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The Earth is Flat!

Original author Leo Ferrari
Edited by Kay Burns & David Eso
Categories: Humour
Series: Social and Economic Studies

Kay Burns and David Eso’s edition of Leo Ferrari’s The Earth is Flat! introduces us to a long forgotten satirical work, which, in an age of fake news, possesses renewed relevance. Ferrari, a philosopher ...

Wish I Were Here

By (author) Mark Kingwell
Categories: Philosophy
Series: Outspoken

An urgent, timely, and political analysis of the boredom that dominates our everyday immersion in distracting technologies. Are you bored of the endless scroll of your social media feed? If so, this book ...

Elegant Simplicity

Elegant Simplicity provides a philosophy of life that weaves together simplicity of material life, thought, and spirit and distills Satish Kumar’s five decades of wisdom into a guide for pursuing a ...

Renewal

By (author) Andrés R Edwards
Foreword by Marc Bekoff
Categories: Applied ecology

Renewal explores the science behind why being in nature makes us feel alive and helps us thrive. Backed by cutting-edge research in cognitive science, Edwards weaves stories that reveal nature’s genius, ...

Political Correctness

The twenty-second Munk Debate pits acclaimed journalist, professor, and ordained minister Michael Eric Dyson and New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg against renowned actor and writer Stephen Fry ...

The Craft of University Teaching

What does university teaching—as a craft—look like? What changes does a craft perspective suggest for higher education? The Craft of University Teaching addresses these questions in both a general ...

Rise of the Necrofauna

By (author) Britt Wray
Foreword by George Church
Categories: Ethics and moral philosophy
Series: David Suzuki Institute

What happens when you try to recreate a woolly mammoth—fascinating science, or conservation catastrophe? In this provocative and enlightening book, Britt Wray explores the controversial new science ...

The Slow Professor

If there is one sector that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it is academia. Yet the corporatization of the university demands increased speed and efficiency from faculty regardless ...

Interculturalism

By (author) Gérard Bouchard
Translated with commentary by Howard Scott
Foreword by Charles Taylor
Categories: Social welfare and social services

In Interculturalism, sociologist and historian Gérard Bouchard presents his vision of interculturalism as a model for the management of diversity. A pluralist approach which recognizes the existence ...

Sweet Nothing

A philosophical memoir, powerfully woven together by a personal narrative of the Italian immigrant experience, Sweet Nothing is an eco-feminist, spiritual and philosophical lament against the increasing ...