Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Two HeartsPart 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. | Cid V Brunet | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Two: Sailing the South PacificFrom: 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 … | Laura Trethewey | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Two Writers Named KostashchukPart 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, … | Myrna Kostash | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Two Writers Named KostashchukPart 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 … | Myrna Kostash | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! uier/udderFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
On being Dutch and mixed race, and the reactions this can produce. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
 Ukrainian ScorpionsA 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 … | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 236 | 2023 | View |
 UmingmakStuart 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 … | Jake Ootes | 326 | 2020 | View |
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From  Uncle Harry Flips His WigFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about his Great Uncle Henry who was wealthy and like his mother | Tom Douglas | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Undead DiscoVariations on a Theme |
In this chapter, the author discusses gay music, music claimed by gay people, and music that, sometimes retrospectively, narrates the gay experience. | Patrick Milian | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Desire LinesFrom: Any Other Way |
Jake Garrett discusses the practice of cruising for hookups in Toronto’s parks. | Jake Tobin Garrett | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Under the Pear TreeFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter talks about the history and experiences of Black Americans and Canadians in sports dealing with systemic racism and discrimination. Canada’s history of white supremacy and … | Ian Kennedy | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Undercover in CalgaryFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add | |
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From  NEW! UnfinishedFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Reveals that Singh’s mother passed away before finishing her memoir, prompting him to undertake a new project. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From  Unforgettable Persons and MomentsFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Anecdotes about memorable persons and events. | Alan Borovoy | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Unorthodox Jewish AtheistFrom: A Lucky Life |
Talks about his experience with the Jewish faith that he was raised in, and how his unorthodox views were shaped by medical teachers in the 1940s | Richard B. Goldbloom | 8 | 2013 | $0.80 Add |
 NEW! Unsettling CanadaA National Wake-up Call |
A Canadian bestseller and winner of the 2016 Canadian Historical Association Aboriginal History Book Prize, Unsettling Canada is a landmark text built on a unique collaboration between two First … | Arthur Manuel; Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson; Naomi Klein | 320 | 2021 | View |
