Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Bibliography |
This "chapter" is a bibliography. | Fred Jerome | 32 | 2024 | $3.20 Add |
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From  NEW! “Big things now”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines a defining summer in Ottawa, when the Trudeau government, reeling from poor polls, chose between calling an election or staging a forceful television broadcast … | Ron Graham | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
 Billion Dollar Start-UpThe True Story of how a Couple of 29-Year-Olds Turned $35,000 into a $1,000,000,000 Cannabis Company |
From early roadblocks and devastating personal and financial setbacks to explosive growth and some of the biggest cannabis deals in global history, Billion Dollar Start-Up not only recounts the … | Adam Miron; Julie Beun; Sébastien St-Louis | 306 | 2021 | View |
 NEW! Bit Player on Big StagesA Journey Through Diplomacy, Advocacy, and Cultural Survival |
From the heart of small-town Saint-Pierre-Jolys to the global corridors of diplomacy, Bit Player on Big Stages chronicles Roger Turenne’s extraordinary journey of public service, cultural … | Roger Turene | 492 | 2025 | View |
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From  bitter/bitterFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
A poem in Dutch and English | Sadiqa de Meijer | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From  Black and White, 1948–54 48From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at racism in Halifax in 1948-54 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Black Friday…With and Without the Question MarkFrom: Any Other Way |
Alec Butler discusses the significance of her play Black Friday and the role queer representation plays in theatre. | Alec Butler | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
 NEW! Black Loyalists in New BrunswickThe lives of eight African Americans in colonial New Brunswick 1783-1834 |
Among the Loyalists who were transported to the shores of New Brunswick by the British after their defeat by revolutionary Americans were several hundred African Americans. Like their … | 146 | View | ||
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From  Black Power |
Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 35 | 2016 | $3.50 Add | |
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From Blackness Yes!: Blockorama; Making Black Queer Diasporic Space in Toronto PrideFrom: Any Other Way |
Lord and Zuberi reflect on the Black queer diasporic space, Blockorama. | Jamea Zuberi; R. Cassandra Lord | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
 NEW! Bombs and Barbed WireStories of Acadian Airmen and Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 |
Little has been written about the Acadians who served in Canada’s armed forces during the Second World War. In fact, the prevailing notion suggested that Acadians refused to support the war … | Ronald Cormier | 204 | 2022 | View |
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From  NEW! Book BurningFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Revisits the terror of 1984, the trauma it caused, and how that trauma shaped his drive to be a writer. | Jaspreet Singh | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From Books, 1943–52 68From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at the books he read as a boy 1943-52 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! BorderlandsFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 1 explores the turbulent history of Poland leading up to the Second World War, in particular, the borderland region of the Kresy that straddles the modern day borders of Poland, Belarus … | Marsha Faubert | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Born or bred to lead?PART 1: DEVELOPING THE NERVE TO LEAD From: Nerve |
The authors discuss how their childhoods influenced their journey to becoming leaders. They encourage readers to consider their own upbringing and the experiences that may have prepared them for … | Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From Boys’ Parliament, 1950–52 60From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at his involvement with the Maritime Provinces Tuxis and Older Boys’ Parliament 1950-52 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
