Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Introduction

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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An introduction from the collections three editors. ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Introduction: Nature under Glass?

From: Earthkeeping

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The Introduction reflects on nature from a child’s perspective and the lessons to be learned. 3 $0.30 Add
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June Sisters

From: Three Funerals for my Father

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The author narrates this chapter, talking about events in her life and her family. She reflects on her relationship and memories with her father. 9 $0.90 Add
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Living with a Disability

From: Making a Home

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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 … 32 $3.20 Add
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Locating and Re-locating

From: At Home

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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. 13 $1.30 Add
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Maps

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

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Maps of Galicia, in context to the historical periods discussed throughout the book. 2 $0.20 Add
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Meeting Place

Socrates in the Agora

From: The Elective Mind

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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 … 30 $3.00 Add
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Modernizing the Party: 2000–2008

From: From Layton to Singh

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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 … 23 $2.30 Add
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Noticing

From: Losing me, While Losing You

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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 … ; ; 54 $5.40 Add
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Oedipus Wrecks a Homecoming

From: To Wawa with Love

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Discusses the return of his father after the war and how this man was not recognizable as his father 8 $0.80 Add
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On the Marsh

From: Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography)

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From: The Seed

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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 … 19 $1.90 Add
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Opium Eater

The New Confessions

From: On Opium

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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 … 64 $6.40 Add
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Part 2: Jackasses, Brain Farts, And a Magic Screwdriver

From: A Life Spent Listening

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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 … 56 $5.60 Add
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Part One: Section I

The Good and Bad of Some Earlier Feminist and Left Organizing in the Region

From: The Point is To Change the World

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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 … ; 55 $5.50 Add