Thursday, September 5, 2024

New Nonfiction

Rooted in both Indigenous and Western ways of understanding and doing science, this book invites readers to share in the teachings of the four directions of the medicine wheel while arguing that a multiplicity of worldviews are required to safeguard our Earth. – Summary


“A history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict told from the Palestinian perspective, arguing the period since the Balfour Declaration of 1917 has amounted to a hundred years of colonial war against the Palestinians.” - WorldCat



“In The Petroleum Papers, Dembicki draws from confidential oil industry documents to uncover for the first time how companies like Exxon, Koch Industries, and Shell built a global right-wing echo chamber to protect oil sands profits—a misinformation campaign that continues to this day.” -Amazon
“A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation.” -Amazon



“From racism, broken treaties, and cultural pillaging, to the value of Indigenous lives and the importance of Indigenous literature, this collection reveals facts about Indigenous life in Canada that are both devastating and enlightening.” -Amazon