Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  The Hardest Thing I Ever Did |
Dawn Watson recounts the story of Raymond. The chapter discusses his frustrations with being unable to help his daughter with her schoolwork, being unable to reproduce his signature, Polly … | Dawn Watson | 4 | 2009 | $0.40 Add |
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From  The Harper TouchFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about school yard bullying during his youth especially related to a family called Harper and how the teachers dealt with it…not in the correct way by todays standards | Tom Douglas | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Hidden BooksFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene recounts his experiences hiding French books from a school inspector, discussing the underground resistance to language suppression in Manitoba. | Roger Turene | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From  The Hidden Cameras and Their Gay Church FolkFrom: Any Other Way |
A discussion of the Toronto indie scene, centred around Torontopia, a movement that peaked in the early 2000’s. | Sarah Liss | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  To the Centre Chair – McLachlin and the Chief JusticeFrom: Beverley McLachlin |
An overview of how and why Beverley McLachlin was named Canada’s first female chief justice. Explains the significance of the decision and provides an analysis of the responsiblities of the … | Ian Greene; Peter McCormick | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From  The HolocaustFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter details how Arendt came to learn about the Holocaust, and her focus on totalitarianism as the cause of the genocide. | Ann Heberlein | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Home StretchFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter discusses racism and the annual Emancipation Day parades and activities in Chatham, focusing primarily on harness racing. | Ian Kennedy | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Home Team Wears WhiteFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter explores systemic racism in sports in Chatham, Ontario. | Ian Kennedy | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From The Homosexual Next Door (1964)From: Any Other Way |
An excerpt from the Macleans article The Homosexual Next Door. | Sidney Katz | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! “The hostility in the room”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the charged atmosphere of late April and early May 1981, when the federal government clashed with Alberta over the National Energy Program (as told by the diary … | Ron Graham | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Hour You Are Most Alone |
In “The Hour You Are Most Alone” the author explores the darkest point in their life. Discussing their mental health, depression, abuse, cyclical poverty, suicidal ideation, recovery, … | Lori Fox | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Human Security Agenda, 1997-2000From: Lloyd Axelworthy |
In this chapter, Axworthy discusses Canada’s human security foreign policy from 1997 to 2000. | Lloyd Axelworthy | 23 | 2024 | $2.30 Add |
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From  The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 as Narrated by Shoah Survivors |
For some the feeling of being liberated after the war has been overshadowed by the history of the next forty years, while for others the experience of liberation overshadowed the events of the … | Júlia Vajda | 25 | 2010 | $3.25 Add |
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From The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Causes, Aims, and Course of Events |
On October 23, 1956, a revolution broke out in Budapest and spread all over the country in just a few days. The demonstrators, strikers, armed insurgents, leaders of the organizations of the … | János M. Rainer | 20 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
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From NEW! “The idea pipeline is dry”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the political and economic turbulence surrounding Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal government in the first half of 1974 (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime … | Ron Graham | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From The Impact of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Argentina |
The outbreak of the Hungarian revolution on October 23, 1956, brought forth solidarity movements from Hungarian émigrés and their environment all over the world. It has justifiably been … | Judith Kesseru Némethy | 11 | 2010 | $1.43 Add |
