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  • Applied Chemistry

    A Textbook for Engineers and Technologists

    by Oleg Roussak, H. D. Gesser ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    The second edition of Gesser’s classic Applied Chemistry includes updated versions of the original 16 chapters plus two new chapters on semiconductors and nanotechnology. This textbook introduces chemistry students to the applications of their field to engineering design and function across a wide range of subjects, from fuels and polymers to electrochemistry and water treatment. Each chapter ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Digestible Governance

    Gastrocracy and Spanish Foodways

    by Jessica R. Boll, Bob Davidson, Suzanne Dunai, Luis Benito García Álvarez, Susy Gruss, Aitana Guia, Alejandro J. Gómez del Moral, F. Xavier Medina, Montserrat Miller, Carolyn A. Nadeau, Silvina Schammah Gesser, H. Rosi Song ...
    Series Book 47 - Hispanic Issue
    The term “gastrocracy” refers to the appropriation of discourses and practices related to the sourcing, preparation, distribution, and consumption of food for political purposes. The intersections of gastronomy and governance, dating in Spain to the last quarter of the nineteenth century, have become highly visible over the past decade, when political debates around nationalism in its different ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Risk Communication and Infectious Diseases in an Age of Digital Media

    by Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Yaffa Shir-Raz ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Public Health
    In a digital world where the public’s voice is growing increasingly strong, how can health experts best exert influence to contain the global spread of infectious diseases? Digital media sites provide an important source of health information, however are also powerful platforms for the public to air personal experiences and concerns. This has led to a growing phenomenon of civil skepticism ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Kingston Taxi Tales

    by Dalia Gesser ...
    These slice-of-life stories, told by the cab driver, offer insight into some humorous, relatable, unusual experiences. Some stories include mature content. Similar to bar tenders, cab drivers are given a window into people’s lives. They attract individuals who take comfort in sharing personal details with a stranger and they are the recipients to some of the local gossip with or without their ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Cuba beyond the Beach

    Stories of Life in Havana

    by Karen Dubinsky ...
    Havana is Cuba’s soul: a mix of Third World, First World, and Other World. After over a decade of visits as a teacher, researcher, and friend, Karen Dubinsky looks past political slogans and tourist postcards to the streets, neighbourhoods, and personalities of a complicated and contradictory city. Her affectionate, humorous vignettes illustrate how Havana’s residents—old Communist ladies, their ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Medical Ethics For Dummies

    by Jane Runzheimer, Linda Johnson Larsen ...
    A practical, insightful guide to the moral and ethical standards of healthcareSucceeding in the healthcare field means more than just making a diagnosis and writing a prescription. Healthcare professionals are responsible for convincing patients and their family members of the best course of action and treatments to follow, while knowing how to make the right moral and ethical choices, and so much ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Zapatista Stories For Dreaming An-Other World

    by Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Colectivo Relampago, JoAnn Wypijewski ...
    In this gorgeous collection of allegorical stories, Subcomandante Marcos, idiosyncratic spokesperson of the Zapatistas, has provided 'an accidental archive' of a revolutionary group's struggle against neo-liberalism. For 30 years, the Zapatistas have influenced and inspired movements worldwide, showing that another world is possible. They have infused Left politics with a distinct imaginary - and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Visions of Power in Cuba

    Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971

    by Lillian Guerra ...
    Series series Envisioning Cuba
    In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with altruistic images of themselves in a campaign to win the hearts of Cuba’s six million citizens. In Visions of Power in Cuba, Lillian Guerra argues that these visual representations explained rapidly occurring events and encouraged radical change and mutual self-sacrifice.Mass rallies and ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • In the Kingdom of the Sick

    A Social History of Chronic Illness in America

    by Laurie Edwards ...
    Thirty years ago, Susan Sontag wrote, "Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and the kingdom of the sick ... Sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place." Now more than 133 million Americans live with chronic illness, accounting for nearly three-quarters of all health care dollars, and untold ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Buenos Aires Reader

    History, Culture, Politics

    Edited by Diego Armus, Lisa Ubelaker Andrade ...
    Series series The Latin America Readers
    The Buenos Aires Reader offers an insider’s look at the diverse lived experiences of the people, politics, and culture of Argentina’s capital city primarily from the nineteenth century to the present. Refuting the tired cliché that Buenos Aires is the “Paris of South America,” this book gives a nuanced view of a city that has long been attentive to international trends yet never ceases to ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Vaccination Picture

    by Timothy Caulfield ...
    Few topics in health policy have generated as much debate—and frustration—among public health experts as the issue of vaccine safety. Misinformation around the science of vaccination continues to spread, and too often the media fails to report bad science for what it is.Using science-informed analysis alongside original art and powerful essays, health science leader Timothy Caulfield debunks the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • A Companion to Bioethics

    Edited by Helga Kuhse, Peter Singer ...
    Series series Wiley Companions to Philosophy
    This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD