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History and Current Events November 2021
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The chancellor : the remarkable odyssey of Angela Merkel
by Kati Marton
Part riveting political biography, part intimate human story of a complete outsider, this great morality tale paints a fascinating portrait of a woman who, surviving extraordinary challenges, transformed her own country and returned it to the global stage.
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Credible : why we doubt accusers and protect abusers
by Deborah Tuerkheimer
"In this landmark book, a former prosecutor, legal expert, and leading authority on sexual violence examines why we are primed to disbelieve allegations of sexual abuse, and how we can transform a culture and a legal system structured to dismiss accusers"
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The dawn of everything : a new history of humanity
by David Graeber
An activist and public intellectual teams up with a professor of comparative archaeology to deliver an account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state," political violence and social inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.
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Disorientation : Being Black in the World
by Ian Williams
Bestselling, Scotiabank Giller Award-winning writer Ian Williams brings fresh eyes and new insights to today's urgent conversation on race and racism in startling, illuminating essays that grow out of his own experience as a Black man moving through the world.
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Mining Country: A History of Canada's Mines and Miners
by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling
Mining has had a significant presence in every part of Canada -- from the east to west coasts to the far north. This book tells the stories of those who built Canada's mining industry. It highlights the experiences of the people who lived and worked in mining towns across the country, the rise of major mining companies, and the emergence of Toronto and Vancouver as centres of global mining finance. It also addresses the devastating effects mining has had on Indigenous communities and their land and documents several high-profile resistance efforts.
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Mother of Invention : How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Economy Built for Men
by Katrine Marcal
Katrine Marçal's Mother of Invention is a fascinating examination of business, technology, and innovation through a feminist lens. Marçal takes us on a tour of the global economy, arguing that gendered assumptions dictate which businesses get funding, how we value work, and how we trace human progress. And it carries a powerful message: If we upend our biases, we can unleash our full potential, tackling climate change and wielding technology to become more human, rather than less.
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Operation Jubilee : Dieppe, 1942: the Folly and the Sacrifice
by Patrick Bishop
A riveting and updated telling of the tragic Dieppe raid of 1942. Using first-hand testimony and highlighting recently declassified source material from archives across several countries, bestselling author Patrick Bishop's account of this doomed endeavour reveals the big picture and unearths telling details that fully bring Operation Jubilee to life for the first time.
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My Stories, My Times Volume 2
by Jean Chretien
This collection of essays features his trademark candour and ever-sharp political acumen, with plenty of wit to accompany the wisdom. With a delightful randomness, he remembers events and personalities that shaped our nation in a multitude of ways, and offers his views on international current events, including Canada-China relations, Brexit, and interprovincial dealings. Jean Chrétien's stories serve to remind us that there is more to unite than divide us as a country, and that we have institutions we can take enormous pride in and values we must strive to maintain and keep building upon.
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Regeneration : ending the climate crisis in one generation
by Paul Hawken
"Regeneration is a response to the urgency of the climate crisis, a what-to-do manual for all levels of society, from individuals to national governments and everything and everyone in between. This four-color illustrated work describes a system of interlocking initiatives that aim to stem the climate crisis in one generation"
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Taking Paris : the epic battle for the city of lights
by Martin Dugard
In 1944, the exiled general Charles de Gaulle, headquartered in the bar of London’s Connaught Hotel, convinces Eisenhower to put Paris before Berlin as the race for Paris begins, in this thrilling account of the World War II Allied liberation of Paris from the grip of the Nazis.
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Unreconciled : Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance
by Jesse Wente
By exploring his family's history, including his grandmother's experience in residential school, and citing his own frequent incidents of racial profiling by police who'd stop him on the streets, Wente unpacks the discrepancies between his personal identity and how non-Indigenous people view him. Through the lens of art, pop culture, and personal stories, and with disarming humour, he links his love of baseball and movies to such issues as cultural appropriation, Indigenous representation and identity, and Indigenous narrative sovereignty.
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The Wolfpack : The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld
by Peter Edwards
Veteran journalists Peter Edwards and Luis Nájera introduce readers to the common cause of a near-decade of chaos. Meet the Wolfpack, millennial-aged gangsters from across the spectrum of Canada's underworld. Vying to fast-track their way into the criminal void left by the death of Montreal godfather Vito Rizzuto, the Wolfpack sought advantage in a steady supply of cocaine from El Chapo Guzmán's Sinaloa cartel, among the deadliest and most far-reaching of criminal organizations. .
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