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My First Funeral

My First Funeral

From: Three Funerals for my Father

The ghost of the author’s father narrates this chapter, recounting his life and death. The author’s father died escaping Vietnam, on his way to reunite with his six older children in … 11 $1.10 Add
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My Grandmother The Bootlegger

My Grandmother The Bootlegger

From: The Ward

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My Road from Damascus
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My Road from Damascus

A Memoir

"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 … 440 View
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My Role Was to Lead and Make Things Work

My Role Was to Lead and Make Things Work

From: Let's Move On

Okalik discusses his time in office after the creation of Nunavut in 1999, speking about the Bathurst mandate and various political decisions and his involvement in them. 8 $0.80 Add
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My Second Funeral

My Second Funeral

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He is re-buried by his family. 6 $0.60 Add
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My Studies Made me a Proud Inuk

My Studies Made me a Proud Inuk

From: Let's Move On

Paul Okalik speaks about his studies and time at Carleton University, discussing the adversity and struggles he overcame and his interest in Law. He also comments on his issues with the Canadian … 8 $0.80 Add
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My Third Funeral

My Third Funeral

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. His remains are cremated and brought to North America. 3 $0.30 Add
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Mykhailo Chomiak and the Krakivski Visti

Mykhailo Chomiak and the Krakivski Visti

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses how certain Ukrainian factions united with Nazi authorities through coordinated anti-Semitic propaganda campaigns during World War II. 17 $1.70 Add
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Mythical Landscapes

Mythical Landscapes

From: At Home

Chapter 3 is an interview with Amalie Atkins. This chapter focuses on how childhood landscapes can be a powerful trigger for creativity, even if one does not continue to reside there. 10 $1.00 Add
Myths of Modern History
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Myths of Modern History

From the French Revolution to the 20th century world wars and the Cold War - new perspectives on key events

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 … 392 View
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Nakba

Nakba

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Naksa

Naksa

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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 … 26 $2.60 Add
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Nancy Mosley
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Nancy Mosley

A Black Loyalist on Trial

From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick

This chapter explores the case of Nancy Mosley, the defendant in New Brunswick’s first murder trial. 17 $1.70 Add
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Nannuppugt!
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Nannuppugt!

Land and Language: Section 1

From: Qummut Qukiria!

In this chapter Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory describes life in the arctic, the history of Nunavut, the connection of being Inuit and Inuk, making art, traditional living and practices, and the … ; 14 $1.40 Add