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Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival in Toronto
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Revival in Toronto

From: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool

This chapter investigates the rest of the summer of 1967 following the Montreal Bed-in. It discusses John and Yoko’s travels throughout Canada, the notable Canadians who they met and the … 46 $4.60 Add
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Rocky Takes a Fall

Rocky Takes a Fall

From: To Wawa with Love

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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Roots of Canadian Cultural Policies

Roots of Canadian Cultural Policies

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

Brief history of Canadian cultural policy in the 20th century, background to the period from 1984 to 2019. 18 $1.80 Add
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Roots Run Deep

Roots Run Deep

From: Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands

Examines the roots of the NDP party. Looks at J.D. Woodsworth and William Irvine’s role in the political landscape of their time. Specifically analyzes the Agrarian Revolt, early … 32 $3.20 Add
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Rough Waters

Rough Waters

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He continues to plan his family’s escape. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Hidden Cameras and Their Gay Church Folk

The Hidden Cameras and Their Gay Church Folk

From: Any Other Way

A discussion of the Toronto indie scene, centred around Torontopia, a movement that peaked in the early 2000’s. 3 $0.30 Add
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Royal Visit

Royal Visit

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Three of this title, entitled "Emperor of the North" discuss Hodgson’s growing power and influence in the communities of the Northwest Territories. Topics … 9 $0.90 Add
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Royals
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Royals

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter reflects on the author’s memories of the queen’s visit to Yellowknife, thinking of oneself as the other, Margie’s relationship to Maryanne. 6 $0.60 Add
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Royalty
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Royalty

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

This chapter explores Scoppa’s relationship with his family and more history of Montreal’s Italian mafia, including key events and figures. ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Rumours of War, 1906–1914

Rumours of War, 1906–1914

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

How Britain involved the Dominion in new defense challenges and the emergency of Germany as a potential enemy, immigration issues during this period 38 $3.80 Add
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Runaways and a Suicide

Runaways and a Suicide

From: Victims of Benevolence

Children continued to run away from the Mission through the first decade of the 1900s. In the summer of 1920 nine boys at the Mission grouped together and ate some poisonous water hemlock. One … 27 $0.54 Add
Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

From Tragedy to Useful Imperial Fiction

“… essential reading.” Edward S. Herman An accepted narrative holds that horrible Rwandan Hutu génocidaires planned and executed a satanic scheme to eliminate nearly a million Tutsis after a … 276 View
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Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order

Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Chapter thirteen, Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order focuses on a north Korean reunification. The DPRK defines itself as “a revolutionary State” originating … 29 $2.90 Add
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Sacred Connections

Sacred Connections

From: At Home

Chapter 6 features Diane Pugen. The chapter focuses on artists whose sense of home is tied directly to the land itself. 9 $0.90 Add
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Saddam

Saddam

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Chapter Nine focuses on Saddam Hussian. During the 1970s, Saddam used Iraq’s oil wealth to pursue ambitious programs of social reform and economic uplift, earning him the plaudits of the … 12 $1.20 Add