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Title: THE ANTIRACISM HANDBOOK : PRACTICAL TOOLS TO SHIFT YOUR MINDSET AND UPROOT RACISM IN YOUR LIFE AND COMMUNITY (Paperback Book)

Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations

Author: BRYANT, THEMA

Publisher: LOGIN CANADA

32.95

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An antiracist society starts with you. Gain the psychological skills you need to adopt an antiracist mindset and make meaningful and equitable changes in your community - and in the world.

Racism has reached epidemic levels in our country, and every single day we see acts of racial injustice. From police brutality and the prison industrial complex, to crumbling infrastructure and toxic drinking water in predominantly Black neighborhoods - many people have finally opened their eyes to the harsh realities of inequality and systemic racism in America. But awareness isn't enough. We need to take action to create real change.

Written by two psychologists and experts in race, identity, equity, and inclusion, The Antiracism Handbook will empower you to make your own personal contribution to creating an antiracist society. You'll find practical, evidence-based tools grounded in psychology to help you recognize and resist racial stereotypes in day-to-day interactions; and strategies to help you communicate with family, loved ones, and children about race and racism. You'll also learn skills to help you navigate race in professional workspaces, and advocate for antiracist politics, policies, and practices in your community, civic, and spiritual life.

By shifting your thought patterns and behaviors to cultivate an antiracist mindset, you can actively change your community - and the world - beginning with yourself. This handbook will help you get started now.

 

THE BEST STRANGERS IN THE WORLD

Title: THE BEST STRANGERS IN THE WORLD (Paperback Book)

Author: SHAPIRO , ARI

Publisher: HARPER COLLINS CANADA LTD

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"The Best Strangers in the World is a witty, poignant book that captures Ari Shapiro's love for the unusual, his pursuit of the unexpected, and his delight at connection against the odds." - Ronan Farrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and New York Times-bestselling author of Catch and Kill and War on Peace

From the beloved host of NPR's All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lover letter to journalism.

In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad.

As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable, Ari Shapiro keeps seeking ways to help people listen to one another; to find connection and commonality with those who may seem different; to remind us that, before religion, or nationality, or politics, we are all human. The Best Strangers in the World is a testament to one journalist's passion for Considering All Things - and sharing what he finds with the rest of us.

 

THE CONSTITUENTS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

Title: THE CONSTITUENTS OF MEDICINAL PLANTS (Paperback Book)

Science / Life Sciences / Biology

Author: PENGELLY, ANDREW

Publisher: STYLUS PUBLISHING

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This unique book explains in simple terms the commonly occurring chemical constituents of medicinal plants, and how these react with the human body. The major classes of plant constituents, such as phenols, terpenes and polysaccharides, are described both in terms of their chemical structures and their pharmacological activities.

The last 20 years has seen huge growth in research output in phytochemistry, and this edition has been thoroughly revised to incorporate up-to-date research. It contains a new chapter on resins and cannabinoids, and additional content on macrocarpals, essential oil chemotypes, mushroom polysaccharides, phytochemical synergy, and toxicology of phytochemicals.

Features include:
  • Over 200 diagrams of chemical structures
  • Clearly written, and student-friendly format
  • References to primary research literature
Designed as an undergraduate text, this is an essential desktop reference for health practitioners, lecturers, researchers, producers, and anyone with an interest in how medicinal herbs work.

 

THE DARCY MYTH : JANE AUSTEN, LITERARY HEARTTHROBS, AND THE MONSTERS THEY TAUGHT US TO LOVE

Title: THE DARCY MYTH : JANE AUSTEN, LITERARY HEARTTHROBS, AND THE MONSTERS THEY TAUGHT US TO LOVE (Paperback Book)

Author: FEDER, RACHEL

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CANADA

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"A wildly entertaining read." - The Washington Post

What if we've been reading Jane Austen and romantic classics all wrong? A literary scholar offers a funny, brainy, eye-opening take on how our contemporary love stories are actually terrifying.


Covering cultural touchstones ranging from Normal People to Taylor Swift and from Lord Byron to The Bachelor, The Darcy Myth is a book for anyone who loves thinking deeply about literature and culture - whether it's Jane Austen or not.

You already know Mr. Darcy - at least you think you do! The brooding, rude, standoffish romantic hero of Pride and Prejudice, Darcy initially insults and ignores the witty heroine, but eventually succumbs to her charms. It's a classic enemies-to-lovers plot, and one that has profoundly influenced our cultural ideas about courtship. But what if this classic isn't just a grand romance, but a horror novel about how scary love and marriage can be for women?

In The Darcy Myth, literature scholar Rachel Feder unpacks Austen's Gothic influences and how they've led us to a romantic ideal that's halfway to being a monster story. Why is our culture so obsessed with cruel, indifferent romantic heroes (and sometimes heroines)? How much of that is Darcy's fault? And, now that we know, what do we do about it?

 

THE DICTIONARY PEOPLE

Title: THE DICTIONARY PEOPLE (Hardcover Book)

Author: OGILVIE, SARAH

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CANADA

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The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind's greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered. Who were the people behind this unprecedented book? As Sarah Ogilvie reveals, they include three murderers, a collector of pornography, the daughter of Karl Marx, a president of Yale, a radical suffragette, a vicar who was later found dead in the cupboard of his chapel, an inventor of the first American subway, a female anti-slavery activist in Philadelphia . . . and thousands of others.

