Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  The RoyalPart 1: Baby Stripper From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 1 recounts the author Cid V Brunet’s first time at the Royal (a strip club in Southern Ontario) and her early career there. Topics discussed include management, names, femininity, sex … | Cid V Brunet | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Sister with a HammerPart I |
Part one of Sister with a Hammer focuses on the life of Mother Joseph (born Esther Pariseau) a Catholic nun who is representative of the nameless pioneer women who helped to build nineteenth … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 28 | 2014 | $2.80 Add |
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From  The Strategic Negotiator |
Overview of Dingwall’s view on the aspects of negotiation and how it pertains to life. Also an outline of what you need to negotiate strategically. | David C. Dingwall | 25 | 2016 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The View from the TerraceFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Two explores Louise’s childhood in Svensksund, Sweden. The chapter explores her relationships with her mother, father, and sister. It also examines the influence the natural … | Merilyn Simonds | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Thomas HideNew Brunswick’s First Black Loyalist |
This chapter begins the story of Thomas Hide, one of the first black loyalists to arrive in New Brunswick, as an indentured servant. The chapter describes the political and military situation … | Stephen Davidson | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From  To Catch the ShadowsThe History Plays of Tatamagouche From: A Sense of Themselves |
- | Carol E. Harris | 20 | 1998 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Truth, Dare, Double DareFrom: The M Word |
Heather Birrell reflects on motherhood as a writer, the fears of new mothers, selfishness, unexpected pregnancy, abortion, and more. | Heather Birrell | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! TwoFrom: Holden After & Before |
- | Tara McGuire | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Under the Pear TreeFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter talks about the history and experiences of Black Americans and Canadians in sports dealing with systemic racism and discrimination. Canada’s history of white supremacy and … | Ian Kennedy | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! UnfinishedFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Reveals that Singh’s mother passed away before finishing her memoir, prompting him to undertake a new project. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Vision |
The chapter reflects on Margie’s recounting of the 1964 Caribou Carnival and the Caribou Queen, learning what stretching formula meant, her relationships with her mother, a baby in a parka, … | Margaret Macpherson | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 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 |
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From  NEW! Why Me? Why You?Part 1. Who Gets to Lead? From: Women Winning Office |
In <Why Me? Why You? Nash explores the the challenges surrounding turning ones’ activism and passion into concrete change. The chapter explores why ambition, competition and … | Peggy Nash | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Widow KimFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry examines the media coverage surrounding the death of constable William Hancox. Cherry includes excerpts from her interview with the widow of the deceased, who describes … | Tamara Cherry | 14 | 2023 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Young HannahFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter describes Hannah Arendt’s birth of a middle-class Jewish family, her parents’ interest in society and politics, and the early loss of her father to syphilis. It also … | Ann Heberlein | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  0.1 First DateFrom: You Only Live Twice |
The authors write to each other about Chase’s first date and Mike remembers a date of his own. | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 2 | 2016 | $0.20 Add |
