Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Perrin, Benjamin

Mental Health

Aevo UTP

The climate crisis requires that we drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions across all sectors of society. The Story of CO2 contributes to this vital conversation by highlighting the cutting-edge science and emerging technologies – a number of which are already commercially available – that can transform carbon dioxide into a myriad of products such as feedstock chemicals, polymers, pharmaceuticals, and fuels. This approach allows us to reconsider CO2 as a resource, and to add "carbon capture and use" to our other tools in the fight against catastrophic climate change. 
The Story of CO2 explores all aspects of carbon dioxide, from the atomic to the universal perspective, and takes the reader on an epic journey into our physical world, starting from the moment of the Big Bang, all the way to the present world in which atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to grow. This story seeks to inspire readers with the latest carbon utilization technologies and explain how they fit within the broader context of carbon mitigation strategies in the shift towards a sustainable energy economy.

The Story of CO2: Big Ideas for a Small Molecule

Science & Math

Ozin, Geoffrey

Ghoussoub, Mireille

Nature & Ecology

If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly.\nTaking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small but significant changes that can drastically reduce our carbon footprint.We cannot wait for national governments to agree on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and manage the average temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees. In Solved, David Miller argues that cities are taking action on climate change because they can – and because they must. Miller makes a clear-eyed and compelling case that, if replicated at pace and scale, the actions of leading global cities point the way to creating a more sustainable planet. 
Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis demonstrates that the initiatives cities have taken to control the climate crisis can make a real difference in reducing global emissions if implemented worldwide. By chronicling the stories of how cities have taken action to meet and exceed emissions targets laid out in the Paris Agreement, Miller empowers readers to fix the climate crisis. As much a "how to" guide for policymakers as a work for concerned citizens, Solved aims to inspire hope through its clear and factual analysis of what can be done – now, today – to mitigate our harmful emissions and pave the way to a 1.5-degree world.

Solved: How the World's Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis

Politics & Social Sciences

Miller,David

Sociology

Review\n‘The Rapids takes the reader by the hand and lays out the realities of mania, up close and personal – what it's like to wrestle with and how the brain navigates its swiftly tilting universe.’ -- Anna Mehler Paperny, author of Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person\n‘As with all great first-person works on mental health, Twyford-Moore’s The Rapids generously weaves his experience of mania through his critical scholarship without purporting to offer any sort of final, clinical clarity. Twyford-Moore’s work – at once critical, personal, and historical – thrusts our misconceptions of mania against the rocks, casting both light and shadow: revealing shapes where there was once mystery, and placing mystery back where shapes once stood.’ -- John Elizabeth Stintzi, author of Vanishing Monuments and Junebat\n’The Rapids is a beautiful narration of the beauty and heartache inherent in madness. A humorous and considerate self-reflection on the way our private worlds are inextricably informed and vulnerable to culture, art and music. A personal account and generous contribution to the expanding experiential and scholarly work of Mad studies.’ -- Lucy Costa, Deputy Executive Director of The Empowerment Council, an independent service user rights-based organization in Toronto, Canada, and co-editor of Madness, Violence, and Power: A Critical Collection\n‘An important work, The Rapids is about what it means to write and represent madness across media, such as film and literary critique, and how we come to know ourselves through these media, and how they in turn come to inform our understandings of our own experiences of madness, both in constrictive and constructive ways.’ -- Jijian Voronka, School of Social Work, University of Windsor\nThe Rapids is an exploration of manic depression (also known as bipolar disorder). With reflections on artists such as Carrie Fisher, Kanye West, Saul Bellow, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Spalding Gray, Sam Twyford-Moore takes readers on a literary and cultural tour of mania and what it means to live with a diagnosis of "bipolarity" in contemporary society. He also looks at the condition in our digital world, where someone’s manic episode can unfold live in real time, watched by millions. 
His own story, told unflinchingly, is shocking and sometimes darkly comic. It gives the book an edge that is not always comfortable but full of insight and empathy. Smart, lively, and well-researched, The Rapids manages to be both a wild ride and introspective at once, exploring a condition that touches thousands of people, directly or indirectly.

