Politics & Current Affairs

I Live Here

By Mia Kirshner, J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, Michael Simons

The persistence of global poverty inspires a kind of latter-day colonialism by which good-hearted people from wealthy enclaves receive kudos for travel to places most of us would rather not hear about. While celebrities such ... Read More »

November 3, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Jerome: The Historical Spectacle

By Ami McKay

Following the success of her first novel, The Birth House, Ami McKay’s debut play delves into the mysterious and fantastical world of the carnival to tell the tale of Jerome, a legless man who was ... Read More »

October 20, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Mission of Folly: Why Canada Should Bring Its Troops Home from Afghanistan

By James Laxer

The Western occupation of Afghanistan, now longer than the Second World War, was slow to find traction in the Canadian publishing world. However, the past 18 months have seen a growing trickle of soldiers’ exploits, ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Assimilation: Rock Machine Become Bandidos – Bikers United Against the Hells Angels

By Edward Winterhalder and Wil De Clercq

The second book by American author, entrepreneur, musician, and former Bandidos biker Edward Winterhalder, The Assimilation chronicles Quebec’s bloody biker wars of the 1990s. However, the book is less about the carnage – of which ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

India Express: The Future of a New Superpower

By Daniel Lak

Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat has already outlined how outsourcing has transformed India, but the extent of it is still surprising. As a BBC foreign correspondent covering India and its environs for nearly 20 ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Some Like It Cold: The Politics of Climate Change in Canada

By Robert Paehlke

According to Robert Paehlke, professor emeritus of environmental and resource studies and political science at Trent University, Canada’s record on greenhouse gas reduction is dismal. After years of talking the talk, we are not walking ... Read More »

September 29, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Class Project: How to Kill a Mother – the True Story of Canada’s Infamous Bathtub Girls

By Bob Mitchell

Most true crime books fall somewhere between the poles of sensationalism and a careful weighing of the evidence and facts. The Class Project, by veteran Toronto Star reporter Bob Mitchell, is no exception. In ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Urban Nation: Why We Need to Give Power Back to the Cities to Make Canada Strong

By Alan Broadbent

At some point in the next year or so, an immigrant seeking a better life – or a refugee fleeing regional violence, or a retiring Boomer who wants to be closer to their children – ... Read More »

September 15, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Who’s Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

By Richard Florida

At some point in the next year or so, an immigrant seeking a better life – or a refugee fleeing regional violence, or a retiring Boomer who wants to be closer to their children – ... Read More »

September 15, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Shut Up, I’m Talking and Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government

By Gregory Levey

For most people, the endless fighting in the Middle East isn’t a joking matter. But maybe, as Ryerson professor Gregory Levey’s new book, Shut Up, I’m Talking, seems to suggest, you just had to be ... Read More »

August 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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I Live Here

Jerome: The Historical Spectacle

Mission of Folly: Why Canada Should Bring Its Troops Home from Afghanistan

The Assimilation: Rock Machine Become Bandidos – Bikers United Against the Hells Angels

India Express: The Future of a New Superpower

Some Like It Cold: The Politics of Climate Change in Canada

The Class Project: How to Kill a Mother – the True Story of Canada’s Infamous Bathtub Girls

Urban Nation: Why We Need to Give Power Back to the Cities to Make Canada Strong

Who’s Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where You Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

Shut Up, I’m Talking and Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government

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