History

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To Slocan instead of Greenwood

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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He is sent to work at slocan instead of joining his family at Greenwood and ensuing arguments with the Security Commission about broken promises ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk

Part Two

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

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Chapter Four focuses on the second Vasyl (Mykolaiovych) Kostashchuk, another relative unknown to them. Discussing his time as a sharpshooter in the post-Second-World-War underground army known as … 13 $1.30 Add
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Unrecognized Champions and Media Darlings

From: Immodest and Sensational

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Examines the shift in media coverage of women’s sport in the 1960s and 70s. Outlines those who did not receive media attention and showcases a shift in reporting to one taking female … 12 $1.20 Add
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Wake Up Call

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

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Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … 6 $0.60 Add
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Wartime Family Life for Italian Canadians

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War

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This chapter describes the wartime experiences of Italian Canadians who weren’t inturned and how their lives were made more difficult by widespread predjudice and mistrust. It illustrates … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Why Butterfly Should Stop Committing Literary Hara-kiri

From: Bigotry on Broadway

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This chapter explores the racism, fetishism/objectification, and misogyny of Madame Butterfly. 9 $0.90 Add
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Women as Citizens in Canada

From: From Subjects to Citizens

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It is impossible to understand the place of women as citizens in Canada without understanding the moment of women’s inscription as citizens. This moment, and the terms of inscription, have … 12 $1.20 Add
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Women’s Work

From: At Home

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Chapter 7 features interviews with Susan Shantz, Mary Kavanagh, and Aganetha Dyck. This chapter focuses on artists who work is inspired by the home-based work of their female ancestors. 15 $1.50 Add
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"A Devil in His Own Home Town"

From: Len & Cub

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This chapter follows the period after WW1 and Len & Cub’s return to Havelock. They eventually grew apart and took different paths. ; 22 $2.20 Add
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“Like a dream”: The Story of Armand Landry

Chapter Eight

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

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Chapter Eight focuses on the story of Armand Landry, from Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick, his time with the Royal 22nd Regiment or “Van Doos,” his constant companions … 17 $1.70 Add
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Bras d’Or Flies…and Falls

From: Fastest in the World

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1971. Outlines multiple voyages of the Bras d’Or, during which it bacame the fastest warship in the world. 10 $1.00 Add
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A Second Front for Stalin, or a Third Front in the Air?

From: The Myth of the Good War

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1942. Analyzes why the decision not to open a second front was made by the British and American forces 14 $1.40 Add
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1939–1945

Hitler’s War?

From: Big Business and Hitler

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Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines World War II (1939-1945) focussing on how it furthered the interests of big business in Germany and Germany’s elite 15 $1.50 Add
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7. The Trial Continues

From: Jeannie's Demise

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9. Change the Story, Change the Ending

From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

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Chapter 9 as the final chapter shares a set of principles and practices that you can take as starting points for reflection and action to offer a glimmer of hope that we can change the story of … 34 $3.40 Add
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A Brief History Lesson

From: Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure

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briefly reviews the history of the region with a view to establishing the backdrop against which the excavation of the Money Pit would likely have been carried out towards the end of the 17th century 10 $1.00 Add