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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Privatization and Its Discontents From: Back to the Well View	In this Chapter, de Villiers discusses the thorny issue of water privatization and commodification. He explores the difference between privatization of ownership and use and the ways in which …	Marq de Villiers	45	2018	$4.50 Add
From Prologue From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View	The introduction describes an encounter between the author and a man named Xi Xin Zhu, whose home was destroyed as a result of China’s rapid economic development. The author discusses the …	Michael Cormier	6	2013	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Prologue From: On Opium View	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
From NEW! Prologue From: Alexa! View	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
From Public matters, grey matter The brain and decision-making From: Too Dumb for Democracy? View	Chapter One explores the roots of our bad political decisions; but the author argues that none of those reasons are excuses for us to throw up our arms and say, “Well, what can you do? We …	David Moscrop	30	2019	$3.00 Add
From Putting on the Ritz Hotels and Other Homes Away from Home From: Wanderlust View	Chapter Four focuses on hotels, inns, and other homes one uses while traveling. The chapter explores the history of hotels dating back to 1500 BC in Crete, to Roman Villa’s, Middle Eastern …	Laura Byrne Paquet	29	2007	$2.90 Add
From Reading for Love From: Breaking the Word Barrier View	Kathie Goggin recounts the story of Bev. The story discusses his family’s illiteracy, challenges in school, being experienced for jobs but not qualified as he could not past tests, his …	Kathie Goggin	5	2009	$0.50 Add
From Reading Is Magic From: Breaking the Word Barrier View	Forward from Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson.	Herménégilde Chiasson	4	2009	$0.40 Add
From Reason for hope: The young women and girls who are giving misogyny the middle finger From: F-Bomb View	In this chapter the author profiles young women who are the new generation of the feminist movemnt.	Lauren McKeon	23	2017	$2.30 Add
From Reframing the Debate From: Back to the Well View	In this chapter, de Villiers begins approaching solutions for water crises by asking us to reframe the issue, by thinking and acting on a local level.	Marq de Villiers	6	2018	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Remembering Part Eight From: Earthkeeping View	Part Eight contains the sections: Neil Van Nostrand, Ecologist, Hezekiah and the Pine, A Rose for Mary Matilda, Remembering Lucy and Helen, Lloyd S. Hawboldt, and Bug Man. These stories are about …	Gary Saunders	31	2022	$3.10 Add
From NEW! Revisiting SakKijâjuk, Tending the Kidlik-Four Generations of Tradition and Innovation on the Labrador Coast Community and Sovereighty: Section 3 From: Qummut Qukiria! View	This chapter reflects on the SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut, the first comprehensive nationally touring exhibition on Nunatsiavummiut art and art history in Canada. The chapter …	Heather Igloliorte	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From Right Here, Right Now From: At Home View	Chapter 8 features an interview with Stan Krzyzanowski. This chapter discusses artists who are inspired by the details of day-to-day life and who explore how the place where one lives can create …	Lezli Rubin-Kunda	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Rivers and Lakes in Trouble From: Back to the Well View	In this chapter, de Villiers explores how surface water – lakes and rivers – are some of the most vulnerable to contamination and destruction as a result of human action.	Marq de Villiers	27	2018	$2.70 Add
From Robin From: The M Word View	Alison Pick reflects on her pregnancy and miscarriage of her daughter, Robin.	Alison Pick	15	2014	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Running From Hounds From: Alexa! View	The budding of Alexa’s political career, the chapter explores her flirtation with the Liberal Party and her commitment to civic service and progress in Halifax, all while dancing ever …	Stephen Kimber	38	2021	$3.80 Add