Social Science
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My Mother's Legacy
by Bonita Nowell
A survival story and celebration of one woman’s life, My Mother's Legacy is also a glimpse of the spirit, culture, and history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. From life on the trapline in the Far North to meeting the Pope at the Vatican, this is ...
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Identifying The Wolf
Shedding Light on the Grooming Behaviours of Sexual Predators by Lisa Hilton
Identifying The Wolf Sexual predators love having power and control. Most are amoral and will do anything to ensure they have what they want. Through the author's own experiences and research, and by listening to the voices of victims, she has ...
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Toxic Families, Violent Lives
by Stephen G. Lindsey
IF YOU ARE A PARENT, SCHOOLTEACHER, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, or mental healthcare provider, Toxic Families, Violent Lives lays out what you need to know about what is causing heightened levels of childhood/adolescent mental illness, behavioral ...
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Overrepresented
Indigenous Women as Profit Makers for the Canadian Judicial System by Annette Vermette
The frequency and severity of crime in Canada has been declining, however, the criminalization of Indigenous women is on the rise. How to account for this disparity? With sharp intelligence, inherent wisdom, and the grit of an investigative ...
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Escaping My Predator
by Mary J Schalla
Spousal abuse is all too common, and there are many—too many—families that are irreparably damaged. This book is a first-person account of what it takes to survive sexual assault, emotional abuse, and long-term harassment by an intimate partner. It ...
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Checkmate! A Warrior's Shine! A King's Code!
by Trevor McCafferty
Checkmate! A Warrior’s Shine! A King’s Code will lift readers above their struggles with self-esteem and set them on the path to abundant living. Trevor McCafferty shares the lessons he has learned throughout a lifetime of challenges and victories ...
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Language and State
An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization, Second Edition by Xing Yu
This book argues that while humans communicate using language, they create and use media. Media extend the distance of communication. Humans form themselves into a large community. This happens in a long historical process in which the state of the ...
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Family: The Lying, The War, and The Wife
A Treatise by Michael E Freeman Saulsberre by Michael E Freeman Saulsberre
Family: The lying, the war, and the wife, is a treatise, about the decline of the nuclear family, particularly in black communities, within the United States. The book compares the United States to the BRIC countries, discussing the difference in ...
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Land of the Golden River
The Medieval Tamil Folk Epic of Poṉṉivaḷa Nāḍu by Brenda E. F. Beck
A Journey through Story to Poṉṉivaḷa Nāḍu: An Ancient Tamil Kingdom This remarkable epic-length legend presents a rich and well-rounded view of local South Asian folk history, masterfully interwoven with many social themes and multiple layers of ...
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Gender and Property Rights
Critical Issues in the Context of SDG 5 with a Focus on Bangladesh by Mohammad Jabbar
On their list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals for all nations, the United Nations uses #5 “to achieve equality and empower all women and girls”. One of the nine targets under goal 5 is ‘gender equality in the ownership of productive assets, ...
