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  • Belonging

    The Paradox of Citizenship

    de Adrienne Clarkson ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    Never has the world experienced greater movement of peoples from one country to another, from one continent to another. These seismic shifts in population have brought about huge challenges for all societies. In this year’s Massey Lectures, Canada’s twenty-sixth Governor General and bestselling author Adrienne Clarkson argues that a sense of belonging is a necessary mediation between an individual ... Leer más

    $11.59 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Portrait of Canada’s Parliament

    de William McElligott ...
    A stunning visual exploration of Canada’s most recognized building accompanied by a comprehensive study of its history, in a coffee-table worthy volume.The Centre Block, the iconic parliament building that has come to be Canada’s foremost representation, was closed in 2018 and will remain closed for at least a decade for a complete renovation and restoration. During that time, hundreds of ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Canada Unscripted

    Conversations with Canadian Media Icons

    de Vic Sarin, William Shatner, Tantoo Cardinal, David Suzuki, Adrienne Clarkson, Peter Mansbridge, Louise Lore, Denys Arcand, Alanis Obomsawin, Gary Evans, George Stroumboulopoulos, Brian Stewart, Trina McQueen, Mark Starowicz, Bob McDonald, Kristin Kreuk, John Kennedy, Trevor Evans, Rosemary Radcliffe, Christopher Hinton, Ian Weir, Martin Duckworth ...
    Canada Unscripted: Conversations with Canadian Media Icons showcases twenty-one of the most influential voices in Canadian film and broadcasting. In these intimate and often surprising interviews, celebrated actors, journalists, directors, and producers share stories that are raw, funny, and deeply revealing. At the heart of the book are the CBC and the National Film Board: two institutions that ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Room for All of Us

    Surprising Stories of Loss and Transformation

    de Adrienne Clarkson ...
    In this exciting and revealing personal inquiry, former governor general Adrienne Clarkson explores the immigrant experience through the people who have helped transform Canada.The Canadians she befriends—whether an Ismaili doctor, a Doukhobor farmer, a Holocaust survivor, or a Vietnam War deserter—illustrate the changing idea of what it means to be Canadian and the kind of country we have created ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Heart Matters

    A Memoir

    de Adrienne Clarkson ...
    Adrienne Clarkson grew up in Ottawa after her family escaped Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in 1942. Decades later, she would become Canada’s 26th governor general. Clarkson reached out to Canadians everywhere, refashioning Rideau Hall into a real home and welcoming the public. Her determination to invest meaning in her official actions created controversy, and in her memoir, Clarkson reflects on the ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Extraordinary Canadians: Norman Bethune

    de Adrienne Clarkson ...
    Series series Extraordinary Canadians
    Honoured as a hero in China, Ontario-born Norman Bethune was a surgeon, medical innovator, and charismatic political activist who deployed his skills on the battlefields of Spain and China in the 1930s. His prodigious energy included inventing surgical instruments, mobile blood-transfusion units, teaching, and advocating for social justice at home and abroad. Adrienne Clarkson, a Chinese Canadian, ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Carbon Bubble

    What Happens to Us When It Bursts

    de Jeff Rubin ...
    As the price of oil falls, bestselling author and economist Jeff Rubin takes us to the epicentre of the bursting global carbon bubble, and dares us to imagine a new engine for growth that does not run on oil.For a decade, the vision of Canada's future as an energy superpower has driven the country's political agenda, as well as the fast-paced development of Alberta's oil sands and the push for ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Boiling Point

    Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and Canada’s Water Crisis

    de Maude Barlow ...
    Passionate and cogent, this could be the most important book of the year for CanadiansWe are complacent. We bask in the idea that Canada holds 20% of the world’s fresh water — water crises face other countries, but not ours. We could not be more wrong. In Boiling Point, bestselling author and activist Maude Barlow lays bare the issues facing Canada’s water reserves, including long-outdated water ... Leer más

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  • Extraordinary Canadians:Stephen Leacock

    de Margaret MacMillan ...
    Series series Extraordinary Canadians
    Stephen Leacock's satiric masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town captures "the Empire forever" mentality that marked Anglo-Canadian life in the early decades of the twentieth century. Historian Margaret Macmillan—whose books Women of the Raj and Paris 1919 cast fresh light on the colonial legacy—has great affection for Leacock's gentle wit and sharp-eyed insight. The renowned historian ... Leer más

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  • Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word

    A Different Take on Taxes in Canada

    Edición de Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb ...
    Series Libro 3 - Canadian Commentaries
    Taxes connect us to one another, to the common good, and to the future. This is a book about taxes: who pays what and who gets what. More than that, it’s about the role of government, about citizenship and our collective well-being, about the Canada we want. The contributors, leading Canadian practitioners and scholars, explore how taxes have become a political “no-go zone” and how changes in ... Leer más

    $20.89 USD

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  • Extraordinary Canadians Lord Beaverbrook

    de David Adams Richards ...
    Series series Extraordinary Canadians
    Press baron, entrepreneur, art collector, and wartime minister in Churchill's cabinet, Max Aitken was a colonial Canadian extraordinaire. Rising from a hardscrabble childhood in New Brunswick, he became a millionaire at age 25, earned the title of Lord Beaverbrook at 38, and by age 40 was the most influential newspaperman in the world. Fiercely loyal to the British Empire, he was nonetheless ... Leer más

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  • Extraordinary Canadians: Tommy Douglas

    de Vincent Lam ...
    Series series Extraordinary Canadians
    Once voted the greatest Canadian of all time, Tommy Douglas was a prairie politician who believed in democratic socialism, the crucial role of civil rights, and the great potential of cooperation for the common good. He is best known as the “Father of Medicare.” Born in 1904, Douglas was a championship boxer and a Baptist minister who later exchanged his pulpit for a political platform. A powerful ... Leer más

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