Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
From NEW! Saturn Devouring His Children: A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsDeath From: On Opium |
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 |
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 ReflectionsPART II From: Changemakers |
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 PhotonsFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
A poem about eyes. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
From SoundsFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Sounds of the city/time | Jim Bennet | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add |
From Surviving My Cousin |
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 TarbetA School and its Community at Mid-Century From: A Sense of Themselves |
- | Carol E. Harris | 26 | 1998 | $2.60 Add |
From NEW! The AnswerFrom: Making a Home |
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 |
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 WavesMourning What Was Lost From: Shadows and Light |
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 GulagFrom: Wanda’s War |
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 |
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, 1948-50From: Holocaust to Resistance |
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 |