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From a climate change guide to a case for Indigenous justice: five new books to keep your eye on
By Neil Moss Nov. 18, 2019
Plus, Maher's band Lowertown Riffraff dazzles crowd at South Block Whiskey Bar on Sparks Street, and former Hill scribe Dan Dugas to retire from public service.
Books covers pictured, left to right: The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress by Mark Jaccard, The Sport and Prey of Capitalists: How the Rich Are Stealing Canada's Public Wealth by Linda McQuaig, Black Cop: My 36 Years in Police Work, and My Career Ending Experiences with Official Racism by Calvin Lawrence with Miles Howe, Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North by Graeme Truelove, and Peace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada by Harold R. Johnson. Book cover images courtesy of Cambridge University Press, Dundurn Press, Lorimer, Nightwood Editions, and McClelland & Stewart.
As the cold weather hits, five eclectic, Canadian non-fiction books could make good (and informative) reads to help pass the snowy months.
Neil MossNeil Moss is a reporter at The Hill Times covering federal politics, foreign policy, and defence.
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