<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[bl results for ca:3* nw:180]]></title><description><![CDATA[bl results for ca:3* nw:180]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/pepl/rss/search?query=ca%3A3%2A%20nw%3A180&amp;searchType=bl&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;sort=NEWLY_ACQUIRED&amp;suppress=true&amp;title=Social%20sciences&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:52:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Adulting for Amateurs]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the author of A Product of Genetics (and Day Drinking) comes a rowdy and hilarious new collection of essays on life as an elder Millennial, filled with life lessons on everything from marriage, to parenting, to rolling with the punches when Gen Z mocks your TikTok dances. In Adulting for Amateurs, Jess H. Gutierrez marvels at how -- we can't avoid the fact anymore -- her cohort, the Millennials, are approaching middle age. While 1998 seems like just yesterday, we are now grown ups who feel like we're still growing up. And now, at 42, Jess has quite a trove of stories to tell. Jess is leaning into her geriatric Millennial years, and reflects on how growing up does not necessarily bestow one with maturity. When the fancy dinner covers were lifted to reveal vertically posed sausages -- hundreds of the fanciest wedding guests including the mayor were treated to a demure and refined Jess's explosive guffaws. While Jess's brothers now have wholesome families and responsible jobs, she can't stop one-upping them, even if it gets her brother nearly fired by a potty-brained prank right before he scrubs into surgery. When Jess and her wife booked their first grown up vacation, they discovered too late that their Hawaiian trip was to a Mormon resort and therefore completely alcohol-free. So Jess and her wife bravely put on their big girl panties -- and slunk off in a makeshift escape from this cheerful teetotaler paradise. Turns out, even as a responsible mortgage-owner with three kids and a yard of chickens, Jess might not have matured much beyond her twenties. She's still the woman who had in an earlier era survived queer dating fails and aughts-era pop culture moments -- ultimately discovering that an illegal rave cannot heal a broken heart, and that vampire romance franchises are terrible dating manuals for a budding trailer park lesbian. Altogether, these are the makings of delightful material for this bawdy -- and sometimes poignant, and daresay occasionally wise-new read"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757390</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757390</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gutierrez, Jess H.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/757390012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Misadventures of A Geriatric Millennial</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593854891/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Secret War Against Hate]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Hitler in Los Angeles, the definitive story of the intrepid activists and spies who fought against a resurgent movement of hate in America. Tracing the extraordinary work of these unsung heroes, The Secret War Against Hate provides a groundbreaking reconsideration of the legacy of the 'Good War,' and essential reading on how America today can beat hate once again and build a just and united nation"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C754757</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C754757</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross, Steven Joseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/754757012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781635578003/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Defector]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Defector is the untold story of how the defection of KGB agent Oleg Lyalin led to the expulsion of more than a hundred Soviet spies from Britain. At the heart of Lyalin's story is a narrative entwined with lies, disinformation, Kremlin deception campaigns, paranoia, intelligence failures by the CIA and MI5, and a tangled love life. Unravelling amidst a Soviet mission to plant fake Kremlin 'defectors' within British and American intelligence agencies, this story reveals how the secrets Lyalin divulged, resulted in one of the most dramatic and pivotal moments in the Cold War. Lyalin led MI5 to rethink its relationship with the CIA and, ultimately, helped destroy the reputation of the US agency's head of counterintelligence, James Jesus Angleton. Drawing on newly declassified intelligence files, dozens of interviews with spymasters, and told in full here for the first time by one of Britain's leading commentators on national security, this story reveals how during the darkest moments of the Cold War one of the West's greatest achievements transpired as a result of MI5's break with the CIA. The disclosure of the inside story of this historic event also comes at a time when there is a renewed tension in the relationship between transatlantic spy services -- from the intelligence they share or hold back, to the way they respond to their political masters and stand up to threats from Russia"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755077</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755077</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kerbaj, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755077012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Untold Story of the KGB Agent Who Exposed the CIA and Saved MI5</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443477819/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fort George Murders of 1823]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1823, a series of violent events in northern British Columbia shattered the fragile trading relationship between the local Indigenous community and the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). In The Fort George Murders, best-selling author and historian Geoff Mynett delves deep into the HBC's documentation about this exceptional period in BC history. Writers later in the century took the HBC stories and added invented details and imagined motivation like layers of paint and grime over an old painting. Unfortunately, there are few written records from the Indigenous point of view. With a keen and curious sensitivity, Mynett examines the records, always bearing in mind the likelihood of conscious or unconscious bias of the writers. With the murder of two HBC workers following a situation rooted in personal relationships and complicated by tensions between the Indigenous and the settler communities, the future of New Caledonia's trading district was thrown into crisis. Mynett wades through the imperfect historical record in search of what really happened, seeking to understand this period of dangerous tension: Was the HBC to blame? Would they withdraw from New Caledonia altogether? Would they capture the murderers? And if so, what then? Bringing to life notable figures in British Columbia's history such as Chief Kw'eh, James Murray Yale, John Tod, Sir George Simpson and Sir James Douglas, The Fort George Murders explores how simmering tensions between the HBC and Indigenous community upended a delicate trade alliance, in which many wanted to simply co-exist. In a startling account as gripping as it is uncomfortable, bestselling BC author Geoff Mynett brings us to a breaking point in Canada's fur trade.]