Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Allah Protect All Muslims From: Hope Is a Woman's Name View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces the evolving bond between her and her mother, Ummi.	Amal Elsana Alh'jooj	5	2024	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Allice Legat, Yellowknife From: Book of Hope View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Allice Legat recounts her 2018 stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis and the immunotherapy years that followed in Yellowknife and Edmonton.	Agnes R. Pascal	11	2025	$1.10 Add
Almost Feral Breakwater Books	On July 2, 2015, influential social activist Gemma Hickey began a 908-kilometer walk across the island of Newfoundland to raise awareness and funds for survivors of religious institutional abuse. …	Gemma Hickey	264	2019	View
From NEW! Alone From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View NeWest Press	The chapter reflects on Margie’s imaginative world as a teenager, Jennifer’s departure from the north to go to school in British Columbia, their fathers transfer to the Department of …	Margaret Macpherson	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From NEW! “Alone and very much in need of help” From: The Coutts Diaries View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Graham traces the political career of James Allan Coutts, a Liberal from Nanton, Alberta, through the early 1970s. He examines why Alberta proved hostile to Liberals, how Pierre …	Ron Graham	11	2025	$1.10 Add
From Amending and Enforcing the Law From: "At the Barricades" View Irwin Law Inc.	Campaign to enact legislation against housing discrimination, and the early years of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.	Alan Borovoy	21	2014	$2.10 Add
From NEW! Among All These Tundras: A Visual Essay Decolonial Practices: Section 2 From: Qummut Qukiria! View Goose Lane Editions	This visual essay explores the resurgence of Indigenous art and practice across the circumpolar north and its peoples, the chapter hightings multiple artists and forms of art across the tundra.	Amy Prouty; Charissa von Harringa	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From Amor Mundi Love of the World From: On Love and Tyranny View House of Anansi Press	This chapter probes Arendt’s love of the world, a process of understanding and reconciliation.	Ann Heberlein	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From An Afternoon of Aramaic From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Carol Knepper recounts the story of Jason. The story discusses dyslexia, the school system and disability, helplessness, hiding his condition, living with dyslexia, and finding motivation to …	Carol Knepper	5	2009	$0.50 Add
From An Economy of Fair Trade and Right Relations From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	Common cause projects can at the same time tackle the global and local activist divide, bringing members of national and international groups together with local, grounded activists.	Heather Menzies	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From NEW! An Excerpt from Coyote City TRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS From: Indigenous Toronto View Coach House Books	An excerpt from Coyote City by Daniel David Moses. COYOTE CITY was produced at the Native Canadian Centre of Torontofrom 17 May to 5 June 1988 by Native Earth Performing Art, Inc.	Daniel David Moses	3	2021	$0.30 Add
From NEW! An Excerpt from Two Indians TRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS From: Indigenous Toronto View Coach House Books	An excerpt from Two Indians by Falen Johnson. Synopsis: Win lives on the rez and Roe lives in the city. After years apart, the two cousins meet in a Toronto alley to recreate a ceremony from …	Falen Johnson	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From An Experiment in Alternative Living: Washington Avenue From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Diana Meridith recalls the experience of livng in a lesbian collective house in downtown Toronto in the 1980s.	Diana Meredith	3	2017	$0.30 Add
From An Historical Frame for Current Activism From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	If we want to come home to the Earth, reviving our sense of connection to it, we must first come home to ourselves, healing our relationship with ourselves, and those around us.	Heather Menzies	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From An inadequate spoonful of wine From: The Wheel of Things View Formac Publishing		Mollie Gillen	10	2015	$1.00 Add
From An Invitation to Attend From: A Sense of Themselves View Fernwood Publishing		Carol E. Harris	18	1998	$1.80 Add