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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Section Three From: Beryl View Between The Lines	This section continues Beryl’s journey from life-changing accident to becoming a well known disability rights advocate, discussing the impact she was able to have and the struggles she …	Dustin Galer	62	2023	$6.20 Add
From Section Two From: Beryl View Between The Lines	In this section the author details the aftermath of Beryl’s accident and her subsequent problems with addiction, and her resilience and the start of her advocacy and activism. This section …	Dustin Galer	54	2023	$5.40 Add
NEW! Shadows and Light A Physician's Lens on Covid Goose Lane Editions	When the pandemic began in March 2020, Calgary emergency physician Heather Patterson was already feeling burnt out. Photography had always been a way of unwinding for her, and as the pandemic …	Heather Patterson	176	2022	View
From "Six of the Best" From: A Lucky Life View Formac Publishing	Discusses his father being the first trained pediatrician in Montreal, his time going to school at Selwyn House	Richard B. Goldbloom	8	2013	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Stephen Buchanan, Yellowknife From: Book of Hope View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter recounts the personal narrative of Stephen Buchanan, a Yellowknife resident who, in the early 2020s, faced a rectal cancer diagnosis and the treatment that followed.	Agnes R. Pascal	2	2025	$0.20 Add
From Talking (and Listening) to Parents From: A Lucky Life View Formac Publishing	Talks about the rudiments of family interviewing skills	Richard B. Goldbloom	3	2013	$0.30 Add
From NEW! The Answer From: Making a Home View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter examines potential housing solutions for young people with disabilities. Independent living philosophy vs medical model is explored, and Powley discusses her own experience with …	Jen Powley	59	2023	$5.90 Add
From The Book of Ruth From: A Lucky Life View Formac Publishing	Discusses the life of his wife and their life together	Richard B. Goldbloom	22	2013	$2.20 Add
From The Final Word From: A Lucky Life View Formac Publishing	Final thoughts about writing this book	Richard B. Goldbloom	9	2013	$0.90 Add
From NEW! The First and Second Waves Mourning What Was Lost From: Shadows and Light View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter One follows the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic in Alberta in March and November of 2020. Topics discussed include the need for Personal Protective equipment to treat …	Heather Patterson	21	2022	$2.10 Add
From NEW! The Fourth Wave Not the Best Summer Ever From: Shadows and Light View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter Six focuses on the fourth wave and the changing attitudes towards the pandemic and healthcare workers. Topics discussed include protests against public health and vaccination, …	Heather Patterson	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From The Last Act; Losing Pat From: Pilgrim Souls View Formac Publishing	Talks about the process of losing Pat as Dementia took more of a hold on her, Discusses the Barrier (the point of physically and emotionallty exhaustion for caregivers),	Jim Lotz	19	2013	$1.90 Add
From NEW! The Problem From: Making a Home View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Powley discusses the many young people with disabilities who are placed in aged care facilities and how this impacts their mental health and social needs. Powley discusses the …	Jen Powley	28	2023	$2.80 Add
From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well Dependence From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	36	2021	$3.60 Add
From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well Independence From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	32	2021	$3.20 Add
From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well Interdependence From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter explores community, including various methods of harm reduction and a conference in Portugal, where all drugs have been decriminalized. The author describes online support systems …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	58	2021	$5.80 Add