2021
Showing 161–176 of 1314 results
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From  NEW! PrologueThe Fight of My Life |
Alex Wood introduces readers to his journey, his family, and notes that he’s been battling addiction since childhood. In three years, he quit 14 different addictions, each covered … | Alex Wood | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  PrologueFrom: This is My Real Name |
- | Cid V Brunet | 2 | 2021 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! PrologueFrom: On Opium |
The author describes feeling trapped since her body began to turn against her many years ago, when she first started to suffer the intense joint stiffness and accompanying pain that would turn … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! PrologueFrom: Alexa! |
A brief look at Alexa’s entry into the political fray and the women who inspired, supported, and pushed her to make such a difficult decision. Also a glimpse of the relationship and history … | Stephen Kimber | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! PrologueFrom: Happily Ever Older |
Readings in this text explore a variety of case studies from around the world of approaches to long-term care. | Moira Welsh | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Prologue and IntroductionThe Davie Street Blues From: Vancouver Vice |
In the prologue and introduction, Chapman frames his narrative around two events in West End Vancouver: the discovery of a body in in 1984, and the unveiling of a memorial to sex workers in 2016. | Aaron Chapman | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Rising Like a Cloud: New Histories of ‘Old’ TorontoFrom: Indigenous Toronto |
This reading introduces the book and explores Toronto’s history. | Hayden King | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Spoiled HarvestSowing Division on the Canadian Prairie From: Divided |
In the preface, the editors of the volume describe some of the political divisions that have plagued Saskatchewan, which have been most obvious to vulnerable populations in the province. In the … | Cora Sellers; JoAnn Jaffe; Patricia W. Elliot | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Tectonic ShiftFrom: Shift Change |
This chapter describes Hamilton as it once was: foundries belching iron oxide into the atmosphere, traffic jams driven by shift changes at factories, and workers toiling at all hours of the day … | Stephen Dale | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Nameless Uncarved WoodFrom: The Web of Meaning |
Traditional Chinese and Greek philosophy of mind is discussed, along with the insights of modern neuroscience. The chapter describes the role of the pre-frontal cortex as the executive function, … | Jeremy Lent | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Newest Normal |
Things have never been so good for humanity, yet so dire for the planet. On one side of the ledger: practically any quantifiable aspect of human well-being, on the other: All the life that … | Arno Kopecky | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now |
The opening chapter outlines a contradiction in environmental activism: we all know the problem is urgent, but we all continue to produce some amount of carbon emissions. Grover suggests that we … | Sami Grover | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  What Controls the Earth’s Climate? |
This chapter presents an overview of the forces that determine the Earth’s climate, the feedback loops that amplify them, and how slow geological processes can have huge implications. | Steven Earle | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! What is Property?From: The Law of Property |
This chapter explains the meaning of property and the two definitions of property that are used in the law. It then describes various things that can be the subject of property rights. | Robert Chambers | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  What the F*ck?From: Stampede |
In the opening chapter, the author describes her personal experiences of the Stampede, and how those prompted her to examine the event through a feminist lens. | Kimberley A. Williams | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Why Do Sports Even Matter?From: Rebound |
In the introductory chapter, the author suggests that at the best of times, sports – and the act of organizing and playing with others – is the lifeblood of a place. | Perry King | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
