<p>An award-winning science journalist explains what Earths frozen waters tell us about the past, present, and future of humanity. The Kingdom of Frost, or what scientists call the cryosphere,...
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Author: Vassnes, BjørnSummary:
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Author: Déri, Thomas, Dupuis-Déri, FrancisSummary:<p>"Anarchy Explained to My Father (first published by Lux Éditeur in 2014 as L'anarchie expliquée à mon père) is a provocative and accessible discussion of the revolutionary mode of...
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Author: Pauly, D.Summary:<p>The world's fisheries are in crisis. Their catches are declining, and the stocks of key species, such as cod and bluefin tuna, are but a small fraction of their previous abundance,...
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Author: Kelsey, ElinSummary:<p>We are at an inflection point: today, more people than ever before recognize that climate change and biodiversity loss are urgent and existential threats. Yet constant reports of climate...
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Author: Layton, MoniqueSummary:<p>"Instead of the epic, alien force of our imagination, anthropologist Monique Layton argues that evil is intrinsic to our humanity, constantly evolving with modern notions of morality....
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Author: Ootes, JakeSummary:<p>"In 1967, Stuart Hodgson, a pugnacious British Columbia labour leader, was the newly-appointed Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, responsible for establishing a fledgling...
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Author: Haysom, IanSummary:<p>"One summer, shortly after taking a step back from an illustrious journalism career, Ian Haysom found himself in charge of his first grandchild, Mayana, who was three at the time. As a...
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Author: Kirsch, SharonSummary:<p>"A lantern slide, a faded recipe book, a postcard from Mexico, a nugget of fool's gold -- such are the clues available to the narrator of The Smallest Objective as she excavates...
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Author: Kogawa, JoySummary:<p>"Gently to Nagasaki is a spiritual pilgrimage, an exploration both communal and intensely personal. Set in Vancouver and Toronto, the outposts of Slocan and Coaldale, the streets of...
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Author: Livingston, BeckySummary:<p>In 2010 a brain tumour took the life of Becky Livingston's daughter, Rachel. Twenty-three years old and an avid traveller, it was her dying wish to keep traveling. Eighteen months later...
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Author: Acheson, AlisonSummary:<p>A profoundly honest and intensely personal story of a woman who cares for her husband after the devastating terminal diagnosis of ALS. Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS...
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Author: Hansen, EmmaSummary:<p>"A moving, candid account of one woman's experience with stillbirth. Emma Hansen is 39 weeks and six days pregnant when she feels her baby go quiet inside of her. At the hospital,...
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Author: Funk, CarlaSummary:<p>From an award-winning essayist and acclaimed poet comes this radiant, observant, and warmly funny memoir about childhood, family, and small-town life.Carla Funk grew up in a place of logging...
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Author: Torti, Jules, Arden, Jann, Torti, JulesSummary:<p>The German word zugunruhe translates as the "stirring before moving." It's used to describe birds and herds of animals, like wildebeests, before the great migration. Though...
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Author: Penn, BrionySummary:<p>Based on recorded interviews and journal entries this major biography of Cecil Paul (Wa'xaid) is a resounding and timely saga featuring the trials, tribulations, endurance, forgiveness...