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On Class

by Deborah Dundas ...

Series Book 6 - Field Notes
Shortlisted for the 2024 Speaker's Book Award • Nominated for the 2024 Heritage Toronto Book Award • A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almost didn’t make it to university. In On Class, she talks to writers, activists, those who work with the poor and those who are poor about what happens when we don’t talk about poverty or class—and ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the 2024 Speaker's Book Award • Nominated for the 2024 Heritage Toronto Book Award • A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almost didn’t make it to university. In On Class, she talks to writers, activists, those who work with the poor and those who are poor about what happens when we don’t talk about poverty or class—and
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Relative Truths

Stories of Adoption, Family, and Belonging

by Deborah Dundas ...

From one of Canada’s most celebrated journalists comes an intimate collection of interviews that illuminate the joys, pains, traumas, and triumphs of adoption—featuring conversations with John Irving, Jenny Heijun Wills, Marilyn Churley, and more.Adoption tales dominate our shared stories and culture—from Anne of Green Gables to Moses in his basket—but until recently, the complexities of many ... Read more

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From one of Canada’s most celebrated journalists comes an intimate collection of interviews that illuminate the joys, pains, traumas, and triumphs of adoption—featuring conversations with John Irving, Jenny Heijun Wills, Marilyn Churley, and more.Adoption tales dominate our shared stories and culture—from Anne of Green Gables to Moses in his basket—but until recently, the complexities of many
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Best Canadian Essays 2027

Edited by Deborah Dundas ...

Series series Best Canadian
“A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age.”—ChatelaineSelected and introduced by Deborah Dundas, Best Canadian Essays 2027 provides a unique perspective on what constitutes the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in the previous year. These essays offer poignant and clear-eyed insights into the diverse—sometimes underexplored—aspects of our ... Read more

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“A superb collection of national thinkers, crackling with insight on the issues of the age.”—ChatelaineSelected and introduced by Deborah Dundas, Best Canadian Essays 2027 provides a unique perspective on what constitutes the best Canadian nonfiction writing published in the previous year. These essays offer poignant and clear-eyed insights into the diverse—sometimes underexplored—aspects of our
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On Class

by Deborah Dundas ...

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Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almost didn’t make it to university. In On Class, she talks to writers, activists, those who work with the poor and those who are poor about what happens when we don’t talk about poverty or class—and what will happen when we do.Growing up poor, Deborah Dundas knew what it meant to want, to be hungry, and to long for social and economic dignity; ... Read more

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Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almost didn’t make it to university. In On Class, she talks to writers, activists, those who work with the poor and those who are poor about what happens when we don’t talk about poverty or class—and what will happen when we do.Growing up poor, Deborah Dundas knew what it meant to want, to be hungry, and to long for social and economic dignity;
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On Property

Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition

by Rinaldo Walcott ...

Narrated by David Andrew Reid ...

Series series Field Notes
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3 hours 51 min

From plantation rebellion to prison labour’s super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with fake money says something damning about the way we’ve organized society. Yet the intensity of the calls to abolish the police after George Floyd’s death surprised almost ... Read more

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From plantation rebellion to prison labour’s super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with fake money says something damning about the way we’ve organized society. Yet the intensity of the calls to abolish the police after George Floyd’s death surprised almost
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Winners Take All

The Elite Charade of Changing the World

by Anand Giridharadas ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. An essential read for understanding some of the egregious abuses of power that dominate today’s news."Impassioned.... Entertaining reading.” —The Washington Post**Anand Giridharadas ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. An essential read for understanding some of the egregious abuses of power that dominate today’s news."Impassioned.... Entertaining reading.” —The Washington Post**Anand Giridharadas
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Utopia for Realists

How We Can Build the Ideal World

by Rutger Bregman ...

Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today."A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell." -- New York TimesAfter working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way -- and in some ... Read more

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Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today."A more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell." -- New York TimesAfter working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way -- and in some
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Lost in Work

Escaping Capitalism

by Amelia Horgan ...

Series series Outspoken by Pluto
***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***'A brilliant, searing exposé of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie—at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the future. Far from a gateway to riches and fulfilment, 'work' ... Read more

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***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***'A brilliant, searing exposé of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie—at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the future. Far from a gateway to riches and fulfilment, 'work'
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The Sum of Small Things

A Theory of the Aspirational Class

by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett ...

How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us allIn today’s world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption—like eating ... Read more

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How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us allIn today’s world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption—like eating
... Read more

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Dream Hoarders

How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It

by Richard V. Reeves ...

Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of Trump, Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves is continuing to challenge the class system in America.In America, everyone knows that the top 1 percent are the villains. The rest of us, the 99 percent?we are the ... Read more

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Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of Trump, Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves is continuing to challenge the class system in America.In America, everyone knows that the top 1 percent are the villains. The rest of us, the 99 percent?we are the
... Read more

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Canuckology

From Dollars to Donuts—Canada's Premier Pollsters Reveal What Canadians Think and Why

by John Wright, Darrell Bricker ...

The anonymity of a phone line is the secret to the success for Darrell Bricker and John Wright of Ipsos Reid, the largest market research company in Canada. Ipsos' accuracy in gathering people's thoughts and predicting trends makes them the go-to source for major companies seeking answers to unusual questions, such as: What would your ideal lover look like? Would you rather touch the Stanley Cup ... Read more

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The anonymity of a phone line is the secret to the success for Darrell Bricker and John Wright of Ipsos Reid, the largest market research company in Canada. Ipsos' accuracy in gathering people's thoughts and predicting trends makes them the go-to source for major companies seeking answers to unusual questions, such as: What would your ideal lover look like? Would you rather touch the Stanley Cup
... Read more
Empathy

Turning Compassion into Action

by David Johnston ...

The 28th Governor General's most personal and timely book to date: a passionate and practical guide for turning empathy into action.As the world stumbles through the most severe pandemic of the last century, threatened by teetering economies, torn by political division, separated by unequal access to resources, and wrestling with issues as diverse as racism, gender, cybercrime, and climate change, ... Read more

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The 28th Governor General's most personal and timely book to date: a passionate and practical guide for turning empathy into action.As the world stumbles through the most severe pandemic of the last century, threatened by teetering economies, torn by political division, separated by unequal access to resources, and wrestling with issues as diverse as racism, gender, cybercrime, and climate change,
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