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Was Sidewalk Toronto a PR Experiment or a Development Proposal

From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs

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Chapter 6 asks the question of whether Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project was a realistic urban development program or a PR stunt by Google to market their products on a large stage. 8 $0.80 Add
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Washington’s State Islamic Allies

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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Most people in the West remember the Arab Spring protests as touching the Arab republics—Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and of course, Libya and Syria. They seldom remember, or know at all, that … 15 $1.50 Add
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Water Use in the Home

From: Dry Run

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Let’s take a look now at residential water use, something that most of us are quite familiar with. The sources of water use inside the home with almost 60 percent goes for shower, toilet … 17 $1.70 Add
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What Needs to be Done?

From: About Canada: Health & Illness 2nd Edition

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What Trade Agreements Have Meant for Canada

From: Canada after Harper

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Scott Sinclair and Stuart Trew examine the many free trade agreements our federal government has signed, finding little in them that helps workers or consumers, but a great deal that boosts the … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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When Is Your Time?

Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign

From: Women Winning Office

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In When Is Your Time? Nash explores the issues with waiting for the ‘right time’ to run for office. This chapter primarily focuses on advice for women running for office. 11 $1.10 Add
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Which Came First, Fascism or Misogyny?

Reading Klaus Theweleit’s Male Fantasies

From: Spectres of Fascism

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This chapter explores misogyny as a universal and ahistorical tendency, linked to the fear of mortality. The author explores how concepts of misogyny and fascism are fundamentally linked through … 11 $1.10 Add
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Whither the Quebec Model?

From: Boom, Bust and Crisis

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Why Change Is Now Possible

From: Power Trap

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Points to the climate change issues, finanical crisis, and the wage gap as factors that prime this moment in time as one of change 28 $2.80 Add
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The power of a number

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

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Security Council Resolution 1325 as a perfect example of the mission of the UN: challenging discrimination, social justice, recognizing obstacles, and renewing determination to overcome failures … 7 $0.70 Add
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Women and Basic Income

From: Basic Income For Canadians

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This chapter specifically investigates the impact that basic income has on women. 19 $1.90 Add
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Working for Belgium, Fighting for Belgium

1930–1945

From: Postcards from Congo

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This chapter explores labour relations in Congo and the resource extraction of resources and physical bodies for Belgium up until the end of the Second World War. 10 $1.00 Add
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You Have to be Decisive, and Act Quickly

From: Let's Move On

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Okalik speaks about the difficulties of finding balance during his early days in office and expands on some of his and his government’s decisions surrounding decentralization, education, … 8 $0.80 Add
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@kontar81

From: Man at the Airport

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This chapter describes Al Kontar’s plight: no visa, no way home, and no way out of the airport in Kuala Lumpur. He turned to social media to share his story and seek help. 19 $1.90 Add
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"If They Don’t Farm It, They Should Not Own It"

Land Investments and the Divisions of Farming

From: Divided

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This essay examines patterns of land ownership in Saskatchewan, where outside investors are buying up more and more farmland. 11 $1.10 Add
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“A Composite of King Kong and a Suburban Barber”

Adorno’s “Freudian Theory and the Pattern of Fascist Propaganda”

From: Spectres of Fascism

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In this chapter authoritarianism and neoliberalism are explored through Theodor W. Adorno’s essay “Freudian Theory and the Pattern of Fascist Propaganda” 22 $2.20 Add