We call race-based discrimination racism; and gender-based discrimination sexism. In Somebodies and Nobodies, Fuller argues that rank-based discrimination, or 'rankism,' is a form of discrimination that we all accept. He...
Marginality, Social
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Author:Fuller, Robert W.Summary: -
Author:Bourgois, Philippe I.Summary:This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg followed a social network of two dozen heroin injectors...
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Author:Kalteis, DietrichSummary:A fast, powerful read full of action, twists, and dark humour Bounty Hunter Karl Morgen goes after Miro Knotts on a skipped bond, finding the dope dealer wrapped around an underaged girl at a rave in Seattle. Dragging Miro in the hard...
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Author:Louttit, ErnieSummary:"Retired Police Sergeant Ernie Louttit takes you back to the streets of Saskatoon in his second book, a street cop's view of the realities of dealing with prostitutes, street gangs, drunk drivers, and other offenders. He gives...
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Author:Schofield, AnakanaSummary:Martin John sits beside you on the train. Can he see that look on your face? He needs to see that look in your eyes, the surprise of his touch upon your leg, and your repugnance. Despite his work's distractions, his evil flatmate's...
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Author:Blais, Marie-ClaireSummary:Literary legend and four-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award Marie-Claire Blais delivers the latest installment in her ongoing portrait of life in contemporary North America. In this swirling fresco, we meet...
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Angéline, Lilith, Mélusine. Trois prénoms, un seul personnage énigmatique, assoiffé d’envol et de créativité, qui vit au cœur d’une forêt, en symbiose avec la nature. C’est en suivant une confrérie de corneilles en pleine tempête de...
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Author:Louttit, ErnieSummary: -
Author:hooks, bellSummary:A sweeping examination of the core issues of sexual politics, bell hooks' new book Feminist Theory: from margin to center argues that the contemporary feminist movement must establish a new direction for the 1980s. Continuing the...
- Author:Brown, BreneSummary:
A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts...
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Author:Urquhart, EmilySummary:The story begins on St. Stephen's Day, 2010, in St. John's, NL, when the author gives birth to a baby girl named Sadie Jane who has a shock of snow-white hair. After three months of medical testing, Sadie is diagnosed with albinism, a...