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C760894</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C760894</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mynett, Geoff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/760894012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Crisis and Coexistence in New Caledonia</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781773861791/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Not Fair]]></title><description><![CDATA["Why do some adults think it's fine to hit children? Why does the school system fail so many pupils? And when their future is on the line, why can't children vote? How we treat children isn't fair. Despite the lip service paid to their rights, children are still discriminated against in every aspect of their lives- rising levels of child poverty, underfunded and outdated education and childcare systems, controlling parenting practices, and political systems that exclude their voices on issues which will affect them most - not least the climate crisis. Children are not passive victims of oppression, but their resistance and struggle for equality has been largely ignored by the wider social justice movement - until now. In this groundbreaking manifesto, Eloise Rickman argues that it's time to stop viewing children as less than adults and start fighting for their rights to be taken seriously. Radical, compassionate, and profoundly hopeful, this powerful new book signals the start of a long-overdue conversation about how we treat children. Featuring practical solutions and the voices of children and adults who are working towards them, It's Not Fair is a call to embrace children's liberation and the possibility of a better, fairer world. 'Thought-provoking, thorough, and passionately argued. Be prepared to have your mind changed - this may well be the most important book you read all year.' -Penny Wincer, author of Tender 'Revolutionary yet compassionate, It's Not Fair offers a persuasive and paradigm-shifting argument for children's equality. Rickman's deep research, forensic examination, and passionate yet practical tone make this an engaging and hopeful book that simultaneously challenges our deeply held views and offers radical new ideas for children's inclusion in the societies they are soon to inherit. A must-read for parents, educators, activists, and anyone who wishes their voice had been heard as a child.' -Rebecca Schiller, author of Earthed 'This is a book steeped in compassion and humanity. It's Not Fair offers hope that a kinder, fairer world is possible"--Publisher's description.]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C761006</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C761006</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rickman, Eloise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/761006012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Why It&apos;s Time for A Grown-up Conversation About How Adults Treat Children</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781911617174/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Short, Strange Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA["March 4th, 1971: Deep in the Colombian rainforest, a motley crew of 'psychonauts' prepared for what they believed would be the ultimate experiment. Convinced that a mixture of powerful hallucinogenic plants held the key to unlocking human consciousness, they soon found themselves entering hyperspace. The return journey was ... complicated. Present day: Acclaimed journalist John O'Connor is fascinated by this forgotten expedition. What really happened in those jungle depths? Armed with decades-old field notes, new interviews, and a healthy dose of curiosity, O'Connor ventures into the same Amazon territory, retracing the psychonauts' steps through the remote Putumayo in search of a legendary hallucinogen called ukuè--and the truth about an "experiment" that's been quietly gathering dust. Working alongside indigenous Uitoto people who bore witness to it all, O'Connor explores how humanity's relationship with psychedelics has shaped everything from ancient religion to modern medicine. But as he journeys deeper into both the rainforest and the cosmic dimensions these substances reveal, one question keeps nagging at him: Were the psychonauts onto something truly profound--or just profoundly stoned? Some stories are worth the trip."--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757485</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757485</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[O'Connor, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/757485012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>An Untold Story of Magic Mushrooms, Madness, and A Search for the Meaning of Life in the Amazon</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781464218088/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreamer's Daughter]]></title><description><![CDATA["A daughter's inspiring memoir of a childhood short on money, but rich in all the rest, and her eccentric and misguided father who fails spectacularly at everything--except being a loving parent. In a mining town where hope is as tapped out as the gold, a mother abandons her two children, leaving them in the custody of their free-spirited father. Colorful and larger-than-life, Dacker Thicke is a dreamer whose schemes and small businesses never quite pan out. But he's always chasing the next big thing. When they lose everything in a house fire, Dacker considers this the ultimate freedom and leads his children on a cross-country road trip that will force them to rely on his wits and dubious judgment. Amid the chaos, Lori must raise herself and her younger brother--and, on occasion, her father. When she strives for independence, she discovers that it's hard to leave home when home has wheels and keeps following you around. A coming-of-age memoir, Dreamer's Daughter is a life-affirming story about forgiving our parents--and ourselves. It's a celebration of the love we find in even the most unconventional families, and how sometimes we need to leave home to find our way back."