Asia
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  A Bowl of Soup |
The author explores more memories of her father. She recounts the last day she ever spent alone with her father. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! A Hut of One’s OwnFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
This chapter explores the concept of being a hermit. The author describes their own experience and provides examples of hermits throughout history and the religious, political, and personal … | Kirsteen MacLeod | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From A Postcard from Germany |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He muses on emigration and escape from Vietnam, and recounts a scam and failed escape attempt. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Acknowledgements |
Author acknowledgements | Dan Black | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! An IntroductionFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
Introduction | Kirsteen MacLeod | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From Anchorless |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. It recounts events after the author and her siblings escaped Vietnam, and the eventual death of the author’s father … | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From Appendix OneChinese Labour Corps Graves in Canada |
List of men and their grave sites in Canada. | Dan Black | 0 | 2019 | $0.00 Add |
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From Appendix TwoTheories of the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic |
Black explores the possibility that the Spanish Flu originated in China and spread due to the movements of CLC contingents to North America and Europe. | Dan Black | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Artists, Writers, Creative Thinkers, DreamersFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
This chapter discusses the value of solitude a source for artistic inspiration. The author discusses artists and writers who valued solitude and how it impacted their work. | Kirsteen MacLeod | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Bao Tong’s Fall |
This chapter begins with the story of Bao Tong, a former senior Chinese official who was arrested for supporting the Tiananmen Square protesters. The chapter goes on to explore Bao Tong’s … | Michael Cormier | 26 | 2013 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Byungjin |
Chapter fourteen, Byungjin focuses on North Korea’s Nuclear program. | Stephen Gowans | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add |
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From Canada to China: Crossing to Asia |
Livingstone’s journey to China on the CPR ship, Empress of Japan. (Chapter includes two photographs) | Dan Black | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From Canada to China: Getting to Know Weihaiwei |
Stationed at the Weihaiwei recruiting depot, Livingstone spends much of his time exploring the region. (Chapter includes three photographs) | Dan Black | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From Canada to China: Migrations |
The chapter examines different groups of men from Canada and China and why they chose to enlist in the war effort. (Chapter includes two maps and four photographs) | Dan Black | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
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From Canada to China: Missionaries Accomplished |
The story of James Menzies, a Christian missionary in China, and his decision to work with the men from the CLC. (Chapter includes one photograph) | Dan Black | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From Canada to China: Overland, but Under Guard |
The chapter explores how both Canadian and Chinese men passed their time on the train journey westward, and the security protocols adopted to ensure CLC conscripts did not desert. (Chapter … | Dan Black | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
