Monthly Archives: November 2009

The Last Refuge

The Last Refuge Available in Canada for the first time – a compelling debut from a fresh new voice in crime fiction. Sam Acquillo’s at the end of the line. A middle-aged corporate dropout living in his dead parents’ ramshackle … Continue reading

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The Unemployment Survival Guide

The Unemployment Survival Guide Unemployment is unquestionably one of life’s most stressful and difficult experiences, and it happens to virtually everyone at least once during the course of their working lives. It is a time of uncertainty and transition-but it … Continue reading

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All You Can Eat How Hungry is America

All You Can Eat How Hungry is America “His excellent, if statistic-heavy, analysis of 50 years of domestic food policies, All You Can Eat, slams the demonization of the poor as malingerers and lambastes the racism and sexism that underscore … Continue reading

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No Job No Prob How to Pay Your Bills Feed Your Mind and Have a Blast When Youre Out of Work

No Job No Prob How to Pay Your Bills Feed Your Mind and Have a Blast When Youre Out of Work The upbeat guide to living—not just surviving—when you’re unemployed. In No Job? No Prob!, business writer Nicholas Nigro shows … Continue reading

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Worlds Apart Why Poverty Persists in Rural America

Worlds Apart Why Poverty Persists in Rural America This work takes us to three remote rural areas in the USA to hear the tales of the residents – the poor, the rich, and those in between – as they talk … Continue reading

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