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White Rooms, Unified Hearts and Empty Fields
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White Rooms, Unified Hearts and Empty Fields

From: In Praise of Retreat

This chapter uses the case study of Leonard Cohen as an example of an individual who used retreat and solitude to improve his life. 13 $1.30 Add
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White Supremacy and the First Feminist Waves in Canada

White Supremacy and the First Feminist Waves in Canada

From: Take Back the Fight

In the first chapter, the author narrates the history of the first feminist movement in Canada until the collapse of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women. She focuses on the … 18 $1.80 Add
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Who Was Uncle Nick?
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Who Was Uncle Nick?

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Chapter Seven focuses on Uncle Nick, the author’s maternal great uncle Mykola Kosovan. Discussing his time in Lethbridge, his communist leanings,  poverty and radicalization back in … 16 $1.60 Add
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Who Were the Immigrants?

Who Were the Immigrants?

SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton

From: A Distinct Alien Race

The standard theory claims that most of the Canadien immigrants to New England were debt-strapped farmers, but this is not the only important story about Franco-American origins in Québec; … 16 $1.60 Add
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Who's Greatest Together?

Who’s Greatest Together?

From: Stampede

In this chapter, Williams unpacks the theme of the 2012 centenial Stampede, "We’re Greatest Together." 40 $4.00 Add
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Why <i>Butterfly</i> Should Stop Committing Literary Hara-kiri

Why Butterfly Should Stop Committing Literary Hara-kiri

From: Bigotry on Broadway

This chapter explores the racism, fetishism/objectification, and misogyny of Madame Butterfly. 9 $0.90 Add
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It Seemed Like a Gay Weddig To Me

It Seemed Like a Gay Weddig To Me

From: Any Other Way

Bob Gallagher recalls his efforts to immigrate to Toronto from the United States. 3 $0.30 Add
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Why Leave Home?

Why Leave Home?

From: Wanderlust

Chapter One asks the question why we travel, especially leisure travel. The chapter examines the motivations behind travel, provides a brief history of travel and travellers, and explains the … 5 $0.50 Add
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Why We Say Powell Street and Not "Japantown"
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Why We Say Powell Street and Not "Japantown"

From: White Riot

In this chapter, May and Yakashiro explain their reasoning behind the movement to retire the name "Japantown", which is commonly used to describe Vancouver’s Powell street … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Why Were Archaeologists Working in the Ward?

Why Were Archaeologists Working in the Ward?

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Wide and Urban Wilderness: Defining Public Space in Allan Gardens

Wide and Urban Wilderness: Defining Public Space in Allan Gardens

From: Any Other Way

Tatum Taylor recounts the history of Allan Gardens as a queer space, from a visit by Oscar Wilde in 1882 to the setting of Pride festivites in the 21st century. 4 $0.40 Add
Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

The Medicolegal Aspects of Our Most Addictive and Dangerous Legal Drug

Wigmore on Nicotine is the third book in the author’s trilogy of the forensic toxicology and medicolegal aspects of alcohol, cannabis, and now nicotine. Maintaining the same high standards … 882 View
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Wild
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Wild

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter explores the impact of Margie’s mother returning to work, the Old Town and New Town, no go zones, the allure of Rainbow Valley and the reserve, their mothers reaction to Paul … 11 $1.10 Add
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Wild Goose Chase

Wild Goose Chase

From: To Wawa with Love

Discusses ways he made money as a kid in order to be able to afford entertainments. Other things about moving from the big city to a northern small town are outlined 7 $0.70 Add
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Wild Kin
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Wild Kin

Part Three

From: Earthkeeping

Part Three contains the sections: The Lovely Duckling, Turtle Tale, So Excellent a Fish: Capelin, Gift from the Sky, God’s Dead Dog & Other Roadkills, Caribou Caper, COVID-19 Moment, and … 43 $4.30 Add
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Wild Rose Country
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Wild Rose Country

The Klan in Alberta, 1930’s

From: The Ku Klux Klan in Canada

This chapter discusses Klan activity in Alberta in the late 1920’s and early 1930s. 18 $1.80 Add