21st century
- Author:Currie, RobertSummary:
- Author:Saul, John RalstonSummary:
Once again, John Ralston Saul presents the story of Canada's past so that we may better understand its present -- and imagine a better future. Historic moments are always uncomfortable, Saul writes in this impassioned argument, calling...
- Author:Kiyosaki, Robert T.Summary:
For the past several years, multimillionaire businessman, entrepreneur, and investor Robert Kiyosaki has been a staunch supporter of network marketing. Like many people, he was skeptical about the industry at first ... until he learned...
- Author:Le, NamSummary:
Stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea--while taking us to the heart of what is means...
- Author:Brand, DionneSummary:
A startlingly original work about the act of writing itself from Griffin Poetry Prize--winner Dionne Brand. An essential observer of our time and one of the most accomplished poets writing today, Dionne Brand returns with a work that...
- Author:Sadler, Anthony, Skarlatos, Alek, Stone, Spencer, Stern, Jeffrey E.Summary:
When a terrorist boarded a train bound for Paris, he encountered something he hadn't anticipated: three Americans who refused to give in to fear.
- Author:Kagan, RobertSummary:
- Author:Skyhorse, BrandoSummary:
When he was three, Brando Kelly Ulloa was abandoned by his Mexican father. His mother saw no reason for her son to live his life as a Mexican just because he started out as one. The life of "Brando Skyhorse," American Indian son of an...
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Surrey Stories connect is a time-capsule: a snapshot of Surrey in the fall of 2016. The stories here were written and created on three separate afternoons at three different locations: Cloverdale, Strawberry Hill, and Historic Stewart...
- Author:Albert, Lisa RondinelliSummary:
A biography of American novelist Stephenie Meyer, author of the best-selling Twilight saga.
- Author:Dumont, DawnSummary:
Rose Okanese, a single mother with two kids, has been pushed into a corner by Rez citizens to claim some self-respect, and decides that the fastest way to do that is to run the reserve's annual marathon. Though Rose hasn't run in twenty...
- Author:Vermette, KatherenaSummary:
"Governor General's Award-winning Métis poet and acclaimed novelist Katherena Vermette's second work of poetry, river woman, examines and celebrates love as postcolonial action. Here love is defined as a force of reclamation and repair...
- Author:DeFronzo, JamesSummary:
- Author:Hamon, TracySummary:
- Author:Mason, PaulSummary:
Over the past two centuries, capitalism has undergone profound changes from which it has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Paul Mason's Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big that this time...
- Author:Leslie, AlexSummary:
An oil spill on the West Coast coincides with a loved one's death. An enigmatic young musician experiences the rise and fall of his career, as told through videos posted to YouTube. Sometimes romantic, sometimes elegiac, Alex...
- Author:Heinberg, RichardSummary:
Peak Everything addresses many of the cultural, psychological and practical changes we will have to make as nature rapidly dictates our new limits. Peak Oil, touches on the most important aspects of the human condition at this unique...
- Author:Olding, SusanSummary:
"In these fifteen searingly honest personal essays, debut author Susan Olding takes us on an unforgettable journey into the complex heart of being human. Each essay dissects an aspect of Olding's life experience'from her...
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Included in this unparalleled collection are Christian Bok, Anne Carson, and Erin Moure, whose experiments with genre have landed them international acclaim; Lisa Robertson and Ken Babstock, whose explorations of the pastoral and the...
- Author:Wainaina, BinyavangaSummary:
In this memoir, Wainaina takes us through his school days, his mother's religious period, his failed attempt to study commerce in South Africa, a moving family reunion in Uganda, and his travels around Kenya.