2021

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Why <i>Butterfly</i> Should Stop Committing Literary Hara-kiri

Why Butterfly Should Stop Committing Literary Hara-kiri

From: Bigotry on Broadway

This chapter explores the racism, fetishism/objectification, and misogyny of Madame Butterfly. 9 $0.90 Add
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Why Do Sports Even Matter?
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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. 9 $0.90 Add
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Why Do the Courts Suck in a City in Love with Basketball?
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Why Do the Courts Suck in a City in Love with Basketball?

From: Rebound

This chapter examines the Toronto Raptors NBA championship team, and how that franchise stimulated the re-development of Toronto’s public basketball courts. 9 $0.90 Add
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Why Is It So Difficult to Change Policing?

Why Is It So Difficult to Change Policing?

From: Crisis in Canada's Policing

This chapter addresses some key issues and outlines the various elements that make up police culture. ; 34 $3.40 Add
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Why Write a Book on Fair Trade?

Why Write a Book on Fair Trade?

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

In the introductory chapter, the editors describe the genesis of the book, its goals, and its structure. ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Will We Share the Wealth

Will We Share the Wealth

From: Share the Wealth!

Readings in part 3 of this title explore the disticition between income inequality and wealth inequaltiy and methods for building shared wealth for Canadians. ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Williams Treaties
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Williams Treaties

AGREEMENTS, NAMING, AND PLACES

From: Indigenous Toronto

An essay on the Williams Treaties and resistance. 8 $0.80 Add
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"Without a Place to Call My Own"

"Without a Place to Call My Own"

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, Heberlein discusses Hannah and Heinrich’s arrival in New York, and Arendt’s thoughts and feelings about being a refugee. 6 $0.60 Add
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“Wonderfully Fantastic”

“Wonderfully Fantastic”

From: The Two Michaels

In this chapter, Blanchfield and Osler Hampson trace the dramatic September 2022 resolution of the Meng Wanzhou extradition case and the simultaneous release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and … ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Words Used and Abused
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Words Used and Abused

Introduction, Misuse, Words that Don't (or May Not) Mean What Your Think They Do, MIscellaneous Things That Annoy Me, Terms for Lawyers, French

From: Guthrie's Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition

Gruesome Twosomes, That and Which, Waffle, Awful Lawerisms aka Legalese, However, Said Same Such, Shall Will Should Would May Might Must, And/Or, And, Or, Only, the Lonely, Who and Whom, All Well … 93 $9.30 Add
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Work Alone

Work Alone

A New App That Helps Sex Workers

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

This short chapter describes an app that helps protect workers and clients at Blue Door. 2 $0.20 Add
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Workers Teaching Workers
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Workers Teaching Workers

From: The Fire and the Ashes

This chapter stresses the importance of education in the labour movement. 3 $0.30 Add
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Writing a New Song

Writing a New Song

Creating Conversations through Theatre

From: Divided

This chapter includes excerpts and, in the words of Joel Bernbaum and Yvette Nolan, the process behind the play Reasonable Doubt, which is about the killing of Coulten Boushie. The script is … ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Xi has a Dream

Xi has a Dream

From: The Two Michaels

In this chapter, Blanchfield and Osler Hampson examine Canada’s troubled relationship with China from 2006 onward. ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Yamnuska
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Yamnuska

From: My Mother, My Translator

Follows conversations and experiences between Singh and his sister in the wake of their mother’s death. 18 $1.80 Add
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Young Hannah

Young Hannah

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter describes Hannah Arendt’s birth of a middle-class Jewish family, her parents’ interest in society and politics, and the early loss of her father to syphilis. It also … 11 $1.10 Add