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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Reading From: Curry View Coach House Books	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
From Reprieve for an Innocent Man From: To Wawa with Love View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Responding From: Losing me, While Losing You View Fernwood Publishing	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
From NEW! Saturn Devouring His Children: A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Death From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter describes the War on Drugs, and the illegal use of fentanyl by a person living precariously. It also includes an interview with the founder of Mothers Stop the Harm (MSTH) and …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	51	2021	$5.10 Add
From Scotty From: They Called Me Chocolate Rocket View Formac Publishing	describes his passion for hockey and experiencing with hockey growing up including racism he faced. Outlines how he was scouted by Scotty Bowman for the Montreal Jr. Canadians tryouts in 1963	John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe	12	2014	$1.20 Add
From Section B: Stories and Reflections PART II From: Changemakers View New Society Publishers	The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	45	2018	$4.50 Add
From NEW! Some Photons From: My Mother, My Translator View Véhicule Press	A poem about eyes.	Jaspreet Singh	1	2021	$0.10 Add
From Sounds From: South End Boy View Formac Publishing	1930s and 1940s Halifax. Sounds of the city/time	Jim Bennet	5	2015	$0.50 Add
From Surviving My Cousin From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this essay, the author writes about his childhood relationship with his close cousin Dee, who was also gay, and Dee’s death of AIDS-related penumonia in 1998. He posits that Dee’s …	Bryan M. Holdman	15	2021	$1.50 Add
From Tarbet A School and its Community at Mid-Century From: A Sense of Themselves View Fernwood Publishing	-	Carol E. Harris	26	1998	$2.60 Add
From NEW! The Answer From: Making a Home View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter examines potential housing solutions for young people with disabilities. Independent living philosophy vs medical model is explored, and Powley discusses her own experience with …	Jen Powley	59	2023	$5.90 Add
From NEW! The Dilemma From: Inside the Montreal Mafia View ECW Press	Félix Séguin continues to recount his relationship with Scoppa, giving insights into Scoppa’s character.	Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin	11	2022	$1.10 Add
From NEW! The First and Second Waves Mourning What Was Lost From: Shadows and Light View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter One follows the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic in Alberta in March and November of 2020. Topics discussed include the need for Personal Protective equipment to treat …	Heather Patterson	21	2022	$2.10 Add
From NEW! The Gulag From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 2 focuses on Casey (Kazimierz) Surdykowski, Wanda’s husband. The chapter tries to piece together Casey’s early life in interwar Poland, his family’s life as military …	Marsha Faubert	11	2023	$1.10 Add
From NEW! The Happy Family Game From: This Has Always Been a War View Arsenal Pulp Press	In “The Happy Family Game” the author reflects on their relationship with their family. Discussing the idea of a ‘happy family’, the nuclear family, family under …	Lori Fox	21	2022	$2.10 Add
From The Lady from America France, 1948-50 From: Holocaust to Resistance View Fernwood Publishing	Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis …	Suzanne Berliner Weiss	7	2019	$0.70 Add