Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  We’re Not Taking Care of Our Mothers |
This chapter focuses on a woman whose husband has frequented sex workers. She believes that far from being "bored at home," men turn to sex workers because their wives are exhausted … | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  What Can’t Be Packed AwayFrom: The M Word |
Marita Dachsel reflects on moving, death, SIDS, superstition, names, nostalgia, child safety and freedom. | Marita Dachsel | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From  What could possibly go wrong?PART 2: LEADING WITH NERVE From: Nerve |
This chapter talks about conflict, hardships, and challenges that may arise during a leaders career and how to handle these situations successfully as women leaders. | Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From  What Do You Think I Am?From: Gender Failure |
In this chapter, Spoon reflects on being misgendered in public spaces. | Rae Spoon | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From  What If |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. It follows the aftermath of his sending his children away to escape the country. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 2 | 2021 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! “What is a Jungle?” |
This chapter traces the mid- to late- 1950s struggle of Italian-Canadian workers to organize in Toronto’s residential building trades. Through the stories of Bruno Zanini, Charles Irvine, … | Gilberto Fernandes | 8 | 2026 | $0.80 Add |
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From  What Is It with the Media!From: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, Al Kontar discusses the media’s reaction to his social media campaign, and how the Western and Arab media organizations differed in their coverage. | Hassan Al Kontar | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! “What is the situation?”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines late February and early March 1981, when the Trudeau government wrestled with patriating the Canadian constitution in London (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, … | Ron Graham | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! What It MeantFrom: Canada's Main Street |
In this chapter, Baird reflects on the expansionof the Trans-Canada Highway and its role in linking communities, supporting trade, and symbolizing national unity. | Craig Baird | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From What I’ve Become |
In this chapter, the author interviews a man who has bought sex for two decades. He can’t live without the thrill of his clandestine “other” life, and the thrill caused by his … | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  What Survival Means |
In this chapter, the author reflects on their time in Los Angeles in the 1990s, and her friendship with someone who was dying of AIDS. | Keiko Lane | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
 NEW! What You Won’t Do For LoveA Conversation |
What if we could love the planet as much as we love one another? "Warm, wise, and overflowing with generosity, this is a love story so epic it embraces all of creation. Yet another reminder … | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 106 | 2022 | View |
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From  WheelsFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Cars | Jim Bennet | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! When Change is Your Only OptionPart 2. You are Formidable: Your Superpower From: Women Winning Office |
In When Change is Your Only Option Nash provides a brief history of her own life and how she first became involved in activism and labour politics. Nash describes her time working with the … | Peggy Nash | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! When Is Your Time?Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign From: Women Winning Office |
In When Is Your Time? Nash explores the issues with waiting for the ‘right time’ to run for office. This chapter primarily focuses on advice for women running for office. | Peggy Nash | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! When the News Trucks Go AwayFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the fatal Humboldt Broncos car crash that occurred in 2018. She includes excerpts of her interview with Laurie, whose son was among the passengers that did not … | Tamara Cherry | 8 | 2023 | $0.80 Add |