--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757422</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757422</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thicke, Lori]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/757422012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Surviving My Childhood and Raising My Father</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668204498/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother Earth Is Our Elder]]></title><description><![CDATA["Award-winning Dene activist and writer Kat℗ł̨̀ą teaches us Indigenous ways to protect and learn from Mother Earth. The Dene in Canada's Northwest Territories have lived alongside nature for many generations. From battling environmental racism on the front lines of historical environmental protests to living a balanced life through effective individual and collective governance, the Dene have long protected Mother Earth from destruction through their intricate knowledge systems, natural laws, and age-old principles. Now more than ever, institutions and citizens alike are seeking out and relying on the resilience of Indigenous knowledge systems to help solve the climate crisis. This book brings together a diverse group of Dene Elders and knowledge carriers on the subject of climate change to answer the calls for help. Adhering proudly to these responsibilities and values, Kat℗ł̨̀ą writes a Dene manifesto fit to address the state of emergency we're in. With evidence of how this all works for the Dene people, we see how it might work for us all. This generous, pragmatic, and hopeful book shows us how to find coexistence with Mother Earth and embrace the wisdom of our local Indigenous communitie"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755569</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755569</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lafferty, Catherine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755569012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Northern Indigenous Perspective on the Climate Crisis</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780771018572/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Falling]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the bestselling, prize-winning author of SAY NOTHING, a powerfully compelling account of a family devastated by the apparent suicide of their nineteen year-old son, only to discover he had created a separate identity which drew him into the dangerous international criminal underworld underlying London's glittering surface. In the early morning of November 29th, 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of MI6, Britain's spy agency, captured a video of a young man pacing back and forth on a balcony of Riverwalk, a luxury building on the opposite bank of the Thames River. At 2:24 a.m., he jumped. In a quiet London neighborhood several miles away, Rachelle Brettler was worried. She hadn't heard from her son Zac, who told her he had gone to stay with a friend for the night, but wasn't answering his phone. Five days later, a police car pulled up in front of the house, and she knew she was about to hear the news every parent dreads: Her son was dead. In their unbearable grief, Rachelle and her husband Matthew tried to understand what had happened to Zac. He had his troubles, but in no way seemed suicidal. But his death was just the beginning of the shocks: The man who owned the apartment in Riverwalk, a wealthy businessman named Akbar Shamji, told them he knew Zac by a different identity: Zac Ismailov, the child of a wealthy Russian oligarch, whose widowed mother was living in Dubai and freezing him out of his inheritance. Then they learned that the apartment was occupied by a notorious gangster known as "Indian Dave" in London criminal circles. Indian Dave had been implicated in a gangland slaying and fled the country, but for opaque reasons came back to England and was never prosecuted. From the physical evidence and recovered text messages between Shamji and Sharma, it appeared something very different than a suicide had taken place in Riverwalk that night. But to the immense frustration of the Brettlers, Scotland Yard seemed to have no interest in investigating. In a bravura piece of reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe delves into a story that peels back multiple layers of mystery, and exposes the seedy truths beneath the glamourous London of posh mansions and private night clubs, a world sustained and abetted by fundamental corruption. Zac Brettler was not the only person in the tale spinning lies. London Falling is a mesmerizing investigation of an inexplicable death, fueled by multiple turns and revelations, but at its heart it is a deeply empathetic portrait of a family trying to understand not just why their son died, but who he was"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755389</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755389</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keefe, Patrick Radden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755389012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Mysterious Death in A Gilded City and A Family&apos;s Search for Truth</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385675482/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Astonishing Lives of Older Women]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Astonishing Lives of Older Women offers both cautionary tales from courageous women and practical financial insights, empowering women to navigate the challenges of career decisions, family responsibilities, and long-term financial planning with greater awareness and confidence. A powerful exploration of the financial realities women face as they age -- and the resilience, reinvention, and relationships that sustain them. Women are living longer than ever, but for many, those extra years come with financial uncertainty. This book tells the stories of women who, after raising children, managing households, and working in fulfilling careers, find themselves now alone and surviving on the edge. A national housing