Conflict & Peace

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Iran: Out of the Cold?

From: Oil and World Politics

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Analyzes Iran as an independent regional power with immense oil and gas resources and a century-long history of Western interference. Recent disputes centred on the Western assumption that Iran … 23 $2.30 Add
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Murmuring and Discontent

From: Loyalist Rebellion in New Brunswick

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1780s. An analysis of the discontent amoung the first arrivals to New Brunswick, including specific people and events 33 $3.30 Add
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Nakba

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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Chapter Three focuses on the Nakba or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic. The chapter explores the creation of the colonial settler state of Israel, aided by the British after the First World … 13 $1.30 Add
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Origins

From: The Memory We Could Be

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To understand how we find ourselves in such a situation of ecological precarity requires delving into the past. But our intents are fraught from the start. Any attempt to retell human history is … 8 $0.80 Add
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Q’anjob’al Canadian

From: A Beauty that Hurts

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In this chapter, Lovell explores the story of Genaro Castañeda as a Q’anjob’al Mayan and his journey from Guatemala to Canada. 14 $1.40 Add
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Religious Fundamentalism vs. the Environment

From: Canada after Harper

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Joyce Nelson finds a close link between this political inaction and the adherence to religious fundamentalism by the Prime Minister and his closest allies. 21 $2.10 Add
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The 2011 Distemper

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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There are three views on the origins of the 2011 uprising in Syria whose wide circulation is inversely proportional to the degree to which the views have been critically examined. All are highly … 28 $2.80 Add
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The Patriot

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

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Chapter three, Patriot focuses on the life and work of Kim Il-sung. He was neither a puppet installed in a North Korean Soviet satellite state by Joseph Stalin, as US propagandists would have it, … 8 $0.80 Add
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To Breathe Life Into a Name

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

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In this chapter, the author travels to Jerusalem and meets with several writers and poets living in the divided city. He explores what the city means to the Palestinian people through their writing. 34 $3.40 Add
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Using this Book

From: Are We Done Fighting?

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This chapter lays out the structure behind the book and how it intends to guide readers toward actions that individuals can take through many practice activities that are best done in a study … 6 $0.60 Add
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Working with the Brain in Mediation

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

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This chapter presents an outline of how we are biologically hardwired, and the implications of this learning for working safely with parties in mediation. It outlines the basic functions of each … 17 $1.70 Add
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Zero People of No Man’s Land

The Indo-Bangladesh Fence

From: Walls

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This chapter focuses on the wall beween India and Bangladesh, exploring the history of partition and the history of this division and how it has increased divisions between countries, religions, … 27 $2.70 Add
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The War in Europe and America’s Economic Interests

From: The Myth of the Good War

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Analyzes the divided opinions in America and how they were tied to economic interests at the beginning of the war 12 $1.20 Add
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Climate Change

A choice for humanity

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

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This chapter explores how the UN’s concern for environmental issues showcases how the organization has evolved to respond to the evolving needs of humanity 9 $0.90 Add
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Colonialism: The Acceleration

From: The Memory We Could Be

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Colonialism was, and remains, a wholesale destruction of memory. Lands, the sources of identity, stolen. Languages, ripped from mouths. The collective loss to humanity was incalculable, as … 36 $3.60 Add
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How International Wars End

From: Disarming Conflict

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