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The award-winning, bestselling author of While Canada Slept gives his view of a country wasted on Canadians.

What is national character? What makes the Americans, the British, the French, the…

American Guru is a multifaceted account of life in the contemporary spiritual community known as EnlightenNext, and the controversial teaching methods of its New York-born founder, self-proclaimed guru Andrew Cohen…

This book explores the social and economic development of Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi over the course of the twentieth century. It will be useful for historians, economists, development studies scholars…

This collection makes available rare sources on the aims, functions and effects of British administration in Africa

This book provides rigorous but accessible scholarship, ideal for students in philosophy and public policy. It includes twelve original essays by world-renowned scholars, each examining a key topic in philosophy…

Toleration contributes to individuals leading good lives and to societies that are efficient and just. There are personal and social matters that would be improved by taking toleration to be…