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"This is a special book written with compassion and respect for a man of the street. If you enjoyed Outsider by Brett Popplewell, you might appreciate this, too, a character study of an urban dweller living with past traumas who lives in the presen..."
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"Tom’s Story is about the author’s friendship with Tom Hogan, a First Nations man who was perpetually homeless, a self-described chronic alcoholic, and a person who had episodes of psychosis. He was also a great storyteller and a gifted Woodland...
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"How to be a Climate Optimist is exactly what the doctor ordered - a good dose of climate positivity!"
"This is a beautiful, thought-provoking book to make us reconsider the effects of incarceration through a Black feminist perspective - a very personalized one in El Jones's hands. Poetry adds to the impact when reading this important work about ab..."
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"In Abolitionist Intimacies, El Jones examines the movement to abolish prisons through the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity. Understanding the history of prisons in Canada in their relationship to settler colonialism and...