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In a series of essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate ways in which scientists and humanists think about the world

Journalist Leslie Anne Bruce acknowledges that, yes, motherhood is a total mind f*ck, and offers the self-empowerment lessons new mothers need to get through the psychic upheaval and emerge stronge

Lindy West provides an incisive look at how patriarchy, intolerance, and misogyny have conquered politics and culture in America.

As an adult, Lauren Hough has had many identities: an airman in the U.S. Air Force, a cable guy, a bouncer at a gay club. As a child, however, she had none.

Creation is the antidote to despair.

Creative nonfiction writer David Sedaris presents a humorous, yet touching collection of personal essays.

Samantha Irby explodes onto the printed page with her debut collection of brand-new essays about trying to laugh her way through failed relationships, being black, taco feasts, bouts with Crohn&#03

Art about the climate crisis that calls for justice and systemic change while raising funds to help tackle the problem. We are in a climate emergency.

In Garage Criticism Peter Babiak eviscerates and deflates some of the cultural hot topics of our time.

Against Death: 35 Essays On Living articulates the personal experiences of each author's ""near-deathness,"" utilizing fresh and inventive language to represent what "

In these essays, Sheema Khan - Canadian hockey mom and Harvard PhD - gives us her insights on being a modern and liberal, yet practising, Muslim, especially in Canada.

This important and ground-breaking collection brings together the diverse voices of women with various disabilities, both physical and mental.

Canadian and international authors offer ground-breaking work in this collection that brings together almost seventy articles by formative feminist writers, researchers, activists and visionaries t

A unique collection of narratives from women from all around the globe. These are stories of compassion and bravery, empowered by the vision of a better world for all life.

Releasing Hope was born out of the first book, Arresting Hope, which describes participatory health research and the experience of women incarcerated inside a British Columbian provincial correctio