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Should We Tax the Rich More?
The eleventh semi-annual Munk Debate considers taxation — should the rich pay more?
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{"id":6813807181883,"title":"Shrewed","handle":"shrewed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy are there so few women in politics? Why is public space, whether it’s the street or social media, still so inhospitable to women? What does Carrie Fisher have to do with Mary Wollstonecraft? And why is a wedding ceremony Satan’s playground?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are some of the questions that bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Elizabeth Renzetti examines in her new collection of original essays. Drawing upon her decades of reporting on feminist issues, \u003ci\u003eShrewed\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about feminism’s crossroads. 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Shrewed
An intelligent and insightful collection of essays on women and feminism from bestselling author and Globe and Mail columnist Elizabeth Renzetti.
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Slim and None
Sports entrepreneur and film producer Howard Baldwin recounts his spirited and hugely entertaining life story.
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Slowing Down to See the World
Slowing Down to See the World celebrates Butterfield & Robinson’s fiftieth anniversary and tells the story of a remarkable journey.
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Somewhere Over the Sea
A beautifully written and deeply intimate work of literary nonfiction that conveys the profound love of one father for his autistic son.
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Son of a Preacherman
The latest work from playwright and creator of Kim’s Convenience, Ins Choi.
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Spin
Marketing strategist and political analyst Clive Veroni’s Spin has been updated to reflect the current era of Brexit and Trump.
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A classic work of Canadian nature and wildlife — updated and reissued with a new design and afterword by the author.
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For educators, this history is a brilliant example of how historians use these historical thinking concepts.” — \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR JAMES LAXER AND \u003cem\u003eTECUMSEH AND BROCK\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An authoritative and sympathetic grasp of Native history … \u003cem\u003eTecumseh and Brock\u003c\/em\u003e promises a valuable alternative to the notion that history is invariably written by the victors. Here, the vanquished also get their due in a story of immensely tragic dimensions.” — \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lively … far-reaching … Laxer has written a rousing piece of Canadian history.” — \u003cem\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Laxer’s book cleverly explains the war and the emergence of a Canadian identity through the lives of British Major General Sir Isaac Brock and Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh … Laxer, a professor of political science at York University, takes a lively approach to the account of the border war that rebuffed an American incursion into Canada. He uncovers fascinating details about North American natives during the early eighteenth century and offers historical sidebars such as the Russian attempt to mediate between the Americans and the British. 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Challenging the official narrative trumpeted by the media, Laxer shows how this war can truly be considered a mission of folly.” — Linda McQuaig, journalist and author of \u003cem\u003eHolding the Bully’s Coat: Canada and the U.S. Empire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jim Laxer has taken a difficult foreign policy issue and made it accessible to every Canadian. In Mission of Folly, Laxer explains in brilliant detail just why most of us feel so uneasy about Canada’s role in Afghanistan. This terrific book will add a needed voice to the debate and fuel the call to bring our troops home now.” — Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is the one book you must read to understand the Afghanistan war.” — Duncan Cameron, rabble.ca political columnist and Visiting Professor, Political Science, SFU\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR JAMES LAXER AND \u003cem\u003eTHE BORDER: CANADA, THE U.S., AND ADVENTURES ALONG THE 49TH PARALLEL\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thoroughly engaging … Spiced with anecdote, telling bits of history, and personal accounts of travels along and across Canada’s borders with the U.S., The Border is informed with the easy grace of the raconteur … At once magisterial and entertaining, The Border is an essential contribution to our knowledge of our country, and our relationship with our southern neighbours.” — \u003cem\u003eEdmonton Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Insightful … Laxer is scrupulous in his scholarship, and one cannot argue with his research.” — \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR JAMES LAXER AND \u003cem\u003eSTALKING THE ELEPHANT: MY DISCOVERY OF AMERICA\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Laxer takes a fresh look at American life as he sets out on a physical and intellectual journey across the country … This is an entertaining, disturbing, and sometimes whimsical snapshot of the Unites States at the dawn of a new century … Highly recommended.” —\u003cem\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is an important book … This is a debate for our time, perhaps for all time … This is a book by a Canadian that can change the United States.” — David Shribman, Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington bureau chief for the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e, in the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Laxer records his vignettes with humour and verve. 