Children of the Broken Treaty by Charlie Angus
“Based on extensive
documentation assembled from Freedom of Information requests, Angus establishes
a dark, unbroken line that extends from the policies of John A. Macdonald to
the government of today. He provides chilling insight into how Canada--through
breaches of treaties, broken promises, and callous neglect--deliberately denied
First Nations children their basic human rights.” –Amazon
Devil's Bargain: Steve
Bannon, Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency by Joshua Green
“From the reporter who
was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the
partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump—the key to understanding the
rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that
drove the greatest upset in American political history.” –Amazon
God Is Not One: The
Eight Rival Religions That Run the World by Stephen Prothero
“Why do we pretend that
the world's religious traditions are different paths to the same God? Scholar
Stephen Prothero argues that it is time to replace naive hopes of
interreligious unity with deeper knowledge of religious differences. He
maintains that each religion attempts to solve a different human problem, and
examines each of these traditions on its own terms to create an indispensable
guide for anyone who wants to better understand the big questions.” –WorldCat
In Search of A Better
World by Payam Akhavan
“The 2017 CBC Massey
Lecture is an essential analysis of the major human rights struggles of our
times by internationally renowned human rights lawyer and former UN prosecutor
Payam Akhavan.” –WorldCat
No Is Not Enough:
Resisting the New Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein
“In No Is Not Enough,
Naomi Klein embraces a lively conversation with the reader to expose the forces
behind Trump's success and explain why he is not an aberration but the product
of our time--Reality TV branding, celebrity obsession and CEO-worship, Vegas
and Guantanamo, fake news and vulture bankers all rolled into one. And she
shares a bold vision, a clear-eyed perspective on how to break the spell of his
shock tactics, counter the rising chaos and divisiveness at home and abroad,
and win the world we need.” –Amazon
The Road to Jonestown: Jim
Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn
”In this riveting
narrative, Jeff Guinn examines Jones’s life, from his extramarital affairs,
drug use, and fraudulent faith healing to the fraught decision to move almost a
thousand of his followers to a settlement in the jungles of Guyana in South
America. Guinn provides stunning new details of the events leading to the fatal
day in November, 1978 when more than nine hundred people died—including almost
three hundred infants and children—after being ordered to swallow a
cyanide-laced drink.” –Amazon
Trudeau's Darkest Hour:
War Measures in time of peace, October 1970 by Guy Bouthillier and Édouard
Cloutier
“In this anthology of
speeches and writings since 1970, eminent Canadian thinkers, journalists, and
political leaders explain how the government under Prime Minister Pierre
Trudeau deceived people and denied justice in October 1970. Arguing that
Trudeau violated the human rights of hundreds of individuals by imposing the
War Measures Act—in response to the kidnappings of British Trade Consul James
Cross and Labour Minister Pierre Laporte—this compilation reveals the motives
behind the strained relationship between Quebec and Canada.” –Amazon
We Will Not Be Silent:
The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell
Freedman
“Russell Freedman tells
the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to
Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older
students, the Scholls and a few friends formed the White Rose, a campaign of
active resistance to Hitler and the Nazis.” –Amazon
You're In The Wrong
Bathroom: Misconceptions About Transgender by Laura Erickson-Schroth and Laura
A. Jacobs
“Bringing together the medical, social, psychological, and political aspects of being trans in the United States today, You’re in the Wrong Bathroom!: And 20 Other Myths About Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about transgender and gender-nonconforming people.” –Amazon
“Bringing together the medical, social, psychological, and political aspects of being trans in the United States today, You’re in the Wrong Bathroom!: And 20 Other Myths About Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about transgender and gender-nonconforming people.” –Amazon