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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel Two Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America	“Women” and “architecture” were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, “it is hardly safe to assert” that a …	Carla Blank; Tania Martin	234	2014	View
From NEW! Strange Bedfellows: The Multi-National Alliance Against Syria From: Syria View	In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik traces the coordinated involvement of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Israel (operating alongside the United States) in the dismantling of Syria’s …	Dan Kovalik; Jeremy Kuzmarov	14	2025	$1.40 Add
From Struggle Over the State 1945-1948 From: Einstein on Israel and Zionism View	In this chapter, Jerome explores Albert Einstein’s opposition to a Jewish state during the years of 1945 to 1948.	Fred Jerome	35	2024	$3.50 Add
From Sunday at the Cesspool Gil Courtemanche From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa View	In Chapter 11, Philpot critiques Gil Courtemanche’s novel Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, in which Courtemanche describes himself as “an eye-witness report,” even though he was …	Robin Philpot	9	2013	$0.90 Add
From Supressing a Worldwide Movement of Liberty, Equality and the Unity of Humankind From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View	Chapter seven, Suppressing a Worldwide Movement for Liberty, Equality, and the Unity of Humankind focuses on the ideology of the communist movements growing in number across the colonial world, …	Stephen Gowans	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Surrogacy’s Emergence, Development, and International Expansion From: Stolen Motherhood View	The author begins by examining the social, cultural, and economic factors that underpin surrogacy, claiming that it is essential to examine it in today’s context while identifying the …	Maria De Koninck	32	2020	$3.20 Add
From Sustainable Development at the Local Level From: Scandinavian Common Sense View	This chapter tackles sustainable development at the local level and highlights some projects undertaken under municipal mandates. This study is limited to the Nordic capitals — Stockholm, …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	23	2015	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Swing Low, Sweet Chariot From: Eyes Have Seen View	In this chapter, Anderson recounts his experience settling into a cramped Montreal apartment and exploring Little Burgundy, the Black neighbourhood known as the “Harlem of the North.”	Fred Anderson	14	2025	$1.40 Add
From Syria From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East View	Chapter Ten focuses on Syria. Before the British and French divided Turkey’s West Asian possessions in 1920, Syria comprised territory covering today’s Palestine, Israel, Jordan, …	Stephen Gowans	13	2019	$1.30 Add
NEW! Syria Anatomy of Regime Change	In December 2024, Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad departed for Russia after militia forces took Damascus. An Al-Qaeda affiliated group led by Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani (aka Ahmed Hussein …	Dan Kovalik; Jeremy Kuzmarov	248	2025	View
From NEW! Syria After the Western-backed Al Qaeda Triumph —As Witnessed From: Syria View	In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik examine conversations surrounding the United States supporting Al Quaeda in order to destabilize Syria.	Dan Kovalik	21	2025	$2.10 Add
From Technical Prowess From: Charging Ahead View	This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s impressive technical systems. It discusses the laboratory in Varennes (part of the campus of the Hydro-Quebec’s research institute – …	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	18	2019	$1.80 Add
From Testing the Power System From: Charging Ahead View	This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s current experimental projects/evolutions in the way that they are producing energy, looking at their experiments with solar, geothermal, and hydrogen …	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	18	2019	$1.80 Add
From Textiles Go South SECTION FOUR- Tenacity and modernity From: A Distinct Alien Race View	This chapter explores the decline of the textile industry. By the mid-20th century the textile mills that attracted workers from Québec to the New England, and that once led the …	David Vermette	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From Textiles in Brunswick – The First Half-Century SECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry From: A Distinct Alien Race View	This chapter looks at cotton manufacturing in what is now the State of Maine. It touches on the stories of various influential businessmen, the history of the Cabot Manufacturing Company, and the …	David Vermette	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Texts Attributed to Einstein From: Einstein on Israel and Zionism View	This appendix examines two letters published under Albert Einstein’s name between 1929 and 1947 that archival evidence suggests he did not write. Both address the Jewish reconstruction of …	Fred Jerome	14	2024	$1.40 Add