The Rapids: Ways of Looking at Mania

Twyford-Moore, Sam

Review\n"Rae Andre’s book provides a knowledgeable summary of key climate science issues as she presents her humanistic perspective throughout her book. Unlike other books that stress climate science and policy, Andre zeros in on human behavior with what she calls the two systems of thinking – system one, which is more emotionally based, and system two, which is systematic and rationally based. This reviewer is particularly impressed on the chapter on defining the 'business of business' where she discusses for-profit business decision-making and motivations." -- Richard Smardon, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ― Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences\n"The climate movement is not leader-less, but leader-full – and increasingly the leadership is coming from frontline and Indigenous communities that have a lot to teach us about how to communicate change. It’s very good to have the latest social science brought to bear as well, and this book supplies it! We need all the good thinking we can get if we’re going to make progress fast." -- Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?\n"Rae Andre’s exciting new book provides leaders with five vital practices for bringing about a world in which our grandchildren’s children can flourish. Grounded in scientific understanding, systems thinking, integrity, realism, collaboration, and dialogue, these practices are essential to anyone who aspires to lead in a climate-challenged world. The book’s numerous examples will be useful for leaders in any sector – business, government, and civil society – and will enhance understanding and decision making for leaders everywhere." -- Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy, Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility, Professor of Management, Carroll School of Management, Boston College\n"You can pick up any number of books on the scientific problem of climate change and the economic or technological solutions, but what we need most right now is leadership. That is what this book is about, an accessible dive into social science for the much-needed tools to guide our society, our organizations, and ourselves towards a bold and ‘strong’ approach to sustainability. Pick up this book and play your role in helping ‘Team Humanity’ step up to save the planet." -- Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business/SEAS, University of Michigan\n"While the current climate movement leadership deserves thanks, the results it has achieved have been paltry compared to the scope of action needed. A new generation of leaders is required that is more numerous, informed, courageous, and skilled. Lead for the Planet is an indispensable guide for anyone hoping to join those ranks. After deftly summarizing current energy and climate change issues and risks, André explores relevant strategies, tactics, political realities, and business interests. For anyone seeking a career advancing the goal of sustainability, this book is essential reading." -- Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute\n"Climate change is now the greatest challenge facing humanity. Drawing together a broad range of insights from the social and natural sciences, this book will be a valuable resource for all those passionate to develop a sustainable future and challenge the current, catastrophic business-as-usual path." -- Christopher Wright, Professor of Organisational Studies, The University of Sydney Business School\n"Rae André takes the reader by the hand and clears the way through the thorny and political field of climate change with grace and intelligence. With simple and clear language, this book confronts what is seen as a complex and overwhelming problem." -- Daniel Nyberg, Professor of Management, Newcastle Business School\n"Drawn from social science research in the fields of change management and leadership, Rae André’s five practices offer a road map for individuals to lead

