Lament for a Nation (Carleton Library Series, #205)
By: George Parkin Grant
3.65
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
Canadians have relatively few binding national myths, but one of the most pervasive and enduring is…
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1. Poetics
By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more
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2. Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods , T.J. Reed
3.69
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, has become a class… read more
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3. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert … read more
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4. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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5. Radical Tories: The Conservative Tradition in Canada
By: Charles Margrave Taylor , Charles P.B. Taylor
3.36
Format: 317 pages,
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6. Son of Hamas
By: Mosab Hassan Yousef , Ron Brackin , مصعب حسن يوسف
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group … read more
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7. A Little History of Canada: Third Edition
By: H.V. Nelles
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
This lively and opinionated history is a whirlwind tour of the Canadian land and inhabitants from t… read more
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8. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Unknown , Christopher Tolkien
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Sir Gawain and the Green Knightand Pearlare two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. S… read more
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9. Min kamp 5 (Min kamp #5)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
4.33
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
Femte bind av den selvbiografiske romanen Min kamp er skrevet med voldsom kraft og oppriktighet. Ka… read more
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10. The Longer I'm Prime Minister: Stephen Harper and Canada, 2006-
By: Paul Wells
3.78
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
WINNER 2014 - Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction The definitive portrait of Stephen Harper in power … read more
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11. The Aeneid
By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald
4.50
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more
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12. Downton Abbey: The Complete Scripts, Season Two
By: Julian Fellowes
4.40
Format: 192 pages, ebook
The full scripts of award-winning Downton Abbey, season two including previously unseen commentary … read more
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13. Warlords
By: Tim Cook
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Two portraits flank the doors leading into Canada's House of Commons: Sir Robert Borden to the left… read more
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14. Runaway Horses
By: Yukio Mishima , Michael Gallagher
3.08
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns … read more
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15. The Symposium
By: Plato , Christopher Gill
4.09
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more
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"The truth about eros is terrifying."-Plato, The Symposium
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"-Plato, The Symposium
"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."-Plato, The Symposium
"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"-Plato, The Symposium
16. Homage to Catalonia
By: George Orwell , Lionel Trilling
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fa… read more
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17. When McKinsey Comes to Town
By: Walt Bogdanich
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more
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"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town
18. A Thousand Ships
By: Natalie Haynes
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. They have waited long enough for their tu… read more
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"Because really, how many cannibalistic giants can one Greek plausibly meet as he sails the open seas?"-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
"We are all human. That means there is something about our experience that is the same. Otherwise, we would not all be human."-Natalie Haynes, A Thousand Ships
19. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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20. Menti tribali: Perché le brave persone di dividono su politica e religione
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4.21
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21. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
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4.57
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22. Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life
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23. Lament for a Nation (Carleton Library Series, #205)
By: George Parkin Grant
3.65
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
Canadians have relatively few binding national myths, but one of the most pervasive and enduring is… read more
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26. The Politics of War: Canada's Afghanistan Mission, 2001-14
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4.30
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History of republican government and the impact of the monarchy. read more
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28. Doodem and Council Fire: Anishinaabe Governance through Alliance
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30. The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada
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4.34
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