In this retelling of a Jewish folktale, Yankel does not realize the harm done by the stories he spreads - at least not until the rabbi teaches him an important (albeit gentle)...
Keeping our Cool Canada in a Warming World
Monster wildfires in Australia, January golfers in PEI, ruined fruit crops in California, starving polar bears in the North. Climate change is no longer a vague threat. Over the...
Think Like a Commoner A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons
The Commons is among the most important and hopeful concepts of our time, and once you’ve read this book you’ll understand why!—Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy“In...
That Is How It Is Stories
That Is How It Is – another impressive translation by Harvey Fink – offers more than fifty short pieces by Moishe Nadir, almost entirely about America – “a land where...
The Art of Social Enterprise Business As If People Mattered
The current business-for-profit model rewards short-term thinking, narrow self-interest, and a social-and-environmental-costs-be-damned attitude. Non-profits, while more focused...
Perfect Man
Michael discovers his own super powers with the help of his new teacher in this picturebook about imagination.
Kill the Messangers Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know
Information, the lifeblood of democracy, is under attack in Canada. Instead of the transparency Stephen Harper promised, the nation’s business is done in secret, and an army of...
Poor Matza Selected Stories of Avrom Reisen Translated from the Yiddish by Harvey Fink
Avrom Reisen (1876-1953) was an acclaimed and prolific Yiddish poet and short story writer for the American Yiddish dailies. This is a superb translation by Harvey Fink of some of...
How will capitalism end? Essays on a Failing System
AftAfter years of ill health, capitalism is now in a critical condition. Growth has given way to stagnation; inequality is leading to instability; and confidence in the money...
Can Hen's Give Milk?
On a small farm in Chelm, a man and his daughter set out to find a way to get milk from their hens, and the results are not only funny, they're wacky.
