<?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/raymond/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>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:07:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Death of An Ordinary Man]]></title><description><![CDATA["Sarah Perry's father-in-law David died in the autumn of 2022, only nine days after a cancer diagnosis. Until then he'd been a healthy and happy man- he loved stamp collecting, fish and chips, comic novels, his local church, and the Antiques Roadshow. He was in some ways a very ordinary man, but as he began to die, it became clear how extraordinary he was. Sarah and her husband Robert nursed David themselves at home, eventually with the help of carers and visiting nurses. They bathed and cleaned and dressed him, comforted him in pain, sat with him through waking and sleeping, talked to him, sang to him, prayed with him. Day by day and hour by hour, they witnessed what happens to the body and spirit as death approaches and finally arrives"--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4023544</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4023544</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Perry, Sarah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4023544040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781787336001/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Financial Success for Retirees]]></title><description><![CDATA["Retirees should approach their finances differently than during their working years and are faced with unique challenges, so they need advice and solutions tailored to their situation. The perspective offered in Financial Success for retirees is all a part of focusing on your needs first: this book will resonate with you and the stage of life that you are in, and provide you with the information you seek, all while building your financial competence and confidence."--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4023517</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4023517</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4023517040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Featuring Contributions From 28 Top Financial Advisors Across Canada</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781988344454/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeschooled]]></title><description><![CDATA["Stefan Merrill Block was nine when his mother pulled him from school, certain that his teachers were 'stifling his creativity.' Hungry for more time with her boy who was growing up too quickly, she began to instruct Stefan in the family's living room. Beyond his formal lessons in math, however, Stefan was largely left to his own devices and his mother's erratic whims, such as her project to recapture her twelve-year-old son's early years by bleaching his hair and putting him on a crawling regimen. Years before homeschooling would become a massive nationwide movement, at a time when it had just become legal in his home state of Texas, Stefan vanished into that unseen space and into his mother's increasingly eccentric theories and projects. [So] when, after five years away from the outside world, Stefan re-entered the public school system in Plano as a freshman, he was in for a jarring awakening"--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3972006</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3972006</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Block, Stefan Merrill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3972006040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781335000989/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anon]]></title><description><![CDATA["Anon" is a fascinating memoir about the frontiers of technology and the future of romantic relationships by a digital anthropologist who embarked on a multi-year experiment with AI companion technology.]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996796</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996796</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hagel, Caia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996796040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Future of Love and Friendship in the Age of AI : A Memoir</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443473910/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cave Mountain]]></title><description><![CDATA['Cave Mountain' is a compelling true crime story about two young girls who went missing in the same Arkansas woods 23 years apart and the strange circumstances connecting them.]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996772</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996772</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hale, Benjamin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996772040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Disappearance and A Reckoning in the Ozarks</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063398122/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unshaming]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the national bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Drunk Mom, a powerful and transformative memoir exploring the intersection of addiction and shame. 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://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996923</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996923</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://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996923040</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=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Place Like Home]]></title><description><![CDATA["From award-winning journalist Jessica Barrett, an honest and urgent look at our housing crisis and lessons from around the world that will make better homes for all Canadians. After living in Vancouver for her entire adult life, Jessica Barrett packed up her apartment, quit her dream job as a magazine editor, and headed for Calgary in search of an affordable place to call home. In the years since Barrett was priced out of Vancouver, the issue of housing affordability has become a national