Lead for the Planet: Five Practices for Confronting Climate Change

Business & Money

André, Rae

Economics

Review\n"The Spit is miraculous and amazing, growing out of Toronto like a volcanic island. Accidental Wilderness is a stunningly beautiful and hopeful book that captures with writing that is both technical and romantic the story of how the Spit came to be and what it almost was if not for the interventions of the people who protected it." -- Shawn Micallef ― Spacing magazine\n"This book will leave readers with a great appreciation of what has been created in Lake Ontario at the end of Leslie Street and what impact that creation could have on the future of wilderness – accidental or otherwise – in Canada." -- Michael Olsen ― Ontario Field Ornithologists\n"This beautifully produced ode celebrates a unique place on the shores of Toronto's Lake Ontario. The Spit, as it is known locally, was a dump site for the city's midcentury building boom, a landform not so much planned as accumulated. But nature arrived uninvited, spurring several decades of local advocacy, and eventually a singular urban park emerged." ― Landscape Architecture Magazine\n"Part field guide, part environmental history, Accidental Wilderness would make an excellent manual for ecological restoration along the entire lakeshore." -- Amy Lavender Harris ― Spacing Magazine\n"The book’s value is the detailed accounting of how the accidental creation of Tommy Thompson Park evolved in concert with Kehm’s park master plan. The planning and design process could be used as a framework for creating and restoring urban wildlands in Great Lakes communities and other coastal ecosystem areas. Such a framework is especially critical given how climate change is shifting weather-induced physical processes and temperature. Burley’s photography provides the reader with an intimate feel for the created park character. The book is recommended for those interested in more ecologically based planning and design processes." -- Richard Smardon, SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry ― Landscape Journal\n"The Spit was quarried from the landfill of the city, cradled and cared for by local activists and then captured by the regenerative forces of nature. This extraordinary saga is beautifully told by Walter H. Kehm and his colleagues and exquisitely highlighted by the photography of Robert Burley." -- David Crombie, mayor of Toronto (1972–1978), professor, and writer\n“This resonating book is a command performance of what is left of nature for the people of Toronto. It is a mirror for change, a welcoming walk into the spirit of renewal.” -- Diana Beresford-Kroeger, author of To Speak for the Trees\n“Venturing onto the Leslie Street Spit, we are still in the city but in an entirely different world. It is sublime. The Spit was never intended to be a wilderness park, but it became a magnificent one. In Accidental Wlderness the photographs by Robert Burley capture the Spit’s strange beauty, while the text by Walter H. Kehm and his colleagues brilliantly tells the suspenseful story of the perilous and persistent journey to ‘let it be.’” -- Ken Greenberg, author of Walking Home and Toronto Reborn\n“Accidental Wilderness should be required reading for urbanists, advocates, and environmentalists in Canada and beyond.” -- Charles Waldheim, Harvard University\nA fortuitous urban miracle, Tommy Thompson Park is an oasis of "accidental wilderness" on Toronto’s lakeshore. 
Initially created as a landfill site on the city’s rapidly developing waterfront, the Leslie Street Spit, as the park is affectionately known, has seen its physical and ecological footprint grow dramatically over recent decades. Forests, grasslands, and wildlife now thrive – all within a stone’s throw of some of the most densely populated areas of North America’s fourth-largest city/ 
Accidental Wilderness is a rich and lyrical collection of essays curated by internationally recognized landscape architect and original designer of Tommy Thompson Park, Walter H. Kehm. A stunning collection of photographs b

Accidental Wilderness: The Origins and Ecology of Toronto's Tommy Thompson Park

Kehm, Walter H.

Social Sciences

What’s in Your Genome? describes the functional regions of the human genome, the evidence that 90% of it is junk DNA, and the reasons this evidence has not been widely accepted by the popular press and much of the scientific community.\nThe human genome contains about 25,000 protein-coding and noncoding genes and many other functional elements, such as origins of replication, regulatory elements, and centromeres. Functional elements occupy only about 10 percent of the more than three billion base pairs in the human genome. Much of the rest is composed of ancient fragments of broken genes, transposons, and viruses. Almost all of this is thought to be junk DNA, based on evidence that dates back fifty years. 
This conclusion is controversial. What’s in Your Genome? describes the arguments on both sides of the debate and attempts to explain the reasoning behind those different points of view. The book corrects a number of false narratives that have arisen in recent years and examines how they have affected the debate over junk DNA. In addition, Laurence A. Moran focuses on scientific misconceptions and misinformation and on how the junk DNA controversy has been incorrectly portrayed in both the scientific literature and the popular press. Tracing the earliest indications of junk DNA back to the 1960s, the book explains the success of nearly neutral theory and the importance of random genetic drift, which gave rise to the view that evolution produces sloppy genomes full of junk DNA. What’s in Your Genome? aims to offer the most accurate and current account of the human genome.

