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The Mob and Its Money

The Mob and Its Money

From: Sweethearts

1950-1960. Looks at the mob’s expansion into legitimate business focusing on housing development. Corruption is explored 17 $1.70 Add
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The Model-In-Use

The Model-In-Use

From: Circle Works

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The Modern North, 1945–1985

The Modern North, 1945–1985

From: North of Superior

Most historians agree that the end of the Second World War ushered in a new era in Canada. The economic and social upheaval that had dominated the 1930s became a thing of the past, and the 1950s … ; 16 $1.60 Add
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The Montreal Bed-In
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The Montreal Bed-In

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

This chapter explores the events surrounding John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s bed-in in Montreal. The chapter discusses the people they met during the event, and the impact it had on Canadian … 59 $5.90 Add
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The Mordaunt Conspiracy

The Mordaunt Conspiracy

From: Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure

Looks at Charles Mordaunt (1658-1735)and the conspiracy that surrounds him in connection with Oak Island and Phips 9 $0.90 Add
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The Most Glittering Post

The Most Glittering Post

From: Churchill and Fisher

Historian Barry Gough examines Winston Churchill’s early career (1909-1912) as well as his personal life during this period. He focuses on his work at the Home Office, his relationship with … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Most Ridiculous Year Ever

The Most Ridiculous Year Ever

From: Unicorn in the Woods

This chapter recount’s Chris Newton’s diagnosis with melanoma, and the sale of Q1 Labs in fall 2011 for $600 million U.S. dollars. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Métis Nation and Provisional Government in the North-West, 1869-71
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The Métis Nation and Provisional Government in the North-West, 1869-71

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter examines the Metis nation in communities such as the Red River and Saskatchewan River in the late nineteenth-century Canadian colony, the Canada Party, Louis Riel, and the … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Multiple Lives of Ordinary Buildings

The Multiple Lives of Ordinary Buildings

From: The Ward Uncovered

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The multipolar world
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The multipolar world

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter examines Libya’s collapse into civil war and jihadist takeover while the US shifted its focus to containing a rising China and Russia, whose growing independence signaled a new … 4 $0.40 Add
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The Mutilated City

The Mutilated City

Belfast

From: Walls

This chapter focuses on walls and divisions in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, looking at the history of Catholic and Protestant enclaves and tensions between these groups in the city. … 49 $4.90 Add
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The Mystery of the Hidden Cross

The Mystery of the Hidden Cross

From: The Ward Uncovered

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The Myth of the Good War

The Myth of the Good War

America in the Second World War

Was the role of the United States in the Second World War an essentially idealistic one, a crusading struggle to conquer the dark forces of German fascism and Japanese militarism? Was it an … 328 View
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The Myth of the Modernate Rebel

The Myth of the Modernate Rebel

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

When the Daraa riot broke out in mid-March, 2011, two armed Islamist groups, which would play a lead role in the war against the Syrian government, Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham, had already … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Mythologies of Canada's "Good War"

The Mythologies of Canada’s "Good War"

From: Canada in the World

The Second World War – The Spectre of Jewish Bolshevism – None Is Too Many – Crimes and Contradictions – At War’s End – Death from Above, Death from Below 28 $2.80 Add
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The Nationalists of 1968 and the Search for Canadian Independence
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The Nationalists of 1968 and the Search for Canadian Independence

From: 1968 in Canada

The year 1968 marked a decisive break in the history of English-Canadian nationalism. An older generation of nationalists, mostly located in rural Canada and concerned with the loosening of … 24 $2.40 Add