6 Best nonfiction books like Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada s First War on Terror by Daniel Francis

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Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada s First War on Terror

By: Daniel Francis

3.59

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

Seeing Reds tells the story of a turbulent period in Canadian history, when in 1918-19 the Canadian…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada s First War on Terror by Daniel Francis , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life

By: None

3.99

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James Daschuk examines the roles that Old World diseases, clima… read more

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2. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

Similar categories in Kate Beaton's Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands book and Daniel Francis's Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada s First War on Terror

  • nonfiction
  • canada
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3. Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

By: Sarah Polley

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores me… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory book and Daniel Francis's Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada s First War on Terror

  • nonfiction
  • canada
"His love was all around the edges, but sometimes it was hard for both of us to see, I think."

-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

"The past was affecting how I moved through the world, while present life was affecting how the past moved through me."

-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

"The past and present, I have come to realize, are in constant dialogue, acting upon one another in a kind of reciprocal pressure dance."

-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

"It can seem perplexing from the outside, this pull that many women experience to make things better for those who have hurt us. The impulse to smooth things over the keep ourselves safe..."

-Sarah Polley, Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

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4. How to Keep House While Drowning

By: K.C. Davis

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition

How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revol… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Shame has never helped anyone's mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

"No one ever shamed themselves into better mental health."

-K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

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5. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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6. Greenwood

By: Michael Christie

4.33

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting u… read more

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  • canada
"There is nothing more quieting than an ancient tree"

-Michael Christie, Greenwood

"Do you know what becomes of men like us without the armour of wealth...?"

-Michael Christie, Greenwood

"Maybe trees do have souls. Which makes wood a kind of flesh. And perhaps instruments of wooden construction sound so pleasing to our ears for this reason: the choral shimmer of a guitar; the heartbea…"

-Michael Christie, Greenwood

"Still, Temple has no illusions concerning her library's impact. Her books won't lift anyone from their low station. They won't right wrongs or save wandering souls from perdition or fill grumbling st…"

-Michael Christie, Greenwood

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7. README.txt

By: Chelsea Manning

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, revealing memoir from one of the most important activists of our time. While workin… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Manning's README.txt book and Daniel Francis's Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada s First War on Terror

  • history
  • nonfiction
"With enough grief, adrenaline, and fear we can all become amoral- even malevolent."

-Chelsea Manning, README.txt

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8. 20 km/h

By: Woshibai

3.66

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

A slow-motion drive-by view of a collapsing universe meant to sit in the palm of your hand How f… read more

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9. Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada s First War on Terror

By: Daniel Francis

3.59

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

Seeing Reds tells the story of a turbulent period in Canadian history, when in 1918-19 the Canadian… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Francis's Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada s First War on Terror book and Daniel Francis's Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada s First War on Terror

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • canada

27 Best audiobook books like Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.

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Meryl Wilsner

3.77

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Sabrina Imbler

4.12

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

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Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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