crisis hits harder when the gender pension gap leaves women with significantly less retirement income than men, but this crisis isn't inevitable. A CEO, a legal scholar, and a feminist economist offer essential advice on careers, pensions, and relationships, while the voice of a young writer from Lainey Gossip reveals why financial independence is non-negotiable. This book looks at how women can embrace this new longevity with strength and purpose. A wake-up call for women of all ages, it is an inspiring testament to the lasting social and economic contributions of women. The astonishing lives of older women are not defined by money or men. They are defined by resilience, purpose, desire, and the unbreakable bonds of female friendship"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755145</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755145</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Welsh, Moira]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755145012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How to Create Pleasure Over Peril in Peak Longevity</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781770418004/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Fertility]]></title><description><![CDATA["From award-winning journalist Kathryn Blaze Baum, a powerful account of one woman's quest for answers -- and a miracle -- from the big business of fertility. After having their first child without issue, Kathryn and her husband were trying for a second. She suffered one miscarriage after another, and ultimately turned to in vitro fertilization for help. A fertility odyssey ensued: two IVF clinics, many failed embryo transfers, two surrogates, more than 100 transvaginal ultrasounds and an untold number of blood draws. She gave herself hundreds of injections. Had nearly two hundred eggs removed from her body. And spent hundreds of thousands of dollars. But a story told in numbers is far from the whole picture. While Kathryn's struggles were extreme, they're also alarmingly common. It's not often, though, that an investigative reporter with the skill to probe her own quest and the fertility sector more broadly finds herself at the centre of the story. Using her own experiences as a jumping-off point to propel a page-turning personal narrative, one of Canada's top journalists gives voice to the women and families at the industry's mercy. She dives deep into a world ripe for scrutiny while peeling back layers, exploring the exhilarating highs and the devastating lows of her own journey. Countless hours of research and more than 100 interviews later, Kathryn shines a light on the key players and pressing issues in the realm of assisted reproduction. Her examination of the industry delves into matters of access, ethics, the law, trauma, economics and the relationships between clinics, surrogacy agencies and patients -- whose needs and best interests aren't always the priority. Perhaps most importantly, In Fertility asks the difficult questions and uncovers essential truths for anyone embarking on their own fertility journey. The result is a tour de force, with an incredible plot twist, that will leave you feeling shocked, uplifted, informed and hopeful"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755565</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755565</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blaze Baum, Kathryn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755565012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Story of A Miracle and the Big Business Behind It</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735249592/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Forest Breathes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The scientist who pioneered the once-radical -- and now broadly accepted -- concept of sophisticated communication between trees returns with a book that blends rigorous science and neglected Indigenous wisdom to show that when we take responsible steps, reversing the effects of climate change is within reach.]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757506</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757506</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simard, S.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/757506012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735241725/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Public Joy]]></title><description><![CDATA["During the last few months, during a crucial moment in Black life in North America, Jay Pitter has been engaging directly and passionately in the protest movement around police violence, and through the lens of her work as a placemaker, highlighting all the ways in which Black life is restricted in the realm of public space. She has moderated two extraordinary panels on the question, discussions that have been hugely influential in understanding just what the protests are about, and what is being fought for (links attached to this form). Jay would like to formalize her contribution to the conversation in the form of a five-part essay which would address the ways in which anti-Black racism constructs and constrains public space, and the insistent and essential fight to claim that same space for Black joy."--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C759382</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C759382</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pitter, Jay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/759382012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780771051913/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincerely, Katherine]]></title><description><![CDATA["Facing our greatest fears is the pathway to the kind, inclusive, and sustainable world we all long for. Imagine holding a secret so big that sharing it could mean destroying the life you built and hurting those you love. Imagine sharing and embracing a secret so powerful that it could transform your life, your relationships, and how you see and lead in the world. As one of Canada's most senior and recognized corporate executives, Katherine Dudtschak had a masculine name and appearance that did not reflect her truth. She had built a life of material success, yet something essential was missing. Katherine was born to immigrant parents who came to Canada after surviving World War II camps. Her early years were marked with post-war trauma, financial stress, and learning difficulties. Fuelled by a passion for a better life, she became a loving parent to four children and a top executive at Canada's largest bank. But everything changed