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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Baby of the House From: Pierre Poilievre View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Lawton examines Pierre Poilievre’s 2004 entry into the House of Commons as the twenty-five-year-old "Baby of the House," the youngest member of Parliament.	Andrew Lawton	10	2024	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Back to the Future: Long-Term U.S. Regime-Change Strategy From: Syria View Baraka Books	In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik trace United States regime-change efforts against Syria, spanning the 1970s through the 2024 overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s government.	Dan Kovalik; Jeremy Kuzmarov	20	2025	$2.00 Add
From Back to the Senses From: At Home View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 13 features interviews with Annie Martin, Emiliano Sepulveda, and Michael Fernandes. This chapter focuses on artists who use their senses to make connections and find belonging anywhere, …	Lezli Rubin-Kunda	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Backing the Attack Women Workers at War From: Material Traces of War View University of Ottawa Press	Women pushed against many barriers during the world wars, breaking through some and weakening others, and the labour force was one of them. The women in this chapter came from a variety of …	Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker	66	2021	$6.60 Add
From Balancing the Claims of Nation and of Class Fifty Years of Covering Quebec From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History View James Lorimer and Company	Fifty years after its founding, CD continues a proud tradition of nonethnocentric coverage of Quebec politics, but some strategic limitations persist: CD seems to have catalogued parallel social …	Peter Graefe	17	2016	$1.70 Add
From Ball Culture From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Stories and photos from Toronto’s ballroom subculture, which traces its roots to Harlem in the 1980’s.	Alejandro Santiago; Kurt Mungal	3	2017	$0.30 Add
Bamboo Cage The P.O.W. Diary of Lieutenant Robert Wyse, 1942-1943 Goose Lane Editions	In 1942, RAF flight controller Robert Wyse became a Japanese prisoner of war on the island of Java in Indonesia. Starved, sick, beaten, and worked to near-death, he wasted away until he weighed …	Jonathan F. Vance	147	2009	View
From Bao Tong’s Fall From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter begins with the story of Bao Tong, a former senior Chinese official who was arrested for supporting the Tiananmen Square protesters. The chapter goes on to explore Bao Tong’s …	Michael Cormier	26	2013	$2.60 Add
From Barack Obama and the Paradox of Black Political Power From: Uncle View Coach House Books	This chapter examines the career of Barack Obama, whose presidential campaign was marked by accusations of disloyalty to the Black community.	Cheryl Thompson	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From Barrick Gold, the University of Toronto, and the Corporate Capture of the Canadian Government From: Capitalism and Dispossession View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 7, author Sakura Saunders presents a historical account of how Canadian civil actors have attempted to compel the Canadian government to hold Canadian mining companies to account for …	Sakura Saunders	28	2022	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Bars and Bathhouses From: Vancouver Vice View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter concentrates on Faces, an early West End gay club, and Wayne Harris, a club member who later became the focus of a major vice squad investigation.	Aaron Chapman	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Basic Income Comes to Ontario – But Briefly From: The Case for Basic Income View Between The Lines	This chapter covers the short-lived basic income project in Ontario, from it’s inception to its cancellation by the newly-elected Ford government.	Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift	23	2021	$2.30 Add
From BC as an Intergovernmental Relations Player: Still Punching Below Its Weight? From: British Columbia Politics and Government View Emond Montgomery	Historical review of intergovernmental relations leading to an assessment of the current government’s performance on the matter.	Hamish Telford	20	2009	$2.00 Add
Bearing Witness Journalists, Record Keepers and the 1917 Halifax Explosion Fernwood Publishing	Bearing Witness tells the story of the Explosion, and the catastrophic damage it caused, through the eyes and words of more than two dozen journalists and record keepers who experienced it first …	Michael Dupuis	221	2017	View
From Beatty Blackstock, 1890–1906 From: Lawyers, Families, and Businesses View Irwin Law Inc.	Focuses on W.H. Beatty and Tom Blackstock and their significant roles at the firm. Struggles over power in the firm between Beatty and Blackstock are also chronicled. Other prominent figures of …	C. Ian Kyer	266	2013	$26.60 Add
From Becoming Ordinary 50 Years of Arts and Culture From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History View James Lorimer and Company	It is in this departure from an assessment approach to culture that CD made its most interesting and useful contributions to cultural commentary.	Brenda Austin-Smith	27	2016	$2.70 Add