crisis, fanning the flames of social inequality and setting us up for financial ruin. But our obsession with rising housing prices obscures a more complex and pressing issue: we have lost our reverence for and our understanding of home. In No Place Like Home, Barrett dives behind the headlines and statistics of Canada's housing crisis to examine how it has eaten away at our psyches by undermining our human needs for belonging, connection, and stability. Through a mix of powerful memoir and rigorous journalism, she delivers an eye-opening portrait of our housing system while scouring the world for examples of how we might do things differently, pulling inspiration from the slum communities of Harare, Zimbabwe, the stately streets of Vienna, Austria, and the Cold-war era apartment blocks of West Berlin. In the process, Barrett forms a framework for solutions and the basis for achievable change. Her biggest discovery? We cannot solve our housing crisis until we first address our crisis of home"--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996872</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996872</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barrett, Jessica]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996872040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Missing Key to Our Housing Crisis</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735250253/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boom]]></title><description><![CDATA["The story of the first Turner Valley boom and the charlatans, frauds, and evangelists who made and lost fortunes in the early days of Alberta oil. When the Calgary Petroleum Product Dingman No. 1 Well began operation in Turner Valley on May 14, 1914, it unleashed a spectacular frenzy of greed and excess. In a fever of free-market capitalism over 500 oil companies were created, selling fortunes on paper to eager investors. But fewer than fifty ever drilled for oil, and the Alberta oil industry suddenly began to look like one big swindle. The public, and investors, demanded answers. Enter George Edward Buck, a charismatic revival preacher and self-proclaimed oil tycoon who made himself and his company the centre of every conversation while he salted his wells and misled investors. Far from the only person to profit from the sensational publicity of the Turner Valley Boom, Buck became the public face of all unscrupulous businessmen and an international scapegoat to preserve the integrity of Alberta oil. The Boom is a history of the Turner Valley era that rescues the miscreants and charlatans from obscurity. Industry historian Paul Chastko returns the larger-than-life promoters, wildcatters and oil evangelists to the story. He shows the ways that Albertans, determined to overcome the obstacles of economics, geography, geology, and the market, made a conscious choice to pursue petroleum development and created an oil culture that continues to this day."--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3997410</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3997410</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chastko, Paul A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3997410040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Oil, Popular Culture, and Politics in Alberta, 1912-1924</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781773856667/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money's Not A Math Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA["Beliefs about budgeting - good and bad - are built over time. It's time to put an end to the dysfunctional beliefs you may have about budgeting - the same one that have kept you from getting your money right. That dreads B word (budget) can actually be a powerful tool, but only if you believe you deserve to win just as much as the next person. You've got to believe you can take control of your money. Wrestling with your thoughts ad beliefs about budgeting isn't fun or easy, but this quick read will guide you through the struggle." --]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4023105</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4023105</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Warshaw, Jade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4023105040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Real Reason You&apos;re Broke and What to Do About It</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781942121770/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Mere Motherhood]]></title><description><![CDATA["Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable goals. It's not easy mothering children. In the throes of motherhood, moms often find themselves forgetting something foundational to their own identity: moms are people too. This is a book for mothers, but not about mothering. It's a book about education, but not about teaching children. This is a book about self-education. It is a book about how a mother can capture her moments and days in such a way that they add up to a life worth living. Her life. In Beyond Mere Motherhood, Cindy Rollins shows moms how they can develop their own personhood--how they can keep thinking, growing, and playing. She casts a vision for them to cultivate beauty and wisdom in themselves, even as they faithfully--and busily--mother their children. Cindy shows moms how to pursue their ideal in the midst of reality."--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4023103</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4023103</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rollins, Cindy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4023103040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Moms Are People Too</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781944435417/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right Wing Revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA["The United States of America has long been the lone beacon of freedom and sensibility in a chaotic world. Now, she is under threat from a lethal ideology that seeks to humiliate and erase anyone who does not bow at its altar. The threat in question? Wokeism. In Right Wing Revolution: How to Beat the Woke and Save the West, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk drags wokeism out of the shadows and details the exact steps needed to stop its toxic spread. Right Wing Revolution is not a cautionary tale. Wokeism has already seeped into every aspect of American society. Instead, Charlie Kirk looks to inform and prepare every reader for the coming confrontation against one of the most existential threats the United States has ever faced." --]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4022931</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4022931</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirk, Charlie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4022931040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How to Beat the Woke and Save the West</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781735503790/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dopamine Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA["... A five-step operating manual for habit remodeling that is tailored for parents and their children. After rediscovering what's most important for your family, you'll learn how to create successful boundaries around screens and ultraprocessed foods; replace screen time with equally enticing activities; remove triggers that pull children toward screens and junk food; and, finally, celebrate your family's choices before, during, and after trying new hobbies. These five steps weaken the neurological pathways established by devices and make dopamine work in your favor to get kids to want to pursue high-quality activities that reduce anxiety, create better moods, and diversify interests."--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996713</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996713</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doucleff, Michaeleen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996713040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Science-based Plan to Rewire your Child&apos;s Brain and Take Back your Family in the Age of Screens and Ultraprocessed Foods</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668049839/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Daughtering]]></title><description><![CDATA[A transformative look at the hidden work of all adult daughters who share the invisible load, from the eldest to the youngest, offering a fresh perspective on care, emotional resilience, and the power daughters have to shape healthier, more fulfilling family connections. For readers of both Susan Cain's Quiet and Eve Rodsky's Fair Play. Daughters grow up believing their role in the family is simple: love your parents, help out when you can, and carry on the traditions that bind families together. But adulthood reveals a more complicated reality -- one where women take on the invisible labour of emotional support, crisis management, and unspoken expectations that leave them feeling stretched thin and unseen. So, what is "daughtering"? It's the unpaid, invisible work women do to hold a family together -- checking in, stepping up, and smoothing over -- without ever considering its cost. In Good Daughtering, Dr. Allison M. Alford -- a leading researcher in family communication -- unpacks the untold story of adult daughters and the quiet, essential work they do. Drawing on years of groundbreaking research and personal interviews, she explores how societal expectations, gender roles, and generational dynamics shape the experiences of daughters in ways that are often misunderstood or overlooked. Whether navigating generational expectations or balancing their own lives with the needs of their parents, Good Daughtering reveals the complexities of a role too often taken for granted. Daughters are the ones who do the planning and saving for their futures and those of their families, and support parents emotionally and practically as they age. This book speaks directly to eldest daughters who become family anchors, and the middle and youngest daughters who take on different, but no less important, obligations and responsibilities of being a good daughter. Using sharp insights, relatable stories, and actionable tools, Dr. Alford invites women to reflect on their relationships, recalibrate their roles, and reclaim joy in their lives. Whether you're paying the price for Eldest Daughter Syndrome or find yourself doing the work of caring for parents without recognition, it's time to make your efforts visible and valued. More than a prescriptive guide, Good Daughtering is the long-overdue recognition of daughters who carry the weight in a family. It's a roadmap for creating relationships that are not just functional but flourishing. This is the book every daughter deserves: an invitation to be seen, valued, and empowered in her role while honouring her own needs and desires.]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996777</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996777</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alford, Allison M.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996777040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Work You&apos;ve Always Done, the Credit You&apos;ve Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063436428/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Save Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA["Bestselling author and Canadian financial advisor Kelley Keehn blends neuroscience and evidence-based strategies to help readers overcome barriers to financial security, and take control of their future in an unpredictable world. Financial empowerment goes beyond understanding banking concepts -- mindset really does matter. In Save Yourself, financial advisor and author Keehn explores the psychological and emotional barriers that often stand in the way of financial stability and long-term wealth. Blending applied neuroscience with practical strategies, this book provides a fresh approach to mastering personal finance -- not one-size-fits-all advice. Unlike traditional finance books that focus solely on budgeting or investing, Save Yourself recognizes that the old advice doesn't work anymore. Housing prices are out of reach. Jobs don't come with pensions. Layoffs