Non-Fiction

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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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….

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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…

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Continental Crucible

Continental Crucible by Edur Velasco Arregui and Richard Roman. The crucible of North American neo-liberal transformation is heating up, but its outcome is far from clear. Continental Crucible examines the clash between the corporate offensive…

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Aboriginal Rights Art Not Human Rights: In Defence of Indigenous Struggles

Aboriginal Rights Are Not Human Rights: In Defence of Indigenous Struggles by Peter Kulchyski. Aboriginal rights do not belong to the broader category of universal human rights because they are grounded in the particular practices…

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300 Years of Beer: An Illustrated History of Brewing in Manitoba

300 Years of Beer: An Illustrated History of Brewing in Manitoba by Bill Wright & Dave Craig. For over 300 years, prairie-dwellers have been brewing, selling and sipping their beers. This book is a look…

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