Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Capacity Building #3 Ecoliteracy and Knowing through Implicated Participaton From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	The essential thing in people, especially kids, becoming ecoliterate is creating opportunities for ongoing participation in particular local habitats.	Heather Menzies	10	2014	$1.00 Add
From Capacity Building #4 Commoning Knowledge and Knowledge Commons From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	The author suggests that learning and knowledge flow from attentive participation, with the senses wide open, and possibly the heart as well.	Heather Menzies	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From Capacity Building #5 Commons Organizing and the Common Good From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	Staying implicated in the common good and the good of the commons and community is a big part of reclaiming the commons, though not all of it.	Heather Menzies	12	2014	$1.20 Add
From Capacity Building #6 A Spirit Dialogue, Reconnecting with Creation From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	Patterning won’t emerge by just wishing or waiting for its emergence. It requires action, behaviour-changing, consciousness-changing action at every level from the personal to the …	Heather Menzies	10	2014	$1.00 Add
Captured Hearts New Brunswick's War Brides	Imagine you’re a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war …		148		View
From Cardio-Highs: Winning and Running Away All at Once From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Rahim Thawer reflects on body image from the treadmill.	Rahim Thawer	2	2017	$0.20 Add
From Cast of Characters From: How We Changed Toronto View James Lorimer and Company	Short biographies about the people consistently mentioned throughout the book.	John Sewell	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From Casting a Wide Net From: A Communist for the RCMP View Between The Lines		Dennis Gruending	15	2024	$1.50 Add
From Centennial Celebrations Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak View twp	Readings in Part Three of this title, entitled "Emperor of the North" discuss Hodgson’s growing power and influence in the communities of the Northwest Territories. Topics …	Jake Ootes	7	2020	$0.70 Add
From Under a Queer Blue Sky From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Sly Sarkisova discusses the possibilities for sexual exploration that are present in various corners of Toronto.	Sly Sarkisova	2	2017	$0.20 Add
From NEW! Challenging Corporate Rule From: Still Hopeful View ECW Press	In Chapter Three Barlow discusses the importance of challenging authority– all authority. The chapter discusses topics including institutional power, networks and political structures, …	Maude Barlow	50	2022	$5.00 Add
From Chance of a Lifetime Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak View twp	Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the …	Jake Ootes	7	2020	$0.70 Add
Changemakers Embracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World New Society Publishers	With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It’s all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act. The antidote to fear and …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	208	2018	View
From Changing Times: Kanadai Magyar Munkás (The Canadian-Hungarian Worker) and the 1956 Revolution From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution View University of Ottawa Press	The refugee crisis following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution initiated a time of change, growth, and transformation for Canada’s Hungarian communities. The arrival of almost 38,000 refugees …	Christopher Adam	17	2010	$2.21 Add
From Changing Toronto’s Mind about Diversity From: How We Changed Toronto View James Lorimer and Company	1978-1980. As mayor, I was able to use my larger podium to speak up, bring attention to and encourage public discussion of important issues. This chapter recounts a number of such instances. …	John Sewell	23	2015	$2.30 Add
From Changing Worlds From: No One to Tell View Breakwater Books	The final chapter, Changing Worlds, the author describes finalizing her divorce and her engagement with two class-action lawsuits against the RCMP for sexual harassment.	Janet Merlo	9	2013	$0.90 Add