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Laxer offers us that gift: the journals of a lively, curious foreigner exploring the U.S.A.” — \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR JAMES LAXER AND \u003cem\u003eTHE UNDECLARED WAR: CLASS CONFLICT IN THE AGE OF CYBER CAPITALIS\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Undeclared War offers a resolute wake-up call … Interesting and provocative.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Laxer does for contemporary economics and public discourse what Steven Spielberg did for the Normandy landing in the first twenty-five minutes of Saving Private Ryan, laying out the grisly groundwork for a future campaign.” — \u003cem\u003eEdmonton Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Laxer] skilfully synthesizes economics, history, and current events to show that social and economic inequalities have steadily deepened in the last decade.” — \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With characteristic rigour and subtlety, James Laxer brings the focus of political debate back where it belongs: to the distribution of social good. The result is a book that not only radiates keen intelligence but, more importantly, communicates a realistic hope for justice.” — Mark Kingwell, author of \u003cem\u003eUnruly Voices: Essays on Democracy, Civility and the Human Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR JAMES LAXER AND IN SEARCH OF \u003cem\u003eA NEW LEFT: CANADIAN POLITICS AFTER THE NEOCONSERVATIVE ASSAULT\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Probing, thoughtful, animated, and intellectually invigorating.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A useful and compelling guide to how the Canadian left arrived at its sorry state, and how it may be able to reassert itself.” — Peter C. 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Staking Claims to a Continent
The second work of history in James Laxer’s North American trilogy looks at the turbulent 1860s, the decade that defined North America.
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His many books include \u003cem\u003eThe Organist: Fugues, Fatherhood, and a Fragile Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, a memoir of his father; \u003cem\u003eSpoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English\u003c\/em\u003e, among other books on language; \u003cem\u003eConversations with a Dead Man: The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott\u003c\/em\u003e, an unconventional look at the Canadian past; and several poetry collections and children’s books. His work has won international praise and has been translated into five languages. He lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARK ABLEY\u003c\/strong\u003e is a nonfiction writer, poet, and journalist. His many books include \u003cem\u003eThe Organist: Fugues, Fatherhood, and a Fragile Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, a memoir of his father; \u003cem\u003eSpoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English\u003c\/em\u003e, among other books on language; \u003cem\u003eConversations with a Dead Man: The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott\u003c\/em\u003e, an unconventional look at the Canadian past; and several poetry collections and children’s books. His work has won international praise and has been translated into five languages. He lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Read by","Contributor_0":"Abley, Mark (CA)","Contributor_1":"Abley, Mark (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the spring of 1978, at age twenty-two, Mark Abley put aside his studies at Oxford and set off with a friend on a three-month trek across the celebrated Hippie Trail — a sprawling route between Europe and South Asia, peppered with Western bohemians and vagabonds. It was a time when the Shah of Iran still reigned supreme, Afghanistan lay at peace, and city streets from Turkey to India teemed with unrest. Within a year, many of the places he visited would become inaccessible to foreign travellers.\u003cbr\u003e\nDrawing from the tattered notebooks he filled as a youthful wanderer, Abley brings his kaleidoscope of experiences back to life with vivid detail: dancing in a Turkish disco, clambering across a glacier in Kashmir, travelling by train among Baluchi tribesmen who smuggled kitchen appliances over international borders. He also reflects on the impact of the Hippie Trail and the illusions of those who journeyed along it. The lively immediacy of Abley’s journals combined with the measured wisdom of his mature, contemporary voice provides rich insight, bringing vibrant witness and historical perspective to this beautifully written portrait of a region during a time of irrevocable change.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487012915","Height":"8.5","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Anansi Audio","MetaKeywords":"adventure stories;the 70s;backpacking;alternative tourism;subculture;middle east;narrative non fiction;nostalgia;iranian revolution;the age of creativity emily urquhart;canadian literature;history;social science;geography","NumberOfPages":"296","OtherText_Accolades_0":"\u003cp\u003eOpen this book and you'll get wafts of sandalwood and spices, of sun-baked roads and thumb-worn pages, and a touch of hippie sweat. Mark Abley's \u003cem \u003eStrange Bewildering Time\u003c\/em\u003e is a gauge of how people have shaped the world and how the world shaped a wide-eyed poet. There's nostalgia, humour, and melancholy throughout this story, warm and honestly told. And as much as it is a look at how a young man changed, how relationships and experience can sometimes make the past seem foreign, I felt the older man very much alive in this — not so much a tale of someone looking back at a former self but of someone eloquently showing that if we keep our desire to search and express, the best parts of youth don't die.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Colin McAdam, author of A Beautiful Truth and Black Dove","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the best kind of travel memoir — a rethinking and deepening of a journey made years ago. The older and wiser Mark Abley meets himself as a young man and the result is an account of the world, then and now, that is eloquent, rueful, and profound.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Elizabeth Hay, author of All Things Consoled: A Daughter’s Memoir","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003eA wonderful book about travel during a time on the threshold of change in the world. \u003cem\u003eStrange Bewildering Time\u003c\/em\u003e lives up to its name and Mark Abley writes of his travels from Istanbul to Kathmandu, and everywhere in between, with eloquent detail, wit, and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"David Farley, author of An Irreverent Curiosity","OtherText_Accolades_3":"\u003cp\u003eThis delightful blend of travelogue and memoir swept me away to a foreign land: the late seventies. Youthful and privileged, Abley and his travel companion understand little of the decolonizing world and people they meet. But with his signature wit, critical candour, and empathy, Abley’s older self offers context and the wisdom of hindsight. An absorbing portrait of regions in rapid transformation and a couple of young outsiders bemused by hospitality, sights and sounds they encounter on their trip of a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Shauna Singh Baldwin, author of What the Body Remembers and The Tiger Claw","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAppeals to an interest in the 1970s counterculture in South Asia, for example the Netflix drama series The Serpent, which is based on the true story of serial killer and fraudster Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on Western tourists travelling the hippie trail during the 1970s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a portrait of South Asian culture and society before the Iranian Revolution, before the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppeals to Boomer nostalgia for lost youth and simpler times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreates a vicarious travel experience for the reader in the time of COVID-19.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAppeals to an interest in the 1970s counterculture in South Asia, for example the Netflix drama series The Serpent, which is based on the true story of serial killer and fraudster Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on Western tourists travelling the hippie trail during the 1970s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers a portrait of South Asian culture and society before the Iranian Revolution, before the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppeals to Boomer nostalgia for lost youth and simpler times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreates a vicarious travel experience for the reader in the time of COVID-19.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Readers will marvel at this nostalgic travelogue.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Providing an intimate glimpse of far-flung regions during times of change, just before some regions became inaccessible to Westerners … An engrossing travelogue with introductions to the Middle East and Central Asia, \u003cem \u003eStrange Bewildering Time\u003c\/em\u003e is nostalgic and thoughtful—a paean and a lament for a time long gone.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Foreword","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“A book often worthy of comparison with such enduring classics of travel literature as Patrick Leigh Fermor’s \u003cem \u003eBetween The Woods And The Water \u003c\/em\u003eand Bruce Chatwin’s \u003cem \u003eIn Patagonia\u003c\/em\u003e.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“A riveting read … vivid and thoughtful.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“Abley masterfully navigates his acknowledgement of his innocent self as a foundation for the book while introducing witty and philosophical remarks that allow the reader to reevaluate the authority of the narrative lens. [\u003cem\u003eStrange Bewildering Time\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a remarkable time capsule of culture and circumstance wrapped up in an enticing story.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMcGill Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"McGill Tribune","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“Abley’s story is simultaneously immediate and retrospective. The journals he kept during his travels offer scenes of vivid detail, while the distance traveled in time allows him to see ironies his 22-year-old self could not have fathomed. The past was a strange, bewildering time—but time itself is strange and bewildering … The blessing of this book is that Mr. Abley’s curiosity and compassion were not lost along the way.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Wall Street Journal","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“A fascinating chronicle … \u003cem\u003eStrange Bewildering Time: Istanbul to Kathmandu in the Last Year of the Hippie Trail\u003c\/em\u003e charts the dissipation of hopes at the end of an era.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Literary Review of Canada","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“Gorgeous and lyrical … \u003cem \u003eStrange Bewildering Time\u003c\/em\u003e is … a meditation on the nature of memory, time and self-knowledge, as well as an account of a region on the brink of turmoil … There is poetry on every page.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMontreal Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Montreal Review of Books","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eA poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ProductFormDescription":"Lossless Format Audio, WAV","PublicationDate":"2023-02-07","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong \u003eA poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"Istanbul to Kathmandu in the Last Year of the Hippie Trail","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
Strange Bewildering Time
A poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation.
