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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Freedom To Learn Creating a Classroom Where Every Child Thrives New Society Publishers	Disinterested students and behavioral problems are all too common in schools. Yet results show that behavior charts and other reward-and-punishment systems simply don’t work. Teachers are …	Art Willans; Cari Williams	220	2018	View
God and Argument – Dieu et l’argumentation philosophique University of Ottawa Press	Given the challenge of anti-realism, anti-foundationalism, and post-modernism, is rational argument concerning religious belief still possible? This collection provides a broad range of …	William Sweet	277	1999	View
Honest Politics Now What ethical conduct means in Canadian Public Life James Lorimer and Company	Using high-profile political scandals as case studies, this book explores the standards of accountability to which Canadian politicians are now being held. This is the definitive up to date book …	Ian Greene	392	2017	View
Intrinsic Hope Living Courageously In Troubled Times New Society Publishers	Climate disruption. Growing social inequality. Pollution. We are living in an era of unprecedented crises, resulting in widespread feelings of fear, despair, and grief. Now, more than ever, …	Kate Davies	203	2018	View
Languages of the Unheard Why Militant Protest is Good for Democracy Between The Lines	“What we must see,” Martin Luther King once insisted, “is that a riot is the language of the unheard.” In this new era of global protest and popular revolt, Languages of …	Stephen D'Arcy	232	2013	View
National Dreams Myth, Mystery, and Canadian History Arsenal Pulp Press	As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past—the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National …	Daniel Frances	217	1997	View
Not Just a Pretty Face The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry New Society Publishers	Lead in lipstick? 1,4 dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible? Simple. The $35 billion cosmetics industry is so powerful that they’ve kept themselves unregulated for …	Stacy Malkan	193	2007	View
Protecting Research Confidentiality What happens when law and ethics collide James Lorimer and Company	Lawyers and their clients can talk in complete confidence, secure that the law protects what they say from being revealed to anyone. Priests can hear confessions with reasonable certainty that no …	John Lowman; Ted Palys	432	2014	View
Restless Ideas Contemporary Social Theory in an Anxious Age Fernwood Publishing	How do we make sense of the rise of political strongmen like Trump and Erdoğan, or the increase in hate crimes and terrorism? How can we understand Brexit and xenophobic, anti-immigrant …	Tony Simmons	592	2020	View
Roman Ingarden’s Ontology and Aesthetics University of Ottawa Press	A leading Polish philosopher of the 20th century, Roman Ingarden is principally renowned in Western culture for his work in aesthetics and the theory of literature. Jeff Mitscherling …	Jeff Mitsecherling	246	1997	View
From Acknowledgements From: Restless Ideas Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Tony Simmons	1	2020	$0.10 Add
From God as Object of Philosophical Argument From: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique Preview University of Ottawa Press	Introduction	William Sweet	14	1999	$1.68 Add
From Introduction From: Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics Preview University of Ottawa Press	The basic claim of this book is twofold: (1) that we are not in a position accurately to interpret and evaluate Ingarden’s studies in aesthetics until we place them within the framework …	Jeff Mitsecherling	8	1997	$0.88 Add
From Introduction Where On Earth Are We Going From: Intrinsic Hope Preview New Society Publishers	In this book, I propose the idea of “intrinsic hope.” Intrinsic hope is different from conventional hope because it is not based on the expectation that life will give us what we hope …	Kate Davies	19	2018	$1.90 Add
From Preface From: Protecting Research Confidentiality Preview James Lorimer and Company	Provides an overivew of the topic of Research Confidentiality and the problem that academic researchers are not protected by law when it comes to assuring confidentiality to their participants, …	James L Turk	7	2014	$0.70 Add
From Preface to the New Edition From: Honest Politics Now Preview James Lorimer and Company	Discusses ethics in politics and the effects of various forms of political corruption on democracy.	Ian Greene	8	2017	$0.80 Add

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