Social Science
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Quotations For the Public Person
Wit and Wisdom of the Ages by Judge Robert C. Coates and Robert E. Miner
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I have studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you...
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Diamond Gods Of the Morning Sun
The Vancouver Asahi Baseball Story by Ron Hotchkiss
This is the story of the Asahi, a Japanese Canadian baseball team that was formed in 1914 and competed in Vancouver's Caucasian leagues between 1918 and 1941. Using a strategy called "brain ball," the smaller Japanese defeated the larger white...
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The Funny Thing about Death
Changing Our "No Tears, Please" Culture by Donna Lynne Erickson
Death is among the most natural, and most confusing, parts of being human. Its inevitability and universality do nothing to alleviate our messy feelings about the subject. It’s why you have no idea what to say when your friend loses a beloved...
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Saving Humanity
Truly Understanding And Ranking Our World's Greatest Threats by Jiaqi Hu
Our world faces threats on many fronts—terrorism, environmental and natural disasters, and pandemics, to name just a few. In light of these growing dangers, we must ask: Is the total annihilation of the human race inevitable, or can we be saved?...
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Tales From A**Hole Road
Our Journey Through Harassment by Tim Stevich
When Christine and Tim Stevich decided to renovate a unique old house they had lived in for over a decade, located outside a small, rural town, they thought they had made the right decision. After renovating it into their dream home, they...
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VisAble and Empowered
Tara’s Top Tips for Living Freely, Fully, and On Purpose by Tara Geraghty-Ellis
Living with a disability or chronic illness can be extremely frustrating. In addition to the pain and symptoms you have to deal with there are the many barriers you face on a daily basis. Then when you try to get anything done to improve your...
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Celebration
Chinese Canadian Legacies in British Columbia by Published by the Province of British Columbia, Canada
Chinese Canadians have been among the earliest of settlers to this land we now call British Columbia. This book celebrates a community whose legacy can be found as physical traces in the landscape, and in the social and economic transformations...
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When Justice Fails
Now I Lay Me Down My Heart by Dr. Bonnie Clark Douglass
In 1997, George Henderson, who was staying in a homeless shelter, asked for the help of author, Dr. Bonnie Clark Douglass. George’s brother Paul Henderson, who was nicknamed “Poncho”, was only 17 when he went missing on Halloween night. Poncho's...
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Being 2.0
On Culture, Belonging, and Identity by Razique Mahroua
To which degree does said culture define oneself and one’s choices? Can one shed the layers of cultural conditioning past the thickness education creates? Being 2.0 aims to reflect on such questions and offer the reader a transpersonal experience...
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Capitalism Is Fallen
A Guide to Economic Principles for Success by Elwin Kettner
Over the centuries economies have risen and fallen. In modern times, capitalism has delivered great advances, has great potential but now the system is failing. There is growing inequality, the middle class is disappearing and poverty continues....
