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I've never really thought about the impact on the environment or the workers that fast fashion has. This book has made me more intentional about how much I buy and wear, making better choices to do my part for the environment and for better working conditions.
An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it
What should I wear? It's one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited labor, the environment, and intellectual property-and in the last three decades, with the simultaneous unfurling of fast fashion, globalization, and the tech revolution, those abuses…
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
Like in other countries, the housing situation in Canada has become unaffordable and unsustainable. This book provides thought-provoking solutions to this problem, giving hope to what feels like an insurmountable problem. Hopefully politicians and decision makers will make note of the ideas!
An urgent and illuminating examination of the unrelenting housing crisis Canadians find ourselves facing, by Balsillie Prize finalist and CBC Radio host Gregor Craigie, Our Crumbling Foundation offers real-life solutions from around the world and hope for new housing innovation in the face of seemingly impossible obstacles. Canada is experiencing a housing shortage. Although house prices in major Canadian cities appear to have topped out in early 2023, new housing isn't coming onto the market quickly enough. Rising interest rates have only tightened the pressure on buyers, and renters, too, as rising mortgage rates cost landlords more, which are passed…
This memoir, with vivid portraits of Facebook personalities and company policies, hits on a visceral level. It starts with a shark attack that almost killed the author as a teenager in New Zealand; then tells of her work on global problems at the U.N. She’s struck by Facebook’s ability to connect people when it becomes the go-to for information after an earthquake in Christchurch. The company hires her to deal with governments. But Facebook makes massive demands on her and imperils her health, while she learns the quirks and privileges the higher-ups take for granted. The company keeps expanding in spite of evidence that it’s spreading misinformation and enabling bad actors. This is a thought-provoking and very personal look at an enterprise that has embedded itself in many people's lives.
A 2025 best book of the year so far by The New York Times, The Economist, NPR, and more
“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she also delivers the goods." -Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times
“When one of the world's most powerful media companies tries to snuff out a book ― amid other alarming attacks on free speech in America like this ― it's time to pull out all the stops.” –Ron Charles, The Washington Post
A Duke with rigid opinions, a Lady whose beliefs conflict with his, a long disputed parcel of land, a conniving neighbour, a desperate collaboration, a failure of trust, a love found despite it all.
Alexander Cavendish, Duke of Ravensworth, returned from war to find that his father and brother had…
This short read was like an episode of The Twilight Zone. While seemingly a story about a 2-person contruction crew paving a road to unite the poor South with the richer North after the end of a Civil War, this book looks at themes such as duty, community, interdependence, and betrayal. The ending was predictable but the book was a good story.
From the bestselling author of The Circle and The Monk of Mokha comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace.
'Tightly written, carefully designed to wrong-foot preconceptions, and astute . . . An intensely gripping story' Evening Standard
An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state.
Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people,…
