Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! Notes on Dates and Place NamesFrom: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Notes on the dates and place names relevant to the text. | Myrna Kostash | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From  On the Road and in the Streets |
- | Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 23 | 2016 | $2.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Part 2A Migrant Farm Worker From: Harvesting Freedom |
Part 2 discusses Gabriel Allahdua’s time working in a greenhouse in Leamington, Ontario, the "migrant farm worker capital of Canada", including the intense workplace conditions, … | Edward Dunsworth; Gabriel Allahdua | 61 | 2023 | $6.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Part 3: Tune-Ups For RelationshipsFrom: A Life Spent Listening |
In part 3 the author provided guidance for navigating our friendships, relationships, peer dynamics, and work partnerships in a healthy and fulfilling way. The topics in this part included … | Hassan Khalili | 56 | 2022 | $5.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Part One: Section IINotes on the Guyana Indian/African Race Divide, and on Organizing within and against it |
This reading consists of the following essays: 1964: The Rupture of Neighborliness and its Legacy for Indian/African Relations [2008; 2018] (with D. Alissa Trotz) – Organizing within and … | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 46 | 2020 | $4.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Part ThreeFrom: The Mantle of Struggle |
Part three describes Douglas’ life after his return to Dominica in 1976 and leading up to the general election in 2000. It explores his contributions to Domica’s political … | Irving Andre | 76 | 2023 | $7.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Part Two: The Big City |
Part Two reflects on MacDonald’s early adolescence, the move to Toronto, his last visit to his mother, skateboarding, school, first loves, experimenting with weed, teenage rebellion, being … | Chris MacDonald | 71 | 2022 | $7.10 Add |
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From  PassionFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter explores Arendt’s relationship with the philosopher Martin Heidegger. | Ann Heberlein | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Passport to fairylandFrom: The Wheel of Things |
- | Mollie Gillen | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Placing the TextFrom: The Elective Mind |
The second section considers why and how the university classroom can provide a place for learning and transformation, as well as the role of texts in the classroom. | Réal Fillion | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From  PleasersPart 1: Baby Stripper From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 2 recounts Brunet’s early experiences and the process of learning the unspoken rules of the strip club and strippers. Topics discussed include competition, body image and aesthetics, … | Cid V Brunet | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Preface |
The Preface by the co-author Doreen Manuel, George Manuel’s daughter, shares her perspectives on her father and the purpose and updates of the new edition. | Doreen Manuel | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From  PrologueFrom: Billion Dollar Start-Up |
Prologue | Adam Miron; Julie Beun; Sébastien St-Louis | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From  ReadingFrom: Curry |
This chapter discusses writing about food and the complex history between ourselves and our culture. Ruthnum explores the differences between travel and tourism, what it means to be an authentic … | Naben Ruthnum | 26 | 2017 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Reprieve for an Innocent ManFrom: To Wawa with Love |
The explanation from his Mom about why his father seemed so different and his acceptance of this altered man. Also mentions their move | Tom Douglas | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Responding |
This chapter concerns caregiver’s responses to their important one’s diagnosis, the impact becoming a full-time caregiver had on their own health and wellness, and the effect this had … | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 42 | 2021 | $4.20 Add |
