Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Could the Hungarian Revolution Have Succeeded in 1956? Myths, Legends, and Illusions |
Whether it could have been otherwise is the most frequent and poignant question for contemporaries and posterity alike when a revolution or an uprising has failed. Was defeat inevitable, or might … | Csaba Békés | 21 | 2010 | $2.73 Add |
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From  NEW! Cracks |
The chapter recounts Margie and Maryanne’s two-night campout on Sammy’s Beach, youthful summers, stealing the clothes of skinny dippers foreigners, and the judgement-free friendship … | Margaret Macpherson | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Creating a Future |
Wendy Kitts recounts the story of Karen. The chapter discusses her focus on working, her daughter Emma, moving to New Brunswick, getting her GED, her struggles with learning math, and hopes to … | Wendy Kitts | 6 | 2009 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Creating Affordable Housing in Real NeighbourhoodsFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. One of the very significant actions of the new Council was to embark on an affordable housing program. This resulted in thousands of affordable units being built by Council’s housing … | John Sewell | 33 | 2015 | $3.30 Add |
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From  Creating ConnectionsFrom: At Home |
Chapter 12 features interviews with François Morelli, Tedi Tafel, Devora Neumark, and Sharon Alward. The focus of the chapter is on artists who find home and belonging not in a physical … | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Creatures of Impossible and Tremendous Beauty |
In “Creatures of Impossible and Tremendous Beauty” the author recounts their experiences with femininity and being “like a girl.” Discussing childhood expectations and … | Lori Fox | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Crossing a Threshold |
The author’s trip to Scotland, to her family’s ancestral roots in Tulliro. | Heather Menzies | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Crossroads |
Meeting Whitney Houston, some career crossroads, further experiences with the knights | John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Cruise Checks |
Chapter 5 focuses on the checks during the actual flight and the process of flying. Topics discussed include facts of air flight, routes, air pressure, weather, routing, polar flights, … | Doug Morris | 52 | 2022 | $5.20 Add |
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From  AIDS ACTION NOW! And the Aerosolized Pentamidine TrialFrom: Any Other Way |
Tim McCaskell recounts his work to get antiparasitic medication approved for treating AIDS sufferers in Toronto. | Tim McCaskell | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Cunard School, 1943–46 17From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at going to school at Cunard School in Jollimore up to grade four 1943-46 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  CuriosityFrom: History's People |
From History’s People: Personalities and the Past | Margaret MacMillan | 54 | 2015 | $5.40 Add |
 CurryEating, Reading, and Race |
Curry is a dish that doesn’t quite exist, but, as this wildly funny and sharp essay points out, a dish that doesn’t properly exist can have infinite, equally authentic variations. By … | 120 | View | ||
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From Curry’s Corner |
Describes his childhood, growing up in windsor Nova Scotia in the 1940s and 1950s | John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Cutting TiesFrom: Walking Away from Hate |
Jeanette Manning; Lauren Manning | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add | |
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From  NEW! DaisyFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on Black communites. He highlights the testimony of … | Robert Ashe | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
