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Book cover of MANUFACTURING CONSENT
MANUFACTURING CONSENT
By: noam chomsky | Published: January 2002

  • ISBN
    9780375714498
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    Paperback
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of MAPPING THE 1ST WORLD WAR
MAPPING THE 1ST WORLD WAR
By: peter chasseaud | Published: October 2013

Theme: War/Children and War

  • ISBN
    9780007522200
  • Binding
    Hardcover
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of MASSEY MURDER
MASSEY MURDER
By: charlotte gray | Published: September 2013

A Globe & Mail 100 Selection and longlisted for the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize! A scandalous crime, a sensational trial, a surprise verdict--the true...

A Globe & Mail 100 Selection and longlisted for the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize! A scandalous crime, a sensational trial, a surprise verdict--the true story of Carrie Davies, the maid who shot a Massey In February 1915, a member of one of Canada's wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of his home in Toronto as he was returning from work. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant, quickly confessed. But who was the victim here? Charles "Bert" Massey, a scion of a famous family, or the frightened, perhaps mentally unstable Carrie, a penniless British immigrant? When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart, QC, took on her case, his grudge against the powerful Masseys would fuel a dramatic trial that pitted the old order against the new, wealth and privilege against virtue and honest hard work. Set against a backdrop of the Great War in Europe and the changing faceof a nation, this sensational crime is brought to vivid life for the first time. As in her previous bestselling book, Gold Diggers--now in production as a Discovery Television miniseries--multi-award-winning historian and biographer Charlotte Gray has created a captivating narrative rich in detail and brimming with larger-than-life personalities, as she shines alight on a central moment in our past.

Theme: Crime, Based on True Events

  • ISBN
    9781443409230
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY
ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY
By: layla saad | Published: January 2020

Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, 'Me and White Supremacy' takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete...

Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, 'Me and White Supremacy' takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations. Updated and expanded from the original workbook (downloaded by nearly 100,000 people), this critical text helps you take the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources, giving you the language to understand racism, and to dismantle your own biases, whether you are using the book on your own, with a book club, or looking to start family activism in your own home.

Theme: Social Justice , #BlackLivesMatter, Anti-Racism

  • ISBN
    9781728209807
  • Binding
    Hardcover
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of MORE MONEY THAN BRAINS
MORE MONEY THAN BRAINS
By: laura penny | Published: April 2011

One of Canada's funniest and most incisive social critics reveals why in North America, where governments spend so much on schools and colleges,...

One of Canada's funniest and most incisive social critics reveals why in North America, where governments spend so much on schools and colleges, training is valued far more than education and loud-mouth ignoramuses are widely and publicly celebrated. Public education in the United States is in such pitiful shape, the president wants to replace it. Test results from Canadian public schools indicate that Canadian students are at least better at taking tests than their American cousins. On both sides of the border, education is rapidly giving way to job training, and learning how to think for yourself and for the sake of dipping into the vast ocean of human knowledge is going distinctly out of fashion. It gets worse, says Laura Penny, university lecturer and scathingly funny writer. Paradoxically, in the two nations that have among the best universities, libraries, and research institutions in the world, intellectuals are largely distrusted and yelping ignoramuses now clog the arenas of public discourse. A brilliant defence of the humanities and social sciences, More Money Than Brains takes a deadly and extremely funny aim at those who would dumb us down. From the Hardcover edition.

  • ISBN
    9780771070495
  • Binding
    Paperback Canadian
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of MULTICULTURAL MANNERS
MULTICULTURAL MANNERS
By: norine dresser | Published: June 2005

  • ISBN
    9780471684282
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    Paperback
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of MUSEUM CALLED CANADA
MUSEUM CALLED CANADA
By: charlotte gray | Published: October 2004

Hold our history in your hands, with a spectacular virtual museum that is at once a sweeping exploration of Canadian history and culture, an...

Hold our history in your hands, with a spectacular virtual museum that is at once a sweeping exploration of Canadian history and culture, an indispensable reference guide and a remarkable treasury of information. Welcome to a museum so vast and full of wonder that it could only be called Canada. Each ofThe Museum Called Canada’s 25 rooms houses carefully chosen exhibits that illuminate a significant historical theme. This majestic collection brings together high art and popular culture, science and nature, rare objects and whimsical ephemera. Here you will see the empty eye sockets of Tyrannosaurus Rex and be able to examine intricate and ethereal wood-carved angels built for Quebec’s Rideau Chapel. Exhibits span the breadth of our nation, from the Yuquot Whaler’s Shrine of Vancouver Island’s Nootka to an anti-Confederation poster from the controversially soon-to-be-province Newfoundland. Your guide to the collection is historian and author Charlotte Gray. For each room in the museum, Gray has written a short essay that delves into the world of a particularly evocative artifact and its importance in the context of the room’s theme and time period. The Museum Called Canada— with its expansive vision, its surprising juxtapositions, its visual feasts and intellectual explorations — is a beautiful and inspiring place that you will want to visit again and again.