Of deep transgenerational and broad appeal, a thrilling literary detective story that, for the first time, unravels the mystery of the endlessly fascinating contributors the world over who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read and write and speak. It was the greatest crowdsourcing endeavor in human history, the Wikipedia of its time.

The Dictionary People is a celebration of words, language, and people, whose eccentricities and obsessions, triumphs, and failures enriched the English language.

 

THE GIRL IN THE MIDDLE

Title: THE GIRL IN THE MIDDLE (Paperback Book)

Biography & Autobiography / Women

Author: GRANOFSKY , ANAIS

Publisher: HARPER COLLINS CANADA LTD

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A moving and vivid memoir of a young girl—long before her starring role in the Degrassi series—who was always switching between worlds, wanting only to be loved

When Anais Granofsky's parents meet in the early 1970s, they are foreign and fascinating to each other. Stanley is the son of a very wealthy Toronto Jewish family; Jean is one of fifteen children from a poor Black Methodist family, direct descendants of the freed Randolph slaves. When Jean becomes pregnant at nineteen, Stanley doesn't anticipate being cut off by his parents. Nor does the couple anticipate that Stanley, soon to rename himself Fakeer, will find his calling in the spiritual teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh on an ashram in India.

The Girl in the Middle is the story of a child who spends her life navigating between two very different worlds. Alone, Anais and her mother teetered on the poverty line, sharing a mattress in a single room in social housing in Toronto, while her grandparents lived a twenty-minute car ride away on the mansion-lined Bridle Path. As Anais grows up, she spends weekends having lunch with her grandmother by the pool, while during the week, she and her mother often don't know where their next meal will come from, even after Fakeer's return. Anais realizes that if she wants to be loved, she has to switch identities to please each of the adult women in her family. It isn't until she gets a role in the TV series Degrassi Junior High that Anais finds a third world—her own—and begins to define an identity for herself.

The Girl in the Middle offers a powerful lens to explore how two families, one white and one Black, faced systemic oppression spanning multiple generations and came out at opposite economic classes—and how they clashed when they shared a granddaughter.

With compassion and vivid storytelling, Granofsky shares her experience of living in opposite worlds, and demonstrates how generational shame, grief and prejudice ultimately lead to love and forgiveness.

 

THE GOOD ENOUGH JOB : RECLAIMING LIFE FROM WORK

Title: THE GOOD ENOUGH JOB : RECLAIMING LIFE FROM WORK (Hardcover Book)

Business & Economics / Personal Success

Author: STOLZOFF, SIMONE

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CANADA

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In The Good Enough Job, journalist Simone Stolzoff traces how work has come to dominate Americans' lives—and why we find it so difficult to let go. Based on groundbreaking reporting and interviews with Michelin star chefs, Wall Street bankers, overwhelmed teachers and other workers across the American economy, Stolzoff exposes what we lose when we expect work to be more than a job. Rather than treat work as a calling or a dream, he asks what it would take to reframe work as a part of life rather than the entirety of our lives. What does it mean for a job to be good enough?

 

THE HEART OF A SUPERFAN

Title: THE HEART OF A SUPERFAN (Hardcover Book)

Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts

Author: BHATIA, NAV

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CANADA

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The Raptors' story is an underdog story - and the same is true for their greatest superfan. This memoir offers a courtside view into the extraordinary life of Nav Bhatia.

You know him as the Raptors Superfan, but Nav Bhatia's story is bigger than basketball.

Nav immigrated to Canada from India after experiencing many hardships - only to face a host of new challenges. Life as an immigrant was gruelling and grey . . . and then, a new basketball team came to town. As Nav cheered on the Toronto Raptors at game after game, as they lost, as they won, on the good days and the bad, he discovered inspiration and community in the greatest game on Earth, formed life-long bonds with many of the best players the sport has ever known, and solidified his own place in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

In this memoir, Nav shares his incredible personal story of triumphing over adversity, as well as the lessons that propelled him to success in all facets of life: as an entrepreneur, movie producer, humanitarian, son, father and husband, and the Raptors' most dedicated supporter. And woven throughout the book are intimate, colourful behind-the-scenes stories about the Raptors - from their very first game in 1995 to their 2019 Championship win, and beyond - that only the Superfan could know.

This is a book about loyalty, perseverance and the power of sports to unite us across differences - and, most of all, about how following your passions can lead you to the most extraordinary places.

 

THE LGBTQ+ HISTORY BOOK

Title: THE LGBTQ+ HISTORY BOOK (Hardcover Book)

Author: BIG IDEAS

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CANADA

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Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGBTQ+ history and culture, this book showcases the breadth of the LGBTQ+ experience. This diverse, global account explores the most important moments, movements, and phenomena, from the first known lesbian love poetry of Sappho to Kinsey's modern sexuality studies, and features biographies of key figures from Anne Lister to Audre Lorde.

 

THE MUSHROOM HUNTERS : A HIDDEN WORLD OF FOOD, MONEY, AND (MOSTLY LEGAL) ADVENTURE

Title: THE MUSHROOM HUNTERS : A HIDDEN WORLD OF FOOD, MONEY, AND (MOSTLY LEGAL) ADVENTURE (Paperback Book)

Nature / Plants / Mushrooms

Author: COOK, LANGDON

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CANADA

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Rich with the science and lore of edible fungi—from seductive chanterelles to exotic porcini—The Mushroom Hunters is equal parts gonzo travelogue and culinary history lesson, a fast-paced, character-driven tour through a world that is by turns secretive, dangerous, and quintessentially American.

 


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