Political Science
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Scarlet to Green
A History of Intelligence in the Canadian Army 1903-1963 by Major S.R. Elliot
Scarlet to Green details the ‘boom and bust’ cycles of the Canadian Army’s intelligence organization from its inception in 1903 to 1963, the eve of the Integration of the Canadian Armed Forces. The book analyzes the role of intelligence in...
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Save Our Troubled World
The Unprecedented Innovative Feasible World Salvation Project by James Chen
Today, when natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes seem to be regular occurrences, it can be hard to hold out hope for a better tomorrow. But in Save Our Troubled World, author James Chen dares to dream of a new era where the...
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Dying For Gold
The True Story of the Giant Mine Murders by Lee Selleck and Francis Thompson
On September 18, 1992 a violent explosion deep in Yellowknife's Giant mine took the lives of nine miners. The men had defied the picket lines that were the scene of violent clashes between the mineworkers and company security forces during a long...
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Rebooting Canada
A Fresh Start by Richard W. Makinen
People often complain about current Canadian governmental structures. They believe we are stuck with this system, fearing that change is impossible. But we can enhance the quality of life for all members of our Canadian society. In Rebooting...
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The McNair-Flemming Years, Volume 1
A Public Record of Uncertain Times, New Brunswick 1930-1960 by James G. Long
The McNair-Flemming Years is a two-volume history of New Brunswick politics and events, from the Depression to the beginning of the 1960s. Based largely on contemporaneous journalistic input from five daily New Brunswick newspapers, it is exactly...
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The McNair-Flemming Years, Volume 2
A Public Record of Uncertain Times, New Brunswick 1930-1960 by James G. Long
The McNair-Flemming Years Volume 2, relates a shift of influence by the print media. Newspaper reporting of peacetime events had always expressed a known degree of partisan views, but these suddenly became toxic. The result was a transition of...
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Eleven
by Paul Hanley
Eleven billion people will crowd this marvelous planet by century’s end. If the global economy were to grow five-fold during this period as predicted, humanity’s ecological footprint would exceed Earth’s biocapacity by 400%. We need to chart a...
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Clear Current
Unraveling the Water Crisis by Gil D. Blutrich
In “Clear Currents,” Gil Blutrich takes readers on an urgent journey through the lifeblood of our civilization: water. As we confront a future where the flow of rivers and the ripple of streams are at risk, Blutrich plunges us into the heart of...
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Canada
The First 20,000 Years by James M. Roth
The history of Canada can seem like a subject as large and expansive as the country itself, and for those of us who haven’t attended a history class in a while, it may just feel too big to tackle. Academic histories full of footnotes and jargon...
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That's Rich: the Rise and Fall of the BC Liberals
A Biography of Rich Coleman by Judi Tyabji
In the unpredictable tangle of British Columbian politics, people and the parties they represent can appear, ascend, and then vanish in notoriety or irrelevance, all before your eyes. The pièce de résistance? Truth doesn’t have to factor into it....
