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A fair country: telling truths about Canada
By John Ralston Saul. 2008
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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Canadian history
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In this vision of Canada, Saul unveils 3 founding myths: he argues that the famous "peace, order, and good government"…
that supposedly defines Canada is a distortion of the country's true nature. He describes Canada as a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas. Lastly, he believes that Canada has a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. c2008.In search of pure lust: a memoir
By Lise Weil. 2018
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Canadian fictionBiography, LGBTQ+ biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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When Lise Weil came out in 1976, lesbian desire was the pulsing center of an entire way of life, a…
culture, a movement. The air throbbed with possibility. But after fifteen years of torrid but ultimately failed relationships, Weil had to admit that desire was also a conduit for childhood wounds--and it tended to trump love, over and over again. When a friend invited her to attend a Zen retreat in the mid-'80s, she was desperate enough to say yes. Her first day of sitting zazen was mostly hell--but, smitten with the (female) roshi, she stuck with it. Ultimately, the dive into Zen practice became a turning point in her quest for love. 2018.Mirage
By Don Passman. 2000
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Spy storiesPolice and military
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A mental whiz who runs a cyber-encryption company, John Berger is at the top of his game and sure that…
all his hard work will soon pay off. After playing in a two-day chess tournament, he arrives at work to find his office building bombed and several people killed. When questioned by the police, he explains he was playing chess at the time of the explosion. Then comes a greater shock ("the police tell him the chess tournament never took place.