James Lorimer and Company

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The Trial of Tom Harding

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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Detailed account of the five-month criminal negligence trial of three front-line Montreal, Maine and Atlantic employees, which rendered non-guilty verdicts. Examines the rationale behind the … 13 $1.30 Add
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University-Industry Relations in the United States: Serving Private Interests

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

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Risa L. Lieberwitz traces some of the history of the tightening university-industry embrace and explores the actual merger of university and corporate interests in the case of the Cornell … 28 $2.80 Add
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Welcome to the Clean Growth Century

From: The Big Stall

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Analyzes Justin Trudeau’s environmental policies and his alliance with Rachel Notley. Liberal Party policies speak about capitalizing on the opportunities of a low carbon economy, but fail … 20 $2.00 Add
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White Birds and Machine Guns

From: From Bombs to Books

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Describes the experience of a woman from Kabul who’s first memories are of war, first with the Russian and then the Mujahedeen before escaping to a refugee camp in Pakistan. She was … 16 $1.60 Add
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Winter shut-ins

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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Discusses winter in the camp including Christmas and the new year ; 6 $0.60 Add
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From Roosevelt’s Soft Line to Truman’s Hard Line toward Stalin

From: The Myth of the Good War

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Looks at the difference of the presidential stance towards Stalin from Roosevelt to Truman. 8 $0.80 Add
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A civilian casualty

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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Discusses one of the camp members who he had known well dying due to appendicistis ; 4 $0.40 Add
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A Human Right — Or Is It?

From: Gay Marriage

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Examines the 2005 debate on Bill C-38 in the house of commons and the arguments made by the leaders of the political parties ; 19 $1.90 Add
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A Journey from Israel to Palestine

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

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It was nearly four years after Canadian Dimension’s first issue that the subject of Israel appeared in its pages. And it was many years later before Palestine and Palestinians assumed a … 14 $1.40 Add
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Better Hitler than “Rosenfeld”

From: Big Business and Hitler

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Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines the great depression (1929-1929) in America and how the tides were shifting for the American elite. He focusses on the rise of anti-semitism in … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Leslie Street Spit and Tommy Thompson Park

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

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Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the novel ecosystem of Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit (Tommy Thompson Park), a five-hundred-hectare constructed peninsula built from decommissioned … 8 $0.80 Add
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Child Poverty Must Be Eradicated

From: Canada after Harper

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In my chapter, I call Canada’s steep rate of poverty — especially child poverty — a national disgrace for a country so bountifully endowed with wealth and resources. 11 $1.10 Add
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China to Canada: New Arrivals, Old Assumptions

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

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CLC contingents often spent months at William Head due to outbreaks of small pox, scarlet fever, and other contagious diseases sailing to Canada. (Chapter includes one map and three photographs) 20 $2.00 Add
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Conclusion

From: BlackBerry Town

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Howitt concludes his analysis of the Kitchener-Waterloo tech sector and how, despite its collapse, Research in Motion led the way to continued success. 5 $0.50 Add
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Economic Myths and Political Realities:

The Inequality Agenda and the Sustainability of Medicare

From: Medicare

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Analyzes the economic and political sides of the Canadian Medicare system. Specifically looks at the ideas of a sustainable medicare system and how the system is fraught with inequality 48 $4.80 Add
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Epilogue

From: Black Cop

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Calvin briefly touches on how his life has changed since his settlement and offers a brief analysis on the RCMP today. ; 6 $0.60 Add