in a moment while visiting her daughter's university dorm. A gender inclusivity poster spoke to a truth she'd buried deep inside. She saw Katherine: the woman and the essence of who she had always been. At 50, she affirmed her gender, coming out as Katherine to the corporate world in front of 80,000 colleagues. Her courage proved that authenticity and leadership are not only compatible but essential. Katherine ignited change, inspiring a more inclusive and compassionate approach to leadership. She amplified voices from all walks of life, especially those who knew hardship, adversity, and the feelings of not belonging. She created space for human uniqueness to be seen and valued as a vital ingredient in building the kind, inclusive, and sustainable world we long for. Sincerely, Katherine. is a story of resilience, self-love, and the profound impact of leading with authenticity, inclusivity, and purpose. She inspires each of us to foster a harmony within ourselves, and with each other and the natural world we are part of and share"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755630</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755630</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dudtschak, Katherine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755630012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Life, Gender, Inclusivity, and Leadership for the Future</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781774586921/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Origins of Totalitarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[In recent years, The origins of totalitarianism has become essential reading as we grapple with the rise of autocrats and tyrannical thought across the globe. The book begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. Hannah Arendt then explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our time, Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, which she adroitly recognizes were two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. From this vantage point, she discusses the evolution of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotalitarian world, the use of terror, and the nature of isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination. This edition includes an introduction by Anne Applebaum -- a leading voice on authoritarianism and Russian history -- who fears that "once again, we are living in a world that Arendt would recognize."]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C760292</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C760292</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arendt, Hannah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/760292012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063354487/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Needs Friends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Actor and writer Andrew McCarthy explores the nature of male friendship in contemporary America as he travels across the country reconnecting with friends and reflecting on loneliness, masculinity, and the importance of human connection.]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757508</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757508</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[McCarthy, Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/757508012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>An Unscientific Examination of Male Friendship Across America</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781538768945/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[End of the Road]]></title><description><![CDATA["For decades the trucker was a symbol of independence, a knight-errant of the open road. Today, drivers are treated not like people at all, but merely as "inputs" necessary (for now) in moving things from place to place. Truckers are spied on by corporations and governments, regulated into serfdom by politicians and bureaucrats, and considered an afterthought by managerial elites who despise those who do real work with their hands. Gord Magill, a third-generation trucker who has driven the ice roads of the Great White North, the deserts of the Australian Outback, and everywhere in between, shows how surveillance technology makes today's cab a virtual prison, demoralizing drivers and eradicating truck-stop culture. He reveals the immigration scams putting grossly unqualified drivers behind the wheel. And he gives an inside account of the trucker-led "Freedom Convoy" that provoked the most thorough persecution of political dissenters in Canadian history. End of the Road describes the human and cultural consequences of a short-sighted quest for efficiency that assigns good jobs a value of zero. Fresh and authentic, this book is a working-man's call to save the dignity and freedom not just of truckers, but of all blue-collar workers"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C758425</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C758425</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Magill, Gord]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/758425012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Inside the War on Truckers</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781967613021/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Pogue tells the iconic company's entire life story: how it was born, nearly died, was born again under Steve Jobs, and became, under CEO Tim Cook, the most valuable company in the world. The book features photos, new facts that correct the record and illuminate its subversive culture, and fresh interviews with the legendary figures who shaped Apple into what it is today.]