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  • On Medicine as Colonialism

    by Michael Fine ...
    In this strident, necessary, meticulously researched book Michael Fine shows how the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown the costly failure of the American health care system into bold relief. At over 850,000 deaths and climbing, the US had more deaths than any other nation in the world, and one of the highest per capita death rates. On Medicine as Colonialism shows how the American health care system ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Health Care Revolt

    How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy—All at the Same Time

    by Michael Fine ...
    The U.S. does not have a health system. Instead we have market for health-related goods and services, a market in which the few profit from the public’s ill-health.Health Care Revolt looks around the world for examples of health care systems that are effective and affordable, pictures such a system for the U.S., and creates a practical playbook for a political revolution in health care that will ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Health Care Revolt

    How to Organize, Build a Health Care System, and Resuscitate Democracy - All at the Same Time

    by Michael Fine ...
    Today's deliberations about a revamped health care system are stuck. We need a fresh analysis and a new vision. Health Care Revolt sets out to provide just that and at a most propitious time in U.S. history. Dr. Michael Fine's manifesto frames the questions more expansively than others before him and offers an impassioned road map for a nation confused about which health care direction to travel. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • On Medicine as Colonialism

    by Michael Fine ...
    In this strident, necessary, meticulously researched book Michael Fine uses the COVID-19 pandemic and many other examples to show the costly failure of the American health care system in bold relief. Hospitals, insurance companies, Big Pharma, specialists, and even primary care doctors have all become tools of the new health profiteers. On Medicine as Colonialism shows how the American health care ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hell-Bent for Leather

    Sex and Sexuality in the Weird Western

    Edited by Kerry Fine, Michael K. Johnson, Rebecca M. Lush, Sara L. Spurgeon ...
    Series series Postwestern Horizons
    Hell-Bent for Leather: Sex and Sexuality in the Weird Western builds on the Locus Award finalist Weird Westerns: Race, Gender, Genre. This new collection takes a deep dive into the myriad ways sex and sexuality are imagined in weird western literature, film, television, and video games, paying special attention to portrayals of power and privilege. The contributors explore weird western challenges ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Abundance

    by Michael Fine ...
    Julia is an American medical doctor fleeing her own privileged background to deliver health care to remote African communities, where her skills really make a difference. Carl is also an American, whose experiences as a black man in the United States have led him to volunteer in Africa. The two come together as colleagues (and lovers) as Liberia is gripped in a brutal civil war. Then Julia is ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Weird Westerns

    Race, Gender, Genre

    Edited by Kerry Fine, Michael K. Johnson, Rebecca M. Lush, Sara L. Spurgeon ...
    Series series Postwestern Horizons
    2021 Top Ten Finalist for the Locus Awards in NonfictionJoshua Smith’s chapter “Uncle Tom’s Cabin Showdown” won the 2021 Don D. Walker Prize from the Western Literature AssociationWeird Westerns is an exploration of the hybrid western genre—an increasingly popular and visible form that mixes western themes, iconography, settings, and conventions with elements drawn from other genres, such as ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Precarity and Ageing

    Understanding Insecurity and Risk in Later Life

    by Baozhen Luo, Larry Polivka, Michael D Fine, Elena Portacolone, Mushira Mohsin Khan, Karen Kobayashi, Sarah Vickerstaff, Wendy Loretto, Laura Airey, David Lain, Amanda Grenier0, Stephen Katz2 ...
    Series series Ageing in a Global Context
    What risks and insecurities do older people face in a time of both increased longevity and widening inequality?This edited collection develops an exciting new approach to understanding the changing cultural, economic and social circumstances facing different groups of older people. Exploring a range of topics, the chapters provide a critical review of the concept of precarity, highlighting the ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Abundance

    by Michael Fine ...
    Series series Spectacular Fiction
    Julia is an American medical doctor fleeing her own privileged background to find a new life delivering health care to African villages, where her skills can make a difference. Carl is also an American, whose very different experiences as a black man in the United States have driven him into exile in West Africa, where he is an international NGO expat. The two come together as colleagues (and then ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Nature of Health

    How America Lost, and Can Regain, a Basic Human Value

    by Michael Fine, James Peters ...
    This pioneering work addresses a key issue that confronts all industrialised nations: How do we organise healthcare services in accordance with fundamental human rights, whilst competing with scientific and technological advances, powerful commercial interests and widespread public ignorance? "The Nature of Health" presents a coherent, affordable and logical way to build a healthcare system. It ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Consumption in the Age of Affluence

    The World of Food

    by Ben Fine, Michael Heasman, Judith Wright ...
    With growing affluence in the developed world, food has become an increasing focus for attention. Here, the authors argue that in order to understand the extensive and dramatic developments in the world of food, a new interdisciplinary approach is necessary. The Age of Affluence successfully addresses food consumption in this way. The volume:* argues the importance of socioeconomic and cultural ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • River Tales

    by Zimbell House Publishing, Elaine Barnard, C. W. Bigelow, Arthur Carey, Kevin Breen, Steven Carr, Michael Coolen, Thomas Elson, Ben Fine, Drew Fuller, Samuel R. George, Patrick Hansel, Joyce Holland, Jeremiah James, Michelle Johnson, David W. Landrum, Jerome McFadden, Jacqueline Patricks, Garth Pettersen, Destiny Pifer, Vincent Poturica, Gen Ryan, Lyra Sparrow, ulie Thorndyke, Wayne Via, David Voyles, Jimmie Ware, Leslie Wibberley, Matthew Wilson, Gary Wosk, Jerry Zinn ...
    River Tales presents thirty-two short stories from new writers around the globe. Several fishing tales, along with a few coming of age stories, even one from a fish's point of view, are sure to entertain.River monsters, murder, and redemption can all be found in these watery tales. From poignant to humorous, there is something for everyone to enjoy. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus