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From 1930 to 1940, A. Irving Hallowell, a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania,...
Kids' Books
$16.95
What Makes a Baby
Triangle Square |
May 7, 2013 |
36 pages
Geared to readers from preschool to age eight, What Makes a Baby is a book for every kind of family and every kind of kid. It is a twenty-first century children’s picture book about conception, gestation, and birth, which reflects the reality of our modern time by being inclusive of all kinds of... More Info
$24.95
Tough Guys Have Feelings Too
Nobrow Press |
October 1, 2015 |
48 pages
A boldly illustrated picture book read-aloud about how everyone gets sad—ninjas, wrestlers, knights, superheroes, everyone . . . even daddies have emotions! Did you know wrestlers have feelings? And knights. Even superheroes and ninjas feel sad sometimes. In fact everyone has... More Info
$1.99
Mortimer
Annick Press ; Scarborough, Ont. : Distriubted by Firefly Books |
January 1, 1983 |
24 pages
This book is about a little boy who doesn't know how to go to bed at night.
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$19.95
Waiting for the Whales
September 27, 2016 |
32 pages
In this timeless picture book, an old man lives alone on a bluff overlooking the sea and awaits the whales' return each year to the bay.
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$75.00
I'm a Great Kid Facilitator's Guide
Second Story Pr |
September 30, 2007 |
114 pages
I'm a Great Kid!is an innovative primary prevention skills program for children 8 to 11 years old that empowers children to think and act in positive ways. Follow up to the I'm a Great Little Kidprogram for younger children. The program includes a book (for adults) with classroom activities, full... More Info
Literature - International
$16.50
Pulphead
FSG Originals |
October 25, 2011 |
384 pages
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Year 2011A Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction book of 2011A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2011 A sharp-eyed, uniquely humane tour of America’s... More Info
$9.88
Two Plays about Israel/Palestine
Iuniverse Incorporated |
February 22, 2012 |
104 pages
TWO PLAYS ABOUT ISRAEL/PALESTINE " "Arthur Milner's plays are always smart, engaging and contemporary. Milner is a man of his times who never talks down to his audience, even as he courts and incites strong reactions. We forgive him, though because he entertains us with clever and funny characters.
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$16.95
The Female Detective
February 15, 2015 |
328 pages
In 1864, the British writer James Redding Ware, under the pseudonym Andrew Forrester, published The Female Detective, introducing readers to the first professional female detective character, Mrs. Gladden, and paving the way for the more famous female detectives of the early twentieth century,... More Info
$18.95
Mobile 9
Vehicule Press |
April 15, 2009 |
224 pages
In 1969, a call for revolution and an explosion at the home of Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau draws Ty Davis, a young television reporter, into the realm of underworld chaos and violence. A colleague is accused of a crime he did not commit. What follows exposes a citys dark side and ensnares Davis,... More Info
$33.95
JD
March 24, 2015 |
272 pages
Thirty years after Jonathan Ascher's death, Martha finally opens her husband's journals and discovers his secret affairs with men as well as his all-absorbing passion for their deceased son, Mickey. Through the dysfunctional marriage between Martha and Jonathan Ascher as well as the story of... More Info
Political Economy
$27.50
Whatever Happened to the Islamists?
October 30, 2012 |
224 pages
Islamism and political Islam might seem like contemporary phenomena, but the roots of both movements can be traced back more than a century. Nevertheless, the utopian beliefs of Islamism have been irrevocably changed by the processes of modernization—especially globalization—which have taken... More Info
$13.95
The Communist Manifesto
Pluto Press (UK) |
January 20, 2017 |
176 pages
'Workers of the world, Unite!'The Communist Manifesto is arguably the world's most influential political manuscript.
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$24.95
The War of 1812
Cambridge Univ Pr |
March 31, 2012 |
240 pages
"A short and easily-readable book that will explain to both Americans and Canadians why the War of 1812 mattered in the histories of their two nations. For those who seek insights into this subject during the bicentennial commemorations of the war, this book is the place to start. Its contents... More Info
$38.95
The Virtuous Citizen
Cambridge University Press |
July 31, 2012 |
264 pages
What does it mean to be a citizen in a multicultural society? And what role must patriotism play in defining our relationship with our country and fellow citizens? In The Virtuous Citizen Tim Soutphommasane answers these questions with a critical defence of liberal nationalism.
