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From plantation rebellion and Indigenous land theft to prison labor's super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property. That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill, when we know our economies are flush...

Not sure how to start your essay or prepare for a presentation? Worried about how to structure your report? Questioning what a good assignment actually looks like? With encouraging, jargon-free advice and a clearly defined seven-step plan to getting...

"Explor[es] the underlying history and psychology of public discourse . . . should be required reading for politicians and public advocates." -Real Change The most pressing problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public...

A bilingual edition of writings by Latin America's finest baroque poetSor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1648-1695) wrote her most famous prose work, La Respuesta a Sor Filotea, in 1691 in response to her bishop's injunction against her intellectual pursuits. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594482670Author Ira GlassFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 380gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

American Indian Stories, first published in 1921, is a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fiction, and an essay. One of the most famous Sioux writers and activists of the modern era, Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) recalled legends and tales from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873485920Author Malcolm XFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Pathfinder Books LtdPublisher Pathfinder Books LtdWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865478312Author Keith GessenFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint N + 1Publisher N + 1Weight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 33mm

This is the first edited collection of essays on the nineteenth-century diarist Anne Lister. Now recognized as a UNESCO world heritage document, Lister's five-million-word diaries are paradigm-shifting in terms of their range of material, from social...

Feminine Lost explores the premise that all human beings are constructed of two energies, one masculine and one feminine. With the rise of the feminist movement, many women have migrated to their masculine side, some to the extent of losing access to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906387716Author Chambi ChachageFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Pambazuka PressPublisher Pambazuka PressWeight(grams) 217gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

A rallying, celebratory essay about Sylvia Plath, Taylor Swift and unbridled female ambition by the beloved author of Bluets and The ArgonautsIn The Slicks, Maggie Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493246454Author Henriette WaalFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint ValizPublisher Valiz

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593850633Author Paul KingsnorthFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint ThesisPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 158mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998408191Author James CairnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Wolsak & Wynn PublishersPublisher Wolsak & Wynn PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917130103Author Sihem ArfaouiFormat PaperbackPage Count 563Imprint Isengrin PublishingPublisher Isengrin Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788836655472Author Taylor, Jack ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint SilvanaPublisher Silvana

If the postmodern condition is a dystopia characterized by alienation and despair, argues distinguished sociologist Stanford Lyman, postmodern epistemologies compound the problem by denigrating Enlightenment philosophies that still offer agency and hope...

Interpretive Political Science is the second of two volumes featuring a selection of key writings by R.A.W. Rhodes. Volume II looks forward and explores the 'interpretive turn' and its implications for the craft of political science, especially public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788433916136Author Emmanuel CarrereFormat PaperbackImprint AnagramaPublisher AnagramaWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 104mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783959056663Author Bernd SchererFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Spector BooksPublisher Spector BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783959056649Author Katrin KlinganFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Spector BooksPublisher Spector BooksWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 150mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385697316Author Tajja IsenFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Doubleday CanadaPublisher Random House CanadaWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 217mm *...

What is the society you want to see take shape in Singapore in the years ahead? How can we ensure it will be a society where there is gender equality, where every person can live the life they want? A diverse group of writers - women and men, teenagers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398834477Author Virginia WoolfFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 196gDimensions(mm) 165mm *...

The wise words of science fiction icon Octavia E. Butler live on in this beautiful and giftable little volume.There's no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There's no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers-at least. You...

In Scripting Identity: Writing Cultural Experience, Theresa Carilli explores how understanding one's identity can assist in the process of writing a performative script. After a brief review of how the Performance Studies discipline interprets the act of...

Just as Odin's ravens, named Huginn and Muninn (translated to Thought and Memory), would whisper everything he couldn't see, so too do these and other mythical ravens-of Athena, the Biblical Eve and Noah, Coronis, and others-function in Jamison's essay...

This is the final textual volume in The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882– 1953, published in 3 series comprising 37 volumes: The Early Works, 1882– 1898 (5 vols.); The Middle Works, 1899– 1924 (15 vols.); The Later Works, 1925– 1953 (17 vols.).Volume...

Spanning the crucial years of Dewey's move from the University of Chicago to Columbia University, Volume 3 col-lects thirty-six essays and reviews pub-lished at the very time Dewey deter-mined that his professional future would lie in the field of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809328079Author John DeweyFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Southern Illinois University PressPublisher Southern Illinois University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809328055Author John DeweyFormat PaperbackPage Count 606Imprint Southern Illinois University PressPublisher Southern Illinois University...

Since the end of the draft in the United States, the nation's wars have been fought by all-volunteer forces, creating an enormous divide between the civilian public and its military. Recent wars have taken place during the information age, allowing cable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599541433Author Anthony Julian TamburriFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599541150Author Antonio C VittiFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

London-based 'Dazed and Confused' magazine started life as a group voice for the capital's exploding creative scene. This volume combines the best of past 'Dazed' editorial and images with new commissions from fashion photographers, artists and...

With the exception of The Quest for Cer tainty (Volume 4) this fifth volume brings together Dewey's writings for the 1929-1930 period.During this time Dewey published 4 books and 50 articles on philosophical, educational, political, and social issues...

Mental health specialists and researchers contend that the development of resilience in youth is facilitated at several levels. Relational, cultural, individual, and governmental factors all have a strong influence over the mental well being of young...

Since World War II, there have been many changes in our nation due to shifts in our philosophy of man and moral law. The Soul of a Nation is a series of essays on these critical transformations in our society. This book will be of interest to citizens...

The Beatty Lecture, established in 1952 in honour of former Canadian Pacific Railway president and McGill chancellor Sir Edward Beatty, is McGill University's most anticipated annual event. Some of the series' greatest lectures, delivered by Nobel Prize...