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From: Take Back the Tray

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Confronting Existential Threats, Then and Now

From: A Good War

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 In Chapter 1, Klein lays out the methodology of his thesis as he uses the history of Canada’s rapid and successful mobilization efforts in the Second World War as a road map to guide … 22 $2.20 Add
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From: Criminal Procedure, 4/e

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 This chapter consists of a definition of criminal procedure as it pertains to the law in Canada as well as a list of further readings. 6 $1.20 Add
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From: Leading Progess

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When Brian Met Chris

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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 In the introduction, Pitts describes a consequential meeting of two tech enthusiasts in New Brunswick. 6 $0.60 Add
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Play It Once Again

From: On Nostalgia

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 The introduction discusses paradise as a place where nothing ever happens, as in the song "Heaven" by the Talking Heads. It also discusses the tension in nostalgia between the loss, the … 3 $0.30 Add
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From: Reset

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 In the introduction, Deibert explores our dependence on smart phones and the internet, and the anxiety that this can cause. He also discusses social media, cyberwarfare, data breaches, and how we … 28 $2.80 Add
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From: Stolen Motherhood

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 The introduction looks at legality in Quebec and Canada and establishes some vocabulary definitions. 24 $2.40 Add
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From: Disfigured

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 The introduction explores the author’s personal experiences with disability and how her love of nature made her turn to examine how disability is represented in fairy tales. 7 $0.70 Add
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Introduction: Learning to Float

From: The Imperilled Ocean

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 In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores storied about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In the introduction Trethewey recounts a … 15 $1.50 Add
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Inventing the Myth that Our Schools Are Failing (1980-2000)
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Inventing the Myth that Our Schools Are Failing (1980-2000)

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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Island in the Sun
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Island in the Sun

From: The Ku Klux Klan in Canada

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 This chapter discusses a plot by Canadian and American KKK members to overthrow the government of Dominica and and install a white supremacist government. 16 $1.60 Add
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Italy and Beyond

Italy and Beyond

From: Exile

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James Favel, Winnipeg, Peguis First Nation

James Favel, Winnipeg, Peguis First Nation

“You’re a stakeholder because you’ve got to walk these streets every day.”

From: How We Go Home

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 James Favel, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is of the Peguis First Nation. He describes his childhood in Winnipeg and his reaching out to his father as teenager, and reconnecting with his culture. He … 19 $1.90 Add
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Jasilyn Charger, Cheyenne River Sioux

Jasilyn Charger, Cheyenne River Sioux

“My son’s buried by the river. . . . I vowed to him that he’s going to be safe, that no oil was going to touch him.”

From: How We Go Home

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 Jasilyn Charger of the Cheyenne River Sioux, shares her story of her childhood with her family and moving in and out of foster homes and mental health facilities. She then became involved in the … 22 $2.20 Add
Jeannie's Demise

Jeannie’s Demise

Abortion on Trial in Victorian Toronto

 August 1, 1875, Toronto: The body of a young woman is discovered in a pine box, half-buried in a ditch along Bloor Street. So begins Jeannie’s Demise, a real-life Victorian melodrama that … 198 View