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On Our Way to Oyster Bay
Kids Can Press Ltd |
September 6, 2016 |
32 pages
A moving, fictionalized account of a march that raised awareness about child labor. Eight-year-old Aidan and his friend Gussie have joined the picket line at the cotton mill to demand the chance to go to school instead of work. But when famous labor reformer Mother Jones arrives, she has an even... More Info
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Squiggly Story, A
Kids Can Press Ltd |
September 6, 2016 |
32 pages
Who says there’s only one way to write a story? A young boy wants to write a story, but he only knows his letters, not words. His sister says, “Why don’t you start there, with a letter?” So the boy tries. He chooses an easy letter to begin with. The letter I. And to his delight, with just... More Info
$35.00
Bodily Citations
Columbia University Press |
August 19, 2019 |
311 pages
In such works as Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler broke new ground in understanding the construction and performance of identities. While Butler's writings have been crucial and often controversial in the development of feminist and queer theory, Bodily Citations is the first... More Info
$17.95
Day I Became a Bird, The
Kids Can Press Ltd |
September 6, 2016 |
40 pages
What will a boy do for love? The day he starts school, a young boy falls in love for the very first time. He’s so in love, in fact, that Sylvia is all he can see. But Sylvia doesn’t see him. Sylvia has eyes only for birds. So in a bold gesture to get her attention, the boy goes to school... More Info
$26.52
Canadian Immigration and South Asian Immigrants
Xlibris Corporation |
September 19, 2014 |
399 pages
South Asian immigrants have made a significant contribution to the Canadian mosaic. However, their trials and tribulations and their successes and failures constitute a story that remains untold. To know of their arrivals, their struggles to beat the odds, as well as their successes, is to read a... More Info
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The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories
Courier Corporation |
August 19, 1994 |
102 pages
Featuresfive of the author's best early stories: title selection plus "The Phantom Rickshaw," "Wee Willie Winkie," "Without Benefit of Clergy" and "The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes.""
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My Mum Is a Wonder
Islamic Foundation |
April 12, 2016 |
24 pages
A young boy describes all the wonderful things his mum does for him, his family and their local community.
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Does for microbiology what Dr Joe Schwarcz's Brain Fuel (Anchor, 2010) did for chemistry: informs and...
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"What I am seeking here is a better understanding of the contradictions of capital, not of capitalism. I...
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Heineken in Africa by Olivier van Beemen | Ottawa Book Launch
Join us for the Ottawa launch of "Heineken in Africa: A Multinational Unleashed", award-winning Dutch journalist Olivier van Beemen's eye-opening investigation into the beer giant's excesses and tribulations in Africa. Presented by Octopus Books.
2019
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Annahid Dashtgard: Breaking the Ocean | Ottawa Book Launch
Join author Annahid Dashtgard in conversation with Mojdeh Cox for the Ottawa launch of Dashtgard’s Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Reconciliation.
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