Greystone Books: 191 books
The War On Science
Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
A passionate and meticulously researched argument against the Harper government's war on science.
In this arresting and passionately argued indictment, award-winning journalist Chris Turner argues that Stephen Harper's attack on basic science, science communication, environmental regulations,...
In the Path of An Avalanche
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
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Adventurers from all over the world come to Canada's Selkirks -- a mecca for ski touring that offers unlimited mountain terrain and lots of snow. On a clear, cold morning in January 1998, six experienced back-country skiers set out across one of its heavily loaded slopes and were caught...
Doctor is In(sane), The
Indispensable Advice from Dr. Dave
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The "Dave Barry of medicine" takes on the foibles of human health in this wildly funny collection.
Irreverent yet authoritative, Dr. Dave's practical medical advice for everyday ailments is entertaining and informative. In the style of Dave Barry and Rick Reilly, GP and well-loved...
Most of Me
Surviving My Medical Meltdown
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
The imaginative, hilarious, and moving memoir of a woman coping with both Parkinson's disease and breast cancer.
At age forty-three, Robyn Levy was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and, eight months later, with breast cancer. With irreverent and at times mordant humour, Most of Me chronicles...
Fallen
A Trauma, a Marriage, and the Transformative Power of Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
In the vein of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking*, Kara Stanley tells the compelling story of her husband’s life-changing brain and spinal cord injury and the role of music, science, and love in recovery.*
Kara Stanley combines the heart-wrenching narrative of a catastrophic brain...
The Personalized Medicine Revolution
How Diagnosing and Treating Disease Are About to Change Forever
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
An incisive look at how personalized medicine is revolutionizing health care for everyone.
In this persuasive and compelling book, Pieter Cullis argues that personalized medicine, also known as precision medicine, is the biggest revolution of our time. By replacing the current one-size-fits-all...
by Mark Leiren-Young
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale—a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them.
Killer whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer whale...
Technocreep
The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
“Technology is rapidly moving into our bodies,” writes cyber expert Tom Keenan, “and this book gives a chilling look ahead into where that road may lead us.” Here is the definitive dissection of privacyeroding and lifeinvading technologies, coming at you from governments, corporations, and...
Where Do Camels Belong?
Why Invasive Species Aren't All Bad
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Where do camels belong? You may be surprised to learn that they evolved and lived for tens of millions of years in North America—and also that the leek, national symbol of Wales, was a Roman import to Britain, as were chickens, rabbits and pheasants. These classic examples highlight the issues of...
Good News For a Change
How Everyday People are Helping the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2003
The litany of environmental bad news -- rapid extinction of species, pollution, depleted food sources -- can be overwhelming, but there's hope too. In this thoughtful look at whatís happening behind the grim headlines, authors David Suzuki and Holly Dressel show that thousands of individuals, groups,...
Eating Dirt
Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
"In language as sharp as obsidian, as unsentimental as a clear-cut, Charlotte Gill tells the story of her tree-planting tribe, men and women who spend their lives atoning for the deeds of the rest of us who, to this day, continue to sacrifice the greatest temperate rainforest on earth on the...
Ladies of the Field
Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
"If you're looking to shake up your concept of Victorian women, these stories of adventure may be your cup of tea." -- Shameless Magazine
"Full of well-researched facts, these tales of seven determined explorers will interest anyone looking for a good adventure." -- Publishers...
by Ian McAllister, Chris Darimont
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
A textual edition of the bestselling photo book, updated with the author's recent observations of the wolves of the raincoast.
The illustrated edition of The Last Wild Wolves won the BC Booksellers' Choice Award and has sold over 7,000 copies. This updated textual edition follows what has happened...
The Inner Life of Animals
Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2018
"Like The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben's The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. Surprising, humbling, and filled with delight, this book shows us that animals think, feel and know in much the same way as we do--and that their lives are, to them, as precious as ours are to us."
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