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"With the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the war in Vietnam ended, but the refugee crisis was only beginning. Among the millions of people who fled Vietnam by boat was Vinh Nguyen, along with his mother and siblings, and his father, who left separately and mysteriously vanishe...

Social psychologist Mary Murphy offers a groundbreaking reconsideration of individual and team success -- showing how to create and sustain a growth mindset in any organization's culture. In Cultures of Growth, Dweck's protege, Mary Murphy, a social psychologist at both Stanford ...

In Plant Power, the world's foremost authority in healthy longevity, Professor Luigi Fontana, explains everything you need to know about plant-based diets including the science that confirms vegetables are key to healthy longevity. This book provides a guide to how to eat healthy...

"Sugar, spice, and everything nice: These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girls and the perfect recipes for breakfast foods, entrees, desserts, snacks, and drinks in The Powerpuff Girls: The Official Cookbook. Written by Professor Utonium (with additions ...

Take your youngsters on a voyage across the universe and ignite their passion for exploring the night sky in this fascinating and imaginative guide to astronomy for kids ages 6 to 10. This second book in the Wooford McPaw series takes on the subject of the cosmos and everything w...

"Ghostly encounters, alien abduction, reincarnation, talking to the dead, UFO sightings, inexplicable coincidences, out-of-body and near-death experiences. Are these legitimate phenomena? If not, then how should we go about understanding them? In this fascinating book, Chris Fren...

"All miners and smelter workers know the folly of going on strike when their employer holds a stockpile. In 1958 the International Nickel Company had enough nickel on hand to guarantee sales for at least six months. Despite this, fourteen thousand miners and smeltermen in Sudbury...

How do you introduce the baby growing inside your tummy to your older child? You may show him/her pictures from the ultrasound or you can get more detailed about it. This book takes a scientific approach to the introduction of a baby. Go over the pages and discuss facts together ...

In the fifth entertaining and hilarious 'Professor Dr. Dr. Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld' novel, our hopelessly out-of-touch hero is forced to confront uppity librarians, the rector of the university, and a possible hostile takeover, all while trying to remain studiously above it all...

"Lillian Beynon Thomas' suffragist campaign succeeded where all others had failed. This full-length biography fills an important gap in the history of the 'votes for women' movement, a campaign which saw Manitoba become the earliest federal or provincial Canadian jurisdiction to ...

"In 2018, Janis Thiessen, Kimberley Moore, and collaborator Kent Davies refashioned a used food truck into a mobile oral history lab. Together they embarked on a journey around Manitoba, gathering stories about the province's food and the people who make, sell, and eat it. Along ...

Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student Rick Drake to end his career, he is left unsure what to do next. Meanwhile, a devas...

"Smelling is one of the most natural things we do. We take over 20,000 breaths a day, interacting with a host of scents with each one. Smell is also one of our most sensitive and refined senses; only dogs surpass our ability to perceive scents in the animal kingdom. Yet, as the m...

Collection of author's columns on different political and social aspects.

"The queer slasher film is an integral icon of horror, and within that genre characters like Freddy Krueger have an avid fanbase whose conversations shift as history does and as perceptions of gender, sexuality, and identity do. In a sense, it seems these audiences know or feel w...

"Invasive flora and fauna adversely affect our ecosystems. Some species are introduce purposefully, but even with the best intentions it is almost impossible to predict how a foreign organism will react to a new environment. The Carlsons introduce readers to invasive animals, pla...

"The thrilling true story of Canada's greatest spy, Agent A12. In public life, Nova Scotian Dr. Winthrop Bell was a wealthy businessman and Harvard philosophy professor. As MI6 Secret Agent A12, he dodged gunfire and shook pursuers to break open the emerging Nazi conspiracy in el...

Drawing on the authors' years of clinical experience as well as the latest research, this essential reference explores everything from the causes of autism to how it manifests at the various ages and stages of a child's life. Provides practical, empathetic and supportive advice t...