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  • Dangerous Spirits

    The Windigo in Myth and History

    by Shawn Smallman ...
    In the traditional Algonquian world, the windigo is the spirit of selfishness, which can transform a person into a murderous cannibal. Native peoples over a vast stretch of North America—from Virginia in the south to Labrador in the north, from Nova Scotia in the east to Minnesota in the west—believed in the windigo, not only as a myth told in the darkness of winter, but also as a real danger ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Introduction to International and Global Studies, Third Edition

    by Shawn C. Smallman, Kimberley Brown ...
    Shawn C. Smallman and Kimberley Brown’s popular introductory textbook for undergraduates in international and global studies is now released in a substantially revised and updated third edition. Encompassing the latest scholarship in what has become a markedly interdisciplinary endeavor and an increasingly chosen undergraduate major, the book introduces key concepts, themes, and issues and then ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Fear and Memory in the Brazilian Army and Society, 1889-1954

    by Shawn C. Smallman ...
    For more than half a century, the Brazilian army used fear and censorship to erase aspects of its history from public memory and to create its own political myths. Although the military had remarkable success in promoting its version of events, recent democratization has allowed scholars access to new materials with which to challenge the “official story.” Drawing on oral histories, secret police ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The AIDS Pandemic in Latin America

    by Shawn C. Smallman ...
    Of the more than 40 million people around the world currently living with HIV/AIDS, two million live in Latin America and the Caribbean. In an engaging chronicle illuminated by his travels in the region, Shawn Smallman shows how the varying histories and cultures of the nations of Latin America have influenced the course of the pandemic. He demonstrates that a disease spread in an intimate manner ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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    by Lloyd Ratzlaff ...
    In a series of reflections focused on his hard-working Mennonite family and touching on childhood exploits from shoplifting and go-kart racing to the fear of dying (which arises during the rehearsal for a school Christmas concert), Lloyd Ratzlaff takes readers on a journey from youth to philosophical maturity. Combining elegy and joyful nostalgia in these poetic essays, Ratzlaff recounts his ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Frontier Cowboys and the Great Divide

    Early Ranching in BC and Alberta

    by Ken Mather ...
    Despite being neighbouring provinces with long ranching histories, British Columbia and Alberta saw their ranching techniques develop quite differently. As most ranching styles were based on one of the two dominant styles in use south of the border, BC ranchers tended to adopt the California style whereas Alberta took its lead from Texas. But the different practices actually go back much further. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Deaf House

    by Joanne Weber ...
    The Deaf House is Joanne Weber’s life story. It illustrates the work and passion of a woman who grew up deaf and became an advocate for the deaf. It is a story of pain, loss and defeat balanced with joy, gain, and victory. Joanne Weber’s creative memoir, shows how deafness can be a brutal oppression of the mind. Her torment of not knowing exactly where she belonged in Deaf culture is revealed with ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Your Playlist Can Change Your Life

    10 Proven Ways Your Favorite Music Can Revolutionize Your Health, Memory, Organization, Alertness and More

    by Galina Mindlin M.D., Ph.D, Don DuRousseau MBA, Joseph Cardillo Ph.D. ...
    Unlock the power of the songs in your pocketMaybe you blast the speakers when you need to get pumped up. If that's all you do, though, you're not taking full advantage of the way music can help you. Listen to a slower track first and the one-two punch of the playlist can push you even higher. Overflowing with easy-to-use tips like these, Your Playlist Can Change Your Life is the first book to ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden

    by Stephen Reid ...
    Stephen Reid has grown old in prison and seen more than his share of its solitude, its vicious cycles, and its subculture relationships. He has participated in the economics of contraband, the incredible escapes, the intimacies of torture, the miscarriages of justice, and witnessed the innocent souls whose childhood destinies doomed them to prison life. He has learned that everything is bearable, ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Executioners Bible

    by Steve Fielding ...
    "The Executioner's Bible" tells the story of these working-class men who carried out this gruesome profession until its abolition in the late 1960's. Despite often being unassuming and quiet professionals, men like Albert Pierrepoint, William Billington and many other Chief and Assistant executioners made a name for themselves in a world hungry for salacious and gruesome news. Read about the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Imperial Woman

    The Story of the Last Empress of China

    by Pearl S. Buck ...
    From the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth, the New York Times –bestselling biographical novel of the concubine who became China's last empress.In Imperial Woman, Pulitzer Prize-winner Pearl S. Buck brings to life the amazing story of Tzu Hsi, who rose from concubine status to become the working head of the Qing Dynasty.Born from a humble background,... ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • For Joshua

    An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son

    by Richard Wagamese ...
    Celebrated Ojibway author Richard Wagamese shares the traditions and teachings of his people, entwining them with an account of his own life-long struggle for self-knowledge and self-respect.Richard Wagamese stares the modern world in the eye and takes careful note of its snares and perils. He sees people coveting without knowing why, people looking for roots without understanding what might ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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