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Book cover: Red alarm clock face on a purple background. Lines indicate it is ringing.

Unsettling Canada by …

November 25, 2017
About the book Author: Manuel, Arthur with Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson, forward by Naomi Klein Title: Unsettling Canada : A national wake-up call Publication: Toronto : …
Book cover: Shows very large purple moon rising in a yellow sky, young man with hands in pockets watches it in foreground.

The dispossessed: An …

December 1, 2016
About the book Author: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Title: The dispossessed: An ambiguous utopia Publication: New York : Harper & Row, [1974]. ISBN 0060125632. DAISY audio format …
Book cover for Plato and the Platypus, showing the philosopher in a left-facing profile and the mammal in a right-facing profile. The rest of the cover imitates an old and elegant half-calf tome from the turn of the last century.

Thomas Cathcart's greek …

November 2, 2016
About the book Author: Cathcart, Thomas (1940- ) and Daniel Klein. Title: Plato and a platypus walk into a bar…: Understanding philosophy through jokes. (2006) Publication: …
Book cover: Shows a beautiful young woman in a gown with an Elizabethan ruff. The background has decorative filigree.

The other queen by …

November 1, 2016
About the book Author: Gregory, Philippa Title: The other queen Publication: London : HarperCollins, 2008. ISBN 9780007190348. DAISY audio format narrated by Anne Glatt and Marc …
Book cover: Shows the inside of a subway station platform, there are no people visible, and the train's doors are open.

Some great idea by Edward …

March 3, 2013
About the book Author: Keenan, Edward Title: Some great idea: good neighbourhoods, crazy politics and the invention of Toronto. Publication: Toronto : Coach House Books, c2013. 175 …
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