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Samantha Brennan and Tracy Isaacs are the authors of Fit at Mid-Life: A Feminist Fitness Journey, launching spring 2018 from Greystone Books

Samantha Brennan is Dean of the College of Arts at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Previously Brennan was a Professor of Women's Studies and Feminist Research at Western University, Canada. She is also a member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, a member of the graduate faculty of the Departments of Philosophy and Political Science. Brennan received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her doctoral thesis "Thresholds for Rights" was written under the supervision of Shelly Kagan. Brennan's BA in Philosophy is from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brenna ...more

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	Fit at Mid-Life: A Feminist Fitness Journey by Samantha Brennan (Goodreads Author), Tracy Isaacs (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 137 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolf of Choice by Shay Laurent (Goodreads Author), Samantha Brennan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophy and Death: Introductory Readings by Robert J. Stainton (Editor), Samantha Brennan (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feminist Moral Philosophy (Volume 28) (Canadian Journal of Philosophy) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Volume 2: The Twentieth Century and Beyond really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Responsibility for Children by Samantha Brennan (Goodreads Author) (editor), Robert Noggle (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Essential Readings Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Texts by Samantha Brennan (Goodreads Author), Will Kymlicka (editor), Jacob Levy (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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After the Tour of Flanders at the end of March, Cannondale rider Peter Sagan caused controversy in the cycling world and beyond by pinching the bottom/behind/butt (choose your country’s preferred slang as our readers are from all over the world) of one of the podium girls who was occupied planting a kiss on the cheeks of the winner. For those unfamiliar with the ways of pr Read more of this blog post »

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Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)

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Thinking Through Food: A Philosophical Introduction

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“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”
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“If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

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