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May 21, 2013
Spartacus Books is a nonprofit, volunteer-run bookstore and resource centre located on the edge of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and has recently survived a "renoviction" attempt as well!
November 23, 2012
Tidewater Books has been in operation since 1995. Locally-owned and operated, it is Southeastern New Brunswick's only general trade independent bookseller.
August 23, 2012
As Northern B.C's largest independent bookstore and cafe, Books & Company is a community centered place for books, art, music, great coffee and food.
Featured book review
fiction
Interview: Literary leftist thriller: Pulp fiction with a twist of solidarity and social justice
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Jun 13 2013
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Yutaka Dirks
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Yutaka Dirks interviews author Stephen Law about his debut novel 'Tailings of Warren Peace' and how he balanced social justice with magical realism.
Recently reviewed
Food Politics
Excerpt: Make it bacon? Controlling excessive meat consumption and finding progressive solutions
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Jun 6 2013
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Eleanor Boyle
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Author Eleanor Boyle exposes the consequences of large-scale meat production and excessive consumption and searches for progressive sustainable solutions to eating meat.
Technology
Excerpt: Light side, dark side: Hiding in the shadows of technology
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May 30 2013
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Raffi Cavoukian
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Renowned singer Raffi discusses the need for social media reform especially as a key consideration within childhood development strategies.
short stories
Review: Power grab: Examining gender dynamics through prose and allegory
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May 24 2013
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Yutaka Dirks
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'How to Get Along With Women' by Elisabeth de Mariaffi is a sharp and inventive romp through the intertwining aspects of power, identity and sexuality in relationships in supremely real backdrops.
politics
Excerpt: Historical reformers: Why and how democratic institutions change
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May 16 2013
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Dennis Pilon
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'Wrestling with Democracy' by Dennis Pilon provides a historical and comparative look at electoral reform (or lack thereof) of western industrialized countries over the past century.
fiction
Review: From hell and back: Searching for self at the crossroads of social change
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May 9 2013
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Kathleen Yamazaki
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Night Town by Cathi Bond is a coming-of-age story of a young woman, and a shifting nation, growing up in the rapidly changing social fabric of 1970s Toronto and searching for acceptance and progress.
excerpt
Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialogue
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May 2 2013
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Robert Jensen
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The following is adapted from the new book Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialogue from City Lights Books.
non-fiction
Dave Zirin: Where sports and politics collide
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Apr 26 2013
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Mike Elk
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Dave Zirin's new book, Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down, explores the intersection of sports and politics over the past three years.
excerpt
10 key points for becoming a more compassionate activist
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Apr 19 2013
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Judy Rebick, Velcrow Ripper
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Compassionate action is positive, kind, fierce and transformative. It comes from the heart, not just the head.
non-fiction
Dragging secrets into daylight: An interview with Eveline Lubbers
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Apr 11 2013
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Aaron Leonard
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Eveline Lubbers documents how private corporations -- sometimes independently, sometimes in collusion with state police agencies -- spy and target dissent.
non-fiction
Review: The Oil Road
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Apr 5 2013
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Dominic Alexander
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Only system change on the large scale can free people from the Caspian to the Atlantic, and further on, from the power represented by the oil road.
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