and side hustles are the new normal. And yet, most financial advice still clings to outdated rules made for a world that no longer exists. Instead, Keehn delves into the why behind financial behaviours -- helping to rewire the mindset for success. For readers who are looking to overcome financial setbacks, safeguard their family's future, or broach sensitive conversations around inheritance, this book offers the strategies and confidence to create a solid financial foundation. Whether you're a Millennial trying to build wealth without owning property, a Gen Xer sandwiched between kids and aging parents or someone who's simply ready to take control -- Keehn provides the message that it's not too late to navigate these challenges, debunk harmful money myths and build lasting security in an unpredictable world"--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996888</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996888</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keehn, Kelley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996888040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A New Approach to Thinking About Money and Taking Control of your Financial Future</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781771624756/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hymn to Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Hymn to Life will tell Gisèle Pelicot's story in her words, offer solace and hope, and make a positive contribution to changing the conversation around shame and to changing the world. In 2024, Gisèle Pelicot inspired and moved millions of people with her astonishing courage and dignity as she chose to waive her right to anonymity in her legal fight against her husband and the 50 men accused of her sexual assault. Gisèle Pelicot's call for shame to change sides in cases of sexual abuse, and the power of the messages she has sent out to the world, have generated an extraordinary public response and moved both women and men all over the world.]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996898</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996898</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pelicot, Gisèle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996898040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Shame Has to Change Sides</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781039058804/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Casino Shift]]></title><description><![CDATA[For fans of The Pitt, a look at life on the front line in one of Canada's busiest ERs The Casino Shift is an hour-by-hour account of what a Canadian emergency room is like in these turbulent times when ER staff must be prepared to see, diagnose, and treat any condition, often under unrelenting pressure. In addition to the introduction of the "casino shift" (a shorter night shift), there have been incredible leaps in technology and the know-how of ER physicians since Dr. Brian Goldman wrote the bestselling The Night Shift fifteen years ago. But patients' problems can be exponentially more complex too. But The Casino Shift is about much more than one shift at one hospital, though. It's also about what goes on in ERs big and small across Canada. From the incredible challenges of practising "waiting room medicine," to discovering untreated cancer in a twenty-something patient, to diagnosing an extremely rare case of auto-brewery syndrome, Dr. Goldman shares the stories of frustrated and burned-out colleagues as well as the passion they have for being there in your hour of greatest need. With inspiring stories about diagnoses made, puzzles solved, and lives saved, The Casino Shift is a raw, revealing, and compelling look at life on the front line.]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996794</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996794</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Goldman, Brian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996794040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Stories From An ER on the Edge</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443473583/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Not You, It's the World]]></title><description><![CDATA["What if the mental health symptoms we face aren't the actual problem? What if they're signals that can help us see and solve the real problem? As our world clashes and collapses around us, it's no surprise that one in two of us will be diagnosed with a mental health condition by the age of forty, with one in five people affected each year. It's hard to view all our mental health symptoms as disordered if so many of us are experiencing them. Perhaps it's not that something's gone wrong in our bodies and minds, but that something's gone right: These symptoms are brilliant alarms and adaptations to help us survive in a disordered world. Having sensitive protective functions that sound alarms or short-circuit when we're threatened isn't a design flaw. It's a design success. As a psychiatrist, professor, and mental health speaker, Joanna Cheek argues that we're not broken or doing it wrong when we're stressed or struggling. As our systems are pushed to the brink of collapse, self-improvement alone neglects the source of our suffering. Instead, to care for ourselves, we must heal the imbalances in our wider systems that keep making us all sick. In It's Not You, It's the World, Dr. Cheek offers a survival guide of mental health tools to care for both ourselves and our collectives and helps us to understand and befriend our alarms so we can come together to solve the shared problems they're signalling. With a foreword by Gabor Maté, chapter-by-chapter guidance, and practical action to empower, connect, and instill hope in the reader, It's Not You, It's the World is the go-to guide for anyone feeling depressed, anxious, enraged, numb, or sick from adapting to a world on fire"--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3972010</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3972010</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cheek, Joanna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3972010040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Mental Health Survival Guide for Us All</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443474412/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most astonishing and extraordinary bequests and last requests found in people's wills.  "This will is uncommon and capricious."  These words actually began a will, which shows that our final words needn't be standard legalese but instead creatively individualistic.  Will Power  tells the riveting stories of big names and "ordinary people" who did just this.There are eccentric wills, in which a mansion and its grounds are inherited by a parrot. Developers could do nothing until it died - and parrots have long lives. There are cautionary tales of family conflict, including the one-page will fought over for two decades by three generations. Want to write a parting shot? Read about the will that mocked the beneficiaries, such as the bequest that said "for my sister because she is married to a minister who (God help him) she hen pecks." Or the contested will that ordered the deceased's horses to be killed by a police firing squad; the bigoted will that bequeathed everything to a neo-Nazi organization; and the will that left far more money to sons than daughters, sparking a landmark gender discrimination case.These stories and many more will amuse, entertain, and inform - for your consideration when you write or revise  your  will.]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996793</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996793</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Goldenberg, Susan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996793040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Most Baffling Bequests, Ludicrous Last Wishes, and Daft Declarations in Final Testaments</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459755826/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Women Living Together]]></title><description><![CDATA["When most of their peers were moving in with romantic partners and having children, Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo chose independence -- savoring solitude, quiet mornings, and the unmitigated freedom of living alone. But in their forties, something shifted, and they were met with a new, unexpected loneliness. Refusing to settle for the outdated choice between marriage or isolation, Hana and Sunwoo made a radical decision: to buy a home and live together -- not as lovers, not as roommates, but as chosen family. Now a bustling household of two women and four cats, Hana and Sunwoo still value solitude, but can do so while sharing a life and its meaning with someone else. Together they navigate the challenges and comforts of cohabiting in midlife, the growing pains of interdependence and the unexpected rewards of compromise when you've grown set in your ways. From sick days to career wins to aging parents and beach-side retirement plans, they are redefining domestic bliss on their own terms, where love, partnership, and home are defined not by tradition, but by choice"--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996946</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996946</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hana, Kim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996946040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063473362/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constitutional Challengers]]></title><description><![CDATA["Behind every great constitutional case, there is a person with a fascinating story. The Supreme Court decides some of the biggest issues in Canadian society: Do Canadians have the right to assisted suicide? Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry? How far does freedom of religion or freedom of expression go? In Constitutional Challengers, Adam Dodek has gathered together twenty-six of the most significant constitutional cases, including five major decisions concerning Indigenous rights. Behind every one of these cases is a person who had a problem to solve and ended up entangled in the Canadian judicial system. Some of these people became crusaders ... people who campaigned for a cause and set out to change other people's views and make broader social change. Like sex-workers' rights advocate Terri-Jean Bedford and abortion crusader Dr. Henry Morgentaler, some are villains to some and heroes to others. But most of the people behind the biggest legal decisions weren't trying to champion a cause, they were just trying to achieve a result that ended up being much bigger than themselves. They were along for the ride ... often a long and convoluted one ... in the Canadian justice system. It's within their journeys ... often overlooked by the media ... that the true victories and life-altering costs of standing up for one's beliefs can be found. Constitutional expert Adam Dodek worked with a team of researchers and writers to bring this fascinating book to life, including Sean Cousins, Yasmeen Atassi, Sébastien Cyr, Asha Sahota, Marna Swart, Jamie Bell, Bionca Chu, and Dominique Charland."--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996876</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996876</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dodek, Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996876040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Heroes, Villains, and Crusaders Behind Canada&apos;s Biggest Cases</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781459755222/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics Without Politicians]]></title><description><![CDATA[Politicians make big promises, deliver little to nothing and keep the game rigged in their favour. But what can we do? With disarming clarity and a deep sense of urgency, political theorist Hélène Landemore argues that electoral politics is broken but democracy isn't. We've just been doing it wrong. Drawing on ancient Athenian practices and contemporary citizens' assemblies, Landemore champions an alternative approach that is alive, working and growing around the world: civic lotteries that select everyday people to govern, not as career politicians but as temporary stewards of the common good. When regular citizens come together in this way, they make smarter, fairer, more forward-thinking decisions, often bringing out the best in one another.]