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Unusual Histories
$30.00
Plowed Under
November 11, 2014 |
322 pages
During the Great Depression, with thousands on bread lines, farmers were instructed by the New Deal Agricultural Adjustment Act to produce less food in order to stabilize food prices and restore the market economy. Fruit was left to rot on trees, crops were plowed under, and millions of piglets and... More Info
$23.95
Travels in China
Polity |
January 24, 2012 |
240 pages
In 1974 Roland Barthes travelled in China as part of a small delegation of distinguished French philosophers and literary figures. They arrived in China just as the last stage of the Cultural Revolution was getting underway - the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius. While they were... More Info
$21.99
Untitled
Simon and Schuster |
April 21, 2015 |
224 pages
From YouTube star vlogger Connor Franta comes an illustrated book that grows out of his massive social media outreach--filled with annotated postcards, notes, texts, tweets, journal entries, emails, and letters that chart his coming of age. The front of the postcards feature his photos, both of... More Info
$19.95
Comfort Food for Breakups
Arsenal Pulp Pr Ltd |
April 1, 2007 |
176 pages
A moving and sensual food memoir combining family, lesbian identity, and desire.
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$28.95
My Husband and My Wives
Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
October 2, 2012 |
272 pages
My Husband and My Wives: A Gay’s Man’s Odyssey is the memoir of a man looking back over eight tumultuous decades at the complications of discovering at puberty that he is attracted to other men. The ordeal of remaining true to what his libido tells him is right, in the midst of a disapproving... More Info
Political Action
$29.95
Droppers
Univ of Oklahoma Pr |
March 1, 2010 |
233 pages
Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. In popular imagination, these words seem to capture the atmosphere of 1960s hippie communes. Yet when the first hippie commune was founded in 1965 outside Trinidad, Colorado, the goal wasn't one long party but rather a new society that integrated life and art. In... More Info
$19.95
Underminers
New Society Pub |
September 10, 2013 |
384 pages
A practical guide for radical change
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$24.95
Organizational Discourse
Polity |
January 12, 2015 |
224 pages
How can we study organizations from a discursive perspective? What are the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of each perspective on organizational discourse? To what extent do discourse and communication constitute the organizational world? This accessible book addresses these questions by... More Info
$25.95
Rules for Revolutionaries
No summary available.
$27.95
Revolution Interrupted
Univ of Wisconsin Press |
April 14, 2011 |
230 pages
In October 1973 a mass movement forced Thailand's prime minister to step down and leave the country, ending nearly forty years of dictatorship. Three years later, in a brutal reassertion of authoritarian rule, Thai state and para-state forces quashed a demonstration at Thammasat University in... More Info
Philosophy
$13.50
Introducing Postmodernism
Totem Books |
October 23, 2018 |
189 pages
Explains the idea of postmodernism in graphic novel format, a concept that has been used to define the cultural condition of the world.
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$19.95
Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Cambridge University Press |
April 19, 2012 |
104 pages
Published in 1785, Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as one of the most profound and influential works in moral philosophy ever written. In Kant's own words, its aim is to identify and corroborate the supreme... More Info
$24.95
Philosophizing Ad Infinitum
Suny Press |
January 2, 2015 |
218 pages
An original and insightful account of nature and our place in it from one of France's preeminent historians of philosophy.
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$15.95
Thought dreams
Arbeiter Ring Pub |
June 1, 2004 |
190 pages
With his combination of hard-edged logic and visionary hope, Michael Albert is one of the treasures of the Left. [Barbara Ehrenreich] How does a Marxist talk about gender? How does a feminist talk about class? Progressives use a variety of theories -- feminism, Marxism, environmentalism,... More Info
$33.95
Appropriating the Past
Cambridge University Press |
September 30, 2012 |
350 pages
In this book an international team of archaeologists, philosophers, lawyers, and heritage professionals addresses significant ethical questions about the rights to access, manage, and interpret the material remains of the past. The chapters explore competing claims to interpret and appropriate the... More Info
Pop Culture
$22.95
Fifteen Minutes of Fame
January 31, 2013 |
240 pages
Over 150 regular folks getting their time in the spotlight--some are heroes, some are far from that. But they all share one thing in common: they weren't planning to become famous.
