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From: Quasi-constitutional Laws of Canada

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 Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the laws designated as quasi‐constitutional, and provides an outline of the book and its chapters. 15 $1.50 Add
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From: The Death of a Butterfly

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 The introduction discusses the mental health court, and its relationship with the mentally disordered accused from the perspective of Ontario Court Justice Richard D. Schneider. 7 $0.70 Add
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From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!

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 Introduces the reason behind this book and outlines the tax breaks given to the super wealthy and how they can nevigate around the tax regime to their benefit 8 $0.80 Add
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From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

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 explains how the information of Canada’s defenses on the homefront are missing from the historical account of the Great War, outlines some geo-political information of importance to the … 9 $0.90 Add
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From: Hard to Do

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 Western culture upholds the nuclear family as its foundation. Yet, in recent years women have gained more freedom to leave relationships they previously were unable to. Korducki states that she … 17 $1.70 Add
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Introduction: The Urgent Need for Wartime Labour

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

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 A short history about why the British and French began to recruit Chinese labourers and formed the Chinese Labour Corps, and the role Canada and Harry Livingstone played in this history. (Chapter … 27 $2.70 Add
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From: Beyond the Fragments

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City of Men

From: Feminist City

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 Kern argues that women have always been viewed as a problem for the modern city: but there are alternatives grounded in ideas and notions of urban feminism. 23 $2.30 Add
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From: The Culture of Nature

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 The author notes that the book is inspired by two events – a trip to Disney World and the Oka protests outside Montreal – and that he has written a cultural history of nature in North … 11 $1.10 Add
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From: Women and Work

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 The author notes that the book is about how feminists have understood women’s work, then provides a short examination of feminist theories of labour: equality, critical equality, and social … 9 $0.90 Add
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From: Cure for Hate

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 Dõv Baron describes a pivotal moment of transformation he witnessed in the journey of the author, and welcomes the reader into ideas about how they might best make use of the book. 3 $0.30 Add
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From: Are We Done Fighting?

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 The author explains that he saw a need for a practical, skills-oriented book on peacebuilding. 4 $0.40 Add
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From: The Canadian Labour Movement

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 Author Craig Heron introduces the reader to the broad outlines of economic and social development in Canada that helped to shape the Canadian labour movement since the mid-nineteenth century. It … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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From: Winnipeg 1919

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 Norman Penner provides a brief summary of the events of the strike and subsequent legal action and provides context for the documents that make up the text, as well as a disussion of the role … 16 $1.60 Add
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From: They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

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 A brief introduction to himself and six facts about him to keep in mind through the rest of the book ; 4 $0.40 Add
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From: The Hope that Remains

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 The author explains the commonalities within the stories of the survivors and how these themes can teach all of us how to live a better, more hopeful life. 2 $0.20 Add