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757393</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C757393</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pogue, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/757393012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The First 50 Years</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982134594/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shut up and Read]]></title><description><![CDATA["Jeannine Cook always thought she'd open a bookshop in her old age. Raised by a blind librarian, books were integral to her life, and she expected she would eventually write one as well. Instead, Jeannine found herself a burnt-out workaholic with three jobs and no time to read or write, feeling like she hadn't fulfilled her purpose. In her journal, Jeannine began an imaginary dialogue with Harriet Tubman, "Q&As" she dubbed Conversations with Harriett. Jeannine wondered how Harriet became a "wade through waist-high water in the winter" type of woman -- and how she could become one too. On February 1, 2020, Jeannine fulfilled her dream and opened a bookstore in Philadelphia which she named after her hero and inspiration, Harriet Tubman. Harriet's Bookshop would be a place to celebrate women authors, artists, and activists. While the name was ironic -- Harriet could neither read nor write -- it was also fitting. The City of Brotherly love was one of Harriet's first stops to freedom on the Underground Railroad. But in only six weeks, Jeanne would be forced to shut the shop's doors when Covid turned the world upside down -- not knowing whether her dream would survive. Five years later, this small independent bookshop is thriving, with satellite stores in unconventional places, from movie theaters to horse trailers. Despite global death and destruction, book bans, the downward spiral in readership, the lack of physical customers, AI, and more, Jeannie's shops have survived. Shut Up & Read is her story-the story of the little bookseller who could, and of the woman who has been the driving force behind it all"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C754884</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C754884</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cook, Jeannine A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/754884012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir From Harriett&apos;s Bookshop</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063428232/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons From A Lifetime]]></title><description><![CDATA[Across his 90 years on planet Earth, David Suzuki has inspired generations of his followers to fight for environmental and social causes with courage and conviction. In Lessons From a Lifetime , Suzuki shares pearls of wisdom and hard-earned lessons for the next generation of activists, alongside personal stories and heartfelt contributions from his friends and family, his admirers, and even his opponents, including: Margaret Atwood, Neil Young, Jane Fonda, Elizabeth May, Justin Trudeau and many more. In words and photographs, Lessons From a Lifetime shares David Suzuki's journey from surviving internment camps as a Japanese-Canadian child to becoming North America's most trusted voice in science communication. The book charts his years as a geneticist and superstar professor at the University of British Columbia; his dedication to demystifying complex science through his public broadcasting work, especially his beloved CBC Television program, The Nature of Things; his founding of The David Suzuki Foundation; and his unparalleled dedication to standing up for Indigenous and environmental rights, a dedication that continues today. A stunning tribute to a fearless truth-teller who transformed how we understand our relationship with the natural world, Lessons From a Lifetime belongs on every bookshelf. Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C754765</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C754765</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Suzuki, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/754765012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>90 Years of Inspiration and Activism</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781778403606/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Fight for Justice]]></title><description><![CDATA["How Latin American migrant workers overcame broken promises and recovered their dreams, with support from Canadian unions, to win justice in a landmark court decision. In April 2006, 42 Latin Americans landed in Vancouver to excavate tunnels for the Canada Line Skytrain. They thought they'd won the lottery with promised wages far above what they would earn at home. But the reality was miserable wages, unpaid overtime and inadequate living conditions -- they worked 66 hours per week for less than $4 per hour. It was the beginning of the Canadian construction industry's reliance on migrant workers and the treatment of temporary foreign workers has made headlines ever since. Barrett, fluent in Spanish and a researcher for BC Building Trades unions, began his involvement by investigating the allegation that migrant workers were earning less than $4 per hour. He shares his unique insider perspective as he joined the team of union organizers and became a liaison between workers, union officials and lawyers throughout the court battles. The workers' resentment grew in the face of employer lies, intimidation, coercion and prejudice. Most of them came from a group of villages in central Costa Rica. They grew up together, sharing a background of poverty and hardship. These common bonds gave them the courage they needed to face fears of employer retaliation as they organized, which resulted in a successful vote for union certification, a first for temporary foreign workers in the Canadian construction industry. But their victory was short-lived and their unity was broken by a series of employer “sticks and sweeteners.” But the fight for fairness continued at the BC Labour Relations Board (BCLRB) and, ultimately, at the BC Human Rights Tribunal in a race against time before the workers left Canada with the completion of the tunnels. In 2008, the tribunal delivered a triumphant decision, a landmark case in the evolving issue of global migration. Workers were awarded $2.4 million to compensate for discrimination based on country of origin; for wages, inferior accommodations, meals and expenses and injury to dignity and feelings. A Fight for Justice is an inspiring story of collective action and relationships across progressive communities in Canada and Latin America and offers a remarkable story of migrant workers successfully fighting for fairness and equality"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755158</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755158</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrett, Joe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755158012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Compelling Story of Temporary Foreign Workers &amp; Human Rights</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781553807391/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Secret History of the Rape Kit]]></title><description><![CDATA["In 1972, Martha 'Marty' Goddard volunteered at a crisis hotline, counseling girls who had been molested. By the end of the decade, she had launched a campaign pushing hospitals and police departments to collect evidence of sexual assault and treat survivors with dignity. She designed a new kind of forensics tool--the rape kit--and new practices of evidence collection that spread across the country. Yet even as Marty fought for women's rights, she allowed a man to take credit for her work and then vanished into obscurity. [This book] chronicles one journalist's mission to understand a crucial innovation and the problematic history of forensics in America. As Pagan Kennedy hunts for answers to the mystery of Marty Goddard, she reflects on her own experiences with sexual assault and her desire for justice."