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Non-fictionTechnologyThe Colophon

Breaking up is hard to do: Cory Doctorow argues for the end of corporate concentration online in his new manifesto

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

What really exercises Doctorow is the monopolistic power Big Tech exerts in locking users into their services by means of exorbitant switching costs.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionPoliticsThe Colophon

Terror’s long tail: Jeffrey Toobin revisits the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to trace the growing roots of right-wing U.S. extremism

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

There is a direct line between the Oklahoma City bombing and the Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

“An instrument of empowerment”: Hugh Stephens offers a rationale for a robust Canadian copyright system

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023

The Canadian situation is in stark contrast to other Western countries that have more robust copyright protections.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionThe Colophon

For art’s sake: Michael Finkel examines the life and crimes of the world’s most prolific art thief

July 4, 2023July 4, 2023

Ultimately, Breitweiser's psychology remains something of a mystery.

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MusicNon-fictionThe Colophon

“Why don’t you just put out those demos?”: Bruce Springsteen, creative tension, and the accidental creation of a musical masterpiece

June 12, 2023June 12, 2023

Zanes is familiar with the technical aspects of production, and his descriptions of how Nebraska was captured on tape provide some of the most fascinating moments in his book.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

Hell on Earth: John Vaillant’s Fire Weather is a sobering, terrifying, and infuriating look at how humans have created the conditions for our own extinction

May 23, 2023May 24, 2023

In describing fire – its properties and its behaviour – Vaillant is at his most enthralling.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

Carolyn Whitzman’s history of a notorious 19th century Toronto murder illustrates how much has not changed in the interim

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023

A detailed and propulsive true crime story, Clara at the Door with a Revolver is also a work of social history.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionThe Colophon

Together, Donald Trump and Vince McMahon represent postmodern avatars for our relativistic, media saturated age

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

The pith and substance of both books involves an interrogation of what is genuine and what is kayfabe.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionThe Colophon

American author and poverty abolitionist Matthew Desmond turns the spotlight on readers in his latest volume

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

The alternatives to the limited cost of his proposals should be morally repugnant to the vast majority of thinking and feeling people.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionThe Colophon

In a meditative new book, author Jeff Sharlet examines the nexus points of division and discord in the U.S.

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

The tone Sharlet adopts for most of his book is plaintive, ironic, and not so much aghast at the existential state of his home country as sadly resigned.

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