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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Royal Colony From: A People's History of Quebec View Baraka Books	This chapter continues to explore Quebec’s early history, from 1663 on. It looks at tensions and interactions between the French, British, and Indigenous nations living in Nouvelle-France, …	Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot	13	2002	$1.30 Add
From A "Sacred Duty" Christianity, Civilization, and Indian Education From: Victims of Benevolence View Arsenal Pulp Press	Roman Catholic missionaries and the Canadian government shared a vision: to see Native people, through residential schooling, abandon their cultural heritage and their nomadic hunting and fishing …	Elizabeth Furniss	40	1992	$1.60 Add
From A Second Front for Stalin, or a Third Front in the Air? From: The Myth of the Good War View James Lorimer and Company	1942. Analyzes why the decision not to open a second front was made by the British and American forces	Jacques R. Pauwels	14	2015	$1.40 Add
From A Second Year in Java From: Bamboo Cage View Goose Lane Editions	This section of the diary describes Wyse’s second year in a Janaese prison camp. He begins to experience problems with his eyes; sometimes there is a month between entries. Wyse was …	Jonathan F. Vance	32	2009	$3.20 Add
From A Short History of the ‘Civic Square’ Expropriation From: The Ward View Coach House Books		John Lorinc	4	2015	$0.40 Add
From A Small French Town (1665-1760) From: The History of Montréal View Baraka Books	After our brief look at the fur trade and French expansion in North America, time now to return to the town and its development. Montreal’s political and administrative reorganization from …	Paul-André Linteau	12	2013	$1.20 Add
From A Socialist Print Shop New York, 1965-72 From: Holocaust to Resistance View Fernwood Publishing	Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis …	Suzanne Berliner Weiss	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From A Special Kind of Evil From: On Love and Tyranny View House of Anansi Press	This chapter concerns Arendt’s flight from Germany, and her arrival in Paris in 1933. It also details some of the history of anti-Semitism in Europe.	Ann Heberlein	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From NEW! A Spicy Labour of Love The Filling From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Perry King shares his own connection to Guyanese food and flavours, the use of dumplings in chicken and vegetable soups, the influences of Caribbean flavours, and his fear of spice and hot things …	Perry King	4	2022	$0.40 Add
From A “Square Deal” Delayed From: Equal as Citizens View Formac Publishing	Dominion-Provincial Conference on Reconstruction, August 6, 1945, Prime Minister and Canada’s Premiers meet to discuss the reconstruction of Canada, no agreements but paved the way for the …	Richard Starr	18	2014	$1.80 Add
From A squirrel running… From: The Wheel of Things View Formac Publishing		Mollie Gillen	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From NEW! A Story About the Toronto Purchase AGREEMENTS, NAMING, AND PLACES From: Indigenous Toronto View Coach House Books	A reading on the story of the Toronto purchase.	Margaret Sault	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From NEW! A Strong Wall around Me From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	Chapter Nine looks at the remaking of Louise and Len’s life and relationship after the war. The chapter discusses the 1946 publication of The Loghouse Nest, Len finding work, and …	Merilyn Simonds	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From NEW! A Struggle for Power: The Congo Crisis 1961–1965 From: Postcards from Congo View Arsenal Pulp Press	The chapter explores the Congo Crisis between 1961 and 1965.	Edmund Trueman	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Saturnalia From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	Through the description of a trip to Spain, the author explores facism and the relationship between governments and drug users, and other disposable groups of people. The author states that we …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From A Textile Industry for New England SECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry From: A Distinct Alien Race View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at the global economy and textile industry in different contexts at the beginning of the 19th century, then focuses on Boston specifically. It then looks at "Mill …	David Vermette	15	2018	$1.50 Add