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AI Superpowers

China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

by Kai-Fu Lee ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"Kai-Fu Lee believes China will be the next tech-innovation superpower and in AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, he explains why. Taiwan-born Lee is perfectly positioned for the task."—New York MagazineIn this thought-provoking book, Lee argues powerfully that because of the unprecedented developments in ... Read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"Kai-Fu Lee believes China will be the next tech-innovation superpower and in AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, he explains why. Taiwan-born Lee is perfectly positioned for the task."—New York MagazineIn this thought-provoking book, Lee argues powerfully that because of the unprecedented developments in
... Read more
Rethinking the Politics of Labour in Canada, 2nd ed.

by Stephanie Ross, Larry Savage ...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to re-establish the labour movement’s political capacity to exert collective power in ways that foster greater opportunity and equality for working-class people has taken on a greater sense of urgency. Understanding the strategic political possibilities and challenges facing the Canadian labour movement at this important moment in history is the ... Read more

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to re-establish the labour movement’s political capacity to exert collective power in ways that foster greater opportunity and equality for working-class people has taken on a greater sense of urgency. Understanding the strategic political possibilities and challenges facing the Canadian labour movement at this important moment in history is the
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Messy Jobs

The Work That AI Cannot Reach

by Luis Garicano, Jin Li, Yanhui Wu ...

Apocalyptic predictions that AI will eliminate millions of jobs have caused widespread fear. When people hear that AI can write, code, and diagnose, they often jump to a scary conclusion: If machines can think, human work is doomed. Messy Jobs argues that this gloomy belief gets the economics of work wrong.Economists Luis Garicano, Jin Li, and Yanhui Wu offer a new framework for thinking about AI ... Read more

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Apocalyptic predictions that AI will eliminate millions of jobs have caused widespread fear. When people hear that AI can write, code, and diagnose, they often jump to a scary conclusion: If machines can think, human work is doomed. Messy Jobs argues that this gloomy belief gets the economics of work wrong.Economists Luis Garicano, Jin Li, and Yanhui Wu offer a new framework for thinking about AI
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Hyperpolitics

Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences

by Anton Jäger ...

POLITICS AFTER THE END OF THE END OF HISTORYWhat happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher’s London to the mass mobilizations of Black Lives Matter, Anton Jäger traces how public life has become infused with protest, spectacle, and moral urgency — while the old infrastructure of parties, unions, and civic solidarity has been ... Read more

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POLITICS AFTER THE END OF THE END OF HISTORYWhat happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher’s London to the mass mobilizations of Black Lives Matter, Anton Jäger traces how public life has become infused with protest, spectacle, and moral urgency — while the old infrastructure of parties, unions, and civic solidarity has been
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Shifting Gears

Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics

by Stephanie Ross, Larry Savage ...

In the decades following the Second World War, autoworkers were at the forefront of the labour movement. Their union urged members to rally in the streets and use the ballot box to effect change for all working-class people. But by the turn of this century, the Canadian Auto Workers union had begun to pursue a more defensive political direction. Shifting Gears traces the evolution of CAW strategy ... Read more

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In the decades following the Second World War, autoworkers were at the forefront of the labour movement. Their union urged members to rally in the streets and use the ballot box to effect change for all working-class people. But by the turn of this century, the Canadian Auto Workers union had begun to pursue a more defensive political direction. Shifting Gears traces the evolution of CAW strategy
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Trash!

A Garbageman's Story

by Simon Pare-Poupart ...

Translated by Pablo Strauss ...

**“Raffish and spirited . . . a nonconformist cri de coeur . . . Usually, comparisons to Bourdain are fatuous. This time it’s accurate . . . It’s been a long time since I’ve read so good and rowdy a memoir about blue-collar work.” — Dwight Garner, The New York TimesAN INDIE BESTSELLERA Montreal garbageman's sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to "stop imagining ... Read more

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**“Raffish and spirited . . . a nonconformist cri de coeur . . . Usually, comparisons to Bourdain are fatuous. This time it’s accurate . . . It’s been a long time since I’ve read so good and rowdy a memoir about blue-collar work.” — Dwight Garner, The New York TimesAN INDIE BESTSELLERA Montreal garbageman's sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to "stop imagining
... Read more
Organizations

Structures, Processes and Outcomes

by Pamela S. Tolbert, Richard H. Hall ...

Based upon classical and contemporary theory and empirical research, this text forms a sociological analysis of organizations, focusing on the impacts that organizations have upon individuals and society. ... Read more

$229.48 CAD

Based upon classical and contemporary theory and empirical research, this text forms a sociological analysis of organizations, focusing on the impacts that organizations have upon individuals and society.
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Strike Back

Using the Militant Tactics of Labor's Past to Reignite Public Sector Unionism Today

by Joe Burns ...

