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From  Chapter SixThe big one coming to the bee hive state From: On Borrowed Time |
This chapter explores Salt Lake City, which, while not an obvious location, presents with a substantial earthquake risk and needs to prepare its infrastructure for such an event. | Gregor Craigie | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter SixFrom: Rooms |
Set in 2021 in Montreal, this final chapter explores the question of how to make a writing life, and how the author has ended up where they are in life. It continues to examine the concepts of … | Sina Queyras | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter Six: The FixFrom: Murder in Renfrew County |
Chapter six reviews key recommendations made by the jurors in light of the Inquest. Of the eighty-two recommendations the first called upon the provincial government to declare intimate partner … | Dean Beeby | 37 | 2024 | $3.70 Add |
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From Chapter TenCharleston and other East Coast questions From: On Borrowed Time |
The earthquake threat in Charleston, North Carolina, is discussed. The issue of disaster fatigue is explained as earthquake preparedness remains on the back burner for the city of Charleston. | Gregor Craigie | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From Chapter ThirteenCountering complacency From: On Borrowed Time |
This chapter summarizes the measures that need to be taken to protect communities from earthquakes and tsunamis. Discusses what has actually been accomplished and how much further they ought to go. | Gregor Craigie | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter ThreePrice and the Need for Speed |
In this chapter, Rand discusses carbon pricing as a way to limit emissions. He discusses the history of carbon pricing policies, and provides case studies of places where these policies have been … | Tom Rand | 33 | 2020 | $3.30 Add |
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From Chapter ThreeThe Pacific's deadly echo From: On Borrowed Time |
Looks at the inextricable connection between earthquakes and tsunamis. Studies the devestation of historical tsunamis and the challenge to low-lying communities. | Gregor Craigie | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Chapter ThreeThe Crisis Manifest, December 1917 - November 1918 |
In this chapter, Theobald explores the final year of the war from December 1917 to November 1918. The chapter follows the consequences of the conscription crisis, looks at how the loss and … | Andrew Theobald | 20 | 2008 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Chapter ThreeSettling In From: Captured Hearts |
Chapter Three focuses on how these women and their husbands settled back into civilian life in New Brunswick after the war. It focuses on the hardships, isolation, cultural and religious … | Melynda Jarratt | 20 | 2008 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter ThreeFrom: Rooms |
The author continues to speak on their life, writing, experiences in school, career, gender and queerness, influences, thoughts on Woolf, and health issues. | Sina Queyras | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter Three: The Preventable CrimeFrom: Murder in Renfrew County |
This chapter follows the murders of Arlene May, Theresa Davies, and Gillian Hadley in the Renfrew County Area and the two separate inquests that followed their deaths 17 and 13 years before the … | Dean Beeby | 20 | 2024 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Chapter Three: The Third SpaceFrom: All Our Relations |
In this reading, Tanya Talaga discusses the epidemic of suicides among Indigenous youth in Canada. The reading includes personal recollections of the author, historical and political context and … | Tanya Talaga | 53 | 2018 | $6.36 Add |
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From Chapter TwelveThe unfathomed Atlantic From: On Borrowed Time |
A look at earthquakes and tsunamis on North America’s Atlantic coast. Details the earthquake, tsunami, and destruction that occurred in 1929. Assesses the risk and preparedness of Atlantic … | Gregor Craigie | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 12: Caveat EmptorPart Four: A Curious Legacy |
The author concludes the art fraud case that took place in 1962-1964. The lasting impacts of this high profile case on the secondary Canadian art market is also discussed. | John S. Dellandrea | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter TwoCapitalism: Caveats and Critics |
This chapter explores the capitalist system. Rand discusses the pitfalls of unrestricted growth and the warnings of the Club of Rome. Rand concludes that capitalist systems can and must be … | Tom Rand | 27 | 2020 | $2.70 Add |
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From Chapter TwoResponding to the risk From: On Borrowed Time |
Details the evolution of seismographic and earthquake preparedness testing, as well as the work that has been done in various municipalities. | Gregor Craigie | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
