Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Twenty Three
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Twenty Three

From: Holden After & Before

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Twenty Two
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Twenty Two

From: Holden After & Before

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Twin Selves

Twin Selves

From: The M Word

Julie Booker reflects on her life and journey to motherhood. Topics discussed include career, marriage, childlessness, grief, multiples, and motherhood after forty. 9 $0.90 Add
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Two

From: The Seed

This chapter starts with a discussion of women’s progress in society as it relates to the topic of infertility. She discusses the history of film and pop culture references regarding … 22 $2.20 Add
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Two
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Two

From: Holden After & Before

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Two Faces

Two Faces

From: Man at the Airport

This chapter details the author’s experiences in Abu Dhabi and Dubai as he tried to make friends and find work. He was in the UAE when the conflict in Syria began. 15 $1.50 Add
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Two Hearts

Two Hearts

Part 5: Surfacing

From: This is My Real Name

Chapter 14 explores Brunet’s return to the Maritimes to see her family. Topics discussed include her marriage to Luke, healing from trauma, and leaving sex work behind. 7 $0.70 Add
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Two: Sailing the South Pacific

Two: Sailing the South Pacific

From: The Imperilled Ocean

In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores stories about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In this chapter Trethewey interviews Fiona … 24 $2.40 Add
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk

Part One

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Chapter Two is about a writer named Vasyl (Andriovych) Kostashchuk, a writer and relative who remained in Galicia. Discussing his books Volodar dum selians’kykh (Ruler of Peasant Dreams) and Tam, … 17 $1.70 Add
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk
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Two Writers Named Kostashchuk

Part Two

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Chapter Four focuses on the second Vasyl (Mykolaiovych) Kostashchuk, another relative unknown to them. Discussing his time as a sharpshooter in the post-Second-World-War underground army known as … 13 $1.30 Add
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uier/udder
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uier/udder

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

On being Dutch and mixed race, and the reactions this can produce. 5 $0.50 Add
Ukrainian Scorpions

Ukrainian Scorpions

A Tale of Larceny and Greed

Award-winning author Grand Chief Ron Derrickson tells the story of his personal fight against Ukrainian political and economic forces alongside the larger story of the wider struggle for Ukraine … 236 View
Umingmak

Umingmak

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

In 1967, Stuart Hodgson, a pugnacious British Columbia labour leader, was the newly-appointed Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, responsible for establishing a fledgling government in the … 326 View
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Uncle Harry Flips His Wig

Uncle Harry Flips His Wig

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about his Great Uncle Henry who was wealthy and like his mother 6 $0.60 Add
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Undead Disco

Undead Disco

Variations on a Theme

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author discusses gay music, music claimed by gay people, and music that, sometimes retrospectively, narrates the gay experience. 14 $1.40 Add
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Desire Lines

Desire Lines

From: Any Other Way

Jake Garrett discusses the practice of cruising for hookups in Toronto’s parks. 3 $0.30 Add