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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Introduction From: Decolonize Hipsters View Between The Lines	In the Introduction, author Grégory Pierrot reflects on how his time in Portland inspired this book. The chapter provides a brief history of Portland and the state of Oregon, a brief …	Grégory Pierrot	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From Looking for Gaëtan From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter explores the historicization of the AIDS epidemic, and discusses some myths about Gaëtan Dugas, the so-called "Patient Zero."	Ryan Conrad	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From Lucky From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, the author describes his upbringing as a young gay Black man in Canton, Ohio. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1995, but protease inhibitor medication successfully treated his condition.	Eddie Walker	7	2021	$0.70 Add
From Mao’s Democracy From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter begins with a brief account of Mao’s rise to power in China at the end of World War Two. It goes on to provide a historical account of his rise to power and the rise of the …	Michael Cormier	21	2013	$2.10 Add
NEW! My Road from Damascus A Memoir ECW Press	"An extraordinary account of survival in Syria’s most notorious military prisons that is written with “brutal clarity — and yet, there is a poetic quality to the …	Jamal Saeed	440	2022	View
NEW! Myths of Modern History From the French Revolution to the 20th century world wars and the Cold War - new perspectives on key events James Lorimer and Company	Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels challenges readers to reconsider what they know about some key events in the last 250 years of world history. At a time when it’s all too easy to …	Jacques R. Pauwels	392	2022	View
From Nakba From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East View Baraka Books	Chapter Three focuses on the Nakba or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic. The chapter explores the creation of the colonial settler state of Israel, aided by the British after the First World …	Stephen Gowans	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From Naksa From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East View Baraka Books	Chapter Seven focuses on the ‘Naksa’ or defeat of the Arab states and the Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli army during the 1967 War, or the June War. The chapter explores the …	Stephen Gowans	26	2019	$2.60 Add
From Nasserism From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East View Baraka Books	Chapter Six explores Nasserism. As a nationalist and socialist ideology, Nasserism, which took its name from the Egyptian leader and president Gamal Abed Nasser, greatly influenced and inspired …	Stephen Gowans	19	2019	$1.90 Add
From Old Testament From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this essay, the author describes his dissatisfaction with public health campaigns aimed at mitigating the AIDS crisis, since they frame people like him as scary risks from which others must be …	Alexander McClelland	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From One Country—Two States From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View Baraka Books	The introduction, One Country-Two States explains how as a nation, Korea has existed for over a thousand years within clearly delineated and recognized borders; however, Korean have had the great …	Stephen Gowans	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Open 24 Hours From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this essay, the author describes the importance of adult bookstores in his sexual awakening, and his relationship with, and marriage to, an HIV positive man.	Nels P. Highberg	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From Operation "Get Einstein" From: The Einstein File View Baraka Books	This chapter further discusses the FBI’s file on Einstein and Hoover’s anti-Einstein operation following the scientist’s public statements warning against the dangers of nuclear …	Fred Jerome	69	2018	$6.90 Add
From NEW! Pass the Spuds From: Up the Coast View NeWest Press	Chapter Seven focuses on the cook house, the cook Dave, the routine at the logging camp, grizzly bears in the shed, and the cook Lousia the nazi.	Kathryn Willcock	10	2022	$1.00 Add
Patriots, Traitors and Empires The Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom Baraka Books	“In the night of our ignorance, North Korea confirms all stereotypes.”—Bruce Cumings Patriots, Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the …	Stephen Gowans	272	2018	View
From NEW! Pearl Harbour, a Surprise Attack? From: Myths of Modern History View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines the myth surrounding that “day of infamy” when America presumably crashed into the war as a result of the Japanese “surprise attack” at Pearl …	Jacques R. Pauwels	14	2022	$1.40 Add