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$24.95
Monty Python's Flying Circus Episodes 27-45
Taylor Trade Pub |
April 16, 2013 |
264 pages
This book identifies and explains the plethora of cultural, historical, and topical allusions of the landmark series. Each entry indicates what sketch it appeared in and is cross-referenced between episodes. Entries cover literary and metaphoric allusions, symbolisms, names, peoples, and places; as... More Info
$22.95
Sisterhood of the Squared Circle
April 11, 2017 |
320 pages
Documenting the rise of women’s wrestling from sideshow to WWE main event Sisterhood of the Squared Circle presents the fascinating history of women’s wrestling, from the carnival circuit of the late 1800s to today’s hugely popular matches. With more than 100 wrestler profiles, find out how... More Info
$24.95
Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll
Duke University Press Books |
August 10, 2011 |
306 pages
An edited collection of interviews with rock and roll pioneers and oddballs from Roctober magazine.
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$31.95
The Ramones at 40
Sterling |
March 29, 2016 |
208 pages
The Ramones helped kick-start the punk movement and change rock history. Now, on the 40th anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut album, comes the first full-color book on the legendary band. Written by veteran music journalist Martin Popoff, "Ramones at 40" explodes with visuals and offers... More Info
Cookbooks
$27.95
Complete Book of Home Preserving
October 23, 2018 |
448 pages
From the experts, the definitive book on home preserving. Bernardin Home Canning Products are the gold standard in home preserving supplies, the trademark jars on display in stores every summer from coast to coast. Now the experts at Bernardin have written a book destined to become the Bernardin... More Info
$22.95
Put 'em Up! Fruit
Storey Books |
April 10, 2013 |
288 pages
A preserving guide and cookbook all in one! This creative collection has 80 inventive recipes for preserving all kinds of fruit, from apples, berries, and cherries to lemons, quince, and tomatoes, but it also has 80 recipes for using those preserves (or ones you buy at the store) in main dishes,... More Info
$25.00
California Cuisine and Just Food
MIT Press |
September 28, 2012 |
354 pages
Can a celebrity chef find common ground with an urban community organizer? Can amaker of organic cheese and a farm worker share an agenda for improving America's food? In the SanFrancisco Bay area, unexpected alliances signal the widening concerns of diverse alternative foodproponents.
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$21.99
Ottawa Food
September 2, 2014 |
160 pages
During the past 20 years the food scene in Ottawa has changed from a landscape of pub grub-driven dining to a vibrant environment for trendy eateries and forward-thinking chefs. The once bland and mundane culinary culture has been transformed, and the result is an array of destination restaurants... More Info
$38.50
Renewing America's Food Traditions
Chelsea Green Publishing |
May 15, 2008 |
304 pages
This work represents a dramatic call to recognize, celebrate, and conserve the great diversity of foods that give North America the distinctive culinary identity that reflects its multi-cultural heritage. Included are recipes and folk traditions associated with 100 of the continent's rarest food... More Info
Indigenous Studies
$24.95
Grave injustice
Univ of Nebraska Pr |
October 1, 2002 |
250 pages
Grave Injustice is the powerful story of the ongoing struggle of Native Americans to repatriate the objects and remains of their ancestors that were appropriated, collected, manipulated, sold, and displayed by Europeans and Americans. Anthropologist Kathleen S. Fine-Dare focuses on the history and... More Info
$22.95
Modern Blackfeet
January 1, 2014 |
144 pages
Modern Blackfeet sheds light on the politics, economics, society, and especially the acculturation of the Blackfeet Indians of Montana. The Blackfeet Reservation has an established government and an active and diverse population that has long supported itself through ranching, industry, and oil and... More Info
$24.95
He Sapa Woihanble
October 1, 2011 |
220 pages
No summary available.
