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Relations between Beothuk and Mi’kmaq, Labrador Montagnais (Innu) and Inuit

From: The Beothuk

This chapter explorers the relationship between Beothuk communities and other indigenous groups, and how these relationships changed over time. 3 $0.30 Add
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Relationship to Fear

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This chapter details the author’s sex education at school, her being tested with a friend for HIV, and how fear of AIDS influenced her romantic life as a lesbian. 7 $0.70 Add
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Remaking the Economy, Then and Now

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 6, Klein examines the practically of fundamentally retooling our entire economy by reexamining how it has been done before during the Second World War. Klein focuses much of this … 64 $6.40 Add
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Remembering Bell and Baldwin

From: Fastest in the World

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1957. Looks at the construction and launch of the Bras d’Or (Also known as R-103 and renamed Baddeck in 1962), an experimental prototype. 10 $1.00 Add
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Rise Up!

From: Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands

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Looks at the NDP from the 1980s to Layton’s death in 2011 and some of the leaders during that time. Provides an anlysis of those condidates who may have taken over the NDP leadership 42 $4.20 Add
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Runaways and a Suicide

From: Victims of Benevolence

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Children continued to run away from the Mission through the first decade of the 1900s. In the summer of 1920 nine boys at the Mission grouped together and ate some poisonous water hemlock. One … 27 $0.54 Add
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Sacred Connections

From: At Home

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Chapter 6 features Diane Pugen. The chapter focuses on artists whose sense of home is tied directly to the land itself. 9 $0.90 Add
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Saving a Grand Old Lady

Part III

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

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Part three of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … ; 25 $2.50 Add
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Sephardim, Hasidim, and New Political Realities, 1960–1995

From: History of the Jews in Quebec

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This chapter looks at language and culture and the Jewish population of Montreal; it examines the pushes for the cultural and economic integration of this population during this period. Both the … 57 $5.70 Add
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She is Oranges that Explode

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

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In this chapter, the author explores the experience of refugees living in camps in Palestine. 38 $3.80 Add
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Shun Thy Neighbour

The U.S.-Mexico Border

From: Walls

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The author explores the history and harsh reality of the U.S.-Mexico border, focusing on the Mexican perspective and the plight of migrants looking to immigrate to the U.S.. 47 $4.70 Add
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Smart City Tech: A Primer

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

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The Dream of the Smart City: Part 1 explores the tech needed to create a smart city. Discussing topics including what makes technology ‘smart’, ‘machine learning’ … 18 $1.80 Add
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Soldiers without a Commander?

From: In Defiance

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Social networks, the media, and their effects on the spontaneous actions of the strikers. ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Solid, Glutinous, and Toothsome

The Wrapper

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

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André Alexis reflects on the Trinidadian dumplings of the island of his birth, ideas of belonging and not belonging in the identity of first generation immigrants, food cultures and taboos, … 5 $0.50 Add
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Stepping Up to a Larger Union Stage, 2010-19

From: Leading Progess

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In this chapter, Russell explores how PIPSC dealt with issues and opportunities as it approached its hundred-year aniversary. PIPSC members confronted the Harper government’s muzzling of … 34 $3.40 Add
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Summer Camp

From: Up the Coast

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Chapter Six contrasts life in North Vancouver and Oxford Bay, logging life and realities, evidence of previous loggers in the areas, Smokey the dog discovering a human skull, American tourists on … 30 $3.00 Add