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996956</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996956</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Landemore, Hélène]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996956040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Case for Citizen Rule</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593713983/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Natural Capital]]></title><description><![CDATA["For just about everything of value in life, there is an economicmodel. If it matters to us, we have found a way to put a dollar amount on it--to quantify its importance in our lives and society. These models and metrics tell us that our economies are healthy because they are growing. And yet for as long as they have existed, our economic models have served us an incomplete picture; they fail to account for the fact that our growth is driven by a resource that we takefor free and treat as infinite: nature. Indeed, for centuries we have been using nature as if it were limitless, but more than ever, weare recognizing that our demands on the natural world are unsustainable. In On Natural Capital, award-winning Cambridge University economist Sir Partha Dasgupta lays out a seminal new approach to economics that asks, what if we were to put a value on nature just as we value everything else? Rooted in mankind's struggle against climate change, Dasgupta's approach examines the existential need to rethink our relationship to nature and see its preservation as an economic imperative. Challenging much of economic thought that has come before, Dasgupta presents an urgent call to transform the focus and structures of global economics with a profound new model"--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996929</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3996929</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dasgupta, Partha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3996929040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Value of the World Around Us</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063454385/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Knock at the Door]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christmas 1975 and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody is riding high in the charts. In a residential street just outside Cardiff a loud knocking breaks the stillness of the evening. When Rob Parsons, a young lawyer, opens his door, he finds a homeless man standing before him, clutching a bag of belongings and a frozen chicken. Rob and his wife Dianne invite Ronnie Lockwood into their home, cook his chicken and offer him shelter for the night. What happens next is an astonishing story of human kindness, self-learning, incredible pain, unbelievable hope and the sheer power of love to change a life. 'A Knock at the Door' is the true story of this homeless man who entered the home of a young couple, became a dustman and lived as part of their family for over 45 years until his death.]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3998517</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3998517</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Parsons, Rob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3998517040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Homeless Man, A Lawyer ... and A Family Changed Forever</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780008708665/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[What No One Tells You About Money]]></title><description><![CDATA["Spoiler alert: Moneys not the problem. You read that right. When it comes to fixing your money situation, the numbers arent the hardest part. Its the personal emotions and beliefs underneath the financial mess that can keep you spinning your wheels. Jade Warshaw gets it, because shes lived it. Before she became a personal finance coach and co-host of The Ramsey Show, Jade and her husband spent years fighting their way out of nearly half a million dollars of debt. In What No One Tells You About Money, she shares the full story (the good, the bad, and the downright ugly) and unpacks the raw truths and practical steps they learned along the way. Youll learn everything you need to break through the emotional barriers keeping you stuck, so you can start winning with moneyno more false starts." --]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4021874</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4021874</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Warshaw, Jade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4021874040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Real Key to Getting Unstuck From Someone Who&apos;s Been There</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798887821375/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CAO]]></title><description><![CDATA["The new and current generation of CAOs are generally (albeit not always) a marked departure from those of the past. In particular, the current generation is much better educated, typically younger, more assertive, surer of themselves, and less likely to be asking for day-to-day guidance from their council. Today's CAOs are more open to new ideas and more welcoming of those who possess very different management styles around the table. If local government is to persist as a valued order of government, it will need to rely upon the ability and professionalism of first-rate CAOs to guide the delivery of quality services and programs and to provide unvarnished, apolitical advice.--]]></description><link>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4021831</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C4021831</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cuff, George B.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://raymond.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4021831040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781926843582/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>