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Advancing Social Justice

Tools, Pedagogies, and Strategies to Transform Your Campus

by Tracy Davis, Laura M. Harrison ...

Tools and strategies to foster transformative change for social justiceMany believe that social justice education is simply the new politically correct term for diversity-focused intervention or multiculturalism. The true definition, however, is more complex, nuanced, and important to understand. Higher education today needs clarity on both the concept of social justice and effective tools to ... Read more

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Tools and strategies to foster transformative change for social justiceMany believe that social justice education is simply the new politically correct term for diversity-focused intervention or multiculturalism. The true definition, however, is more complex, nuanced, and important to understand. Higher education today needs clarity on both the concept of social justice and effective tools to
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Black Vigilantes

Thah Xah Qshunah

by Tracy L. Davis, Kenya S. Moore ...

The recent killing of an unarmed Black man has sparked a world-wide social justice movement and has given rise to the Black Lives Matter Movement.As government officials devise plans to overthrow the uprisings, cities all over the country continue to burn in America.National Guards and Federal troops are deployed and given direct orders in assisting the police with crushing all lawlessness. ... Read more

$4.99 USD

The recent killing of an unarmed Black man has sparked a world-wide social justice movement and has given rise to the Black Lives Matter Movement.As government officials devise plans to overthrow the uprisings, cities all over the country continue to burn in America.National Guards and Federal troops are deployed and given direct orders in assisting the police with crushing all lawlessness.
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The Compassionate Kitchen

A plant-based cookbook

by Gemma Davis, Tracy Noelle ...

If there is one piece of advice that every doctor, dietician and nutritionist agrees on, it is this: eat more plants. But that doesn’t mean you have to compromise on flavour or enjoyment. Nourish yourself and your environment with these 70 plant-based recipes from naturopath Gemma Davis and chef Tracy Noelle.Packed with glorious Asian flavours, vegetables, herbs and spices, these exciting recipes ... Read more

$10.99 USD

If there is one piece of advice that every doctor, dietician and nutritionist agrees on, it is this: eat more plants. But that doesn’t mean you have to compromise on flavour or enjoyment. Nourish yourself and your environment with these 70 plant-based recipes from naturopath Gemma Davis and chef Tracy Noelle.Packed with glorious Asian flavours, vegetables, herbs and spices, these exciting recipes
... Read more
Stages of Emergency

Cold War Nuclear Civil Defense

by Tracy C. Davis ...

In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. In Stages of Emergency the distinguished performance historian Tracy C. Davis investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Asking what it meant for civilians to be ... Read more

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In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. In Stages of Emergency the distinguished performance historian Tracy C. Davis investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Asking what it meant for civilians to be
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Liberal Lives and Activist Repertoires

Political Performance and Victorian Social Reform

by Tracy C. Davis ...

This ambitious study traces the strategies of human rights activists to show how world-changing reform movements were shaped by women and men from modest backgrounds who were deeply attuned to the power of performance. Tracy C. Davis explores nineteenth-century reform campaigns through the pioneering work of a family of activists – prominent anti-slavery lecturer George Thompson, his daughter ... Read more

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This ambitious study traces the strategies of human rights activists to show how world-changing reform movements were shaped by women and men from modest backgrounds who were deeply attuned to the power of performance. Tracy C. Davis explores nineteenth-century reform campaigns through the pioneering work of a family of activists – prominent anti-slavery lecturer George Thompson, his daughter
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The Puzzle Solver

A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son

by Tracie White ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

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5 hours 9 min

A Father, His Son, and an Unrelenting Quest for a CureAt the age of twenty-seven, Whitney Dafoe was forced to give up his life as a photographer who traveled the world. Bit by bit a mysterious illness stole away the pieces of his life: First, it took the strength of his legs, then his voice, and his ability to eat. Finally, even the sound of a footstep in his room became unbearable. The Puzzle ... Read more

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A Father, His Son, and an Unrelenting Quest for a CureAt the age of twenty-seven, Whitney Dafoe was forced to give up his life as a photographer who traveled the world. Bit by bit a mysterious illness stole away the pieces of his life: First, it took the strength of his legs, then his voice, and his ability to eat. Finally, even the sound of a footstep in his room became unbearable. The Puzzle
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Make a Pretty Sound

A Story of Ella Jenkins—The First Lady of Children's Music

by Traci N. Todd ...

Narrated by Channie Waites ...

