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  Just Satire

  Comedy and Commentary in an Age of Chaos

  Andrew Unger

  Drawing on examples from 2000 years of comedy, including his own Daily Bonnet pieces, Unger explores the elements and purposes of satire, and its limitations in our current social and political climate, and argues that the greatest threat to it is not political correctness but a lack of literacy.

  (Turnstone Press, $23.95 Paperback, 276 pages, ISBN: 978-08-88018-22-9)  

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  In Search of Dignity

  A Lifetime of Reflections

  Harvey Max Chochinov

  Dr. Chochinov, one of the world’s leading researchers in palliative care, shares insights he has gained from his patients over a long career as a doctor in these essays and talks, both serious and humorous, reflecting on such topics as end-of-life conversations and medical assistance in dying, and always emphasizing the need to maintain patient dignity.

  (Oxford University Press, $38.50 Paperback, 240 pages, ISBN: 978-01-97805-11-4)  

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