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The Oil Lamp

The Oil Lamp

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He and his wife discuss the future and critique the communist government. 3 $0.30 Add
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The Old RMC and the New Canadian Services Colleges

The Old RMC and the New Canadian Services Colleges

From: To Serve Canada

The history of the old RMC and the establishment of the new college in 1948. 15 $1.95 Add
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The One True Dumpling
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The One True Dumpling

The Sauce

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Navneet Alang reflects on the authenticity of cuisine from various and massive diasporas, ownership over food, cultural appropriation and the dismissal of so-called ‘foreign’ food, … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Oneness of Humankind

The Oneness of Humankind

From: In Search of a Better World

In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the efforts of people to come together and fight human rights abuses. The chapter includes a discussion of human rights in Afghanistan … 70 $8.40 Add
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The Only Time Gay Asians Led the Pride Parade

The Only Time Gay Asians Led the Pride Parade

From: Any Other Way

Alan Li reflects on when, on June 27, 1982, over twenty gay Asians led the Toronto Pride parade through Chinatown. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Opportunity of All Time

The Opportunity of All Time

From: The Universe Within

In this chapter, Turok examines humanity’s twenty-first century crossroads, where digital technology, quantum computing, and the limits of classical physics converge. 59 $5.90 Add
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The Origins of Oil’s Deep State in Canada

The Origins of Oil’s Deep State in Canada

From: Oi's Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft uses Alberta as a case study to document the origins of the fossil feul industry in the province and it’s ties to government. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Origins of the Before Columbus Foundation
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The Origins of the Before Columbus Foundation

From: Blind Persistence

In this chapter, Desmangles traces how artistic communities in 1960s New York and 1970s California inspired and organized the Before Columbus Foundation. 16 $1.60 Add
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"A Devil in His Own Home Town"

"A Devil in His Own Home Town"

From: Len & Cub

This chapter follows the period after WW1 and Len & Cub’s return to Havelock. They eventually grew apart and took different paths. ; 22 $2.20 Add
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The P earson Years, 1963–1968

The P earson Years, 1963–1968

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

Describes the development of the federation under Prime Minister Lester Pearson including the Quebec and Canada Pension Plans, the rise of separatism, Medicare, the constitution and foreign … 24 $2.40 Add
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The Pale Horse of Smallpox (August–October)

The Pale Horse of Smallpox (August–October)

From: Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885

In this chapter, Dutil traces the devastating 1885 smallpox epidemic in Montreal, revealing how the disease tore through francophone and anglophone communities and killed over 5,800 people across … 12 $1.20 Add
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“The party situation is deteriorating”
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“The party situation is deteriorating”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines how the Liberal Party of Canada faced strategic uncertainty in October 1975, as captured in the diaries of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s secretary, Jim … 3 $0.30 Add
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The Patriarch

The Patriarch

From: Merchant Princes

1797-1865. Focuses on the life of William Stairs known as the patriarch of the Stairs family. The chapter looks at the fortune to be made in shipping, the struggles the family had, … 33 $3.30 Add
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The Patriot

The Patriot

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Chapter three, Patriot focuses on the life and work of Kim Il-sung. He was neither a puppet installed in a North Korean Soviet satellite state by Joseph Stalin, as US propagandists would have it, … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Patriot State

The Patriot State

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Chapter five, The Patriot State focuses on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) which formed under the Soviet influenced northern half the the peninsula. While the United States … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Pattern of Prairie Politics

The Pattern of Prairie Politics

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

1981 article by Nelson Wiseman examining the diversity of political traditions within the three prairie provinces, as affected by distinct waves of settlers from rural Ontario, Britain, America … ; ; 7 $0.70 Add