What's in Your Genome?: 90% of Your Genome Is Junk

Moran, Laurence A.

Biological Sciences

Review\n"I have read many great sports books but never one about how to apply the best of the NHL’s values into running a business or getting promoted. This is a fun read that is also reverential to the game and the traditions of the NHL. It’s a book for hockey lovers who go to work every day and ‘skate’ their shifts." -- Sean McDonough, NHL Play-by-Play Commentator, ESPN\n"With a mix of rich storytelling and personal anecdotes, Norm O’Reilly and Rick Burton have vividly captured the essence of what makes hockey such a great game, on and off the ice, and they have applied those principles to business and life. If you love sports and also appreciate how qualities that enable character-building on the ice can apply to developing leadership skills and the preparation for success in business, this is a terrific read." -- Susan Cohig, Executive Vice President, NHL Club Business Affairs\n"A truly impressive book on the qualities and fundamentals of effective leadership along with anecdotes of managing through crisis while staying focused on your goals. This book is inspiring for business leaders in any field and the lessons throughout should serve as a resource for leading and managing the right way!" -- Jim Van Stone, President of Business Operations, Monumental Sports and Entertainment\n"Some derive leadership lessons from boardrooms. Others derive leadership lessons from behind the boards and on the ice. Norm O’Reilly and Rick Burton have found a way to do both. Business the NHL way provides anecdotal evidence and colorful storytelling about how the sub-economies around the NHL have massive cultural relevance and provide valued learnings." -- Donnovan Bennett, Feature Host, Producer, and Radio Host at Sportsnet\n"In Business the NHL Way, Norm O’Reilly and Rick Burton use hockey as the vehicle to teach us about building successful businesses. The authors take us into rinks, locker rooms, and front offices to illustrate the shared strategy of hockey and business, which is, as the great Wayne Gretzky said, ‘...always knowing, always skating, to where the puck is going, not to where it has been.’" -- Joan Ryan, Author of Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry\n"Business the NHL Way is a lively and engrossing romp through hockey history told by a pair of insiders who are not afraid to shake off the gloves. But it’s also a sharp-eyed take on a question that bedevils every successful legacy business: How do we adapt and evolve without abandoning our essential character?" -- Sam Walker, Wall Street Journal Leadership Columnist, and Author of The Captain Class\n"Business the NHL Way is a fascinating read. Hardcore and casual hockey fans and those interested in the business of sport will enjoy the behind-the-curtains insights that Norm O’Reilly and Rick Burton provide. As someone who grew up playing and loving the game of hockey, I never expected I would be able to spend the bulk of my working career engaged in the business of hockey. Readers will learn about the inner workings of the NHL and better understand what drives decision-making at the club and league level. You will be impressed at the data and details provided. I know I was!" -- Cyril Leeder, Former CEO, President and Alternate Governor, Ottawa Senators\nThe National Hockey League is at its apex in terms of its business success. Even a global pandemic could not slow it down. The league generates more than $5 billion annually, its revenues and media deals continue to grow, and its properties are increasing in value, innovation, and quantity. More clubs are profitable than are not, and the game of hockey is expanding globally. 
Business the NHL Way draws on hockey-inspired stories to show how brands, institutions, and individuals associated with the NHL have consistently survived a variety of challenges and thrived as a result of its decisions. The book explores twelve business-related scenarios from the sport of hockey and links each le

Business the NHL Way: Lessons from the Fastest Game on Ice

Burton, Rick

O’Reilly, Norm

Management & Leadership

We live in a time of unprecedented speed, connection, and uncertainty. While many organizations are adapting to this new reality by reinventing business models, significantly fewer are examining the implications of these changes for developing effective leadership. In Intentional Leadership, Rose M. Patten draws on her expertise as one of Canada’s most influential leaders to shine a spotlight on this emergent and often neglected space. 
Drawing on learnings and a framework tested with over 900 senior leaders across industries and geographies, Intentional Leadership presents a guide for continuous renewal, focusing on the human side of leading. Patten debunks common myths, emphasizing that leadership capabilities do not just develop over time, but require self-awareness, feedback, intention, adjustment, and practice. Whether you are a CEO of a large corporation, an activist, raising a family, working in government, or leading a not-for-profit organization, Intentional Leadership meets you where you are and provides the necessary tools for self-reflection and growth as a leader.

