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Death in the Family

When the wheels of justice grind slowly, the process can seem interminable and destructive. This is especially true in cases… Read More »

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Road Through Time: The Story of Humanity on the Move

Montreal-based author Mary Soderstrom has set herself a giant task in Road Through Time: The Story of Humanity on the… Read More »

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Boiling Point: Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and Canada’s Water Crisis

With 2016 on track to shatter heat and drought records, the crises of climate change and declining freshwater supplies that… Read More »

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Bit Rot: stories + essays

It seems quaint that Douglas Coupland’s latest work should arrive in so prosaic a form as thinly sliced trees bound… Read More »

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The Future and Why We Should Avoid It: Killer Robots, the Apocalypse and...

Scott Feschuk is an extremely funny guy, which is a good thing given his abundant presence on Canadian newsstands. Both… Read More »

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Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age

Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free is a book that’s very clear about what it is and what it isn’t.… Read More »

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Kitten Clone: Inside Alcatel-Lucent

Douglas Coupland is a clever and resourceful writer. He has to be in Kitten Clone, because the topic of global… Read More »

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Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters

When an unarmed black teen by the name of Michael Brown was gunned down by police in the Missouri suburb… Read More »

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Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy

We live in an age where the spread of information technology has far outstripped our understanding or control over it.… Read More »

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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

Naomi Klein is angry. The author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine, and a self-confessed former climate change skeptic,… Read More »

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The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

Daniel J. Levitin, professor of psychology and behavioural neuroscience at McGill University and author of the bestsellers This Is Your… Read More »

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The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright’s Universe

Alex Good

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The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age

Matthew Behrens

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The M Word: Conversations about Motherhood

Cara Smusiak

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Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol

Stacey May Fowles

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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Shaun Smith

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The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

Angie Abdou

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A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of the Grizzly Trail

Research is paramount to the development and operation of an off-grid, organic small farm. So says Jenna Butler who, along with her partner, Thomas, in  2006 established Larch Grove Farm near Barrhead...

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Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future

Given the recent news there may be water on Mars, combined with Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Andrew Weir’s novel The Martian, about an astronaut stranded on the red planet, the title of Hal...

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After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians

Perhaps able to foresee that even the longest federal election campaign in Canadian history would fail to prioritize the serious consequences of climate change, University of Alberta professor emeritus...

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