Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! Living with a DisabilityFrom: Making a Home |
Powley reflects on what it is like to live with a disability. She discusses the need for group homes, ableism, accessible accommodation, and her own personal experiences living in Nova Scotia as … | Jen Powley | 32 | 2023 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Locating and Re-locatingFrom: At Home |
Chapter 1 focuses on author and artist Lezli Rubin-Kunda, who speaks on her own experiences with belonging, her art, and her sense of home as both a Canadian and Israeli. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! MapsFrom: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Maps of Galicia, in context to the historical periods discussed throughout the book. | Myrna Kostash | 2 | 2022 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Meeting PlaceSocrates in the Agora From: The Elective Mind |
The first section discusses how learning requires a willingness to seek out and be transformed by truth and that the elective classroom is a space where that can still happen. She explores how … | Réal Fillion | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Modernizing the Party: 2000–2008From: From Layton to Singh |
Chapter 1 examines the state of the New Democratic Party (NDP) as it entered into the twenty-first century. The chapter covers topics including a brief history of the NDP, the NDP’s success … | Matt Fodor | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Noticing |
In this chapter, caregivers share stories about noticing – or refusing to notice – the onset of a loved one’s dementia. Since stigma surrounds Alzheimer’s disease and … | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 54 | 2021 | $5.40 Add |
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From  Oedipus Wrecks a HomecomingFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Discusses the return of his father after the war and how this man was not recognizable as his father | Tom Douglas | 8 | 2012 | $0.80 Add |
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From  On the Marsh |
- | Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 24 | 2016 | $2.40 Add |
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From  OneFrom: The Seed |
Kimball begins this chapter by identifying infertility as a feminist issue. She discusses historical depictions of interfile women across cultures and the idea that is unacceptable for an … | Alexandra Kimball | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Opium EaterThe New Confessions From: On Opium |
After years of being clawed by stiffness and pain the author describes clawing back the life pain took from her. She describes the effects of the opiates she takes for pain, the pain relief, and … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 64 | 2021 | $6.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Part 1A Child of History From: Harvesting Freedom |
Part 1 discusses Gabriel Allahdua life in Mabouya Valley, St. Lucia, including his family life, education, his interest in agriculture, early career as a teacher, and time in Guyana. Part 1 also … | Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua | 55 | 2023 | $5.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Part 2: Jackasses, Brain Farts, And a Magic ScrewdriverFrom: A Life Spent Listening |
In Part 2 the author discussed the lessons he has learned and insight he has gained from his career as a psychologist. Topics in this part included finding psychological treatments that help … | Hassan Khalili | 56 | 2022 | $5.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Part One: Section IThe Good and Bad of Some Earlier Feminist and Left Organizing in the Region |
This reading consists of the following essays: The Angle You Look from Determines What You See: Towards a Critique of Feminist Politics and Organizing in the Caribbean [2002] – The Historic … | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 55 | 2020 | $5.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Part One: Small Towns |
Part One reflects on MacDonald’s childhood, his relationships with his brothers and sister, his mothers struggles with mental health, his passion for art, and the fall out from his parents … | Chris MacDonald | 62 | 2022 | $6.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Part TwoFrom: The Mantle of Struggle |
Part two explores Douglas’ move to Canada to attend Sir George Williams University in Montreal during the 1960s. These chapters detail his life during this time; his civil rights activism … | Irving Andre | 102 | 2023 | $10.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Planning – Before the Flight |
Chapter 1 explores the planning that takes place before a flight. The chapter includes descriptions of author Doug Morris’ life and path towards aviation, the motivations behind becoming a … | Doug Morris | 33 | 2022 | $3.30 Add |