$85.00
Essential Song
Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |
June 30, 2007 |
174 pages
Includes audio CD with over 50 Cree hunting songs Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music, a study of subarctic Cree hunting songs, is the first detailed ethnomusicology of the northern Cree of Quebec and Manitoba. The result of more than two decades spent in the North learning from... More Info
$32.50
All That Remains
Univ of Nebraska Pr |
April 1, 2009 |
229 pages
In this dynamic collection of essays, Arnold Krupat, one of the leading critics of American Indian writing, storytelling, and film, offers insightful and provocative analyses of representations by and about Native peoples, past and present. He considers the relations between tricksters in... More Info
Feminism
$22.00
Created equal
Palgrave Macmillan |
September 1, 2009 |
208 pages
A first entry in a new series, written in conjunction with Amnesty International, evaluates the global issue of women's rights as demonstrated by arenas ranging from prostitution and abortion to education and slavery. Original.
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$29.95
Bar Codes
Univ of British Columbia Pr |
August 30, 2007 |
242 pages
Examines women lawyers' attempts to reconcile their professional obligations with other aspects of their lives; charts the life courses of women who constitute a first wave -- an avant-garde -- in a profession designed by men, for men, where formal codes of conduct and subtle cultural norms promote... More Info
$31.00
Afghan Women
Zed Books |
August 15, 2007 |
176 pages
This book looks at how Afghan women have fought repression and challenged stereotypes, both within the country and in diasporas in Iran, Pakistan, the US and the UK. Covering topics from the Taliban and the impact of 9/11 to the role of NGOs and the growth of the opium economy, Rostami-Povey gets... More Info
$21.00
The Will to Change
Washington Square Pr |
December 21, 2004 |
208 pages
In a thought-provoking social and cultural analysis, the author of All About Love explores the world of masculinity and maleness to address some of men's most common concerns, including a fear of intimacy and the loss of their patriarchal place in society, arguing that an emotionally rewarding... More Info
$29.95
Motherhood Misconceived
SUNY Press |
October 8, 2009 |
265 pages
As celebrities sporting "baby bumps," politicians, Olympic athletes, and talk show guests, mothers are ubiquitous throughout U.S. media and popular culture. Like lightning rods, these high-profile mothers attract accolades and judgments associated with ideals of female sexuality, gender roles, and... More Info
Media, Science & Technology
$39.95
Understanding Autobiographical Memory
Cambridge University Press |
September 27, 2012 |
381 pages
The field of autobiographical memory has made dramatic advances since the first collection of papers in the area was published in 1986. Now, over 25 years on, this book reviews and integrates the many theories, perspectives, and approaches that have evolved over the last decades.
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$33.95
Crisis Without End
September 30, 2014 |
304 pages
The only document of its kind, Crisis Without End represents an unprecedented look into the profound after-effects of Fukushima. In accessible terms, leading experts from Japan, the United States, Russia and other nations weigh in on the current state of knowledge of radiation-related health risks... More Info
$28.50
Present Shock
Current |
March 21, 2013 |
256 pages
An award-winning author explores how the world works in our age of “continuous now” Back in the 1970s, futurism was all the rage. But looking forward is becoming a thing of the past. According to Douglas Rushkoff, “presentism” is the new ethos of a society that's always on, in real time,... More Info
$16.95
Mr Tompkins in Paperback
March 26, 2012 |
202 pages
Since his first appearance over sixty years ago, Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom. George Gamow's classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in... More Info
$46.95
Vernal pools
McDonald & Woodward Pub Co |
October 23, 2018 |
426 pages
This is first book-length synthesis of the natural history, ecology, and conservation of the seasonally wet pools that occur throughout the formerly glaciated region of eastern North America -- essentially the Great Lakes Basin, New England, and adjacent areas of Canada and the United States.... More Info
Environmental Politics
$16.00
The Columbia River Treaty: A Primer
Rocky Mountain Books Ltd |
October 7, 2014 |
168 pages
The Columbia River Treaty: A Primer is a vital work that clearly explains the nature of this complex water agreement between Canada and the United States and how its impending update will impact communities, landscapes, industry and water supplies between the two countries for many years to come.... More Info
$25.95
Everyone Eats: Understanding Food and Culture, Second Edition
February 7, 2014 |
368 pages
No summary available.
