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A Failure to Communicate

Facts are not Enough with George Lakoff

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

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Lakoff described frames as metaphors and conceptual frameworks that we use to interpret and understand the world. They give meaning to the words we hear more than the other way around, because … 7 $0.70 Add
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A Miniature House of Commons

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

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Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … 13 $1.30 Add
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A New Battleground, 1907–11

From: Thirty Years' War

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Account of the creation of the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board and its role in the disputes between the City and the Toronto Railway Company over expansion of transit services. 18 $1.80 Add
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A New Constitution in the Offing

From: A People's History of Quebec

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This chapter looks at the aftermath of the Act of Union. Topics include the controversy of deciding Canada’s capital, the formulation of even more distinct English and French Canadian … ; 15 $1.50 Add
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A New Direction, 1906–18

From: Lawyers, Families, and Businesses

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Explains the new direction that the firm began to take in the years 1906-18 in which David Fasken gained power and prominence. Other changes that occurred during this time frame are also discussed. 36 $3.60 Add
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A New Way to Think About Solutions

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter discusses climate change as a major threat to our food system and various possible solutions for tackling this threat. It expands on the concept of resilience and also touches on the … 17 $1.70 Add
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A Normal Person

From: Man at the Airport

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In this chapter, the author outlines how he became trapped in Malaysia after attempting to fly to Equador. 18 $1.80 Add
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A North American Energy Policy Means a US Energy Policy

From: Living with Uncle

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Examines the US Energy Policy and its effect on Canada and the need for Canada to have a clearly defined energy policy 10 $1.00 Add
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A Police Officer’s Introduction to Investigating, Searching, and Seizing Mobile Devices

From: Cybercrime: Awareness, Prevention, and Response

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This chapter presents a primer on the searching and seizure of mobile devices, including information on compliance orders. 27 $2.70 Add
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A Professor’s Life

From: Campus Confidential

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An insider’s look at the life of a professor including: 60 Too Much Research? 61 A Teacher’s Lament 62 It’s Almost Impossible to Fire Profs 63 It’s Hard to Get a Faculty … ; 35 $3.50 Add
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A Sex Myth

From: Myths We Live By

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When the topic of sex is raised in terms of the question of basic visions that are at stake in myth, a specific dimension of the sexual revolution appears even more prominent than issues of … 17 $2.21 Add
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A Socio-Cultural and Critical Analysis of Educational Policies and Programs for Minority Youth in British Columbia

From: Possibilities & Limitations

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A Special Kind of Evil

From: On Love and Tyranny

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This chapter concerns Arendt’s flight from Germany, and her arrival in Paris in 1933. It also details some of the history of anti-Semitism in Europe. 5 $0.50 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Monsters

From: On Opium

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The author describes what suffering does to her body and mind and how the effort required to transcend it makes her feel like a monster. While her condition allows her to walk and run but not … 14 $1.40 Add
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A Translation (Text)

From: Teaching Translation from Spanish to English

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A systematic attempt to apply semantic and pragmatic analyses to a Spanish text and to show how the semantic and pragmatic macrostructural constraints influence the morphosyntactic and lexical … 30 $3.60 Add