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Three Times a Day: Simple and Stylish
After the success of Three Times a Day, Marilou and Alexandre Champagne are back with a second volume featuring more than 100 brand new recipes.
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Thrifty
An entertaining guide to living the richly frugal life by bestselling author and national columnist Marjorie Harris.
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Thrifty Gardening
Gardener extraordinaire Marjorie Harris gives you the best tips and trade secrets on creating that perfect natural oasis the thrifty way.
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Time Warped
"A fascinating and at times mind-boggling book that will change the way you think about time." — Financial Times
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Toronto in 100 Beers
Discover Toronto’s wild, weird history and the 100 unique beers it inspired!
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Travels Through the Golden State
A look at Southern California at a time when the United States is riven with debates about immigration, guns, and an economic crisis.
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{"id":6819093217339,"title":"Twenty-First Century Capitalism","handle":"twentyfirst-century-capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhat forms will capitalism take in the twenty-first century? To answer this question, noted economist and social philosopher Robert Heilbroner looks beyond economic theory to the social and political problems of modern economic society. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this sweeping examination of the past, present, and possible future, Heilbroner considers capitalism both as an economic system and a political order. He argues persuasively that, even in an increasingly globalized economy, government remains crucial to a healthy private sector, due to the limited ability of markets to order themselves, let alone make contributions to the common good such as tackling environmental problems or providing sufficient educational programs. Heilbroner concludes this penetrating technique by speculating on whether some more participatory forms of capitalism might emerge this century.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-30T17:46:56-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-30T16:28:36-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Heilbroner Robert","House of Anansi Press","Massey Lectures","pub date: 1993-01-01","Technology \u0026 Politics","The CBC Massey Lectures"],"price":1695,"price_min":1695,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40249731907643,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887845345","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Twenty-First Century Capitalism - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":154,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780887845345","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249798361147,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780887848971","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Twenty-First Century Capitalism - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9780887848971","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40249799770171,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770897878","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Twenty-First Century Capitalism - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":1695,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781770897878","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_34e4de9a-5c11-4739-9931-6dc9d8718742.jpg?v=1653801715"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_34e4de9a-5c11-4739-9931-6dc9d8718742.jpg?v=1653801715","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":22137919176763,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.626,"height":2396,"width":1500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_34e4de9a-5c11-4739-9931-6dc9d8718742.jpg?v=1653801715"},"aspect_ratio":0.626,"height":2396,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_34e4de9a-5c11-4739-9931-6dc9d8718742.jpg?v=1653801715","width":1500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhat forms will capitalism take in the twenty-first century? To answer this question, noted economist and social philosopher Robert Heilbroner looks beyond economic theory to the social and political problems of modern economic society. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this sweeping examination of the past, present, and possible future, Heilbroner considers capitalism both as an economic system and a political order. He argues persuasively that, even in an increasingly globalized economy, government remains crucial to a healthy private sector, due to the limited ability of markets to order themselves, let alone make contributions to the common good such as tackling environmental problems or providing sufficient educational programs. Heilbroner concludes this penetrating technique by speculating on whether some more participatory forms of capitalism might emerge this century.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Twenty-First Century Capitalism
In his 1992 CBC Massey Lectures, economist Robert Heilbroner explores capitalism as both an economic system and a political order.
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{"id":7403451285563,"title":"Universal","handle":"universal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 2025 Massey Lectures delivered by human rights activist and former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada Alex Neve.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversality is the core promise of the human rights order born out of the devastation of World War II and the Holocaust: these rights extend to everyone, everywhere, at all times, without exception. But the cruel reality is that the word \u003cem\u003euniversal\u003c\/em\u003e also screams of our profound failure to keep the promise. Too often, human rights are applied selectively, withdrawn on the whims of political leaders, or ignored altogether, and the broken promise is palpable in humanity’s darkest moments, not only in violent conflict, but also in the economic, political, and social structures of our fractured world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not universality’s finest hour. 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The 2025 Massey Lectures delivered by human rights activist and former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada Alex Neve.
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What I Mean to Say
The 2024 Massey Lectures will be delivered by Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author Ian Williams.
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What Remains
A funny, poignant, and at times heartbreaking memoir about one mother and her love of beautiful objets — and how it ultimately proved destructive.
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This deluxe 50th anniversary edition includes full-colour images printed on two 8-page inserts.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781770898004","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781770898004\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8.25","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","MetaKeywords":"Essays; Massey Lectures","NumberOfPages":"272","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e“Winter is a soulful, studied meditation on the season that most captures our imagination . . . highly recommended.” — \u003cstrong\u003eHelen Gallagher, \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Helen Gallagher","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"New York Review of Books","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“...outstanding...[Adam Gopnik's] windows on winter illuminate varied aspects of the season, but, more profoundly, they also shed 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\u003cstrong\u003eTim Adams, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_12_Auth":"Tim Adams","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Guardian","OtherText_Review_13":"\u003cp\u003e“These lectures, these chapters, these thematic notes rise and fall with the senses they evoke: not just the visual indulgences of art, the oral of poetry, the taste of warm dishes, the touch of snowflakes, the absent odor of frigid air: Gopnik outfits winter with art, literature, bodily experience, and history, such that the reader can recall the season in the context of culture as well as anticipate it as well.” — \u003cstrong\u003eMyrdene Anderson, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_13_Auth":"Myrdene Anderson","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"American Book Review","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Barbara Carey","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“...charming...[Adam Gopnik's essays] provide a timely reminder that we still have something to learn about the season.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJoel Yanofsky, \u003cem\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Joel Yanofsky","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“... a stream of endlessly entertaining insights and ideas -- a treasury of people and places and art.” — \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Wilkins, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Charles Wilkins","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“... a book every Canadian needs to own.” — \u003cstrong\u003eMegan Power, \u003cem\u003eChronicle Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Megan Power","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Chronicle Herald","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“... enlightening and full of discovery ... insightful ...” — \u003cstrong\u003eAlex Good, \u003cem\u003eQuill and Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Alex Good","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“... pleasurably readable ... the Massey selectors made an inspired choice for 2011.” — \u003cstrong\u003eIan McGillis, \u003cem\u003eMontreal Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Ian McGillis","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Montreal Review of Books","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“Gopnik melds familiar and arcane without talking down to readers ... thoughtful ...” — \u003cstrong\u003eBill Rambo, \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Bill Rambo","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“[Adam Gopnik] is adept at connecting disparate subjects and ideas in interesting and 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Adam Gopnik's 2011 CBC Massey Lectures is at once an enchanting homage to a season and a captivating journey through the modern imagination.