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  • How to Abolish Prisons

    Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment

    An incisive guide to abolitionist strategy, and a love letter to the movement that made this moment possible.Critics of abolition sometimes castigate the movement for its utopianism, but in How to Abolish Prisons, long-time organizers Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché reveal a movement that has made the struggle for abolition as real as the institutions they are fighting against.Drawing on extensive ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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    How to Abolish Prisons

    Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment

    Narrated by Elizabeth Stone ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 50 min

    Critics of abolition sometimes castigate the movement for its utopianism, but in How to Abolish Prisons, long-time organizers Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché reveal a movement that has made the struggle for abolition as real as the institutions they are fighting against.Drawing on extensive interviews with abolitionist crews all over North America, Herzing and Piché provide a collective ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • All This Safety Is Killing Us

    Health Justice Beyond Prisons, Police, and Borders--Abolitionist frameworks and practices from clinicians, organizers, and incarcerated activists

    **A multi-discipline, multimedia guide to abolition through the lens of healthcare and medicine – featuring writings and artwork from 10+ incarcerated and post-detention activistsExposing how marginalized communities are vilified by “carceral safety” systems, educators and health justice advocates Carlos Martinez and Ronica Mukerjee call for a radical break with reformist strategies in favor of ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Scent of Desire

    Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell

    by Rachel Herz ...
    The Scent of Desire explores our sense of smell in a compelling and engaging manner, from emotions and memory to aromatherapy and pheromones.In this first and definitive book on the psychology of smell, neuroscientist Rachel Herz traces the importance of smell in our lives, from nourishment to procreation to our relationships with the people closest to us and the world. Smell was the very first ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why You Eat What You Eat

    The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food

    “In this factual feast, neuroscientist Rachel Herz probes humanity’s fiendishly complex relationship with food.” —NatureHow is personality correlated with preference for sweet or bitter foods? What genres of music best enhance the taste of red wine? With clear and compelling explanations of the latest research, Rachel Herz explores these questions and more in this lively book. Why You Eat What You ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • That's Disgusting

    Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion

    "A lively look at all things revolting." —New York Times Book ReviewWhy do we watch horror movies? What is the best way to persuade someone to quit smoking? And what on earth is the appeal of competitive eating? In this lively, colorful book, Rachel Herz answers these questions and more, shedding light on an incredible range of human traits—from food preferences and sexual attraction to moral ... Read more

    Was $22.99 CAD Now $12.99 CAD

  • For the Long Haul

    How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World

    by Chris Dixon ...
    A guide to sustaining long term activism from a social movement veteran.To win in significant ways, we will have to build and sustain movements—grassroots movements propelled by urgency, that move at a pace that we can maintain collectively, for years to come. This is the long haul. Changing the world will require large numbers of ordinary people moving into action, bringing more and more people ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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    Why You Eat What You Eat

    The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food

    Narrated by Jo Anna Perrin ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 7 min

    Why You Eat What You Eat examines the sensory, psychological, neuroscientific, and physiological factors that influence our eating habits. Rachel Herz uncovers the fascinating and surprising facts that affect food consumption: bringing reusable bags to the grocery store encourages us to buy more treats; our beliefs about food affect the number of calories we burn; TV alters how much we eat; and ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Evolution for Everyone

    How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives

    Narrated by René Ruiz ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 57 min

    With stories that entertain as much as they inform, renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and shows how, when properly understood, they can illuminate the length and breadth of creation, from the origin of life to the nature of religion.What is the biological reason for gossip? For laughter? For the creation of art? Why do dogs have curly tails? What ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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    Old School

    by Tobias Wolff ...
    Narrated by Dan Cashman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 29 min

    The author of the genre-defining memoir This Boy’s Life, the PEN/Faulkner Award–winning novella The Barracks Thief, and short stories acclaimed as modern classics, Tobias Wolff now gives us his first novel.Determined to fit in at his New England prep school, the narrator has learned to mimic the bearing and manners of his adoptive tribe while concealing as much as possible about himself. His final ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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    The Genius Plague

    by David Walton ...
    Narrated by Nick Thurston ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 34 min

    The contagion is in your mind.In this science fiction thriller, brothers are pitted against each other as a pandemic threatens to destabilize world governments by exerting a subtle mind control over survivors.Neil Johns has just started his dream job as a code breaker for the NSA when his brother Paul, a mycologist, goes missing on a trip to collect samples in the Amazon jungle. Paul returns with ... Read more

    $32.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Battle for Christmas

    A Cultural History of America's Most Cherished Holiday

    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 17 min

    PULITZER PRIZE FINALISTDrawing on a wealth of research, this "fascinating" book (The New York Times Book Review) charts the invention of our current Yuletide traditions, from St. Nicholas to the Christmas tree and, perhaps most radically, the practice of giving gifts to children.Anyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus