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February 09

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The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are

By Andrew Cohen
A book on Canada’s national identity does not conger the phrase “page turner” for most Canucks; but maybe that’s because Andrew Cohen is right, and we are a people who are content to remain blissfully ignorant of our own country and its history, perhaps even
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The Age of Speed: Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World

By Vince Poscente
Do you check your email every 30 seconds? Tsk-tsk, Vince Poscente would say. Constant multitasking actually makes us less efficient, not more, he writes in The Age of Speed. Citing various formal surveys and anecdotal case studies, Poscente examines the demonization of speed in our
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The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

By Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan has been influential in the world of U.S. politics and finance for years. His history advising some of the most well-known leaders in world history has resulted in a book that could be surprising to some: an entertaining and penetrating memoir about the
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The Next 100 Years

By George Friedman
George Friedman is the founder of Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (Stratfor). The agency does private intelligence for clients including Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. In his book, Friedman does his best to forecast the next century. Friedman offers some insight into what he sees as
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