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Being the Best You
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Being the Best You

Part 5. Campaigning

From: Women Winning Office

In Being the Best You Nash provides her own advice to any candidate running for elected office, which is to be true to yourself but be the best you possible. She does this by exploring topics … 7 $0.70 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

Air Water, and Nova Scotia

From: Fastest in the World

A brief overview of the evolution of high speed transportation throughout the 20th century and an introduction to Nova Scotia’s role in the development of two record breaking watercraft: … 4 $0.40 Add
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Belly of the Beast

Belly of the Beast

From: Alexa!

Chronicles her time at the head of Nova Scotia’s NDP, and as the province’s only NDP MLA. Explores her work and legislative battles, her passion, charisma, and magnetism, as well as … 58 $5.80 Add
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Belly Up
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Belly Up

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Five focuses on the creation of the Willcock & Wankel Logging company, the timber industry and licences, “timber cruising,” uncle Harold and Ron, their life in Church House, their … 30 $3.00 Add
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Belonging

Belonging

From: The Teen Sex Trade

A black woman from Nova Scotia recounts how her relationship with her boyfriend when she was 16 became an obsession leading her mother to kick her out of the house. 15 $1.50 Add
Belonging

Belonging

The Paradox of Citizenship

Never has the world experienced greater movement of peoples from one country to another, from one continent to another. These seismic shifts in population have brought about huge challenges for … 242 View
Belongings

Belongings

The Fight For Land and Food

In Belongings, Sally Miller illustrates how food and farm crises result from adherence to the rules of private property. Miller looks at the state of farmland and farmers in Canada and across the … 205 View
Bench Strength
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Bench Strength

Judging a Century of Tax Avoidance in Canada

Kerry Harnish, an expert in tax policy and a former senior official with Finance Canada, provides an authoritative account of the Supreme Court of Canada’s approach to income tax avoidance … 484 View
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Benefactors of Change

Benefactors of Change

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Who benefits from the propagation and consumption of sextech and pornography? And who loses? The industries involved, as too all spinoffs of depersonalized touch (such as massage parlors, … 9 $0.90 Add
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Benevolent Oligarchy or “Political Octopus”?

Benevolent Oligarchy or “Political Octopus”?

(1919-1921)

From: Rebuilding Halifax

Chapter 4 discusses the political and financial controversies that the Halifax relief commission became embroiled in after the end of the First World War, as reconstruction of the destroyed areas … 16 $1.60 Add
Bent out of Shape

Bent out of Shape

Shame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work

Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she … 276 View
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Portillo (2002-2004) and the Corruption of Power

Portillo (2002-2004) and the Corruption of Power

From: A Beauty that Hurts

This chapter discusses the presidency of Alfonso Portillo and his abuse of power. 5 $0.50 Add
Beryl

Beryl

The Making of the Disability Activist

A survivor of more than one hundred surgeries, a dangerous opioid addiction, and multiple suicide attempts, Beryl Potter devoted herself to bettering the lives of other people with disabilities … 318 View
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Beside the Supreme Court bench

Beside the Supreme Court bench

A law clerk’s reflections on advocacy

From: Advocates and Advocacy

Personal reflections on the legal profession. 3 $0.30 Add
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Best-before date

Best-before date

PART 3: LIFE AFTER LEADING: THE NERVE TO REDEFINE YOURSELF

From: Nerve

The authors discuss the ending of a leadership position. They provide insight on their own experiences with selecting a successor, remaining focused through transitions, and how women can leave a … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Best Interests of the Child
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Best Interests of the Child

From: Staying Power

In this chapter, Sharman discusses how the legal standard governing custody disputes has shaped queer family life in Canada and the United States. 24 $2.40 Add