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Donny Bernardo Owes Me a Hershey Bar

Donny Bernardo Owes Me a Hershey Bar

From: To Wawa with Love

Discusses his home being a party place for his parents and their friends. Going to the movies on Saturday and receiving a chocolate bar from one of these people and being convinced it was … 5 $0.50 Add
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Don't Let Them Bully You
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Don’t Let Them Bully You

A Business Interlude

From: Unsettling Canada

Don’t Let them Bully You explores Manuel’s own reaction to the stagnation of the Indigenous people’s movement in Canada in the 1980’s, which happened despite the success … 16 $1.60 Add
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Door to Door

Door to Door

From: South End Boy

1930s and 1940s Halifax delivery of commodities to your home 5 $0.50 Add
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Down the Arm, 1941–59

Down the Arm, 1941–59

From: A Halifax Boyhood

Landmarks down the Arm and into Halifax proper 1941-1959 ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Down the Bank

Down the Bank

From: South End Boy

1930s and 1940s Halifax. His neighbourhood 7 $0.70 Add
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Down the Toilet
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Down the Toilet

From: Vancouver Vice

In this chapter, Chapman focuses on two vice cops who were surveilling the English Bay Bathhouse in attempt to crack down on cruising in the West End. 14 $1.40 Add
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Down to Business in the “New” Canada

Down to Business in the “New” Canada

From: Merchant Princes

1867-1906. Examines how the family adapted to the new canada after confederation. The ropemaking business, the final days of wood, wind and sail, their shipping agency busines, looks at the union … 36 $3.60 Add
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“Down to the short strokes”
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“Down to the short strokes”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines the closing days of Canada’s 1980 constitutional reform, from September 30 to October 9, as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau navigated the entrenchment of the … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Evolving Demographics of Toronto's Gay Village

The Evolving Demographics of Toronto’s Gay Village

From: Any Other Way

Michael Ornstein and Tim McCaskell chart the evolution of Toronto’s gay village through the lens of statistics. They consider age, ethnicity, income, and living situation to reveal how the … ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Dr. Clarke's Clinic

Dr. Clarke’s Clinic

From: The Ward

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Dramatis Personae and Prologue
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Dramatis Personae and Prologue

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This prologue introduces the men and organizations that shaped Toronto’s building trades during the 1960s and 1970s. Fernandes recounts the Hogg’s Hollow tunnel fire of March 17, … 12 $1.20 Add
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Drawing Conclusions

Drawing Conclusions

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Dream Interrupted
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Dream Interrupted

The Rise and Fall of Quebec Nationalism

A mesmerizing blend of memoir and political analysis from renowned journalist Francine Pelletier. From her front-row seat at the province’s political and cultural transformation, Francine … 173 View
Dream States
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Dream States

Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias

Is the ‘smart city’ the utopia we’ve been waiting for? The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, … 290 View
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Dreams of Buried Treasure

Dreams of Buried Treasure

From: Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure

1795 – 1805. Tracing the history of the theory that treasure is buried on Oak Island; includes Daniel McGinnis discovering the Money Pit, traces different discoveries on the island, excavations. 20 $2.00 Add
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Dresden

Dresden

A Signal for Uncle Joe

From: The Myth of the Good War

Looks at the triple raid bombing of Dresden as intimidation for Stalin. 17 $1.70 Add