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Series:
Resilience Is Futile
The Life and Death and Life of Julie S. Lalonde
Paperback
Julie Lalonde
9781771134699
$23.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Feb 27, 2020
For over a decade, Julie Lalonde, an award-winning advocate for women’s rights, kept a secret. She crisscrossed the country, denouncing violence against women and giving hundreds of media interviews along the way. Her work made national headlines for challenging universities and taking on Canada’s top military brass. Appearing fearless on the surface, Julie met every interview and event with the same fear in her gut: was he there? Fleeing intimate partner violence at age 20, Julie was stalked by her ex-partner for over ten years, rarely me...
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Series:
Enemy Alien
A True Story of Life Behind Barbed Wire
Paperback
Kassandra Luciuk
9781771134729
$21.95
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Mar 09, 2020
This graphic history tells the story of Canada’s first national internment operations through the eyes of John Boychuk, an internee held in Kapuskasing from 1914 to 1917. The story is based on Boychuk’s actual memoir, which is the only comprehensive internee testimony in existence. The novel follows Boychuk from his arrest in Toronto to Kapuskasing, where he spends just over three years. It details the everyday struggle of the internees in the camp, including forced labour and exploitation, abuse from guards, malnutrition, and homesickness. ...
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Series:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?
Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk
Paperback
James Wilt
9781771134484
$27.95
TRANSPORTATION
Apr 22, 2020
Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the “three revolutions” in automotive transportation, as well as the current work of committed people advocating for a different way forward, James Wilt imagines what public transit should look like in order to be green and equitable. Wilt considers environment and climate change, economic and racial inequality, urban density, accessibility and safety, work and labour unions, privacy and control of personal data, as well as the importance...
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Series:
Won’t Get Fooled Again
A Graphic Guide to Fake News
Paperback
Erin Steuter
9781771134637
$29.95
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
May 18, 2020
“Fake news!” screams Donald Trump from his Twitter account when journalists ask tough questions about his past or present behaviour. Meanwhile, his Fox & Friends fan club makes dubious claims about anyone who challenges his power. Fake news inflames racism, stokes fear, spreads confusion, and undermines democracy.All while CO2 levels continue to rise as “experts” tell us it’s nothing to worry about. But how do we tell which news is real? In this meticulously researched but accessibly written comic, Erin Steuter shows us how to spot fake news...
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