Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  The Wider WorldFrom: The Wheel of Things |
Mollie Gillen | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add | |
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From  NEW! The Wild PlaceFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 7 reflects on Wanda’s time as a displaced person in the Wildflecken displaced persons camp, which housed more than fifteen thousand displaced Poles. The chapter covers the living … | Marsha Faubert | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Wild WestFrom: Imagined Truths |
The author discusses his family history, American history, and myth-making. | Richard Lemm | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! The Winds of ChangeFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 9 explores Canada’s role in taking those displaced by the Second World War and the conclusion of the UNRRA project. The chapter discusses British and Canadian plans to exchange four … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From  The Word for Love |
Beth Powning recounts the story of Linda. The story discusses disability, adult literacy, and the Read Saint John program. | Beth Powning | 6 | 2009 | $0.60 Add |
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From  The World’s Largest Lesbian Hockey LeagueFrom: Any Other Way |
Margaret Webb describes how the Women’s Hockey Club of Toronto gave lesbians from disparate backgrounds a space of their own to connect and compete. | Margaret Webb | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From Seized by the Cause: Glad Day and the Canada Customs BattleFrom: Any Other Way |
Elle Flanders recalls her experiences with censorship while working in a gay bookstore. | Elle Flanders | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! There’s Life after PoliticsFrom: Alexa! |
Looks at Alexa’s tenure as president at Mount Saint Vincent University and the early onset of her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Details her triumph and struggle with dementia as the years … | Stephen Kimber | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  These Are My ChildrenFrom: The M Word |
Christa Couture reflects on proof of motherhood, the loss of a child, mourning, bereavement, guilt, and a message for her ‘little ones.’ | Christa Couture | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From  These Things Happen in AfricaFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the life of a man from Somalia who lost his leg delivering supplies to a UN refugee camp and then became a refugee in Uganda before being approved to come to Canada with his family. | David Starr | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
 They Called Me Chocolate RocketThe Life and Times of John Paris, Jr., Hockey's First Black Professional Coach |
In the ultra-competitive junior hockey leagues in the early 1960s, a young man could tolerate nearly anything that helped him stand out from the hordes of other prospects, so John Paris, Jr. did … | 272 | View | ||
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From They Cannot Hide From the World What They DidFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of an Indonesian family who were hunted by security forces in Aech and split apart before illegally journeying to Malaysia and becoming refugee claimants. | David Starr | 15 | 2016 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! “They wanted to humiliate us”: The Story of Guy SiroisChapter Eleven From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Eleven focuses on the story of Guy Sirois from Saint-Hilaire, New Brunswick, describing his time in the Far East, capture by the Japanese, his captivity, conditioning of the working … | Ronald Cormier | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  They’ll Never Take Mad Dog AliveFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about his hiding spot being Dead Man’s Drop and a fear of needles leading him to hide there for a day | Tom Douglas | 7 | 2012 | $0.70 Add |
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From  ThievesFrom: The Whole Animal |
129 | Corinna Chong | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! ThirteenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
