War

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The haiku club

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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Discusses the Haiku Club at Angler ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Appendix: Conference Notes

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

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Appendix ; ; ; 4 $0.52 Add
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O Canada

From: Man at the Airport

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In the final chapter, Al Kontar writes about his experiences in British Columbia, and his Operation#NotForgotten campaign to aid refugess trapped on Manus and Nauru. 10 $1.00 Add
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Postscript

‘History will give you your due’

From: Churchill and Fisher

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Historian Barry Gough offers final thoughts on the relationship between Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher he then examines the relationship between Churchill and Sir David Beatty during the … 19 $1.90 Add
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Trại Mát

From: Three Funerals for my Father

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This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes a a short trip to Trại Mát and reminisces on a time when her younger sister got very sick and was treated by her … 7 $0.70 Add
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White Birds and Machine Guns

From: From Bombs to Books

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Describes the experience of a woman from Kabul who’s first memories are of war, first with the Russian and then the Mujahedeen before escaping to a refugee camp in Pakistan. She was … 16 $1.60 Add
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Winter shut-ins

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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Discusses winter in the camp including Christmas and the new year ; 6 $0.60 Add
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A civilian casualty

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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Discusses one of the camp members who he had known well dying due to appendicistis ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Vượt Biên

From: Three Funerals for my Father

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This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He executes an escape plan. 6 $0.60 Add
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Adaptation accomplished?

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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Discusses the change in his mind to come to terms with his imprisonment ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Keeping Hope Alive

From: From Bombs to Books

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Describes the story of how a man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who was a teacher and activist which made him a target of the army. Details his struggles to claim asylum and finally … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Đề Lô

From: Three Funerals for my Father

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This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She tells the story of her escape from Vietnam as a child. 11 $1.10 Add
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Decision to leave

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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Application to leave Angler ; 6 $0.60 Add
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These Things Happen in Africa

From: From Bombs to Books

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Describes the life of a man from Somalia who lost his leg delivering supplies to a UN refugee camp and then became a refugee in Uganda before being approved to come to Canada with his family. 9 $0.90 Add
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What If

From: Three Funerals for my Father

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This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. It follows the aftermath of his sending his children away to escape the country. 2 $0.20 Add
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Secret arrangements for departure

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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The quiet arrangements that had to be made in order to leave the camp ; 4 $0.40 Add