During the 1960s and 1970s, teachers, sanitation workers and many other public employees rose up to demand collective bargaining rights in one of the greatest upsurges in labor history. These workers were able to transform the nature of public employment, winning union recognition for millions and ultimately forcing reluctant politicians to pass laws allowing for collective bargaining and even the ... Read more

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During the 1960s and 1970s, teachers, sanitation workers and many other public employees rose up to demand collective bargaining rights in one of the greatest upsurges in labor history. These workers were able to transform the nature of public employment, winning union recognition for millions and ultimately forcing reluctant politicians to pass laws allowing for collective bargaining and even the
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Notre révolution

Le combat continue

by Bernie Sanders ...

Translated by Jean-Luc Fidel ...

Voici le best-seller – plus de 300.000 exemplaires vendus aux États-Unis – du candidat qui a créé la surprise lors des dernières primaires Démocrates. Dans Notre révolution, Sanders partage l'expérience de sa campagne, relatant les péripéties de la primaire historique à laquelle il a participé, et des personnes qui l'ont rendue possible.Pour les millions de citoyens qui veulent poursuivre la ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

Voici le best-seller – plus de 300.000 exemplaires vendus aux États-Unis – du candidat qui a créé la surprise lors des dernières primaires Démocrates. Dans Notre révolution, Sanders partage l'expérience de sa campagne, relatant les péripéties de la primaire historique à laquelle il a participé, et des personnes qui l'ont rendue possible.Pour les millions de citoyens qui veulent poursuivre la
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The Hamlet Fire

A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives

by Bryant Simon ...

For decades, the small, quiet town of Hamlet, North Carolina, thrived thanks to the railroad. But by the 1970s, it had become a postindustrial backwater, a magnet for businesses in search of cheap labor and almost no oversight. Imperial Food Products was one of those businesses. The company set up shop in Hamlet in the 1980s. Workers who complained about low pay and hazardous working conditions at ... Read more

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For decades, the small, quiet town of Hamlet, North Carolina, thrived thanks to the railroad. But by the 1970s, it had become a postindustrial backwater, a magnet for businesses in search of cheap labor and almost no oversight. Imperial Food Products was one of those businesses. The company set up shop in Hamlet in the 1980s. Workers who complained about low pay and hazardous working conditions at
... Read more
Border Cities Powerhouse: 1901-1945

by Patrick Brode ...

This is the first comprehensive history of the Border Cities area during its formative period in the first half of the 20th Century. The story of Windsor’s emergence during this period is largely one of confrontation and conflict: a multicultural population, industrial expansion, radical politics, and military production all played their part in the city's early history. ... Read more

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This is the first comprehensive history of the Border Cities area during its formative period in the first half of the 20th Century. The story of Windsor’s emergence during this period is largely one of confrontation and conflict: a multicultural population, industrial expansion, radical politics, and military production all played their part in the city's early history.
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Made in China

A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods

by Amelia Pang ...

**A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: Newsweek * Refinery29“Timely and urgent . . . Pang is a dogged investigator.” —The New York Times**“Moving and powerful.” —Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and authorDiscover the truth behind the discounts.In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had been five dollars at ... Read more

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**A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year: Newsweek * Refinery29“Timely and urgent . . . Pang is a dogged investigator.” —The New York Times**“Moving and powerful.” —Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and authorDiscover the truth behind the discounts.In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had been five dollars at
... Read more
The Hammer

Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor

by Hamilton Nolan ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA timely, in-depth, and vital exploration of the American labor movement and its critical place in our society and politics today, from acclaimed labor reporter Hamilton Nolan.Inequality is America’s biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERA timely, in-depth, and vital exploration of the American labor movement and its critical place in our society and politics today, from acclaimed labor reporter Hamilton Nolan.Inequality is America’s biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized labor has been in decline for decades. Yet it sits today at a moment of enormous
... Read more
Canada, A Working History

by Jason Russell ...

A deep exploration of the experience of work in CanadaCanada, A Working History describes the ways in which work has been performed in Canada from the pre-colonial period to the present day. Work is shaped by a wide array of influences, including gender, class, race, ethnicity, geography, economics, and politics. It can be paid or unpaid, meaningful or alienating, but it is always essential. The ... Read more

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A deep exploration of the experience of work in CanadaCanada, A Working History describes the ways in which work has been performed in Canada from the pre-colonial period to the present day. Work is shaped by a wide array of influences, including gender, class, race, ethnicity, geography, economics, and politics. It can be paid or unpaid, meaningful or alienating, but it is always essential. The
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China and Globalization

The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of Chinese Society

by Doug Guthrie ...

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009!In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the economic genesis in this compact and highly readable introduction to contemporary China. He highlights the ... Read more

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009!In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the economic genesis in this compact and highly readable introduction to contemporary China. He highlights the
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The Illusion of Risk Control

What Does it Take to Live With Uncertainty?

