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  • Caribbean Childhoods: 'Outside', 'Adopted' or 'Left Behind'

    'Good Enough' Parenting and Moral Families

    by Christine Barrow ...
    Studies of the experiences of Caribbean childhood have, in the past, been undertaken almost exclusively from the perspective of adults rather than that of the children themselves. In this work, Christine Barrow departs from that tradition by focusing on the views of children as participants. The result is a fresh perspective on childhood and growing up that is different from those of parents, ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

  • Rethinking Poverty

    Assets, Social Exclusion, Resilience and Human Rights in Barbados

    by Corin Bailey, Christine Barrow, Jonathan Lashley ...
    Researchers have been grappling with finding an adequate means of defining poverty since the nineteenth century, yet no universal consensus exists today. Much of the debate has been concerned with whether poverty should be defined in absolute or relative terms. Today, most countries use income as a measure of poverty, and the extent of poverty in a country is assessed on the basis of a poverty ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Sexuality, Social Exclusion and Human Rights: Vulnerability in the Caribbean Context of HIV

    by Christine Barrow (Editor), Marjan de Bruin (Editor), Robert Carr (Editor) ...
    Sexuality, Social Exclusion and Human Rights examines some of the key drivers of HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean context by exploring risks, vulnerability, power, culture, sexuality and gender. It provides a unique perspective and analysis of the Caribbean response and how the inclusion of many different sectors in society and an interdisciplinary, rather than segregated multi-disciplinary approach, ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD

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    Rilke's Book of Hours

    Love Poems to God

    by Anita Barrows, Joanna Macy, Rainer Maria Rilke ...
    Narrated by Christine Buffle ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 50 min

    A finalist for the PEN/West Translation AwardThe 100th anniversary edition of a global classic, containing beautiful translations along with the original German text.While visiting Russia in his 20s, Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the 20th century's greatest poets, was moved by a spirituality he encountered there. Inspired, Rilke returned to Germany and put down on paper what he felt were ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Policing and Race in America

    Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics

    by James D. Ward, Maria J. Albo, Britt S. Aliperti, Christine Barrow, Domonic Bearfield, Sharlene Graham Boltz, Julian Brinkley, Edward Dillon, Lauren Edwards, Jared Ellison, John Eterno, Barry D. Friedman, Juan E. Gilbert, Andrew J. Grandage, Seong C. Kang ...
    This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups’ daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police Departments, immigration, incarceration, community policing, ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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    The Poet's Guide to Life

    The Wisdom of Rilke

    Narrated by Ethan Hawke ...

    Abridged

    3 hours 6 min

    “You have to live life to the limit, not according to each day but by plumbing its depth.”–RAINER MARIA RILKEIn this treasury of uncommon wisdom and spiritual insight,the best writings and personal philosophies of one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, are gleaned by Ulrich Baer from thousands of pages of never-before translated correspondence.The result is a profound ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • A Modest Proposal

    by Jonathan Swift ...
    Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatten up their children and sell them to the rich (Protestant) land owners, thus solving the twin problems of starving children and poverty in one blow. When the “Proposal” was published in 1729, Swift was quickly attacked, and even accused of barbarity – the ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

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  • The Triple Package

    How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America

    by Amy Chua, Jed Rubenfeld ...
    "That certain groups do much better in America than others—as measured by income, occupational status, test scores, and so on—is difficult to talk about. In large part this is because the topic feels racially charged. The irony is that the facts actually debunk racial stereotypes. There are black and Hispanic subgroups in the United States far outperforming many white and Asian subgroups. Moreover ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Cured

    How the Berlin Patients Defeated HIV and Forever Changed Medical Science

    by Nathalia Holt ...
    “Nathalia Holt presents a thorough account of the research that provides scientists with hope that a cure will one day be achievable... and her empathy shines through in her prose. This is as important a social history as it is a medical document.”—The Daily BeastTwo patients—each known in medical history as the Berlin Patient—were cured of the HIV virus. The two patients’ disparate cures came ... Read more

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  • Ten Conversations You Must Have With Your Son

    by Tim Hawkes ...
    Empowering parents to mentor and prepare their sons for life.Every parent of a teenage boy knows there are certain conversations they must have with their son. But too often they put them off - or don't have them at all - because they simply don't know where to start. Internationally recognised in the field of raising and educating boys, Dr Tim Hawkes provides practical, accessible and invaluable ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Who Are We Now?

    Interpreting the Pew Study on Jewish Identity in America Today

    by The Jewish Daily Forward, Jane Eisner, Josh Nathan-Kazis ...
    Who is a Jew in 21st century America?Is membership in “the tribe” defined by shared religious beliefs? Common ethnic backgrounds? Familiar holiday practices? Similar tastes in culture and cuisine? And what do the widely varying answers to those questions mean for the future of the American Jewish community?In 2013, at the suggestion of Jewish Daily Forward editor Jane Eisner, the Pew Research ... Read more

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  • Familyhood

    by Paul Reiser ...
    For the longest time, based on no evidence other than our own insecurity and sense of incompetence, my wife and I were convinced that we were the flat-out, no-question-about-it, least-skilled parents in the country. Furthermore, we were convinced that every other set of parents we knew was perfect. They were more thorough in going over their kids' homework, they set better boundaries than we do, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD