and lies, lies, lies. But signs of progress actually do abound. While the world is far from perfect as we embark on a fresh...
Hardcover | 368 pages | Random House Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-35891-2 (0-307-35891-7)
September 28, 2010 | $32.00
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Gwynne Dyer is cheering up. Sure, the past decade has had more than its share of stupid wars, obsessions about terrorism, denial about climate change, rapacious turbo-capitalism, and lies, lies, lies. But signs of progress actually do abound. While the world is far from perfect as we embark on a fresh...
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Becoming Canada
Hardcover | 232 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Political Science
978-0-7710-2945-5 (0-7710-2945-4)
October 19, 2010 | $28.99
Hardcover | 232 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Political Science
978-0-7710-2945-5 (0-7710-2945-4)
October 19, 2010 | $28.99
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The Jew is Not My Enemy
Hardcover | 272 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Religion; Political Science; History - Jewish
978-0-7710-4783-1 (0-7710-4783-5)
October 19, 2010 | $26.99
A liberal Muslim and critically acclaimed author explores the historical, political, and theological basis for centuries of Muslim animosity towards Jews, debunking long-held myths and tracing a history of hate and its impact today.
More than nine years after 9/11 and 60 years after the creation of the state of Israel, the...
Hardcover | 272 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Religion; Political Science; History - Jewish
978-0-7710-4783-1 (0-7710-4783-5)
October 19, 2010 | $26.99
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A liberal Muslim and critically acclaimed author explores the historical, political, and theological basis for centuries of Muslim animosity towards Jews, debunking long-held myths and tracing a history of hate and its impact today.
More than nine years after 9/11 and 60 years after the creation of the state of Israel, the...
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Exporting Democracy
Hardcover | 304 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Political Science - International Relations; Political Science - Democracy; Current Affairs
978-0-7710-7289-5 (0-7710-7289-9)
November 2, 2010 | $29.99
The way most Western politicians talk, democracy is the pinnacle of civilization, the best political system there is. Many think it's the system the rest of the world ought to adopt. Bob Rae is not one of them. He is too well informed about the difficulties and dangers of implanting democracy...
Hardcover | 304 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Political Science - International Relations; Political Science - Democracy; Current Affairs
978-0-7710-7289-5 (0-7710-7289-9)
November 2, 2010 | $29.99
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The way most Western politicians talk, democracy is the pinnacle of civilization, the best political system there is. Many think it's the system the rest of the world ought to adopt. Bob Rae is not one of them. He is too well informed about the difficulties and dangers of implanting democracy...
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Helpless
Hardcover | 272 pages | Doubleday Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-385-67039-5 (0-385-67039-7)
October 26, 2010 | $32.95
Hardcover | 272 pages | Doubleday Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-385-67039-5 (0-385-67039-7)
October 26, 2010 | $32.95
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It officially began on February 28, 2006, when a handful of protesters from the nearby Six Nations reserve walked onto Douglas Creek Estates, then a residential subdivision under construction, and blocked workers from entering. Over the course of the spring and summer of that first year, the criminal actions of the...
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Peter Mansbridge One on One
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-35785-4 (0-307-35785-6)
October 26, 2010 | $22.00
From one of Canada’s most respected and recognizable journalists comes a collection of the best interviews with the leading thinkers and cultural icons of our time, from the country’s most trusted interview show.
An extraordinary selection from Newsworld’s Mansbridge One on One, including politicians, journalists, arts and sports figures and newsmakers behind...
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-35785-4 (0-307-35785-6)
October 26, 2010 | $22.00
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From one of Canada’s most respected and recognizable journalists comes a collection of the best interviews with the leading thinkers and cultural icons of our time, from the country’s most trusted interview show.
An extraordinary selection from Newsworld’s Mansbridge One on One, including politicians, journalists, arts and sports figures and newsmakers behind...
Selected
Hardcover | 256 pages | Random House Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-35862-2 (0-307-35862-3)
January 18, 2011 | $32.00
A groundbreaking, evolutionary science-based exploration of the history of leadership that explains how and why some men and women evolve into good or great leaders, and some do not.
We are all leaders or followers — or both. We can recognise leadership in almost every area of life: in the workplace, among friends...
Hardcover | 256 pages | Random House Canada | Current Affairs
978-0-307-35862-2 (0-307-35862-3)
January 18, 2011 | $32.00
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A groundbreaking, evolutionary science-based exploration of the history of leadership that explains how and why some men and women evolve into good or great leaders, and some do not.
We are all leaders or followers — or both. We can recognise leadership in almost every area of life: in the workplace, among friends...
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