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Photo Credits

From: Fastest in the World

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Postscript

‘History will give you your due’

From: Churchill and Fisher

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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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Potatoes, Beans, and a Reluctant Cook

The Filling

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

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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
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Prey

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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The chapter recounts Margie’s fear of the Ripley boys, the dangers of going near the miners’ bunkhouses, and what happens to the reputations of the girls who went there. 13 $1.30 Add
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Relations between the Beothuk and Mi’kmaq in the Early 1800’s

From: The Beothuk

This chapter describes the evolving relationship between the Beothuk at Notre Dame bay and the Mi’kmaq community who lived there in the early 1800s 3 $0.30 Add
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Revolution and Imperialism:

A North American Internationalism

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

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Looks at revolution and imperialism in terms of world events and the north american response. Includes the Vietnam War to the Occupy Movement 25 $2.50 Add
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Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

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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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Silence, Memory

From: Wanda’s War

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Chapter 13 examines the individual trips Wanda and Casey took to Poland during the 1970’s. The chapter reflects on Wanda and Casey’s life and experiences of exile and trauma after the … 12 $1.20 Add
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Siting Lesbians:

Urban Spaces and Sexuality

From: In a Queer Country

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In "Siting Lesbians: Urban Spaces and Sexuality," Catherine Nash discusses the complement to Ingram’s study. He considers gay males seeking pleasure in the wide outdoors while … 27 $0.54 Add
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Song of the South and Uncle Remus’s Return

From: Uncle

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This chapter explores Song of the South, a 1944 Disney movie that featured Uncle Remus. 12 $1.20 Add
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Survivors Stories

Bertin

From: The Hope that Remains

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Bertin was an adult during the genocide, and so remembers it very clearly. In 1990, when the RFP arrived in Rwanda, Bertin was arrested and jailed because of his job in hydroelectricity, … 25 $2.50 Add
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The Bug

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

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This chapter discusses surveillance of Scoppa. ; 23 $2.30 Add
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The Concrete Forming Campaign

From: Sweethearts

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1960s formed concrete, residential unions and the international building trade unions 17 $1.70 Add
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The Elders Have Said’ – Projecting Aboriginal Cultural Values into Contemporary News Discourse

From: Aboriginal Canada Revisited

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In recent years, it has become obvious that Aboriginal people in Canada are growing stronger in their assertiveness as "nations within/’ as distinct peoples with a right to … 30 $3.00 Add
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The Fight Against Inequality

From: The Fire and the Ashes

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In this chapter, Jackson writes about the Great Recession of 2008-2009, and suggests that the functioning of democracies relies on economic and social equality. The best way to achieve this … 5 $0.50 Add
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The Fourth World

A Global Movement

From: Unsettling Canada

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The Fourth World discusses the struggle to find justice on the international stage when it has been denied at home. This chapter focuses on the history of the idea of a “the Fourth … 12 $1.20 Add