Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  The FacilitiesFrom: Gender Failure |
In this chapter, Coyote discusses the harrasment that transgender people face in public washrooms. | Ivan E. Coyote | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Fallout of a MurderFrom: Any Other Way |
Ed Jackson recounts the fallout of the murder of 12 year old Emanuel Jaques in 1977 and the crackdown on the gay community that ensued. | Ed Jackson | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Fight for Water JusticeFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Four Barlow focuses on the fight for water justice and her own activism. The chapter focuses on topics such as the commercialization of Canadian water, the North American Free Trade … | Maude Barlow | 41 | 2022 | $4.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Final ActFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces the political turbulence surrounding Manitoba’s bilingual legislation from 1985 to 1988. | Roger Turene | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Final WordFrom: A Lucky Life |
Final thoughts about writing this book | Richard B. Goldbloom | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Final Years 1948-1955 |
In this chapter, Jerome examines Einstein’s final years, 1948 to 1955, centring on his complex relationship with the newly established State of Israel and his opposition to the nuclear arms race. | Fred Jerome | 26 | 2024 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The First and Second WavesMourning What Was Lost From: Shadows and Light |
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 |
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From  The First Bedouin FeministFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her experiences where her community work in Laqiya was reduced by a journalist to the label "The First Bedouin Feminist." | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The First Road TripFrom: Canada's Main Street |
In this chapter, Baird traces the first transcontinental automobile journey across Canada in 1912, when Thomas Wilby and driver Jack Haney attempted to win the Todd Medal by driving from Halifax … | Craig Baird | 19 | 2025 | $1.90 Add |
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From The First Rule of Pussy PalaceFrom: Any Other Way |
Fiona MacCool recalls her experiences at Toronto’s female bathhouse parties. | Fiona MacCool | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! The FohnFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recounts the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, his experience with it, and the connection to those family members lost to the Spanish Flu. | Jaspreet Singh | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Fourteenth Mission: The Story of Joseph Laurie CormierChapter Four From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Four focuses on the story of Laurie Cormier of Moncton, New Brunswick, describing his time as a tail gunner for the No. 427 “Lion” Squadron of the RCAF, his capture as a … | Ronald Cormier | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From NEW! The Fourth WaveNot the Best Summer Ever From: Shadows and Light |
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 |
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From  NEW! The Fourth WorldA Global Movement From: Unsettling Canada |
The Fourth World discusses the struggle to find justice on the international stage when it has been denied at home. This chapter focuses on the history of the idea of a “the Fourth … | Arthur Manuel | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  The GameFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A black Nova Scotian woman outlines her experience as a 17 year old who begins working in the sex trade at the urging of her boyfriend as the best way for the couple to make money. | Jade M. Brooks | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From  The Gang MotherFrom: Gang Life |
Monica, a forty-fiveyear- old lesbian gang mother. Now clean after too many years of injecting morphine and cocaine, she takes in young gang members and cares for them. She was terrorized by a … | Mark Totten | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add |
