Canadian nonfiction

  • The War on Drugs A Failed Experiment

    Creator

    Mallea, Paula

    Abstract

    A criminal prosecutor discusses the illegal drug trade and the failure of the so-called “War on Drugs” to stop it. In 1971, President Richard Nixon coined the term “War on Drugs.” His campaign to eradicate illegal drug use was picked up by the media and championed by succeeding presidents, including Reagan. Canada was a willing ally in this “war,” and is currently cracking down on drug offences at a time when even the U.S. is beginning to climb down from its reliance on incarceration. Elsewhere in the world, there has been a sea change.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • What to Consider If You're Considering University New Rules for Education and Employment

    Creator

    Coates, Ken S.

    Morrison, Bill

    Abstract

    A degree is no longer a passport to success in today’s job market. Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case. For some students, it’s still a good choice that leads to a successful career after graduation, but for many their degrees are worthless pieces of paper. Choose the wrong program and graduation is more likely to lead to disillusionment and debt than a steady paycheque. Yet parents, guidance counselors, and politicians still push higher education as if it’s the only option for building a secure future. In this book, Ken S.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Green Mama Giving Your Child a Healthy Start and a Greener Future

    Creator

    Gillespie, Manda Aufochs

    Abstract

    From choosing environmentally friendly diapers to identifying the hidden toxins in children’s food, cribs, car seats, and toys, Green Mama discusses topics that are vitally important to new parents. What are the most pressing problems facing new parents today? As the world has become increasingly more complicated, so has parenting. We are concerned about pervasive toxins in the environment and anxious to raise our children in ways that will protect them as well as safeguard our already fragile world.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • A Crucible of Fire The Battle of Lundy's Lane, July 25, 1814

    Creator

    Feltoe, Richard

    Abstract

    From the Battle of Chippawa to Lundy’s Lane, A Crucible of Fire focuses on the period of the War of 1812 leading up to the siege on Fort Erie in September 1814. Following their invasion at Fort Erie and decisive victory at the Battle of Chippawa, an American army of over 5,000 men seemed poised to sweep across the Niagara frontier to Lake Ontario, link up with the American fleet, and complete the final expulsion of the British allied forces from Upper Canada.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Perdu sous la banquise L'histoire du HMS Investigator

    Creator

    Cohen, Andrew

    Fortier, Dominique

    Abstract

    L’histoire de l’équipée du HMS Investigator et de la récente découverte de son épave par une équipe d’archéologues subaquatiques de Parcs Canada. En 1850, le capitaine Robert McClure et l’équipage du HMS Investigator furent dépêchés à la recherche de survivants de l’expédition de sir John Franklin partie cinq ans plus tôt. Ils ne parvinrent pas à retrouver les navires perdus, mais réussirent à identifier la dernière portion du passage du Nord-Ouest à la conquête duquel s’était lancé Franklin.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Ignored but Not Forgotten Canada's English Immigrants

    Creator

    Campey, Lucille H.

    Abstract

    The story of early English Canadian immigration to Canada is finally told in detail. Ignored but Not Forgotten is a compelling and moving account of one of Canada’s foremost immigrant groups: the story of the great migration of English people to Canada that peaked during the early twentieth century.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • You Could Live a Long Time Are You Ready

    Creator

    Green, Lyndsay

    Abstract

    Are you ready to live a long time, or do you dread it? Recent medical advances mean we could live longer, but doesn’t guarantee the quality of that life. In the words of one senior, "We’re not living longer, we’re dying longer." The good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way. Getting older doesn’t have to mean living a limited life. Author Lyndsay Green has interviewed forty successful seniors to talk not just about the problems of old age but its strength and benefits.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • What the Buddha Never Taught 20th Anniversary Edition of the National Bestseller

    Creator

    Ward, Tim

    Davis, Wade

    Abstract

    The 20th Anniversary Edition of the bestselling classic with a new foreword by Wade Davis. "Tim’s journeys took him not only to Asia, but into an inner world of spirit and faith. He has lived on the streets of India, pursued the Dharma in Himalayan monasteries, and joined the community of monks at Wat Pah Nanachat in the jungles of Thailand – a commitment detailed with such humour, honesty and grace in What the Buddha Never Taught". – Wade Davis, author of The Wayfinders, from the new foreword.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • What I Meant to Say The Private Lives of Men

    Creator

    Brown, Ian

    Abstract

    Are the men you know obsessed with strange details? Do they sometimes seem to have less interest in you than they do in box scores and the history of the bolo tie? Do they become sexually aroused at unusual moments — perhaps while reading a history of the Battle of Trafalgar? Why are they fixated on cars and heroes and strippers and silence? Do they ever think about anything but sex? Are they ever faithful? And how can a man be so headstrong about not asking for directions and such a wimp about pain?

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Water Into Wine An Empowering Vision of the Gospels

    Creator

    Harpur, Tom

    Abstract

    Following the extraordinary and ongoing success of his 2004 book The Pagan Christ, scholar and author Tom Harpur was deluged with readers’ requests to go more deeply into the mythological, allegorical approach to the story of Jesus he took in that bestselling book. In Water Into Wine, Harpur sets out the powerful and transforming message that emerges when the Gospels are finally read as they were originally intended to be and as they were understood by the first Christians, such as Origen and Clement.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified