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In the fiery political debates in and about Italy, silence reigns about the country’s colonial legacy. By reducing European colonial history to Britain and France, Italy has effectively concealed an enduring phenomenon in its history that lasted close to 80 years (1882...
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Baraka Books
Parution :
2024-03-19
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Finalist, Toronto Book Awards A Heritage Toronto Awards (Book) Nominee“A hospital ... is like a roosting box: a communal space that provides ideal but temporary shelter for [the] vulnerable.” In the aftermath of the First World War, a cash register factory in the west...
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Goose Lane Editions
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2024-02-20
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Wood Buffalo National Park is located in the heart of Dénesuliuné homelands, where Dene people have lived from time immemorial. Central to the creation, expansion, and management of this park, Canada 's largest at nearly 45, 000 square kilometers, was the eviction of...
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University of Calgary Press
Parution :
2023-12-22
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Terry Carlson’s thoroughly researched history offers a detailed account of the activities and evolution of the Newfoundland Constabulary from 1871, when the force was founded, to 1949, when Newfoundland became the tenth province of Canada. It is a compelling portrait of...
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Flanker Press
Parution :
2023-12-01
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Exposing the history of racism in Canada’s classrooms
Winner of the prestigious Clio-Quebec, Lionel-Groulx, and Canadian History of Education Association awards
In School of Racism, Catherine Larochelle demonstrates how Quebec’s school system has, from its inception and...
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2023-11-17
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Ben Carniol is only five years old in 1942 when his parents send him away to live with a non-Jewish couple in the village of Baudour, Belgium. Hide and Seek: In Pursuit of Justice describes a childhood filled with the loss and violence of war and Ben’s response to it: a...
Editeur :
Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program
Parution :
2023-10-15
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"The Homeric Hymns: Ancient Literature" invites readers on a timeless journey through the mythological tapestry of ancient Greece. This collection of the Homeric Hymns, attributed to the legendary poet Homer, presents a vivid and poetic exploration of the pantheon of...
Editeur :
Andrii Ponomarenko
Parution :
2023-09-19
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Stefan grows up in Warsaw, Poland, barely aware he is Jewish and part of a small, assimilated community steeped in Polish culture. But in 1939, Nazi Germany occupies Poland, andStefan suffers the same fate as the rest of the Jewish community when he is forced into the...
Editeur :
Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program
Parution :
2023-09-15
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"The Complete Works of Homer" is a meticulously curated anthology that brings together the iconic masterpieces of ancient Greek literature –"The Iliad,""The Odyssey," and"The Homeric Hymns" – accompanied by captivating illustrations. Homer's epic narratives are renowned...
Editeur :
Andrii Ponomarenko
Parution :
2023-09-04
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Jack Klajman is only nine years old when the ghetto walls go up in Warsaw. The Smallest Hope is his powerful memoir recounting how he survived by smuggling food from outside the ghetto, and by hiding in a war-torn city among Nazi soldiers. Witness to the Warsaw Ghetto...
Editeur :
Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program
Parution :
2023-06-15
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In the mid-to late 1660s and early 1670s, the Haudenosaunee established a series of settlements at strategic locations along the trade routes inland at short distances from the north shore of Lake Ontario. From east to west, these communities consisted of Ganneious, on...
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
2023-03-21
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Mariette is only five years old when the Nazis invade her hometown of Brussels, Belgium, in 1940. Soon her family is torn apart, andMariette and her siblings are scattered across the city and countryside, hiding with non-Jews and in convents and orphanages or working...
Editeur :
Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program
Parution :
2023-01-15
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Short-listed J.W. Dafoe Book Prize, 2023
Born at a traditional Inuit camp in what is now Nunavut, Joan Scottie has spent decades protecting the Inuit hunting way of life, most famously with her long battle against the uranium mining industry. Twice, Scottie and her...
Editeur :
University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2022-11-11
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When A Beauty That Hurts first appeared in 1995, Guatemala was one of the world’s most flagrant violators of human rights. An accord brokered by the United Nations brought a measure of peace after three decades of armed conflict, but the country’s troubles are far from...
Editeur :
Between the Lines
Parution :
2022-10-25
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Is delivering a swift death really a higher calling? Or is it just government-sanctioned murder?John Radclive hates being called Hangman. He is no murderous thug; he is a highly trained executioner who relies on science to bring God’s mercy to condemned criminals. As...
Editeur :
Tidewater Press
Parution :
2022-09-25
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Town and Crown is an illustrated history of the planning and development of Canada’s capital, filling a significant gap in our urban scholarship. It is the story of the transformation of the region from a subarctic wilderness portage to an attractive modern metropolis...
Editeur :
Invenire
Parution :
2022-08-10
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Town and Crown is an illustrated history of the planning and development of Canada’s capital, filling a significant gap in our urban scholarship. It is the story of the transformation of the region from a subarctic wilderness portage to an attractive modern metropolis...
Editeur :
Invenire
Parution :
2022-08-10
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“The Mississippi Bubble” was a wild, giddy, devastating, international episode in eighteenth century French and American history that ought to be better known, if, as nothing else, a cautionary tale. At its simplest, a Scottish fugitive named John Law convinced the...
Editeur :
Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2022-06-15
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In 2022, how are women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) faring?
The Manifesto about Women in STEM is a collection of 50 texts that speak to the population at large. It brings together the thoughts of several authors, including individuals...
Editeur :
Éditions JFD Inc
Parution :
2022-05-30
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Margalith and her older sister, Dorica, grow up in a warm, close-knit family in Romania, but at a young age, the girls tragically lose their mother. Just as they are readjusting to a new family life, their childhood abruptly comes to a brutal end — Romania aligns itself...
Editeur :
Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program
Parution :
2022-05-15
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