Edited by Gilles Motet, Corinne Bieder ...

Series series SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book explores the implications of acknowledging uncertainty and black swans for regulation of high-hazard technologies, for stakeholder acceptability of potentially hazardous activities and for risk governance. The conventional approach to risk assessment, which combines the likelihood of an event and the severity of its consequences, is ... Read more

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book explores the implications of acknowledging uncertainty and black swans for regulation of high-hazard technologies, for stakeholder acceptability of potentially hazardous activities and for risk governance. The conventional approach to risk assessment, which combines the likelihood of an event and the severity of its consequences, is
... Read more
Dealing with Darwin

How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution

by Geoffrey A. Moore Ph.D. ...

Geoffrey Moore is one of the most respected and bestselling names in business books. In his widely quoted Crossing the Chasm, he identified and addressed the greatest challenge facing new ventures. Now he’s back with a book for established businesses that need to learn how to adapt—or suffer the slow declines into marginalized performance that have characterized so many Fortune 500 icons in recent ... Read more

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Geoffrey Moore is one of the most respected and bestselling names in business books. In his widely quoted Crossing the Chasm, he identified and addressed the greatest challenge facing new ventures. Now he’s back with a book for established businesses that need to learn how to adapt—or suffer the slow declines into marginalized performance that have characterized so many Fortune 500 icons in recent
... Read more
La semaine de 4 heures

Travaillez moins, gagnez plus et vivez mieux !

by Timothy Ferriss ...

Vous rêvez d'échapper à la routine du métro-boulot-dodo, de gagner de l'argent sans vous épuiser à la tâche, ou tout simplement de vivre mieux en travaillant moins ?Alors, voici ce que vous apprendra ce livre :• comment vous organiser pour gagner en un mois, à raison de 4 heures par semaine, le salaire que vous gagnez jusqu’à présent en un an ;• comment rejoindre les Nouveaux Bienheureux, qui ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Vous rêvez d'échapper à la routine du métro-boulot-dodo, de gagner de l'argent sans vous épuiser à la tâche, ou tout simplement de vivre mieux en travaillant moins ?Alors, voici ce que vous apprendra ce livre :• comment vous organiser pour gagner en un mois, à raison de 4 heures par semaine, le salaire que vous gagnez jusqu’à présent en un an ;• comment rejoindre les Nouveaux Bienheureux, qui
... Read more
Nickel and Dimed

On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich ...

The New York Times bestselling work of undercover reportage from our sharpest and most original social critic, with a new foreword by Matthew Desmond, author of EvictedMillions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job—any job—can ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling work of undercover reportage from our sharpest and most original social critic, with a new foreword by Matthew Desmond, author of EvictedMillions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job—any job—can
... Read more
Shop Class as Soulcraft

An Inquiry into the Value of Work

by Matthew B. Crawford ...

**A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands“This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-on knowledge. The book is also quirky, surprising, and sometimes quite moving.” —Richard Sennett, author of The Craftsman**Called “the sleeper hit of the publishing season” by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

**A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands“This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-on knowledge. The book is also quirky, surprising, and sometimes quite moving.” —Richard Sennett, author of The Craftsman**Called “the sleeper hit of the publishing season” by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as
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Saving Capitalism

For the Many, Not the Few

by Robert B. Reich ...

From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date—a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it.Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich, and now he reveals how power and influence have created a new ... Read more

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From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date—a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it.Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich, and now he reveals how power and influence have created a new
... Read more
Work Won't Love You Back

How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

by Sarah Jaffe ...

An examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives.**“Illuminating and inspiring." —**New RepublicYou're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." In Work Won't Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social ... Read more

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An examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives.**“Illuminating and inspiring." —**New RepublicYou're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." In Work Won't Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social
... Read more
Chokepoint Capitalism

by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow ...

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)-or both.In Chokepoint ... Read more

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A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big MediaCorporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)-or both.In Chokepoint
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Refus global

by Paul-Émile Borduas ...

Montréal, milieu des années 1940. Le gouvernement de Maurice Duplessis mène le Québec de manière rigide et autoritaire. Appuyé par l’intelligentsia du clergé et par les grands de l’entreprise privée, Duplessis prône le conservatisme et l’attachement aux valeurs traditionnelles catholiques. Pourtant, malgré la «Grande Noirceur», «des consciences s’éclairent au contact vivifiant des poètes maudits» ... Read more

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Montréal, milieu des années 1940. Le gouvernement de Maurice Duplessis mène le Québec de manière rigide et autoritaire. Appuyé par l’intelligentsia du clergé et par les grands de l’entreprise privée, Duplessis prône le conservatisme et l’attachement aux valeurs traditionnelles catholiques. Pourtant, malgré la «Grande Noirceur», «des consciences s’éclairent au contact vivifiant des poètes maudits»
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