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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! The Knedelík, Warts and All The Filling From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Eric Geringas reflects on his relationship to Knedlík, a Czech style of dumplings, his time in Czechoslovakia teaching English, Czech beer, poverty cuisine, and the culture of Prague.	Eric Geringas	5	2022	$0.50 Add
From The Knowledge of Suffering From: In Search of a Better World View House of Anansi Press	In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan begins by recounting his own experiences coming to Canada from Iran as a result of the upheval of the 1970s. He interweaves personal …	Payam Akhavan	76	2017	$9.12 Add
From The Komagata Maru 1939-1945 From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: The Komagata Maru View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses voyage of the Komagata Maru to Canada and how its passengers were turned away upon arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts.	Pamela Hickman	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From NEW! The Ku Klux Connection PART THREE: RECONSTRUCTING From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge View ECW Press	Chapter Eleven focuses on the rise of the Ku Klux in both the South and Canada. Topics discussed include white supremacy, the attacking and killing of Black people, and the Bratton, Manigault and …	Brian Martin	22	2022	$2.20 Add
NEW! The Ku Klux Klan in Canada A Century of Promoting Racism and Hate in the Peaceable Kingdom	The Klu Klux Klan came to Canada thanks to some energetic American promoters who saw it as a vehicle for getting rich by selling memberships to white, mostly Protestant Canadians. In Ontario, …		322		View
From The Đề Lô From: Three Funerals for my Father View twp	This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She tells the story of her escape from Vietnam as a child.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From The Labour Lens From: Women and Work View Between The Lines	The chapter considers the question – "What is work?" – then explores the historical intersections between capitalism, work, women, and feminist theory.	Susan Ferguson	15	2020	$1.50 Add
The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster Public Betrayal, Justice Denied	This book explores the circumstances leading up to the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, describes the events themselves, and recounts the aftermath including the outcome of criminal trials …		216		View
From The Lady from America France, 1948-50 From: Holocaust to Resistance View Fernwood Publishing	Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis …	Suzanne Berliner Weiss	7	2019	$0.70 Add
From NEW! The Land Is Our Teacher From: When the Pine Needles Fall View Between The Lines	In Chapter One Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel describes her personal experiences with racism growing up, and the historical context surrounding the fight to protect the Pines.	Audra Simpson; Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel; Pamela Palmater; Sean Carleton	17	2024	$1.70 Add
From The Land of Mimosas From: Three Funerals for my Father View twp	The family takes trips to Saignon, setting up to escape Vietnam. Both the author’s and her father’s perspectives are included.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From The Land of Opportunity From: Imagined Truths View twp	The author continues to detail his life in America and discusses racism and imperialism in the U.S..	Richard Lemm	25	2021	$2.50 Add
From The Land of the West From: Three Funerals for my Father View twp	This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes her arrival in Canada.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From “The Last Best West”: The West in Confederation, 1869–1913 From: The Rise of the New West View James Lorimer and Company	Details the history of confederation giving a firm background, the winning of the west, the initial failure, and the success with the wheat boom	John F. Conway	24	2014	$2.40 Add
From NEW! The Last Eighteenth-Century “Indian War,” the Opportunistic Origins of Capitalist Accumulation, and the Beginnings of Banking The Other Meanings of 1812 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the effect of the War of 1812 on relations between the colonial rulers and Indigenous populations as well as economic opportunities presented and the creation of a colonial …	Bryan D. Palmer	9	2024	$0.90 Add
From The Last Hurrah Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak View twp	Readings in Part Five of this title, entitled "Farewell" discuss the end of Stuart Hodgson’s career in the North and the long lasting impact he had on the region. Topics discussed …	Jake Ootes	6	2020	$0.60 Add