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Void Where Prohibited

From: No Place To Go

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In this chapter, the author demonstrates the importance of reducing public urination and defecation from a health perspective. She then highlights the complex interplay between access to washroom … 20 $2.00 Add
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Wasauksing-Vancouver-Toronto

My Path Home

From: Subdivided

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The author describes the struggle in her youth coming to terms with her First Nations identity. 10 $1.00 Add
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Water and Sewage: The Original Urban Networks

The Technology of Cities

From: Dream States

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The Technology of Cities: Part 3 explores the original urban networks, water and sewage systems. Topics discussed include the London Fire of 1666, water pumps, sewers and urban health. 10 $1.00 Add
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0.3 Packaging

From: You Only Live Twice

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Chase shares his experience of talking about sex with a woman with whom he may have sex, while Mike re-experiences a scene from his childhood with his family. ; 4 $0.40 Add
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A Love Freely Chosen

From: Hard to Do

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This chapter explores the Dred Scott case of 1857 and its legal implications in regard to family-making, specifically marriage, for Black people during and after the US Civil War. 20 $2.00 Add
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About the Author

From: Mad Hope

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A brief biography of Heather Birrell. 1 $0.10 Add
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Chapter Four

From: Rooms

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The author outlines some thoughts on Woolf, writing, language, queerness, trauma and sexual assault, relationships and abuse, and dealing with the past. 25 $2.50 Add
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Children vs. Mammalian Diving Reflex

From: Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract

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In this chapter, the author unpacks the insights that emerged from collaborations between the Mammalian Diving Reflex company and projects with children. He describes the collaboration method … 42 $4.20 Add
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City Lights

The Technology of Cities

From: Dream States

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The Technology of Cities: Part 4 explores the history of lighting cities. Topics discussed include Billboards, gas lighting, electric lighting, darkness and crime, industrialization, public … 13 $1.30 Add
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Coda

From: Curry

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This chapter discusses Ruthnum’s own ideas of identity beyond those he writes about. There is a discussion of the tropes associated with South Asian writers, the categorizations they beg to … 8 $0.80 Add
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Four

From: The Seed

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This chapter discusses infertile women as a consumer for practices such as IVF. Kimball recognizes the difference between a consumer of technology vs a woman first. Kimball identifies public and … 19 $1.90 Add
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Great Again

On Political Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

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This chapter examines nostalgia in modern democracies, where generalized nostalgia binds individuals into a mass movement through its vagueness. The dissonance between nostlagia and how politics … 23 $2.30 Add
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Harvesting Silicon Valley

From: A Matter of Taste

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In this chapter, there is a discussion around the introduction of technology into the food industry. Tucker addresses concerns such as food security and food waste, and the new idea of technology … 14 $1.40 Add
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How We Welcome

Why Canada's Refugee Resettlement Program Undermines Place-making

From: Subdivided

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The chapter discusses immigrant sponsorship to Canada and ensuring successful settlement for families upon arrival. ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Interlude

A Walk in the Spring

From: What You Won’t Do For Love

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A poem by thirteen-year-old David Suzuki written in 1949 titled "A Walk in the Spring." 2 $0.20 Add
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Is Pleasure Necessary?

Is the shift toward sexual equality only about fighting for the right to get-off - or is it something more?

From: Closer

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In this concluding chapter, the author examines how sex for women is related to their wholeness, wellness, and creativity, and therefore, a focus on it is an essential part of the feminist … 12 $1.20 Add