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From Mayor Crombie to Mayor Sewell

From Mayor Crombie to Mayor Sewell

From: How We Changed Toronto

1978. At this time, Mayor Crombie was angling for the Conservative Party nomination in a downtown riding, and he made it clear he intended to leave city hall for Parliament Hill as soon as a … 23 $2.30 Add
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From Memramcook to Rideau Hall

From Memramcook to Rideau Hall

From: The Golden Age of Liberalism

Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s selection to the position of Governor General, the mixed opinions of the media to the nomination, a background history of the Acadians and how this history relates … 20 $2.00 Add
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Getting Down to Work

Getting Down to Work

From: How We Changed Toronto

Deals with his first years in office – 1969 – 1972 30 $3.00 Add
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Give Hope a Chance
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Give Hope a Chance

From: Still Hopeful

In Chapter One, Barlow stresses how– as we come out of a global pandemic and face many more crises on the horizon– we need to remain hopeful. In this chapter Barlow argues for staying … 42 $4.20 Add
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Going to Work

Going to Work

From: Chrystia

From Chrystia: From Peace River to Parliament Hill 10 $1.00 Add
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Good and Evil

Good and Evil

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter explores Arendt’s philosophical musings on the nature of goodness. For Arendt, the antidote to evil is not mere good – it is reflection and responsibility. 7 $0.70 Add
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Greenville, Mississippi: Queen of the Mississippi Delta
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Greenville, Mississippi: Queen of the Mississippi Delta

From: Eyes Have Seen

In this chapter, Anderson recounts the summers of 1963 and 1964 within the Mississippi Delta, focusing civil rights organizing in Greenville and the impoverished Issaquena County. 18 $1.80 Add
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Grit and grace: making things happen

Grit and grace: making things happen

PART 2: LEADING WITH NERVE

From: Nerve

This chapter discusses the combination of grit, results of what we do and grace, how we achieve these results . The authors reflect on their experience with grit and grace as female leaders. ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Honduras

Honduras

From: Exile

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Housing:

Housing:

Keeping the Faith

From: How We Changed Toronto

1970s. The reform Council may have been inventive and proactive in undertaking such an ambitious affordable housing program enabled by the federal and provincial legislation, but that program … 16 $1.60 Add
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How Could It Have Happened

How Could It Have Happened

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter links Arendt’s theories on evil to the Nazification of Germany in the 1930s. 3 $0.30 Add
How We Changed Toronto

How We Changed Toronto

The inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980

By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada’s largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, … 349 View
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Impossible Forgiveness

Impossible Forgiveness

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter examines forgiveness in another context – should Nazis be forgiven for their acts during the Holocaust? 4 $0.40 Add