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  • Beware of Dog

    How Media Portrays the Aggressive Canine

    by Melissa Crawley, Brian Patrick Duggan ...
    Series series Dogs in Our World
    For many of us, the only way we meet "dangerous" dogs is through news reports about vicious attacks, and films and TV shows that feature out-of-control versions of man's best friend. But there's more to the Bad Dog's story than sensational headlines and movie beasts. A deeper look at these representations reveals a villain much closer to home.This book takes the reader on a rich journey through ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The American Television Critic

    A History

    by Melissa Crawley ...
    Aren't we all TV critics? It's a question that overlooks the importance of professional critics whose print and online columns reach large audiences. Their work helps viewers engage with programming and helps shape the conversations that arise.This book covers more than five decades of American criticism, from the early days to the present. Whether by praising or condemning programming trends, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • David and Goliath

    Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

    by Malcolm Gladwell ...
    Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Biased

    Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

    by Jennifer L. Eberhardt PhD ...
    **"Poignant....important and illuminating."—The New York Times Book Review"Groundbreaking."—Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just MercyFrom one of the world’s leading experts on unconscious racial bias come stories, science, and strategies to address one of the central controversies of our time**How do we talk about bias? How do we address racial disparities and inequities? ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Brainwashed

    Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority

    by Tom Burrell ...
    “Black people are not dark-skinned white people,” says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are a lot more.They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly making a way out of “no way!” At this point in history, the idea of black inferiority should have had a “Going-Out-of-Business Sale.” After all, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • The Hidden Brain

    How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and SaveOur Lives

    by Shankar Vedantam ...
    The hidden brain is the voice in our ear when we make the most important decisions in our lives—but we’re never aware of it. The hidden brain decides whom we fall in love with and whom we hate. It tells us to vote for the white candidate and convict the dark-skinned defendant, to hire the thin woman but pay her less than the man doing the same job. It can direct us to safety when disaster strikes ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Telling True Stories

    A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University

    Edited by Mark Kramer, Wendy Call ...
    Interested in journalism and creative writing and want to write a book? Read inspiring stories and practical advice from America’s most respected journalists.The country’s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering everything from finding a good topic, to ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Why Black Men Love White Women

    Going Beyond Sexual Politics to the Heart of the Matter

    by Rajen Persaud, Karen Hunter ...
    Rajen Persaud brings a refreshingly honest voice to the highly controversial topic of interracial dating as he explores the stereotypes and perceptions associated with it.Why do so many high-profile black men date and marry the most ordinary white women? Why do so many other black men desire and covet the company of white women? And why does this subject deeply touch so many people of both races? ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • What the Dog Knows

    The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs

    by Cat Warren ...
    A firsthand exploration of the extraordinary abilities and surprising, sometimes life-saving talents of “working dogs”—pups who can sniff out drugs, find explosives, even locate the dead—as told through the experiences of a journalist and her intrepid canine companion, which The New York Times calls“a fascinating, deeply reported journey into the…amazing things dogs can do with their noses.”There ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • The Best American Essays 2019

    Edited by Robert Atwan ...
    Series series The Best American Series
    A collection of the year's best essays selected by Robert Atwan and guest editor Rebecca Solnit."Essays are restless literature, trying to find out how things fit together, how we can think about two things at once, how the personal and the public can inform each other, how two overtly dissimilar things share a secret kinship," contends Rebecca Solnit in her introduction. From lost languages and ... Read more

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  • The Read-Aloud Handbook

    Seventh Edition

    by Jim Trelease ...
    A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updatedRecommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media

    by Brooke Gladstone, Josh Neufeld ...
    "Mind-opening, thought-provoking and incredibly timely… An absolutely spectacular read."—Cory Doctorow, BoingBoingA million listeners trust NPR's Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the complexities of the modern media. Bursting onto the page in vivid comics by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld, this brilliant radio personality guides us through two millennia of media history, debunking the notion ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD