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Exposing the misguided assumptions behind an altruistic trend The last decade has seen an explosion of urban beekeeping in the US, Canada, and Europe, a well-intentioned response to perceived threats to the global honey bee population. Many thousands of people have taken up this seemingly environmentally-friendly hobby, tending backyard hives and encouraging bees to make honey and pollinate flowers and crops. What could be wrong with that? Quite a lot, in fact. In The Honey Trap, scientist and author Dana Church demonstrates that despite reports to the contrary, honey bees are nowhere near extinction. Rather, their nurturing by beekeepers is having far-reaching and potentially devastating consequences for the 20,000 other species of bees on the planet, with knock-on effects for plants, both cultivated and wild, and our ecosystems more generally. With engaging story-telling and a wealth of knowledge about bees and their ways, Church unravels the complexities of human interactions with our winged friends and demonstrates how dangerously selfish our thinking can be.It's a wake-up call for humanity to embrace sustainable practices and protect these vital pollinators before it's too late.

A joyful, beautifully written tribute to Canada's most salient features--hockey and geography. In the waning days of the pandemic, sportswriter Ronnie Shuker stuffed his skates, sticks, and backpack into his faithful automobile, Gumpy, named for the legendary Montreal goaltender Gump Worsley, and set off on a 13,000-mile, coast-to-coast-to-coast investigation of the many ways hockey touches the lives of Canadians. Beginning in St. John's, home of the Newfoundland Growlers, and ending in Duncan, British Columbia, home of the world's largest hockey stick, Shuker hits famous sites of hockey lore, from the cradle of the game in Long Pond, Nova Scotia, to Brantford, Ontario, where streets, highways, schools, and much else bear the name Gretzky, to Vancouver, host of the famous 1994 and 2011 Canuck riots. But he also finds the game in unlikely places--ancient arenas, bowling alleys, crash sites, coffee shops, memorials, even a nuclear power plant--where a seemingly endless and always engaging cast of characters, including pros, semi-pros, beer-league veterans, family and fans, share unforgettable stories of how pucks have dented their lives.

Sir John A. Macdonald had been in politics for four decades and prime minister of Canada for three terms, but he’d never seen anything like the apocalyptic year of 1885.The issues cascaded relentlessly: threats to the sovereignty of Canada from London and Washington; armed resistance in the North-West; the spectre of starvation among Indigenous peoples; financial crises that endangered the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR); protests over Chinese immigration to British Columbia; nationalist dissent in Quebec; a smallpox epidemic that would claim over 5,000 victims in Montreal; and fierce opposition to Macdonald’s drive to expand the right to vote. It was a year like no other in Canadian history.In this fascinating and authoritative study of a skilled politician at the peak of his powers, political historian Patrice Dutil shows how Macdonald navigated persistent threats to public order, anchored the stability of his government, and ensured the future of his still fragile nation.What emerges is a compelling portrait of a man who, notwithstanding his personal failings and the sins of his times, was the most enlightened and constructive public figure of early Canadian history.

A collection of 20 simple short stories designed by a Japanese teacher for Japanese learners. New vocabulary and grammar is gradually introduced throughout the book. This book enables learners to acquire vocabulary and grammar knowledge in an intuitive matter rather than through rote memorization of artificial and complex grammar rules.

This novel is designed specifically for beginners just starting their Japanese study, or more experienced people looking for easy reading practice. It's complete glossary for each chapter, and limited vocabulary(only approx. 75 unique words) allows even beginners to understand and enjoy the story.

This novel is designed specifically for beginners just starting their Japanese study, or more experienced people looking for easy reading practice. It's complete glossary for each chapter, and limited vocabulary(only approx. 75 unique words) allows even beginners to understand and enjoy the story.

"For more than sixty years, Yoko Ono has fascinated us as one of the world's most innovative, radical artists. From a childhood of both extraordinary privilege and extreme deprivation in war-time Japan, she adopted an outsider's persona and moved to America where, after a spell at Sarah Lawrence College, she made a place for herself in bohemian arts circles. She was already twice divorced and established as a performance artist in the Fluxus movement and in Tokyo's avant-garde scene before her fortuitous meeting with the Beatles' John Lennon at a London Gallery in 1966. Their intense yet fraught relationship, reputed to have blown-up the Beatles, made headlines around the world, as did their famous bed-ins in protest of the Vietnam war, and their majestic, Grammy-winning musical collaborations. Through it all, and for decades after Lennon's tragic death, she remained defiantly herself. Yoko Ono: An Artful Life charts her journey of personal turmoil, artistic evolution, and activism, and at last tells her iconic story on her own terms."--