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September 2017
Recent Releases
Blood in the water : the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy
by Heather Ann Thompson

An all-encompassing account of the infamous 1971 Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response and the victims' decades-long quest for justice draws on previously unreleased information while detailing how the event has influenced civil rights practices in the criminal justice system.
A Bold and Dangerous Family : The Remarkable Story of an Italian Mother, Her Two Sons, and Their Fight Against Fascism
by Caroline Moorehead

 Examines the lives of Amelia, Carlo, and Nello Rosselli, an Italian family from Florence who opposed Mussolini and became leaders of an anti-fascist movement.
Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening
by Manal Sharif

An intimate memoir by a devout Saudi Arabian woman who became the unexpected leader of a movement to support women's rights to drive describes how fundamentalism influenced her radical religious beliefs until her education, a job and legal contradictions changed her perspectives and made her an accidental activist.
Triple crown : winning Canada's energy future
by Jim Prentice with Jean-Sébastien Rioux.

An examination of Canada's global opportunity in natural resource and energy development.
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