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  • Elbows Up

    The New Fight for the Canadian Soul

    by Allen B. Armstrong ...
    Tired of the "nice guy" stereotype? It's time to meet the real Canada.For too long, the world has seen Canada as the polite, unassuming neighbor—a nation of apologies and peacekeepers. But beneath the surface, a new, more muscular Canadian identity is emerging. We are a country shedding its passive image, ready to defend its values, assert its sovereignty, and reclaim its narrative.In Elbows Up, ... Read more

    $1.40 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wizards, Wardrobes, & Halflings

    by Christopher D. Schmitz, Brett Armstrong, Randall Allen Dunn, Kadee Carder, Kerry Nietz ...
    Series Book 1 - Faith in Fiction Devotional
    This Christian devotional book looks at some of the most well-loved stories in modern Sci-Fi and Fantasy series and also at some by upcoming SFF authors. In looking at characters, stories, and plots we can see many parallels to Scripture, morals and principles, and biblical characters. In telling stories that grapple with those concepts and topics we discover more and deeper truths about ourselves ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Faces of Resistance

    Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity

    by S. Ashley Kistler, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Allen J. Christenson, Stephanie J. Litka, Christopher H. Lutz, Judith M. Maxwell, Betsy Konefal, Abigail E Adams, Ixnal Ambrocia Cuma Chávez, Kevin Young0, David Carey Jr.1, W. George Lovell Jr.2 ...
    Fosters a holistic understanding of the roles of Maya heroic figures as cornerstones of cultural identity and political resistance and powerIn the sixteenth century, Q’eqchi’ Maya leader Aj Poop B’atz’ changed the course of Q’eqchi’ history by welcoming Spanish invaders to his community in peace to protect his people from almost certain violence. Today, he is revered as a powerful symbol of Q ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • Disarm: A Gun Sense Anthology

    Black Heart Digital Anthologies, #2

    by Hobie Anthony, B. Morris Allen, Erin Armstrong, Kate Berrio, John Berry, Heidi Blanke, Dani J. Caile ...
    Series Book 2 - Black Heart Digital Anthologies
    "We cannot get rid of mankind’s fleetingly wicked wishes. We can get rid of the machines that make them come true. I give you a holy word: DISARM." –Kurt Vonnegut, Deadeye DickAs the U.S. continues to simmer with violence, and mass-shootings continue to pile bodies into graves at an alarming rate, it’s time to take action.No more “thoughts and prayers.”No more fuzzy sentiments.No more excuses.No ... Read more

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    The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art

    by Matthias Röhrig Assunção ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society
    Originally the preserve of Afro-Brazilian slaves, the marginalized and the underclasses in Brazilian society, capoeira is now a mainstream sport, taught in Brazilian schools and practised by a range of social classes around the world. Some advocates now seek Olympic recognition for Capoeira. This apparent change in the meaning and purpose of Capeoira has led to conflicts between traditionalists, ... Read more

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  • Maya or Mestizo?

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    by Ronald Loewe ...
    Series series Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
    The Maya of the Yucatán have long been drawn into the Mexican state's attempt to create modern Mexican citizens (mestizos). At the same time, they have contended with globalization pressures, first with hemp production and more recently with increased tourism and the fast-growing influence of American-based evangelical Protestantism. Despite these pressures to turn Maya into mestizo, the citizens ... Read more

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    Indigeneity and Belonging in the Americas

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  • Latin America

    The Allure and Power of an Idea

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  • Mestizo State

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  • Becoming Brazilians

    Race and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil

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  • The Borders of Dominicanidad

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    by Lorgia García Peña ...
    In The Borders of Dominicanidad Lorgia García-Peña explores the ways official narratives and histories have been projected onto racialized Dominican bodies as a means of sustaining the nation's borders. García-Peña constructs a genealogy of dominicanidad that highlights how Afro-Dominicans, ethnic Haitians, and Dominicans living abroad have contested these dominant narratives and their violent, ... Read more

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