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  • The Taliban Shuffle

    Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

    by Kim Barker ...
    A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region’s longest-serving correspondents.Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent—she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about our ability to ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Routledge Handbook of Social Media, Law and Society

    Edited by Kim Barker, Olga Jurasz ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Law
    The Routledge Handbook of Social Media, Law and Society provides an international survey of social media and the law in society, blending academic, non-academic and non-governmental expertise to provide a thematic overview of social media and the law across a number of jurisdictions.Offering an international thematic view which examines social media and the law in the context of international ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Violence Against Women, Hate and Law

    Perspectives from Contemporary Scotland

    by Kim Barker, Olga Jurasz ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book presents the first academic study offering a holistic assessment of violence against women (VAW) in Scotland, both online and offline. In particular, it focuses on VAW, hate crime, and online forms of violence against women (OVAW). It critically assesses the gaps in the hate crime protections in Scots Law, focusing specifically on the absence of legal protections for VAW, OVAW, hate ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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    The Taliban Shuffle

    Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

    by Kim Barker ...
    Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 54 min

    Now a Major Motion Picture titled Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton.From tea with warlords in the countryside to parties with drunken foreign correspondents in the “dry” city of Kabul, journalist Kim Barker captures the humor and heartbreak of life in post-9/11 Afghanistan and Pakistan in this profound and darkly comic ... Read more

    $23.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Online Misogyny as Hate Crime

    A Challenge for Legal Regulation?

    by Kim Barker, Olga Jurasz ...
    The ideal of an inclusive and participatory Internet has been undermined by the rise of misogynistic abuse on social media platforms. However, limited progress has been made at national – and to an extent European – levels in addressing this issue. In England and Wales, the tackling of underlying causes of online abuse has been overlooked because the law focuses on punishment rather than measures ... Read more

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    The Punishment of Virtue

    Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban

    by Sarah Chayes ...
    Narrated by Renée Raudman ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 58 min

    A National Public Radio reporter covering the last stand of the Taliban in their home base of Kandahar in Afghanistan's southern borderland, Sarah Chayes became deeply immersed in the unfolding drama of the attempt to rebuild a broken nation at the crossroads of the world's destiny. Her NPR tour up in early 2002, she left reporting to help turn the country's fortunes, accepting a job running a ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Modern Romance

    by Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg ...
    **The #1 New York Times Bestseller“An engaging look at the often head-scratching, frequently infuriating mating behaviors that shape our love lives.” —Refinery 29A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from Aziz Ansari, the star of Master of None and one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices**At some point, every one of us embarks on a ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • On Killing

    The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

    by Dave Grossman ...
    A controversial psychological examination of how soldiers' willingness to kill has been encouraged and exploited to the detriment of civilian society."An illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experience of having killed." — Washington PostPsychologist and US Army Ranger Dave Grossman writes that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to pull the trigger in ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why Not Me?

    by Mindy Kaling ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever comes a hilarious collection of essays about her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life.“This is Kaling at the height of her power.”—USA TodayIn Why Not Me?, Kaling shares insightful, deeply personal stories about falli... ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

    by Amy Schumer ...
    #1 New York Times BestsellerThe Emmy Award–winning comedian, actress, writer, and star of Inside Amy Schumer, Hulu’s Life & Beth, and the acclaimed film Trainwreck has taken the entertainment world by storm with her winning blend of smart, satirical humor. Now, Amy Schumer has written a refreshingly candid and uproariously funny collection of (extremely) personal and observational essays.**“Amy S. ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Heart Goes Last

    A Novel

    by Margaret Atwood ...
    Imagining a world where citizens take turns as prisoners and jailers, the prophetic Margaret Atwood delivers a hilarious yet harrowing tale about liberty, power, and the irrepressibility of the human appetite.Several years after the world's brutal economic collapse, Stan and Charmaine, a married couple struggling to stay afloat, hear about the Positron Project in the town of Consilience, an ... Read more

    Was $10.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

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  • Yes Please

    by Amy Poehler ...
    #1 New York Times Bestseller#1 Globe and Mail BestsellerA Globe Best Book of the YearA smart, pointed, and ultimately inspirational read from one of our most beloved funny folk.In a perfect world . . .We’d get to hang out with Amy Poehler, watching dumb movies, listening to music, and swapping tales about our coworkers and difficult childhoods. Unfortunately, between her Golden Globe–winning role ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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