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{"id":6811221884987,"title":"Cobalt","handle":"cobalt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Trillium Book Award \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe world is desperate for cobalt. It drives the proliferation of digital and clean technologies. But this “demon metal” has a horrific present and a troubled history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe modern search for cobalt has brought investors back to a small town in Northern Canada, a place called Cobalt. Like the demon metal, this town has a dark and turbulent history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tale of the early-twentieth-century mining rush at Cobalt has been told as a settler’s adventure, but Indigenous people had already been trading in metals from the region for two thousand years. And the events that happened here — the theft of Indigenous lands, the exploitation of a multicultural workforce, and the destruction of the natural environment — established a template for resource extraction that has been exported around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharlie Angus reframes the complex and intersectional history of Cobalt within a broader international frame — from the conquistadores to the Western gold rush to the struggles in the Democratic Republic of Congo today. He demonstrates how Cobalt set Canada on its path to become the world’s dominant mining superpower.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-21T09:28:05-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-21T09:16:33-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["By (author) Angus Charlie","Environmentalism","House of Anansi Press","Nonfiction","pub date: 2022-02-01"],"price":1999,"price_min":1999,"price_max":2499,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40190645436475,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487009496","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Cobalt - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2499,"weight":396,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487009496","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":40190645567547,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487009502","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Cobalt - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487009502","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ccdef39e-58b4-411f-8c20-f167fc509278.jpg?v=1711254488"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ccdef39e-58b4-411f-8c20-f167fc509278.jpg?v=1711254488","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24351463768123,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ccdef39e-58b4-411f-8c20-f167fc509278.jpg?v=1711254488"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ccdef39e-58b4-411f-8c20-f167fc509278.jpg?v=1711254488","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Trillium Book Award \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe world is desperate for cobalt. It drives the proliferation of digital and clean technologies. But this “demon metal” has a horrific present and a troubled history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe modern search for cobalt has brought investors back to a small town in Northern Canada, a place called Cobalt. Like the demon metal, this town has a dark and turbulent history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tale of the early-twentieth-century mining rush at Cobalt has been told as a settler’s adventure, but Indigenous people had already been trading in metals from the region for two thousand years. And the events that happened here — the theft of Indigenous lands, the exploitation of a multicultural workforce, and the destruction of the natural environment — established a template for resource extraction that has been exported around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharlie Angus reframes the complex and intersectional history of Cobalt within a broader international frame — from the conquistadores to the Western gold rush to the struggles in the Democratic Republic of Congo today. He demonstrates how Cobalt set Canada on its path to become the world’s dominant mining superpower.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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He is the leader of the roots band Grievous Angels; their ninth album is \u003cem \u003eLast Call for Cinderella\u003c\/em\u003e. Angus lives in Cobalt, Ontario, with his wife, author Brit Griffin. They have three daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Angus, Charlie (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2023 Trillium Book Award \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe world is desperate for cobalt. It drives the proliferation of digital and clean technologies. But this “demon metal” has a horrific present and a troubled history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe modern search for cobalt has brought investors back to a small town in Northern Canada, a place called Cobalt. Like the demon metal, this town has a dark and turbulent history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tale of the early-twentieth-century mining rush at Cobalt has been told as a settler’s adventure, but Indigenous people had already been trading in metals from the region for two thousand years. And the events that happened here — the theft of Indigenous lands, the exploitation of a multicultural workforce, and the destruction of the natural environment — established a template for resource extraction that has been exported around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharlie Angus reframes the complex and intersectional history of Cobalt within a broader international frame — from the conquistadores to the Western gold rush to the struggles in the Democratic Republic of Congo today. 