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  • The Bushman’s Lair

    On the Trail of the Fugitive of the Shuswap

    Some of Western Canada’s most enduring legends involve wilderness fugitives like the Mad Trapper of Rat River or Gunanoot of the Skeena. This book is about one of the most mysterious and most recent fugitives, the Bushman of the Shuswap, who made national headlines while on the lam in the wilderness around Shuswap Lake during the turn of the millennium. For several years he played cat and mouse ... Leer más

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  • Scrubbing the Sky

    Inside the Race to Cool the Planet

    An in-depth look at the people and the science behind our attempts to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere with direct air capture.Drawing on interviews with stakeholders at the intersection of climate science, energy technology, and public policy, Paul McKendrick's investigation traces more than 20 years of technological development with direct air capture, from Biosphere 2; to multi-million ... Leer más

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  • Murder on the Inside

    The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary

    Shortlisted for the Speaker's Book Award • Shortlisted for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book“You have taken our civil rights—we want our human rights.”On April 14, 1971, a handful of prisoners attacked the guards at Kingston Penitentiary and seized control, making headlines around the world. For four intense days, the prisoners held the guards hostage while their leaders ... Leer más

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  • The Wolfpack

    The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld

    Joined by award-winning Mexican journalist Luis Nájera, leading organized-crime author Peter Edwards introduces a motley assortment of millennial bikers, gangsters and Mafia whose bloody trail of murders and schemes gone wrong led to the arrival in Canada of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations: the drug cartels of Mexico.A man watching the Euro Cup on a restaurant patio is shot dead ... Leer más

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  • Last Call

    A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York

    de Elon Green ...
    **WINNER OF THE EDGAR® AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME**A "terrific, harrowing, true-crime account of an elusive serial killer who preyed upon gay men in the 1990s."-The New York Times (Editor's Pick)"In this astonishing and powerful work of nonfiction, Green meticulously reports on a series of baffling and brutal crimes targeting gay men. It is an investigation filled with twists and turns, but this is ... Leer más

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  • The Donnellys: Massacre, Trial and Aftermath, 1880–1916

    de John Little ...
    Series series The Comprehensive Donnellys
    A story made all the more shocking because it’s true.In 1880, an organized mob of the Donnellys’ enemies murder four family members and burn their house to the ground. Another sibling is shot to death in a house a short distance away. William Donnelly and a teenage boy are the only witnesses to the murders.The surviving family members seek justice through the local courts but quickly learn that ... Leer más

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  • The Door

    My Twenty-Six Years Working Inside Canada’S Prisons

    For Canadian corrections offi cer Vern Thibedeau, it all began at Disney Worldor at least the penitentiary that ironically carried that nickname.Within ten months, he is seriously injured. One year later he has a pistol aimed at his head during an incident in which two officers and a civilian are shot. Four years later, an inmate murders a correctional offi cer, who is Verns friend, and a food ... Leer más

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  • Saving Us

    A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

    United Nations Champion of the Earth, climate scientist, and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe changes the debate on how we can save our future in this nationally bestselling “optimistic view on why collective action is still possible—and how it can be realized” (The New York Times).Called “one of the nation’s most effective communicators on climate change” by The New York Times, Katharine ... Leer más

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  • Mad Like Tesla

    Underdog Inventors and their Relentless Pursuit of Clean Energy

    An "illuminating and important" look at the scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs who are working to save us from catastrophic climate change ( New York Journal of Books).Nikola Tesla was considered a mad scientist by the society of his time for predicting global warming more than a hundred years ago. Today, we need visionaries like him to find sources of alternative energy and solutions to ... Leer más

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  • Electrify

    An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

    de Saul Griffith ...
    An optimistic--but realistic and feasible--action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything.Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now—but what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In Electrify, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint—optimistic but feasible—for fighting climate change while creating millions of new ... Leer más

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  • Speed & Scale

    An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

    “If you care about climate change, John Doerr’s new book, Speed & Scale, offers concrete steps that we can all take to make a difference.” - Barack ObamaWith clear-eyed realism and an engineer’s precision, Doerr lays out the practical actions, global ambitions, and economic investments we need to avert climate catastrophe. Guided by real-world solutions, Speed & Scale features unprecedented, ... Leer más

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  • Generation Us

    The Challenge of Global Warming

    de Andrew Weaver ...
    Series series Rapid Reads
    In clear and accessible language, Generation Us explains the phenomenon of global warming, outlines the threat it presents to future generations and offers a path toward solutions to the problem. The reality of global warming has long been accepted within the scientific community, yet it remains a hotly debated topic at the political and social level. Why is this? Is it the fact that the ultimate ... Leer más

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