Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  The ReunionFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
In this chapter, Heberlein explores ideas of forgiveness, and examines Arendt’s decision to forgive Martin Heidegger. | Ann Heberlein | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The Rice Chest |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She recalls going back to her childhood home with her daughters. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From  The Right MomentFrom: Pierre Poilievre |
In this chapter, Lawton examiens Pierre Poilievre’s 2022 campaign to lead the Conservative Party of Canada after the rapid ousting of Erin O’Toole. | Andrew Lawton | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From The Right to Have RightsFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
In this chapter, Heberlein examines Arendt’s writings on human worth and dignity. | Ann Heberlein | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Rise of Jagmeet Singh: 2017From: From Layton to Singh |
Chapter 6 focuses on the rise of Jagmeet Singh and his victory in the NDP leadership race in 2017. The chapter covers topics including a brief history of Singh’s early life and political … | Matt Fodor | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! The Rising of the WomenFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Two Barlow reflects on the three interrelated but distinct stages of her own social justice journey from first working within the women’s movement with Canada, the international … | Maude Barlow | 33 | 2022 | $3.30 Add |
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From  The Road AheadFrom: 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 | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
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From  The Role of Women in the 1956 Revolution |
This paper attempts to characterize the role of women during the 1956 revolution on the basis of photographic records of key moments and events during the revolution, as well as a review of … | Mária Palasik | 22 | 2010 | $2.86 Add |
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From The Rooster |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She speaks about her mother and their relationship. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  The RoundupPart 3: The Circuit From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 8 recounts Brunet’s time at the FoxxDen club. Topics discussed aging as a stripper, clients in Ottawa, and seeing your high school classmates as a stripper. | Cid V Brunet | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From The RoyalPart 1: Baby Stripper From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 1 recounts the author Cid V Brunet’s first time at the Royal (a strip club in Southern Ontario) and her early career there. Topics discussed include management, names, femininity, sex … | Cid V Brunet | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The SabbaticalFrom: Lloyd Axelworthy |
In this chapter, Axworthy discuses his opposition years between 1984 and 1991, following the Mulroney government’s rise to power. | Lloyd Axelworthy | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Sacred and the Profane: Early Life in Saint-Pierre-JolysFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Roger Turene traces his family’s decades in Saint-Pierre-Jolys, Manitoba, from the 1940s through the 1970s. | Roger Turene | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! “The same old gang”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the cabinet selection process that followed Pierre Trudeau’s fourth term in the February 1980 federal election, capturing the fraught debate over Western … | Ron Graham | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Scene in London (November–December 1884) |
In this chapter, Dutil examines Prime Minister Macdonald’s London visit in late 1884, during which he received honours from Queen Victoria and engaged with the Imperial Federation League. | Patrice Dutil | 14 | 2024 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Scoop on Sensational StoriesFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the sensationalizing of "uncommon stories", how the boundary-less reporting of these a-typical events traumatically impacts the surviving family … | Tamara Cherry | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