Intentional Leadership: The Big 8 Capabilities Setting Leaders Apart

Patten, Rose M.

The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations

Product Description 
In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships. 
Thirty years ago, in Wabanaki territory – a region encompassing the state of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes – a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals came together to explore some of the most pressing questions at the heart of Truth and Healing efforts in the United States and Canada. Meeting over several years in long-weekend gatherings, in a Wabanaki-led traditional Council format, assumptions were challenged, perspectives upended, and stereotypes shattered. Alliances and friendships were formed that endure to this day. 
The Gatherings tells the moving story of these meetings in the words of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants. Reuniting to reflect on how their lives were changed by their experiences and how they continue to be impacted by them, the participants share the valuable lessons they learned. 
The many voices represented in The Gatherings offer insights and strategies that can inform change at the individual, group, and systems levels. These voices affirm that authentic relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples – with their attendant anxieties, guilt, anger, embarrassments, and, with time, even laughter and mutual affection – are key to our shared futures here in North America. Now, more than ever, it is critical that we come together to reimagine Indigenous-settler relations. 
Mawopiyane: 
Gwen BearShirley BowenAlma H. BrooksgkisedtanamoogkJoAnn HughesDebbie LeightonBarb MartinMiigam’aganT. Dana MitchellWayne A. NewellBetty PetersonMarilyn Keyes RoperWesley Rothermel 
Afterword by Dr. Frances Hancock 
To reflect the collaborative nature of this project, the word Mawopiyane is used to describe the full group of co-authors. Mawopiyane, in Passamaquoddy, literally means "let us sit together," but the deeper meaning is of a group coming together, as in the longhouse, to struggle with a sensitive or divisive issue – but one with a very desirable outcome. It is a healing word and one that is recognizable in all Wabanaki languages. 
 Review 
"The Gatherings is an unusual book in the powerful authenticity of feeling it expresses." -- Dana White ― 
OFF RADAR, centralmaine.com\n"The Gatherings: Reimaging Indigenous-Settler Relations offers eye-opening information that is beautifully tied together with thought-provoking and insightful stories from individuals who have initiated the work that needs to be done to end the fragile relationships between Indigenous peoples and settlers." -- Carly Smith ― 
Cloud Lake Literary\n"Very impressive. The contributions of these men and women are noteworthy and deserve to be read and available to all persons who are interested and want to learn from them." -- The Hon. Graydon Nicholas, Chancellor and Endowed Chair in Native Studies, St. Thomas University, and Former Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick\n"Shirley N. Hager’s gentle and affirming spirit shines through as she introduces the reader to this unique, collective experience. I felt so much gratitude for each participant, opening themselves to let strangers in." -- Beth Clifford, Curriculum Coordinator, Maine Indian Education\n"In this book, White Americans and Native Americans speak from different perspectives of their experience in the circle as they patiently forge a transforming experience across difference." -- Terry Chadsey, Former Executive Director, Center for Courage & Renewal\n"I had intended to only take a quick look at the book and come back to it later, but once I started reading I couldn’t stop. The Gatherings is a very well-constructed book of great importance both as a cultural document and as a tool for teaching and learning." -- Keith Helmuth, Founding Trustee of Quaker Institute for the Future and Author of 
Tracking Down Ecolog

History

Hager, Shirley

Mawopiyane

Americas

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