  • ISBN
    9780679312208
  • Binding
    Hardcover
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of NASTY BRUTISH & SHORT
NASTY BRUTISH & SHORT
By: mark totten | Published: March 2012

An expert takes us inside the dark world of gangs in Canada. Dr. Mark Totten has spent fifteen years learning all about these gangs and the young men...

An expert takes us inside the dark world of gangs in Canada. Dr. Mark Totten has spent fifteen years learning all about these gangs and the young men and women who belong to them. He has interviewed over 500 gang members across the country, traced their lives from infancy to adulthood, and explored the roots of their involvement in crime and their reliance on violence. Nasty, Brutish and Short offers a groundbreaking picture of the reality of gangs in Canada. Much of what Dr. Totten has to say is at odds with popular ideas. His research leads him to believe that breaking through the circumstances that produce young criminals is far more difficult than most people think. For most individuals caught up in gang life, exiting that world is next to impossible -- in fact, the most common way out is an early death from violence or suicide. This book opens the door on a way of life unknown to most Canadians.

Theme: Indigenous

  • ISBN
    9781459400382
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    Paperback Canadian
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of NEW JIM CROW
NEW JIM CROW
By: michelle alexander | Published: January 2020

  • ISBN
    9781620971932
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    Paperback
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of NEXT BIG THING
NEXT BIG THING
By: rhodiri marsden | Published: September 2009

Rare Book

  • ISBN
    9781848363526
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    Paperback
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of NO IS NOT ENOUGH
NO IS NOT ENOUGH
By: naomi klein | Published: June 2017

"Trump is extreme but he's not a Martian. He is the logical conclusion of many of the most dangerous trends of the past half-century. He is...

"Trump is extreme but he's not a Martian. He is the logical conclusion of many of the most dangerous trends of the past half-century. He is the personification of the merger of humans and corporations--a one-man megabrand, with wife and children as spin-off brands. This book is to help understand how we arrived at this surreal political moment, how to keep it from getting a lot worse, and how, if we keep our heads, we can flip the script and seize the opportunity to make things a whole lot better in a time of urgent need. A tool-kit for shock-resistance." --from the Introduction       The election of Donald Trump produced a frightening escalation in a world of cascading crises. The Trump Administration's vision--the deconstruction of the welfare and regulatory state, the unleashing of a fossil fuel frenzy (which requires the sweeping aside of climate science) and an all-out attack on vulnerable communities under the guise of a war on crime and terrorism--will generate wave after wave of crises and shocks around the world, to the economy, to national security, to the environment.      In No Is Not Enough, Naomi Klein embraces a lively conversation with the reader to expose the forces behind Trump's success and explain why he is not an aberration but the product of our time--Reality TV branding, celebrity obsession and CEO-worship, Vegas and Guantanamo, fake news and vulture bankers all rolled into one. And she shares a bold vision, a clear-eyed perspective on how to break the spell of his shock tactics, counter the rising chaos and divisiveness at home and abroad, and win the world we need.

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    9780735273993
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    Paperback Canadian
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of NO NONSENSE GT GLOBAL TERRORISM
NO NONSENSE GT GLOBAL TERRORISM
By: jonathan barker | Published: October 2008

Political and moral analysis of the causes and contexts of terrorism the world over.

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    9781897071472
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    Paperback
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of NO NONSENSE GT THE UNITED NATIONS
NO NONSENSE GT THE UNITED NATIONS
By: maggie black | Published: May 2008

In the first book to distill the entire history of the United Nations into one accessible volume, Maggie Black explains how this complex organization...

In the first book to distill the entire history of the United Nations into one accessible volume, Maggie Black explains how this complex organization works. In doing so, she explores its successes, failings, and limitations. This No-Nonsense Guide addresses the U.N.'s creation and early history, how it is structured, and whether it can effectively fulfill its mandate. The author considers possibilities for reform to make it more democratic and efficient.

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    9781897071427
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    Paperback
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of NOBROW THE CULTURE OF MARKETING
NOBROW THE CULTURE OF MARKETING
By: john seabrook | Published: February 2001

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    9780375704512
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    Paperback
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    High School - Social Studies
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Book cover of NOTES FROM CANADA'S YOUNG ACTIVISTS
NOTES FROM CANADA'S YOUNG ACTIVISTS
By: severn cullis-suzuki | Published: April 2007

  • ISBN
    9781553652373
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    Paperback Canadian
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    High School - Social Studies
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