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The Interwar Years, 1919–1939

From: History of the Jews in Quebec

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This chapter focuses on the Interwar Years, examining the political climate of the Jewish communities in Montreal, Jews and the USSR, Montreal Jews and Zionism, relations and tensions with … 57 $5.70 Add
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The Landscape of Indigenous Worldview

From: Indigenomics

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Topics discussed in this chapter include a series of principles outlining the indigenous worldview. These include: connectedness, story, animate life force, transformation and renewal. 26 $2.60 Add
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The Murky: R v. Hart

From: The "Mr Big" Sting

In this chapter a double homicide is solved with a Mr. Big sting using illegal tactics. In addition, the uncertain evidence and conflicting accounts of the accused do not lead to a certainty of … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Nuclear Family

From: Imagined Truths

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The author explores more of his family’s history, his early life, and his relationship with his grandparents. 28 $2.80 Add
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The Patterns of the Universe

From: The Web of Meaning

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The chapter begins with the paradox of the Ship of Theseus, and continues with the the philosophy of flux of the Pre-Socratics and of the Song Dynasty of China. How things can be in constant flux … 31 $3.10 Add
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The suspension of disbelief

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

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This chapter examines the phenomena of news presented as two opposing sides and the role of unregulated social media and fake news. It suggests that conspriacy theories and denial of climate … 21 $2.10 Add
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Trade Is Not Gender Neutral

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

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In this chapter, the authors describe the ways in which inequality is related to the uneven ways in which women and men are incorporated into the global economy. Some trade can place women-run … 10 $1.00 Add
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Two Faces

From: Man at the Airport

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This chapter details the author’s experiences in Abu Dhabi and Dubai as he tried to make friends and find work. He was in the UAE when the conflict in Syria began. 15 $1.50 Add
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Where Are the Black Female Faculty? Employment Equity Policy Failures and the Overrepresentation of Whiteness

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

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This chapter exposes and interrogates the gap between employment equity policies and the reality of underrepresentation of Black female faculty at two Atlantic Canadian universities. 12 $1.20 Add
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Where Does Agroecological Food Come From

From: Growing and Eating Sustainably

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This chapter begins by considering food produced by the industrial food system that has been called “food from nowhere". In contrast, agroecological food comes from … 38 $3.80 Add
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White Paper to Red Paper

Drawing the Battle Lines

From: Unsettling Canada

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White Paper to Red Paper focuses on the White Papers created by Indian Affairs Minister Jean Chrétien in 1969, which was an attempt to abolish the Indian Act and Indian Status in Canada. The … 8 $0.80 Add
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Your Queries Answered

From: Guthrie's Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition

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What’s with "Esquire"?, Begin a sentence with "And" or "But"?, How many spaces after the period at the end of a sentence?, Farther/Further and Less/Fewer?, Use … 22 $2.20 Add
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"But I Was Never Taught This In School"

From: Indigenomics

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Topics discussed in this chapter include a timeline of the history of the development of British Columbia. 18 $1.80 Add
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"Deeply Regret to Inform you"

Women, Worry, and Loss

From: Material Traces of War

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This chapter looks at the stress and anguish that was women’s persistent and most commonly shared experience of the world wars. Here, the authors consider objects that suggest women’s … ; ; 54 $5.40 Add
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Border Cultures: A Retrospective

Part 1. A Context for Border Cultures and Conversations with the Curator

From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization

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In the years 2013, 2014, and 2015, the Art Gallery of Windsor featured consecutive exhibitions of Border Cultures, a landmark series of forty-five artist projects and essays on the “real, … 22 $2.20 Add