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From the silver screen to Silicon Valley, from the Guggenheims to the Montreal Canadiens, from the predatory capitalism of the Gilded Age to the Cold War to the globalized mining industry of the twenty-first century, the power unleashed in Cobalt more than a century ago continues to reverberate in Canada and the world. It is a cautionary tale of a land and economy based on resource extraction, and, as a northerner, I was at once elevated and infuriated by the events recounted so masterfully in this book. With \u003cem\u003eCobalt\u003c\/em\u003e, Charlie Angus has hit paydirt.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"James Daschuk, author of Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003eFantastic! Gripping! A page-turner. In telling the story of Cobalt, Ontario, Charlie Angus has told the story of Canada: the rapacious search for easy wealth, the plunder of nature and Indigenous lands, the abuse of women and ethnic minorities, and the creation of a Canadian mining industry still leaving its terrible footprint in the Global South. But \u003cem\u003eCobalt\u003c\/em\u003e is also the story of resistance and reconciliation; the birth of union power and the rights of working people; the collective fight for health care, education, and social security for all; and the pursuit of justice. The book is filled with great stories, larger-than-life characters, and rich history. I highly recommend it.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Maude Barlow, activist and author","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCharlie Angus is the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eChildren of the Broken Treaty. \u003c\/em\u003eHe is also a beloved musician and a high-profile Member of Parliament. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eCobalt\u003c\/em\u003e exposes Canada as the mining capital of the world and responsible for much global misery, especially despised by Indigenous groups for destructive mining practices. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eCobalt\u003c\/em\u003e is at the heart of current affairs as the mining of cobalt is gaining wider notoriety. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eThis immersive history includes a trenchant warning about the unknown costs of the race to a clean energy future.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eCharlie Angus passionately and comprehensively pulls apart the existing narrative about Northern Ontario by exploring the extraordinary history of an overlooked town … In deftly handled prose, Angus details the media manipulation, violence, and government collusion (or ineptitude) that would gradually turn mining corporations into superpowers that spin fictional stories of a ‘nicer’ frontier in Ontario’s north. In actuality, Cobalt suffered municipal dysfunction, disease, xenophobia, murder, and catastrophe, and ushered in an era where the land was transformed into a series of company towns in order to bolster economies in the south and grow a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Quill \u0026 Quire","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003eCharlie Angus uncovers how Canada’s mining dominance feeds the world’s hunger for cobalt, a mineral with a horrific present and troubled history.\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Nominated","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCode_0":"07","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeName_0":"Forest of Reading Evergreen Award","PrizeName_1":"Ontario Trillium Award","PrizeYear_0":"2023","PrizeYear_1":"2023","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2022-02-01","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003eCharlie Angus uncovers how Canada’s mining dominance feeds the world’s hunger for cobalt, a mineral with a horrific present and troubled history.\u003c\/p\u003e","Subtitle":"Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
Cobalt
Charlie Angus uncovers how Canada’s mining dominance feeds the world’s hunger for cobalt, a mineral with a horrific present and troubled history.
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{"id":6814263738427,"title":"This Accident of Being Lost","handle":"this-accident-of-being-lost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson that rebirths a decolonized reality, one that circles in and out of time and resists dominant narratives or comfortable categorization.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Accident of Being Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is the knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. These visionary pieces build upon Simpson's powerful use of the fragment as a tool for intervention in her critically acclaimed collection \u003ci\u003eIslands of Decolonial Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA crow watches over a deer addicted to road salt; Lake Ontario floods Toronto to remake the world while texting “ARE THEY GETTING IT?”; lovers visit the last remaining corner of the boreal forest; three comrades guerrilla-tap maples in an upper middle-class neighbourhood; and Kwe gets her firearms license in rural Ontario. 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These visionary pieces build upon Simpson's powerful use of the fragment as a tool for intervention in her critically acclaimed collection \u003ci\u003eIslands of Decolonial Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA crow watches over a deer addicted to road salt; Lake Ontario floods Toronto to remake the world while texting “ARE THEY GETTING IT?”; lovers visit the last remaining corner of the boreal forest; three comrades guerrilla-tap maples in an upper middle-class neighbourhood; and Kwe gets her firearms license in rural Ontario. Blending elements of Nishnaabeg storytelling, science fiction, contemporary realism, and the lyric voice, \u003ci\u003eThis Accident of Being Lost\u003c\/i\u003e burns with a quiet intensity, like a campfire in your backyard, challenging you to reconsider the world you thought you knew.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"AlsoRecommendedISBN_2":"9781487002268","AlsoRecommendedISBN_3":"9781487003463","AlsoRecommendedISBN_6":"9781487005771","BASICMainSubject":"FIC029000","BASICMainSubjectLiteral":"FICTION \/ Short Stories","BiographicalNote":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLEANNE BETASAMOSAKE SIMPSON\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, scholar, and musician, and a member of Alderville First Nation. She is the author of five previous books, including \u003cem\u003eThis Accident of Being Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the MacEwan Book of the Year and the Peterborough Arts Award for Outstanding Achievement by an Indigenous Author; was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Trillium Book Award; was longlisted for CBC Canada Reads; and was named a best book of the year by the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e. 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These visionary pieces build upon Simpson's powerful use of the fragment as a tool for intervention in her critically acclaimed collection \u003ci\u003eIslands of Decolonial Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA crow watches over a deer addicted to road salt; Lake Ontario floods Toronto to remake the world while texting “ARE THEY GETTING IT?”; lovers visit the last remaining corner of the boreal forest; three comrades guerrilla-tap maples in an upper middle-class neighbourhood; and Kwe gets her firearms license in rural Ontario. 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She is, in my opinion, one of the more articulate and engaged voices of her generation.","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Thomas King, author of Green Grass, Running Water and The Inconvenient Indian","OtherText_Accolades_1":"Playful, pissed off, and ferociously funny, Leanne Simpson writes irresistible love stories in the jaws of genocide. A genius shape-shifter and defiant genre-detonator, there is quite simply no one like her.","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine","OtherText_Accolades_2":"Blending song and story, humour and truth, This Accident of Being Lost feels so intimate and so familiar. It is the story of our sisters, cousins, and friends. I love this book. Simpson is a master lyricist, captivating storyteller, and a true gift to us all.","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Katherena Vermette, author of The Break","OtherText_Review_0":"A stunning collection of poetry, song, and short fiction. These short pieces are darkly humorous, elegantly constructed, and beautifully sorrowful . . . The stories are not bleak, and a wry sense of humor glimmers throughout, walking hand in hand with damaged humanity to create a gentleness that combats the sometimes grim subject matter . . . This is a truly creative and heartfelt work, thoroughly modern in tone and timbre.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Publisher's Weekly","OtherText_Review_1":"Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a poet who strides through multiple realms. In This Accident of Being Lost, she carries the reader along with her urgent, direct address . . . It is the uneasiness and emotional uncertainty of her characters that makes the book strangely addictive. I was stunned by Simpson’s generosity in sharing these experiences and inviting us to be challenged and to be lost. I welcomed having my assumptions about urban Indigenous people upended, and this is accomplished with the nourishing humour, wisdom, and poetic, loose-limbed lines that have been sewn through the stories.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_2":"A testament to the power of connection, This Accident of Being Lost is by turns poignant, funny, fiercely angry and deeply sad . . . remarkable.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A knife-sharp collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Runner-up","PrizeCodeText_1":"Runner-up","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"02","PrizeCode_1":"02","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeName_0":"Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize","PrizeName_1":"Trillium Book Award","PrizeName_2":"A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book","PrizeName_3":"National Post 99 Best Books of the Year","PrizeYear_0":"2017","PrizeYear_1":"2017","PrizeYear_2":"2017","PrizeYear_3":"2017","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2017-04-08","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A knife-sharp collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.","Subtitle":"Songs and Stories","teachersguide_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487001278\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=teachersguide\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
This Accident of Being Lost
A knife-sharp collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.
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The Red Sash
The Red Sash is the story of a young Metis boy who lives near the fur trading post of Fort William, on Lake Superior, nearly 200 years ago.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
These Are Not the Words
A poignant, gritty story about a girl who sees her parents as flawed human beings for the first time, and finds the courage to make a fresh start.
