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From ![]() A Great Lead Forward… for the Abuse of PowerFrom: Reset |
Chapter 3 broadens out and scrutinizes the ways in which social media and other related digital technologies have contributed to what Deibert calls a “great leap forward in technologies of … | Ronald J. Deibert | 58 | 2020 | $5.80 Add |
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From ![]() A Normal PersonFrom: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, the author outlines how he became trapped in Malaysia after attempting to fly to Equador. | Hassan Al Kontar | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Advancing Canada’s Information Highway: Strategies for the New MillenniumFrom: Cyberidentities |
This paper outlines the work of the Information Highway Advisory Council and its vision for the knowledge-based society. | David Johnston; Natasha H. Faraqui | 14 | 1999 | $1.96 Add |
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From ![]() Back to BiologyPeigenetics and Vestibular Regulation From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
Epigenetics simply means is how our individual genetics mix with all the potential influences in our individual environment. As we are increasingly learning, epigenetics are not only important, … | Mari K Swingle | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Benefactors of ChangeFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
Who benefits from the propagation and consumption of sextech and pornography? And who loses? The industries involved, as too all spinoffs of depersonalized touch (such as massage parlors, … | Mari K Swingle | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Between the Camel and the Range RoverFrom: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, Al Kontar describes his inner conflict as he observed the deepening conflict in Syria from the United Arab Emirates. | Hassan Al Kontar | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Beyond IllusionsSpatial Planning, Arbitrary Learning, and Geolocation Skills From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
Excessive screen usage (gaming and beyond) is highly related, if not correlated, with the development of anxiety, depression, and ailments on the obsessive-compulsive spectrum. So here I present … | Mari K Swingle | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Beyond Infrastructure: Canadian and European Identities in CyberspaceFrom: Cyberidentities |
Preface | Leen d'Haenens | 8 | 1999 | $1.12 Add |
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From ![]() Boxed InAnxiety in the Masses From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
Anxiety and its little buddy stress are on the rise in adults and, most troubling, increasingly also in children, adolescents, and youth. We are all now consistently revving at much, much higher … | Mari K Swingle | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Breaking the TranceFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
Media feeds were no longer resembling information distribution (fun or otherwise) they were starting to sound a lot like propaganda. Everything was now far too sweet to taste like truth and now … | Mari K Swingle | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Burning DataFrom: Reset |
Chapter 4 turns to the often overlooked and largely obscured physical and material infrastructure of social media and the communications ecosystem. Although we tend to think of social media and … | Ronald J. Deibert | 47 | 2020 | $4.70 Add |
![]() NEW! Canadarm and CollaborationHow Canada's Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds |
Canada is a small but mighty power in space exploration. After providing the Canadarm robotic arm for the space shuttle in 1981, Canada received an invitation to start an astronaut program … | Elizabeth Howell | 249 | 2020 | View |
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From ![]() Canadian Politics in 140 Characters: Party Politics in the TwitterverseFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
2010 article by Tamara A. Small examining the use of Twitter by federal and provincial political parties and their leaders in July 2009. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 1That's $600 a litre in space paint |
This chapter explores the history of Canada’s role in space exploration. Topics include Alouette I and II – the first Canadian Satellites, the Canadarm, and the role played by former … | Elizabeth Howell | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 2Three strong Canadian arms on board |
This chapter provides a biography of Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut. Topics include what led him to become an astronaut and his experience in space. | Elizabeth Howell | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 3Space cards |
This chapter discusses the impact of the Challenger Disaster on Canadian astronauts. The author goes on to discuss the role played by Canadians in the construction of the International Space … | Elizabeth Howell | 25 | 2020 | $2.50 Add |









