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“I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges
The days are getting longer, with each one providing a bit more time to read by natural light. Revel in these longer, brighter days by enjoying a BTL book! This spring, BTL authors face our fears; make a national wake-up call; celebrate Canada's history of war resistance; reveal the story of the Maple Spring; explore the history of the workers' city; tell an adoption story where the political is personal. Find the details below.
You can download a PDF of the spring 2015 catalogue here. If you would like a catalogue mailed to you, please write to us at publicity@btlbooks.com.
Free book contest! Win a copy of our upcoming book by Marilyn Churley. To enter, email info@btlbooks.com by January 30 with the subject line "January newsletter contest" and tell us the title of the book (hint, see below).
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Shameless:
The Fight for Adoption Disclosure and the Search for My Son
By Marilyn Churley
The political becomes personal in this powerful memoir about a mother's struggle with loss, love, secrets, and lies, and an adoption system shrouded in shame. Shameless will be out in February 2015. |
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Nothing to Lose but Our Fear:
Resistance in Dangerous Times
By Fiona Jeffries Interviewees: Marcus Rediker, Silvia Federici, David Harvey, Nandita Sharma, John Holloway, Lydia Cacho, Sandra Moran, Gustavo Esteva, and Wendy Mendez
Provoking interviews by Fiona Jeffries with an international group of scholars and activists about how we can think critically and act productively in a world awash in fear. Nothing To Lose but Our Fear will be available in March 2015. |
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Worth Fighting For:
Canada's Tradition of War Resistance from 1812 to the War on Terror
Lara Campbell, Michael Dawson, and Catherine Gidney, editors
Canada has a long, rich, and important historical tradition of resistance to both war and militarization. This collection explores the complexity of Canada's position in times of war and the role of social movements in challenging the militarization of Canadian society. Worth Fighting For will be on bookstore shelves in March 2015.
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In Defiance
by Gabriel Nadeu-Dubois translated from the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction Tenir tête (Lux Éditeur) translated by Lazer Lederhendler. Foreword by Naomi Klein.
Tenir tête "brings us behind the scenes of the spring of 2012 so we can hear what the government did not want to hear and what the media were not always able to report. In a simple and direct style, it raises the question of the future of democracy." - Jury of the Governor General's Literary Award. In Defiance hits the shelves in April, 2015. |
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Unsettling Canada
A National Wake-Up Call
By Arthur Manuel, Foreword by Naomi Klein, and Afterword by Grand Chief Ron Derrickson
From his unique and personal perspective, as a Secwepemc leader and an Indigenous activist who has played a prominent role on the international stage, Arthur Manuel describes the victories and failures, the hopes and the fears of a generation of activists fighting for Aboriginal title and rights in Canada. Unsettling Canada arrives in stores in May of 2015.
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Lunch-Bucket Lives
Remaking the Workers' City
By Craig Heron
This book takes the reader through the history of Hamilton's working people from the 1890s to the 1930s. It ambles along city streets, peers through kitchen doors and factory windows, marches up the steps of churches and fraternal halls, slips into saloons and dance halls, pauses to hear political speeches, and above all, listens for the stories of men, women, youth, and children from families where people relied mainly on wages to survive.
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BTL events
What can scientists learn about work from the people who do it?
With Karen Messing, author of Pain and Prejudice.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 1:00 pm, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, Toronto, ON
Is there a war on science?
With Michael Riordon, author of Bold Scientists
Tuesday, February 24th, 1:00 pm, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, Toronto, ON
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