2014

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Sixty-seven Pounds

From: They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

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His illness leads to a break from Hockey and finding a job, his diagnosis with Hodgkin lymphoma and his transition into coaching ; 23 $2.30 Add
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The Basic Miracle: Our True Nature and Power

From: Coming Back to Life

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Perhaps we made our biggest error in thinking of the world as made of “stuff ” to begin with. Fortunately — and paradoxically — our very search for mastery and knowledge … ; 27 $2.70 Add
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The Eclipsed History of the Commons

From: Think Like a Commoner

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One of the most insidious things about enclosures is how they eradicate the culture of commons and our memory of them. The old ways of doing things; the social practices that once bound a people … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Environmental NGO Industry and Frontline Communities

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 5 Dave Vasey reflects on the deep historical narrative of activism, examining the relationship between environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) and tar sands campaigns, and … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Mob and Its Money

From: Sweethearts

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1950-1960. Looks at the mob’s expansion into legitimate business focusing on housing development. Corruption is explored 17 $1.70 Add
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The Politics of Equalization

From: Equal as Citizens

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1950s – 1962 Looks at the origins of equalization in Canada, although the program is usually assiciated with smaller provinces it was originally carried out to accommodate the big provinces 14 $1.40 Add
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These Are My Children

From: The M Word

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Christa Couture reflects on proof of motherhood, the loss of a child, mourning, bereavement, guilt, and a message for her ‘little ones.’ 11 $1.10 Add
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Transnational Crimes of International Concern

From: International and Transnational Criminal Law, 2/e

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Discussion of domestic or common crimes that affect or engage the interests of more than one state when they are committed, including transnational organized crime and terrorism, and the … ; 112 $11.20 Add
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Undermine Scientific Knowledge

From: Harperism

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looks at the ways the harper government has underminded scientific knowledge through the long form census, budgets, shuttering scientific activity, and his red tape reduction act 32 $3.20 Add
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Vagaries of Arctic Geography, 1886: Landscapes and Human Occupancy / Getting settled in the United States, 1886-1888: Ethnological and Geographical Writings

Chapters 9 and 10

From: The Franz Boas Enigma

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Chapter 9 begins after the publication of Baffin-Land, discussing its author’s enthusiasm, reception of the book, its structure/contents (chapter by chapter). It also comments on his … 21 $2.10 Add
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Working With Others

Transformative Justice and Conflict Transformation

From: Educating for Action

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This chapter is dedicated to introducing alternative processes of punitive justice and addressing conflict. This chapter first introduces and defines conflict and discusses why it is important … ; ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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A Prospective Framework for Extraterritorial Action

From: Law Beyond Borders

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Proposal for a framework setting out general legal and policy objectives underpinning the decisions of how to act extraterritorially and whether extraterritorial action is a practical and viable … ; ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Academic Freedom and Religious Conviction at Canada’s Faith-Based Universities and Colleges

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

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William Bruneau examines religious conviction within universities, tracing the history of religious universities in Canada. He identifies major arguments made by defenders of religious … 32 $3.20 Add
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Agricultural Change and Sustainable Development

From: Human Development

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Boomtown Toronto

From: Sweethearts

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1960s looks at appartment developers and the boom in high rise appartments in Toronto, which renewed commericial and downtown development 9 $0.90 Add
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Canada’s Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 6 Martin Lukacs examines the anti–tar sands movement in Quebec, focusing on topics such as the Moratoire d’une génération (One-Generation Moratorium), civil … 8 $0.80 Add