Coach House Books
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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The SeedInfertility Is a Feminist Issue |
Notes on desire, reproduction, and grief, and how feminism doesn’t support women struggling to have children. In pop culture as much as in policy advocacy, the feminist movement has … | Alexandra Kimball | 145 | 2019 | View |
The WardThe Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood |
- | Michael ed. McClelland | 321 | 2015 | View |
The Ward UncoveredThe Archaeology of Everyday Life |
In early 2015, a team of archaeologists began digging test trenches on a non-descript parking lot next to Toronto City Hall — a site designated to become a major new court house. What they … | Holly Martelle; John Lorinc; Michael McClelland; Tatum Taylor | 305 | 2018 | View |
UncleRace, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty |
Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O. J. Simpson and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, … | Cheryl Thompson | 272 | 2021 | View |
NEW! What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings |
Nearly every culture has a variation on the dumpling: histories, treatises, family legends, and recipes about the world’s favourite lump of carbs. If the … | John Lorinc; Karon Liu | 234 | 2022 | View |
NEW! What You Won’t Do For LoveA Conversation |
What if we could love the planet as much as we love one another? "Warm, wise, and overflowing with generosity, this is a love story so epic it embraces all of creation. Yet another reminder … | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 106 | 2022 | View |
You Only Live TwiceSex, Death and Transition |
YOLT explores two artists’ lives before and after transitions: from female to male, and from near-dead to alive. The unspoken promise was that in our second life we would become the question to … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 153 | 2016 | View |
From BriannaSusannaAlanaFrom: Mad Hope |
BriannaSusannaAlana: Three sisters go about their day, 3rd person perspective, focusing on one sister in each section named after her. A murder tangentially enters their lives. My Friend Taisie: … | Heather Birrell | 82 | 2012 | $8.20 Add |
From ContentsFrom: Five Good Ideas |
Table of Contents | Alan Broadbent; Ratna Omidvar | 2 | 2011 | $0.20 Add |
From Fear of PleasureIn a sex-obsessed culture, not all of us feel at home. From: Closer |
The author begins by visiting a workshop of women who have never had an orgasm. Then she expands the view to the recent discussions and interest in female sexuality, particularly the evidence … | Sarah Barmak | 15 | 2016 | $1.50 Add |
From ForewordFrom: Any Other Way |
In the foreword, Kristyn Wong-Tam recounds her arrival in Toronto from Hong Kong and describes the diversity of the city’s queer community, which is often overshadowed by the predominantly … | Kristyn Wong-Tam | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
From ForewordFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase Joynt explains the reasons for the book, how he met the co-author, and the form and structure of the book. | Chase Joynt | 2 | 2016 | $0.20 Add |
From NEW! Forward |
A forward from David Suzuki. Discussing Covid-19, climate change, popular science, and the media. | David Suzuki | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
From Game of ThronesFrom: No Place To Go |
This first chapter makes the case for public washrooms through personal and anecdotal stories of the paradox they present: everyone needs them and thinks about them often, and yet they are … | Lezlie Lowe | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
From IntroductionFrom: Hard to Do |
Western culture upholds the nuclear family as its foundation. Yet, in recent years women have gained more freedom to leave relationships they previously were unable to. Korducki states that she … | Kelli Maria Korducki | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
From IntroductionFrom: The Seed |
In this chapter, Kimball discusses her struggle with infertility and existing narratives of infertile women. There is a discussion on the divide between male and female infertility and what … | Alexandra Kimball | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |