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Political Highs and Lows

Political Highs and Lows

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter looks at politics, evolutions in the energy industry, and Hydro-Quebec’s future. ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Politics and Family Ties, 1876–80

Politics and Family Ties, 1876–80

From: Lawyers, Families, and Businesses

Discusses the role politics played in restructuring the firm in the mid-1870s, when many departures and arrivals occurred. 15 $1.50 Add
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Pompey Rumsey and Cairo
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Pompey Rumsey and Cairo

A Black Loyalist Love Story

From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick

This chapter describes the relationship between Pompey Rumsey and Cairo and explores the discrimination that was faced by someone who married an enslaved person. 13 $1.30 Add
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Popular Reaction to the First World War and the 1930s Great Depression
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Popular Reaction to the First World War and the 1930s Great Depression

From: Humans

This chapter examines popular resistance during the First World War and its aftermath. It also reviews the efforts to find a more humane alternative to the capitalist economic system, … 48 $4.80 Add
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Porcelain Legs

From: The Whole Animal

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Portrait of a Publisher
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Portrait of a Publisher

Jack McClelland and McClelland & Stewart in 1968

From: 1968 in Canada

Nineteen sixty-eight was a tremendously eventful year for publisher Jack McClelland and his publishing house, McClelland & Stewart. On the one hand, spurred by funding opportunities initiated … 19 $1.90 Add
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Chapter One

Chapter One

From: Reconciliation in Practice

Possibilities and Challenges in Reconciliation 32 $3.20 Add
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Post-Prohibition
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Post-Prohibition

Loosening the Noose

From: Bottoms Up

Chapter 7 explores the relaxing of alcohol related legislation in Newfoundland and the evolution of drinking culture throughout the rest of the 20th century. 14 $1.40 Add
Postcards from Congo
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Postcards from Congo

A Graphic History

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the second-largest country in Africa by area, has a fractured and bloody history, variously undone by decades of colonialism, civil war, corruption, and … 176 View
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Postflight Checklists and Reflections
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Postflight Checklists and Reflections

From: This Is Your Captain Speaking

Chapter 7 focuses on the plan once it has landed on the ground. Topics discussed include airplane docking, VDGS (Visual Docking Guidance Systems), ground marshals, Captains controls, bridges, … 16 $1.60 Add
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Postscript

‘History will give you your due’

From: Churchill and Fisher

Historian Barry Gough offers final thoughts on the relationship between Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher he then examines the relationship between Churchill and Sir David Beatty during the … 19 $1.90 Add
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Postscript

Lessons Learned

From: Anatomy of an Election

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Postscript

From: Mutual Aid

Postscript from GATS. 2 $0.20 Add
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Postscript: A Work Diary
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Postscript: A Work Diary

From: Up the Coast

The postscript is the author’s reflection on her fathers 1959 work diary. 5 $0.50 Add
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Postwar Fallout

Postwar Fallout

From: The Einstein File

This chapter explores Einstein’s reaction to– as well as broader conversations during the period surrounding– the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and developments in nuclear … 62 $6.20 Add
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Potatoes, Beans, and a Reluctant Cook
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Potatoes, Beans, and a Reluctant Cook

The Filling

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Chantal Braganza reflects on her grandmothers ‘potato chops’, the Goan food of her father, the Portuguese influence on Indian food in the city of Goa, cooking as a gesture of love, … 7 $0.70 Add