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J.B. McLachlan: A Biography, New Edition
The story of famed Cape Breton trade unionist, educator, and agitator J.B. McLachlan, the coal miners’ wars of the early twentieth century, and the fight for social justice.
$39.95, Paperback
Gigs, Hustles, & Temps
“Precarious work” contributes to rampant inequality, increased insecurity, and the crisis of public and mental health. “Gigs, Hustles, and Temps” explains why.
$27.95, Paperback
From Layton to Singh
An incisive analysis of the federal NDP since 2000, examining the ongoing, unresolved tension between the party’s idealistic grassroots base and centrist bureaucracy at its core.
$24.95, Paperback
Righting Canada's Wrongs 10 volume set
For educators seeking to build anti-racism learning into Canadian history classes, this 10-book set of classroom materials is an invaluable resource. Each book addresses a major instance of official racism and discrimination spanning more than 150 years. Also included is a free teachers guide to help integrate these titles into class curriculums.
$349.95, SetInterest ages: 13-18
Canada Must Think for Itself
Irvin Studin, one of Canada’s foremost thinkers & strategists, argues that Canada must learn to think for itself in order to survive and succeed in the post-pandemic world. He charts a clear path for asserting Canadian sovereignty and independence in the face of challenges from China, Russia and the United States and overcoming domestic crises.
$27.95, Paperback
Vancouver Ltd.
Donald Gutstein reveals the tangled web of corporate ownership and influence, family relationships and social contacts which held the Vancouver business establishment together in the 1970s
$29.95, Paperback
Corporate Rules: The Real World of Business Regulation in Canada
Corporations and their lobbyists have captured control of most Canadian regulatory bodies. How this happened is documented by field experts, insiders, academics and whistleblowers.
$27.95, Paperback
Residential Schools: Righting Canada's Wrongs
This updated Adult Trade edition includes the findings of unmarked graves at residential schools and examines the work still to be done to implement the Calls to Action of the TRC Report.
$29.95, Paperback
J.L. Ilsley: A Political Biography
This biography of J. L. Ilsley offers a new vantage point on Mackenzie King’s Liberal government during the Second World War and a portrait of a fiscal conservative who opened the floodgates of spending while clamping down on profiteering and the rich.
$27.95, Paperback
Toronto: City of Commerce 1800-1960
Archival images and contemporary photos illuminate the history of Toronto's businesses and industries.
$29.95, Paperback
Mining Country
Mining Country offers the stories of Canadian miners from past and present, from pre-settlement aboriginal mines to the development of Vancouver and Toronto as centres of global mining finance.$29.95, Paperback
Crisis in Canada's Policing
We all know policing is in crisis and requires real reform. Based on 40 years of work on this issue, John Sewell details the deep changes required to reverse the racism, sexism and violence embedded in police forces today.
$24.95, Paperback
Stompin' Tom Connors
An in-depth look at the man who created the myth of Stompin’ Tom, updated with new information.
$24.95, Paperback
Lyme Disease in Canada
An up-to-date resource for anyone worrying about ticks and Lyme disease, including how to deal with ticks and tick bites, the science of the bacteria causing Lyme disease, the controversies about treatment, the role of global warming in the spread of the disease, and resources for those experiencing the disease.
$24.95, Paperback
Share the Wealth!
This book shows how Canada’s steadily increasing wealth — which has mostly gone to the top one per cent over the last 20 years — can be successfully taxed to pay for the social programs Canadians need and want, from pharmacare and child care to better care for the elderly to much lower costs for post-secondary students.
$24.95, Paperback
Basic Income for Canadians
This book, updated in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, presents the evidence for the health and wellbeing benefits of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it.
$24.95, Paperback
How Government Really Works
The authors lift the veil on the work bureaucrats do and offer practical advice on how to survive and even thrive in the bureaucracy.
$22.95, Paperback
John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Year Canada Was Cool
While the Beatles were breaking up, John Lennon and Yoko Ono headed to Canada to stage a bed-in for peace, play a peace concert, and meet prime minister Trudeau.
$24.95, Paperback
The Ku Klux Klan in Canada
The history of the racist terrorist KKK organization in Canada, from street violence, to media intimidation, to influencing elections and everything in-between.
$24.95, Paperback
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