$24.95
Turn Here Sweet Corn
U of Minnesota Press |
March 7, 2012 |
344 pages
A master class in organic farming, a lesson in entrepreneurship, a love story, and a legal thriller
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$24.95
Peace Out
Red Deer Press |
July 15, 2014 |
184 pages
Every energy sector out there wants a piece of the Peace River Valley, one of the last great wild places in North America. The oil industry wants it, the frackers, the solar, wind and nuclear industries. Why? As Charles Wilkinson paddles through the issues he engages hydro and natural gas energy... More Info
Biography
$20.00
It's All about Kindness
May 15, 2011 |
256 pages
As a writer, broadcaster, and social activist, June Callwood made other people her business. Despite personal tragedies, including the death of her youngest son, Casey, Callwood tried to better the lives of those in difficult situations. She founded many organizations, including Casey House, a... More Info
$18.95
The John Carlos Story
Haymarket Books |
December 11, 2012 |
220 pages
John Carlos, the man behind the most iconic moment of the Black Power movement, tells his story.
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$29.50
Looking for Palestine
Riverhead Books (Hardcover) |
August 1, 2013 |
304 pages
A frank and entertaining memoir, from the daughter of Edward Said, about growing up second-generation Arab American and struggling with that identity. The daughter of a prominent Palestinian father and a sophisticated Lebanese mother, Najla Said grew up in New York City, confused and conflicted... More Info
$17.95
Fidel Castro
March 15, 2013 |
224 pages
Fidel Castro had ruled the island of Cuba for fifty-two years when ill health forced him to step down in 2008. Over the course of that time, he changed Cuba from a republic to a communist state and became one of the most divisive leaders in the second half of the twentieth century. For some, he is... More Info
$20.00
Pray Standing
July 1, 2013 |
332 pages
A fascinating account of a life begun in Hong Kong, rooted in a family influenced equally by ancient Chinese tradition and modern Western perspective. Frank Ling survived the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, went on to flirt with a career in show business, overcame college and career challenges in... More Info
Health Studies
$19.95
But Hope Is Longer
October 1, 2012 |
256 pages
Diagnosed with breast cancer, Tamara Levine wrote the first of eleven letters she would send to friends and family throughout her “year from hell”. In them she shares the horrors, minefields, startling paradoxes and unexpected joys of her healing journey. Confronted by the daunting labyrinth of... More Info
$36.95
Global Health Watch 3
October 15, 2011 |
336 pages
In an increasingly globalized world with new cross-border threats to public health and widening disparities between populations, civil society actors are challenging the existing structures of global health policies. Like its critically acclaimed predecessors, this third volume of Global Health... More Info
$36.50
Selecting and Using Breastfeeding Tools
July 1, 2009 |
198 pages
"Sometimes breastfeeding doesn't work for various reasons. Our technological society has come up with a variety of tools for these situations.In Selecting and Using Breastfeeding Tools, lactation consultant Cathy Watson Genna shares her knowledge on which tools to use in various situations,... More Info
$16.95
The Urban Cycling Survival Guide
E C W Press |
March 1, 2015 |
208 pages
City cycling made simple North America’s cities have long been the domain of the car, but thanks to the undeniable benefits of active transport, bicycles have an increasing presence in the urban landscape. Yet our cities weren’t designed for bicycles, making for intimidating, and sometimes... More Info
$23.95
Not Done Yet
Canadian Scholars Pr |
March 30, 2009 |
263 pages
Here is presented the story of a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer yet is determined to face the challenge that such a horrendous realisation brings. Her method is to carry on doing the things she enjoys and write about her experiences for the benefit of others who find themselves in a... More Info
Poetry
$14.95
Civil Elegies
House of Anansi Press |
March 12, 2013 |
64 pages
Civil Elegies is Dennis Lee's uncompromising exploration of citizenship, both Canadian and human. Eli Mandel has called Civil Elegies one of the most important contemporary books of poetry in our country. It was the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry in 1972. This edition... More Info
$14.95
Alden Nowlan Selected Poems
House of Anansi Press |
August 3, 2013 |
174 pages
The best of beloved poet Alden Nowlan's explicitly honest, direct, and insightful poetry. Now featuring an introduction by Susan Musgrave Alden Nowlan, one of Canada's finest and most influential poets, died in 1983. He leaves a rich legacy of poetry that is accessible yet profound, and that speaks... More Info
$19.95
For the Boy With the Eyes of the Virgin
Nightwood Editions |
September 15, 2012 |
135 pages
Drawn from nine collections published over thirty years, the forty-one poems in this retrospective reveal the poetic accomplishments of John Barton. In this collection, Barton explores the role of love in contemporary society, the complexity of gay experience, the persistence of homophobia, the... More Info
$18.95
Old Hat
March 1, 2014 |
96 pages
Old Hat is the third book of poetry and first collection of occasional poems by the author of the 2007 Globe 100 book, Muybridge's Horse: Governor General and Trillium Awards nominee, Rob Winger. Driven by an attempt to understand how to reorder common experience, the book's transitional sections -... More Info
$19.95
Cloud Physics
March 25, 2017 |
64 pages
In Cloud Physics, her third collection, Karen Enns ranges over endings of many kinds: cultural, ecological, and personal. But the poems are also replete with affirmations of love, of music and language, and of our rootedness in place and history. Enns describes our predicament with startling and... More Info
Canada
$22.95
Harperism
James Lorimer & Company |
August 31, 2014 |
288 pages
Margaret Thatcher transformed British political life forever. So did Ronald Reagan in the United States. Now Canada has experienced a similar, dramatic shift to a new kind of politics, which author Donald Gustein terms Harperism.