Unabridged

24 min

Once upon a time, children's music was just Mother Goose, nursery songs, and lullabies. And then came Ella Jenkins.Ella Jenkins is an American folk singer and living legend dubbed The First Lady of Children's Music. For nearly 70 years, she has been writing and performing music that has entertained and engaged generations of young listeners. In Make a Pretty Song, Ella's life and legacy are ... Read more

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Once upon a time, children's music was just Mother Goose, nursery songs, and lullabies. And then came Ella Jenkins.Ella Jenkins is an American folk singer and living legend dubbed The First Lady of Children's Music. For nearly 70 years, she has been writing and performing music that has entertained and engaged generations of young listeners. In Make a Pretty Song, Ella's life and legacy are
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Actresses as Working Women

Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture

by Tracy C. Davis ...

Series series Gender in Performance
Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and feminist theory she looks at representations of women on stage, and the meanings associated with and ... Read more

$225.00 USD

Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and feminist theory she looks at representations of women on stage, and the meanings associated with and
... Read more
Perspectives on Flourishing in Schools

by Peter Bates, Bob Bayles, Wilfred Beckford, Stephen Berg, Brent Bradford, Amy Burns, Roberta Campbell-Chudoba, Davis Clement, Tracy Dollansky, Elizabeth J. Durden-Myers, Ufuk Erdogan, Thomas Falkenberg, John Freeman, David Cameron Hauseman, Alicia Hussain, Lori Jeschke, Julian Kaftan, Don Klinger, Karen Hellerman, Laurie-Ann Hellesten, Kathryn Hibbert, Lynn Hiscoe, Nishad Khanna, Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Lynn Lemisko, Jeffrey MacCormack, Margaret Macintyre-Latta, Stoney McCart, Reagan Olson, Mary Ott, Jim Parsons, Katina Pollock, Daniel B. Robinson, Ingrid Robinson, Noel Roche, Maggie Rodger, Susan Rodger, Sarah Shepherd, Vicki Squires, Rebecca Stroud Stasel, Louise Sullivan, Denise Toney, Karine Veldhoevn, Fei Wang, Jennifer Watt, Megan Tschannen-Moran ...

Series series
This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish together? How does supporting educator wellbeing connect to teaching, learning, leading in schools? ... Read more

$121.49 USD

This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish together? How does supporting educator wellbeing connect to teaching, learning, leading in schools?
... Read more
Uncle Tom's Cabins

The Transnational History of America's Most Mutable Book

by Stefka Mihaylova, Tracy C. Davis ...

As Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin traveled around the world, it was molded by the imaginations and needs of international audiences. For over 150 years it has been coopted for a dazzling array of causes far from what its author envisioned. This book tells thirteen variants of Uncle Tom’s journey, explicating the novel’s significance for Canadian abolitionists and the Liberian ... Read more

$25.19 USD

As Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin traveled around the world, it was molded by the imaginations and needs of international audiences. For over 150 years it has been coopted for a dazzling array of causes far from what its author envisioned. This book tells thirteen variants of Uncle Tom’s journey, explicating the novel’s significance for Canadian abolitionists and the Liberian
... Read more
The Ghost Wars Chapters 1-6

by Tracy Marie Davis ...

The Ghost Wars is a literary science fiction work focused on identity, diversity and the spiritual underpinnings of the nature of good and evil. Set in Vancouver, Canada; our protagonist RCN Captain Billington sees the world from a higher vantage point of a world in which money is no longer man's ruler, where the health of the planet and the body politic trump all.Alternating between three ... Read more

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The Ghost Wars is a literary science fiction work focused on identity, diversity and the spiritual underpinnings of the nature of good and evil. Set in Vancouver, Canada; our protagonist RCN Captain Billington sees the world from a higher vantage point of a world in which money is no longer man's ruler, where the health of the planet and the body politic trump all.Alternating between three
... Read more
The Puzzle Solver

A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son

by Tracie White ...

A Father, His Son, and an Unrelenting Quest for a CureAt the age of twenty-seven, Whitney Dafoe was forced to give up his life as a photographer who traveled the world. Bit by bit a mysterious illness stole away the pieces of his life: First, it took the strength of his legs, then his voice, and his ability to eat. Finally, even the sound of a footstep in his room became unbearable. The Puzzle ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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A Father, His Son, and an Unrelenting Quest for a CureAt the age of twenty-seven, Whitney Dafoe was forced to give up his life as a photographer who traveled the world. Bit by bit a mysterious illness stole away the pieces of his life: First, it took the strength of his legs, then his voice, and his ability to eat. Finally, even the sound of a footstep in his room became unbearable. The Puzzle
... Read more

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