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Firewalk
Firewalk by Katherine Bitney. Katherine Bitney’s fourth collection of poetry, Firewalk, erupts into a shamanistic journey through mind, body and spirit. With the power of drum and dance, Bitney confronts the discourses of psychology and…
Wild Children – Domesticated Dreams: Civilization and the Birth of Education
Wild Children – Domesticated Dreams: Civilization and the Birth of Education by Layla AbdelRahim. An anthropological analysis of education, this book is the first to examine the root cause of contemporary pedagogical systems from a…
To Live and Die in America: Class, Power, Health and Health Care
To Live and Die in America: Class, Power, Health and Health Care by Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson. This book details how the United States has among the worst indicators of health in the industrialized…
Revitalizing the Classics: What Past Social Theorists Can Teach Us Today
Revitalizing the Classics: What Past Social Theorists Can Teach Us Today by Tony Simmons. Revitalizing the Classics is a lively introductory text that relates classical social theories to contemporary social events. This updated definition of…
Place and Replace: Essays on Western Canada
Place and Replace: Essays on Western Canada, edited by Adele Perry, Esyllt W. Jones, and Leah Morton. This is a collection of recent interdisciplinary research into Western Canada that calls attention to the multiple political,…
Manitoba Butterflies: A Field Guide
Manitoba Butterflies: A Field Guide by Simone Hébert Allard. Manitoba Butterflies sets a new standard for butterfly field guides, featuring 101 different species of Manitoba’s butterflies and over 1,100 photographs. For the first time in…
The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones by Anne Mahon. War, genocide, rape, looting, violence – the makings of nightmares is a daily reality for millions in contemporary Africa. To survive often means abandoning everything in a quick escape….
Demonstrations
Demonstrations by Olivier Fillieule and Danielle Tartakowsky. In this book, which includes updated information from the original French version, the authors offer a sociological and historical analysis of this political mode of action, with its…