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From  A Klan For New EnglandSECTION THREE - The reception of franco-americans From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter explores the history of the Ku Klux Klan, their activities in New England, and their views on/treatment of Catholic Franco-Americans, considering their religious crusade to defend … | David Vermette | 34 | 2018 | $3.40 Add |
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From  A Legal History of Human Rights and Asylum |
Chapter Two provides a legal history of human rights and asylum, including the impact of the First and Second World Wars. | Joseph Rikhof | 82 | 2023 | $8.20 Add |
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From  A Lesson in PoliticsFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes how she challenged the suppression of Palestinian identity in her school during the Oslo peace process. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From  A Lewisporte ChildhoodFrom: No Place For A Woman |
The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. | Antony Berger | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! A Life on the LeftFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In the opening chapter, Jackson describes his book as "part personal memoir, part historical analysis, and part political manifesto." He also discusses how the labour movement has been … | Andrew Jackson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  A Lifelong LoyaltyFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter describes Arendt’s activities in France before the outbreak of war with Germany. In France, she lived an active social and political life before the German invasion. | Ann Heberlein | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! A Liminal City |
This chapter offers a layered portrait of Toronto in the late 1960s, tracing its rise as Canada’s financial capital following Montreal’s gradual decline. | Gilberto Fernandes | 14 | 2026 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! A Limitless Capacity to ReboundFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Twelve explores the hardships faced by Louise in her later life and how these affected both her work and her own strength. The chapter discusses the decline in the bird populations … | Merilyn Simonds | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
 A Line in the Tar SandsStruggles for Environmental Justice |
Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists; … | Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis | 390 | 2014 | View |
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From  A Literary Breakthrough: Glad Day’s OriginsFrom: Any Other Way |
Jerald Moldenhauer recalls his involvement in the gay rights movement in Toronto in the 1970’s | Jearld Moldenhauer | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  A ‘Magnificent Dome’The Great University Avenue Synagogue From: The Ward |
Jack Lipinsky | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add | |
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From  A Married ManFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add | |
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From  A Matter of MendingFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
Matthew Beaudoin | 3 | 2018 | $0.30 Add | |
 A Matter of TasteA Farmers' Market Devotee's Semi-Reluctant Argument for Inviting Scientific Innovation to the Dinner Table |
How did farmer’s markets, nose-to-tail, locavorism, organic eating, CSAs, whole foods, and Whole Foods become synonymous with "good food"? And are these practices … | Rebecca Tucker | 137 | 2018 | View |
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From  A Merchant’s NeedsFrom: Merchant Princes |
1819-1867.Traces the impact of William James (WJ) Stairs and examines his interest in politics, the expansion of the family firm, his dealings with the Confederacy during the US Civil War, … | James D. Frost | 35 | 2003 | $3.50 Add |
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From  A Million Porcupines Crying in the DarkFrom: The Truth About Stories |
In this reading, Indigenous author and scholar Thomas King explores the idea that stories, both those we tell ourselves and those that are told to us by others, are foundational in establishing … | Thomas King | 31 | 2003 | $3.72 Add |
