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  • Cognitive Linguistics for Linguists

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    This volume offers an introduction to cognitive linguistics, written by authors who were engaged in the field from its beginnings. It starts by reviewing these early studies and provides an overview of the sources and conceptual underpinnings of the theory. This is followed by a description of how cognitive linguistics has been (and continues to be) applied in all subcomponents of language study. ... Read more

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  • Telegrams from Home, Vol. 1

    Life Under Lockdown During COVID-19

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    Some of Canada's greatest literary voices join forces in the first installment of Telegrams from Home, Vol. 1: Life Under Lockdown During COVID-19, a collection of stories, reflections, and non-traditional work presented by West End Phoenix and Kobo Originals. We asked writers, poets, parents, essential workers, and humans of all kinds to tell us about a personal moment that defines their pandemic ... Read more

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  • Debate on Birth Control: Margaret Sanger and Winter Russell

    Mrs. Sanger: Mr. Chairman, and ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Russell and I seem to agree on some of the points of this argument at least, but as usual with most opponents of birth control, they have absolutely no intelligent argument. (Laughter.) They always barricade themselves behind the Bible or the terrible vengeance of an offended nature. That is exactly what Mr. Russell is doing now. Now, ... Read more

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  • Portraits of Remembrance

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    Series series War, Memory, and Culture
    Interdisciplinary collection of essays on fine art painting as it relates to the First World War and commemoration of the conflictAlthough photography and moving pictures achieved ubiquity during the First World War as technological means of recording history, the far more traditional medium of painting played a vital role in the visual culture of combatant nations. The public’s appetite for the ... Read more

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  • Debate on birth control. Margaret Sanger and Winter Russell

    The debate on birth control has been significantly shaped by the contributions of figures like Margaret Sanger and Winter Russell. Sanger, a pioneering advocate for women's reproductive rights, emphasized the importance of access to contraception as a means of empowering women and promoting public health. Her efforts led to the establishment of organizations that provided education and resources ... Read more

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  • Ben Pepper (Annotated)

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  • American Narratives

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    American Narratives takes readers back to the turn of the twentieth century to reintroduce four writers of varying ethnic backgrounds whose works were mostly ignored by critics of their day. With the skill of a literary detective, Molly Crumpton Winter recovers an early multicultural discourse on assimilation and national belonging that has been largely overlooked by literary scholars.At the heart ... Read more

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  • Telegrams from Home: Vol. 3

    What Happens Now?

    Series series Telegrams from Home
    Kobo Originals and West End Phoenix present the third and final installment of Telegrams from Home, a collection of stories, reflections, and poems from some of Canada's greatest literary voices writing on the subject of life under quarantine during COVID-19. Featuring work by Jesse Thistle, Marissa Stapley, Waubgeshig Rice, Michael Redhill, Dani Couture, Phoebe Wang, Sina Queyras, and Stephen ... Read more

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  • Frying Plantain

    Set in the neighbourhood of “Little Jamaica,” Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in a predominantly white society.Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle — of her North American identity and ... Read more

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