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An exhilarating and blackly funny exploration of migration and borders from an Albanian who grew up in Hoxha's madhouse, longing to cross to Greece, only to find another seam of absurdities and disappointments on his eventual arrival.
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In his #1 bestselling 2004 CBC Massey Lectures, Ronald Wright considers the most urgent questions of the twenty-first century, and of our survival on this earth.
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A set of 5 Audio CDs of CBC's Ideas broadcast lectures of Ronald Wright's #1 bestseller, A Short History of Progress. Read by the author and produced by CBC Audio.
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A richly illustrated edition of Ronald Wright's #1 bestselling 2004 CBC Massey Lectures.
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An introduction to the life of Catharine Parr Traill.
Ages 10 and up
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A novel of unblinking honesty which illuminates the surprisingly thin line that separates aggression from tenderness, and that gives us a picture of a Britain that is strange and yet utterly convincing.
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". . . an engrossing yarn . . . DarkMarket offers an emminently readable, witty narrative that sustains suspense until the very last pages." — Wall Street Journal
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This eye-opening Groundwork Guide shows that democracy arose as a consequence of very specific historical circumstances and that there is no general tendency for it to advance.
Ages 14 and up
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and CNN's Fareed Zakaria go head to head with leading international historian Niall Ferguson and renowned economist David Daokui Li on the key geopolitical issue of the century: the rise of China.
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Rich in period illustrations and photos, this fascinating book recounts the Mexican-American War from both sides of the conflict.
Ages 15 and up
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