--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C758554</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C758554</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kennedy, Pagan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/758554012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A True Crime Story</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593314715/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Beginning Comes After the End]]></title><description><![CDATA["Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. In this sequel to her enduring bestseller Hope in the Dark, Solnit surveys a world that has changed dramatically since the year 1960. Despite the forces seeking to turn back the clock on history, change is not a possibility; it is an inevitability. The changes amount to nothing less than dismantling an old civilization and building a new one, whose newness is often the return of the old ways and wisdoms. In this rising worldview, interconnection is a core idea and value. But because the transformation is obscured within a longer arc of history, its scale is seldom recognized. While the white nationalist and authoritarian backlash drives individualism and isolation, this new world embraces antiracism, feminism, a more expansive understanding of gender, environmental thinking, scientific breakthroughs, and Indigenous and non-Western ideas, pointing toward a more interconnected, relational world"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755156</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755156</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Solnit, Rebecca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755156012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Notes on A World of Change</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798888904510/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unshaming]]></title><description><![CDATA["It's been over a decade since Jowita Bydlowska published her bestselling lightning rod of a memoir on overcoming alcohol addiction as a young mother. Both hailed and criticized for its no-holds-barred transparency, Drunk Mom was--and continues to be--refreshing and revelatory in its gritty exploration of addiction and relapse in the context of new parenthood, specifically from the experience of a woman. But what happens after the last page is turned, after the "happy ending" of an addiction the world assumes is safely in the rearview? When Bydlowska relapses after the success of her book, her overwhelming sense is one of shame. She struggles to reconcile the knowledge that she's helped bring comfort and hope to countless readers with her own frustration and mounting fear that the truth will only let others down. In prose that is by turns harsh and beautiful, tender and devastating, she writes about her ensuing spiral into alcoholism--and the climb back up and out. Unshaming is a raw, unsparing navigation of the intricacies of shame. With the same generosity and grim humour that made Drunk Mom such a standout, Bydlowska uses her own story as a vehicle to interrogate and challenge the narrative surrounding addiction, exploring the ways in which the conversation has both evolved and stayed the same over the last decade. Told with breathtaking narrative immediacy, Unshaming transcends the typical self-help memoir and punches through every expectation about what the perfect woman, mother, and writer in recovery should look like."--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755576</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C755576</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bydlowska, Jowita]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755576012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Recovery, Relapse, and What Comes After</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780771020674/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Healing Power of Korean Letter Writing]]></title><description><![CDATA["A charming ode to the lost art of connecting through the handwritten letter, from the owner of the beloved Seoul stationery shop Geulwoll. Juhee Mun once doubted whether handwritten letters had a place in our ultra-fast-paced world, but the runaway success of her stationery shop Geulwoll, established in 2019, quickly became known as a tranquil place where people can write and send letters, buy gorgeous pens and letter paper, and sign up for a distinctive pen-pal service: customers pick up a letter written by an anonymous pen pal but only if they write one in return. Every day Mun witnessed customers enjoying the rare pleasure of sitting down and putting pen to paper, and in The Kind Art of Korean Letter Writing, she shares the joy with others who crave the unique type of connection and careful consideration that comes from handwritten letters. Through eighteen short chapters, from practical subjects like The Best Time to Write a Letter and Choosing Letter Paper and Envelopes to more sentimental ones like What Only Letters Can Do, Juhee Mun gently reveals the healing, nostalgic power of the written note. Personal stories and wisdom from famous letter-writers provide the encouragement for readers to craft touching, humorous, loving and healing notes for everyone in their lives -- maybe a stranger, or maybe even themselves. The Kind Art of Korean Letter Writing is the ultimate love letter to an age-old practice that fosters connection to yourself and others, and offers a potent antidote to the fast-paced, online world of today"--]]></description><link>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C759368</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S12C759368</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mun, Juhee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://pepl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/759368012</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781039013766/MC.GIF&amp;client=strtp&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>