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Portents and prophecies
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Portents and prophecies

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

In a central paradox, the one we’re running out of time to resolve, the consequences of burning fossil fuels are poised to demolish two centuries of benefit. So how do we make the fight … 13 $1.30 Add
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Postwar Fallout

Postwar Fallout

From: The Einstein File

This chapter explores Einstein’s reaction to– as well as broader conversations during the period surrounding– the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and developments in nuclear … 62 $6.20 Add
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Poverty and Health

Poverty and Health

“I’m One Stumble from the Street”

From: Persistent Poverty

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Poverty Makes Us Sick

Poverty Makes Us Sick

From: Persistent Poverty

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Power Protects Itself
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Power Protects Itself

Part 1. Who Gets to Lead?

From: Women Winning Office

In Power Protects Itself Nash explores some of the many barriers women face when entering politics. A few of the barriers examined in the chapter include systemic biases, Westminster … 6 $0.60 Add
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Precarious Work

Precarious Work

How Lax Employment Standards Perpetuate Poverty

From: Persistent Poverty

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Preface

How This Book Came to Be

From: Standing on High Ground

Rosemary Cornell, Adrienne Robnies, and Tim Bray, discuss how this book came to be. First of their meeting while resisting the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) in 2018, and the work it … ; ; 2 $0.20 Add
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Preface

Why Write This Book?

From: Quiet No More

Outlines the authors history of Activism and how he came to the point of writing this book. His qualifications on the subject and the focus of the book 7 $0.70 Add
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Preface

Teaching Peace

From: Educating for Action

In an age of endless war, when history is in perpetual mourning, groaning under the burden of class oppression, peace is a necessary practice. In a world redolent of George Orwell’s novel … 7 $0.70 Add
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Preface

From: Thinking While Black

In this preface chapter the author detailed their own acedmic career in Canada, intentions for the book and exploring the rebel nation of the 1960s and 1970s. 9 $0.90 Add