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$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
$22.95
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada
Lorimer |
October 1, 2016 |
224 pages
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the latest international investment and trade deal that Ottawa has signed on to. But with almost two years to the January 2018 deadline to ratify its signature, the Trudeau government has enabled and encouraged public debate about whether the TPP is right for... More Info
$27.95
Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary
James Lorimer & Company |
July 27, 2015 |
392 pages
This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school... More Info
$19.95
Canada's Residential Schools
McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
December 9, 2015 |
88 pages
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to "civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal children, it was necessary to separate them from their parents and... More Info
Family
$32.95
The Homegrown Preschooler
May 1, 2013 |
224 pages
With the accessibility of a parenting how-to book and the thorough educational foundation of an expensive boxed curriculum, this guide will inspire parents to use their homes as classrooms as they take advantage of the naturally rich learning opportunities that occur in everyday home life. Parents... More Info
$28.50
Welcome to the Aquarium
New Press, The |
December 1, 2008 |
249 pages
A tribute to the unique contributions of veteran teachers as demonstrated by a year in the educational lives of a class of prototypical kindergarteners guides readers through myriad details of classroom life while offering insight into school culture, curriculum, and teaching models. 15,000 first... More Info
$9.95
Knees
Vanitabooks Llc |
May 1, 2012 |
128 pages
Examines the ups and downs of life with dyslexia, covering symptoms, reasons why school can be so difficult for dyslexics and the lives of some famous dyslexics, all presented in the style and size of a chapter book so that younger children as well as older children at low reading levels can read... More Info
$7.95
Foster Families
Pebble Books |
February 1, 2010 |
24 pages
"Simple text and photographs present foster families, including how family members interact with one another"--Provided by publisher.
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$23.95
Vegetarian Pregnancy
McBooks Pr |
June 1, 1994 |
336 pages
Explains the specific advantages of vegetarianism to pregnant women, clears up common misconceptions, and discusses nutritional needs during pregnancy
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Graphic Novels
$11.95
Everything Takes Forever
Koyama Press |
April 30, 2013 |
60 pages
Surreal and humorous collection of comics where tacos have bodies and the line between dreams and reality blurs.
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$20.00
Drawing the Line
September 1, 2015 |
"Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back " is a comics anthology by 14 women of their day-to-day experiences in India. Produced out of a week-long workshop with Indian women artists, both amateur and professional, Drawing the Line is part of a larger national conversation in India around sexual... More Info
$24.95
Attack
Firefly Books |
September 14, 2016 |
152 pages
A timely and disturbing journey that illuminates the human cost of terrorism and deceit.
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Race
$32.95
Calling cards
State Univ of New York Pr |
June 30, 2005 |
303 pages
In recent decades, the concepts of race, gender, and culture have come to function as "calling cards." the terms by which we announce ourselves as professionals and negotiate acceptance and/or rejection in the academic marketplace. In this volume, contributors from composition, literature,... More Info
$30.00
Imagining Black America
Yale University Press |
February 25, 2014 |
336 pages
DIVA fascinating and challenging inquiry into black identity and its shifting meaning throughout U.S. history/div
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$15.95
Deadly Fever
Fernwood Pub Co Ltd |
September 1, 2010 |
132 pages
Focusing on a 2001 Canadian news story that turned into a frantic rumor mill, this study analyses how media reporting on health issues often alarms the public, particularly when the race or immigration status of the sufferers is part of the coverage. In this case, a woman from the Congo was... More Info
Class
$17.95
Breadline USA
Polipoint Press |
April 2, 2011 |
208 pages
Trapped in a triangle of the housing market collapse, rising energy costs, and an increasingly dysfunctional healthcare system, America's working poor are now battling an even more formidable enemy: hunger. This time, the battle is taking place well outside of the media spotlight, which has focused... More Info
$30.00
The Presumption of Guilt
Palgrave Macmillan |
June 22, 2010 |
256 pages
"Shortly after noon on Tuesday, July 16, 2009, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., MacArthur Fellow and Harvard professor, was mistakenly arrested by Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley for attempting to break into his own home. The ensuing media firestorm ignited debate across the country. The... More Info
$30.95
The Lure of the City
Pluto Pr |
November 15, 2011 |
224 pages
Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative, and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City, Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the potential of cities to meet the economic, social, and political challenges of... More Info
$29.95
A new new deal
Ilr Pr |
October 1, 2009 |
275 pages
A Century Foundation Book In A New New Deal, the labor movement leaders Amy B. Dean and David B. Reynolds offer a bold new plan to revitalize American labor activism and build a sense of common purpose between labor and community organizations. Dean and Reynolds demonstrate how alliances organized... More Info
$29.95
Come Hell or high water
Basic Civitas Books |
October 23, 2018 |
258 pages
A searing assessment of the meaning of Hurricane Katrina combines interviews with survivors of the disaster and the author's knowledge of black migrations and government policy over decades, and explores the legacy of black suffering in America since slavery. 75,000 first printing.
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Gardening
$18.95
How to Get Your Lawn Off Grass
Harbour Publishing |
February 1, 2002 |
208 pages
This is a vital publication for all North Americans who are concerned about water scarcity and water quality.
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$29.95
Landscape Planning
Firefly Books Limited |
February 15, 2008 |
247 pages
An updated edition of the best guide to all the basics of landscaping, from assessing the property to choosing plants -- projects, plant lists, sample plans, irrigation and much more. Illustrated throughout in color.
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$24.95
Timber Press Pocket Guide to Shade Perennials
Timber Press (OR) |
October 23, 2018 |
252 pages
Rich with descriptions and illustrations of more than 1000 readily available species and cultivars that will enliven and thrive in your shade garden. The easy-to-read format, illustrated with more than 300 photographs, makes this the perfect handy reference. You will find definitions of shade... More Info
$19.95
The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving
Firefly Books Ltd |
February 20, 2007 |
376 pages
Provides canning process recipes for jellies, jams, marmalades, conserves, relishes, salsas, chutneys, pickles, dessert sauces, fruit butter, vinegars, mince meats, and curds.
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International Politics & Socialism
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Telling Tales
Penguin Classics |
August 27, 1992 |
417 pages
Records Marx's critical study of capitalism as an economic system and briefly evaluates his handling of the subject
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$19.95
Open veins of Latin America
Monthly Review Pr |
October 23, 1997 |
317 pages
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the... More Info
$21.50
Remembering the dismembered continent
October 23, 2018 |
318 pages
Armah, Ayi Kwei
Per Ankh Publishing
Paperback
9782911928147
1885, Berlin: European and American globalizers set up colonies that impoverished Africans by exporting raw resources to fuel European and American prosperity.
1960s: "Independent" Africa's rulers, far from uniting Africa to create... More Info
Globalization
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Unfair Trade
Random House Business Books |
May 1, 2012 |
240 pages
How is it that our favourite brands can import billions of pounds' worth of goods from the developing world every year, and yet leave the people who produce them barely scraping a living? Is it that big business is incompatible with the eradication of poverty? And, if so, are charity and fair trade... More Info
$29.95
Changing tides
Fernwood |
October 23, 2018 |
307 pages
This book brings together contributions from researchers and community workers from thirteen countries of the world. Juxtaposing academic case studies with accounts from activists and fisheries workers, it points to the ways in which globalization and associated resource degradation, privatization,... More Info
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