Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Oscar Wilde’s Type (in Toronto)From: Any Other Way |
An excerpt from Of Toronto the Good: a Social Study: The Queen City of Canada as It Is , 1898. | C.S Clark | 1 | 2017 | $0.10 Add |
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From  "Six of the Best"From: A Lucky Life |
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 |
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From  NEW! SixteenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add | |
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From  Sixty-seven Pounds |
His illness leads to a break from Hockey and finding a job, his diagnosis with Hodgkin lymphoma and his transition into coaching | John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe | 23 | 2014 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Slow SeasonPart 5: Surfacing From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 15 concludes the book with Brunet’s return to Montreal, work at Sally’s Club and giving up stripping. | Cid V Brunet | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  SmellsFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Smells of the city/time | Jim Bennet | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Chapter ThreeA Long and Ongoing Process |
Sámi Reconciliation in Practice: A Long and Ongoing Process | Irja Seurujärvi-Kari; Pirjo Kristina Virtanen | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
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From  NEW! SmokeFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Singh shares a folktale told to him by his mother before telling a story from when he first moved to Canada. | Jaspreet Singh | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Soaring |
Afiena Kamminga recounts the story of Cathy. The chapter discusses her difficulty learning, her dyslexia, her time learning with CALP, and more. | Afiena Kamminga | 3 | 2009 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Social MediaPart 4. Getting Your Story Out From: Women Winning Office |
In Social Media Nash explores how social media has revolutionized political engagement in recent years. The chapter explores how social media can be used in campaigning, as effective Social Media … | Peggy Nash | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Solidarity, Generosity, and Love Auvergne, 2015-17From: Holocaust to Resistance |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Some Personal Acts of Reconnection |
Reclaiming the commons begins by claiming your place within it–and in the process, awakening to a different understanding of yourself, even a different understanding of what’s real … | Heather Menzies | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Some PhotonsFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
A poem about eyes. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From  Someday My Prince Will Come: Disney and the World Without ShadowsFrom: Disfigured |
Chapter 4 focuses on Disney’s interpretation of fairy tales, discussing topics including ‘Disneyfication’ of well-known fairy tales, elements of disability in Disney … | Amanda Leduc | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
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From Something Below Humanity: The Beautiful and the BeastlyFrom: Disfigured |
Chapter 6 examines the archetype of beauty and the beast, exploring topics such as physical beauty, pity, humanity, isolation and childhood, beauty as good a sign of one’s characteristics, … | Amanda Leduc | 27 | 2020 | $2.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Sometimes Goliath WinsFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene follows a transformative friendship with Alice Chambers, a dedicated conservation volunteer in Manitoba, and examines the persistent struggles of environmental advocates … | Roger Turene | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
