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Rocky Takes a Fall

From: To Wawa with Love

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Talks about the cold climate of the small town, the overcrowded elementary school due to a population boom, and the development of a budy system for going to the outhouse at school 8 $0.80 Add
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Schoolteacher

From: The Wheel of Things

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Seeking Victory By Other Means, 1912–14

From: Thirty Years' War

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Account of the City’s attempt to purchase the Toronto Railway Company and the Toronto Electric Light Company. 10 $1.00 Add
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Skedaddling, Crimping, and Deserting

PART TWO: A HOUSE TORN ASUNDER

From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge

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Chapter Seven focuses on public and financial support for the war effort during the early weeks of the Civil War. Topics discussed include the need for more men, “bounties” and public … 16 $1.60 Add
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Smart Cities and the Origins of Utopian Urbanism

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

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The Dream of the Smart City: Part 2 explores the origins of utopian urbanism. Topics discussed include history of urban planning, the history of ghetto’s, Bauhaus and the Garden City … 16 $1.60 Add
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Story

From: Killing the Wittigo

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In this chapter, Methot explains the importance of oral traditions and storytelling within indigenous culture. Examining how the trauma of colonialism has altered the ways indigenous people share … 18 $1.80 Add
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Sun Spot

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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The chapter explores Margie’s memories of new mukluks, the 1956 Meteor station wagon, and a child’s fear of the unknown. 13 $1.30 Add
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Supressing a Worldwide Movement of Liberty, Equality and the Unity of Humankind

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

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Chapter seven, Suppressing a Worldwide Movement for Liberty, Equality, and the Unity of Humankind focuses on the ideology of the communist movements growing in number across the colonial world, … 9 $0.90 Add
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Survivors Stories

CoCo

From: The Hope that Remains

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CoCo describes how when she was eleven, she managed to flee to the Congo during the genocide, and returned later to Rwanda with most of her family surviving. She later befriended an American … 13 $1.30 Add
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Technological Utopias

World's Fairs and Theme Parks

From: The Culture of Nature

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The author explores World’s Fairs and theme parks, including Expo 67 (Montreal) and Expo 86 (Vancouver), to examine the process of technological development and its consequences on the … 38 $3.80 Add
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Territorealise: Mapping and Remapping South Sámi Culture, Landscape, and Language

Land and Language: Section 1

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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This chapter examines how to map the land of the Sámi. Topics discussed include cartography, early mention of culture in northern europe, mapping sami cultural mentions and culture through … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Art of Exclusion: The Status of Aboriginal Art in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection

From: Aboriginal Canada Revisited

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Since 1927, with the National Gallery of Canada’s colonialist exhibition titled Exhibition of Canadian West Coast Art, Native and Modern, Canadian public art galleries have been grappling … 37 $3.70 Add
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The Bisexuality Wars:

The Perils of Identity as Marginality

From: In a Queer Country

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Zoe Newman’s ‘The Bisexuality Wars: The Perils of Identity as Marginality" looks at differing views of sexual orientation, in particular the role of self-identified bisexuals in … 21 $0.42 Add
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The Black Robes Return

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

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This chapter looks at the Black Robes and Catholic church’s role in some of the history of French-descended and French-speaking populations in North America. ; ; 43 $4.30 Add
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The Capitulation — 1760

From: The Fall of New France

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Examines the bitter winter, winter warfare, the decision to attack Quebec, the Habitants, the second battle of the Plains of Abraham, Murray’s advance to Montreal, The fall of Ile-aux-Noix, … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Case of the Cabot Mill

SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton

From: A Distinct Alien Race

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The Cabot Company continued to house most of the rapidly growing Franco-American population throughout the 19th century; in this chapter, the author explores the history of this company and the … 24 $2.40 Add