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The Rights Revolution
In his 2000 CBC Massey Lectures, Michael Ignatieff confronts controversial human rights questions and defends the individualism of rights language.
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The Shepherd's Granddaughter
For generations Amani's family has grazed sheep above the family homestead near Hebron, but now her home is being threatened by Jewish settlements.
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The Life of Yousuf Karsh
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Heaven is Small
With sly humour and brilliant insight, Schultz explores what it's like to be truly alive only after you're dead.
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He has won the Premio de Poesía para Niños de ALIJA, and has been nominated for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award and nominated eight times for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He lives in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorBio_1":"Chiara Carrer is one of Italy's best-known children's book illustrators. She lives in Rome.\n\nVisit Chiara Carrer's website:\n\nhttp:\/\/www.chiaracarrer.com\/","ContributorBio_2":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eELISA AMADO\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written \u003cem\u003eMy Friend\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eMi amiga\u003c\/em\u003e), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; \u003cem\u003eUn Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem\u003eBarrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCousins\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003ePrimas\u003c\/em\u003e), illustrated by Luis Garay; and \u003cem\u003eTricycle\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eEl triciclo\u003c\/em\u003e), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Luján, Jorge","Contributor_1":"Carrer, Chiara","Contributor_2":"Amado, Elisa (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Stephen spots a beetle he takes off his shoe and raises his arm, ready to strike… but then he has second thoughts. 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Using naive outlines, Expressionistic color washes, open spaces and constantly changing perspectives, she creates tension between the aggressive boy and the passive beetle.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A small boy's encounter with a beetle could have drastic consequences in this simple fable, with strikingly original art.","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2012-07-09","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"A small boy's encounter with a beetle could have drastic consequences in this simple fable, with strikingly original art.","Width":"7.875","WidthCode":"in"}
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Stephen and the Beetle
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It will be an important guide to the many men now seeking ways to stop violence against women, to create a more nurturing and loving culture for all. Now especially, a major ‘men’s movement’ is needed to counter the kind of male leadership that seems to encourage the very violence that continues to endanger our lives and well-being.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJudy Norsigian, co-creator of Our Bodies Ourselves\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_6_Auth":"Judy Norsigian, co-creator of Our Bodies Ourselves","OtherText_Accolades_7":"\u003cp\u003e“Michael Kaufman is among the most prominent male allies for social justice in the world today. In this new book he makes a more personal case to women — and men: gender equality is good for everyone! 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It is vital reading for men everywhere and I hope it will support new wave of men and boys to become part of a battle that is as much theirs as it is women’s.” — \u003cstrong\u003eLaura Bates, writer and founder of Everyday Sexism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_8_Auth":"Laura Bates, writer and founder of Everyday Sexism","OtherText_Accolades_9":"\u003cp\u003e“One of the first men to stand up publicly against violence against women, Michael Kaufman has written a comprehensive and popular call to men to join the battle for gender equality not only through ending violence against women but also by supporting women’s equality on an economic, social, political and personal level. 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Within months, revelations of sexual harassment and assault poured out of Silicon Valley; the film, theater, and TV industries; and the corporate world at home and abroad. The betrayal of trust, abuse of authority, and the denigration of women by men in positions of power pounded into our brains. As #MeToo and #TimesUp captured our attention, discussions quickly moved from newsrooms to dining rooms, staff rooms, and locker rooms. Men asked wives, daughters, and coworkers: Did anything like that ever happen to you? and a frightening number of women answered, Yes, of course, but why has it taken men so long to listen?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spreading shock waves are giving new impetus to demands in our workplaces for equal pay and equal access to all jobs. The millennia-long affirmative action program for my half of the species simply can’t go on. The shock waves are bringing new energy to concerns about the panoply of violence— verbal, sexual, emotional, physical—that countless women still experience. They are bringing more attention to the critical need for quality, affordable childcare and for parental leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd for men? More and more of us are realizing we cannot stay silent. We know we must speak out and we must examine our own attitudes and behaviors. 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Recommended for both men and women.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Booklist","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The Time Has Come offers a plain-spoken and forthright look at why and how men must actively fight for gender equality.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2019-01-15","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"The Time Has Come offers a plain-spoken and forthright look at why and how men must actively fight for gender equality.","Subtitle":"Why Men Must Join the Gender Equality Revolution","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
The Time Has Come
The Time Has Come offers a plain-spoken and forthright look at why and how men must actively fight for gender equality.
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The Stone Thrower
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
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Some of the Kinder Planets
Nine stories full of humor, surprise, fear and wonder, peopled by characters who are just like you, and yet very, very different.
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The Irrationalist
In her remarkable second collection, poet Suzanne Buffam sketches an ideal world as yet unrealized.
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Good Night, Commander
A powerful, moving, prize-winning story about a child who has survived the Iran-Iraq war but has endured great loss.
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And wow, what a book: nothing normal here — twelve stunning new stories by the great Greg Hollingshead that will knock you upside the heart and break your head — flush with dizzyingly brilliant insights into the contemporary dilemma, every line is cast in existential magic. Here's a fully-dilated peek into the secret lives of men and women on the brink.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLee Henderson, author of The Man Game\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Lee Henderson, author of The Man Game","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“brilliant...fiendishly good” — \u003cstrong\u003eEmily Donaldson, \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Emily Donaldson","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“Hollingshead’s stories are admirable in their refusal to offer their reader a conventional experience . . .” — \u003cstrong\u003eSteven W. 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Cole, \u003cem\u003eNOW Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9_Auth":"Susan G. Cole","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"NOW Magazine","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"In his first collection in twenty years, Greg Hollingshead returns with comic new stories about sex, art, and the daily risk of having accidents.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2015-08-21","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"In his first collection in twenty years, Greg Hollingshead returns with comic new stories about sex, art, and the daily risk of having accidents.","Subtitle":"Stories","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Act Normal
In his first collection in twenty years, Greg Hollingshead returns with comic new stories about sex, art, and the daily risk of having accidents.
