Memoir

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Cure for Hate

A Former White Supremacist's Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion

How does an affluent, middle-class, private-school-attending son of a doctor end up at the Aryan Nations compound in Idaho, falling in with and then recruiting for some of the most notorious … 235 View

Finding Our Niche

Toward a Restorative Human Ecology

Imagine a world where humanity was not destined to cause harm to the natural world, where win-win scenarios—people and nature thriving together—are possible. No doubt contemporary … 168 View

How We Go Home

Voices from Indigenous North America

In myriad ways, each narrator’s life has been shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience—and by the struggle of how to share space with settler nations whose essential aim is to take … 344 View
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Foreword

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Daisy Khan explains how Tony McAleer is a reliable guide through the important story of how a person can arrive at extremist views and then move toward compassion, wisdom and forgiveness. 2 $0.20 Add
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Introduction

From: How We Go Home

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Sinclair states her intentions for the project How We Go Home to offer oral histories of living Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States and how her personal experiences have shaped her … 9 $0.90 Add
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Preface

From: Finding Our Niche

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In the Preface of Finding Our Niche, Loring introduces himself as a white male settler seeking to understand the implications of this identity on his ability to tell stories of positive and … 5 $0.50 Add
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Gladys Radek, Terrace, Gitxsan / Wet’suwet’en First Nations

“When Tamara went missing, it took the breath out of me.”

From: How We Go Home

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Gladys Radek of Gitxsan/Wet’suwet’en First Nations shares about life journey with sexual abuse and violence around her during childhood, and how her experiences led to her involvement … 17 $1.70 Add
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Introduction

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Dõv Baron describes a pivotal moment of transformation he witnessed in the journey of the author, and welcomes the reader into ideas about how they might best make use of the book. 3 $0.30 Add
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Childhood

From: Cure for Hate

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The author traces the aspects of his early childhood that in his view led him to become a white supremacist, including a pivotal moment of betrayal from his father. 12 $1.20 Add
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Jasilyn Charger, Cheyenne River Sioux

“My son’s buried by the river. . . . I vowed to him that he’s going to be safe, that no oil was going to touch him.”

From: How We Go Home

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Jasilyn Charger of the Cheyenne River Sioux, shares her story of her childhood with her family and moving in and out of foster homes and mental health facilities. She then became involved in the … 22 $2.20 Add
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School Days

From: Cure for Hate

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This chapter describes aspects of the author’s school career that may have contributed to his violent, white-supremacist views, including school beatings, defiant behavior, expulsions, and … 14 $1.40 Add