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Chapters 1-5
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Chapters 1-5

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "Silver Charm and Apple Trees", "Despair Was the Secret of My Courage", "Holy", "From Syria’s Next Great Writer to Dog Food", … 29 $2.90 Add
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Chapters 11-15
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Chapters 11-15

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "We Didn’t Mean to Get Married", "My First Interrogation Session", "Cell Number Four", "Birds and Jinn", and "Show Me … 31 $3.10 Add
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Chapters 16-20
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Chapters 16-20

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "Geography and Galileo Destroyed My Piety", "The Radio War of 1967", "Haifa and the Breaker of Shackles", "A Small Black Radio", and … 33 $3.30 Add
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Chapters 21-25
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Chapters 21-25

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "First Steps Underground", "Looking for a Ceiling to Sleep Under", "Saint Sister Theresa", "Doomsday (February 1981)", and … 53 $5.30 Add
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Chapters 26-30
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Chapters 26-30

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "The Road to Al-Qala’a Civil Prison", "In the Citadel (Al-Qala’a Civil Prison, April 1981)", "William’s Treasure", … 43 $4.30 Add
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Chapters 31-35
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Chapters 31-35

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "My Great Escape", "Honoring the Guest at Tadmur Prison", "The Welcoming Ceremony", "Debates in Hell", and "Privileges Granted … 38 $3.80 Add
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Chapters 36-40
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Chapters 36-40

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "First-Class Prisoners", "Silva’s Son Became a River Gift", "Just Write It Again", "Hunger Strike after Ihsan’s Death", … 37 $3.70 Add
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Chapters 41-45
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Chapters 41-45

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "The House High on a Hill", "Damascus Spring and Khadija’s Death", "Minibus Visions on the Road to and from the House", "The Syrian … 44 $4.40 Add
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Chapters 46-50
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Chapters 46-50

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "The President Welcomed War", "A Checkpoint by Barada River", "Telephones Ringing, People Dying", and "My Family Almost Kidnapped". … 44 $4.40 Add
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Chapters 51-54
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Chapters 51-54

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "Passports and Visas", "Dubai", "The Upside-Down Coffee Cup of God", and "The World Keeps Turning . . . So Do We". Topics discussed … 46 $4.60 Add
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Chapters 6-10
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Chapters 6-10

From: My Road from Damascus

Includes the chapters "My Penelope Wove Nothing", "The Berlin Wall, Saddam Hussein, and the Wooden Penis", "Rufaida (1996)", "The Bank of Little Stones (March … 29 $2.90 Add
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Characters

Characters

From: South End Boy

1930s and 1940s Halifax. Popular characters in the city 7 $0.70 Add
Charging Ahead

Charging Ahead

Hydro-Québec and the Future of Electricity

Hydro-Québec manages one of the largest power grids on the continent. It is among the most profitable, the least expensive and the greenest. With a stunning renewable energy rate of 99.8 … ; 320 View
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Charlie Furlong, Aklavik
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Charlie Furlong, Aklavik

From: Book of Hope

This chapter traces the life of Charlie Furlong, a Gwich’in elder in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. 6 $0.60 Add
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Charlie Wilson’s War Redux? Operation Timber Sycamore and Other Covert Operations in Syria
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Charlie Wilson’s War Redux? Operation Timber Sycamore and Other Covert Operations in Syria

From: Syria

In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik examine Operation Timber Sycamore, a CIA covert programme (2013–2017) arming and training Syrian rebels to overthrow Bashar al-Assad’s government. ; 13 $1.30 Add
Cheated

Cheated

The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations

Cheated is a gripping story of single-minded politicians, uncompromising Indian Affairs officials, grasping government appointees, and well-connected Liberal speculators, set against a … ; 340 View