Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Demands of Duty

Demands of Duty

From: The Wheel of Things

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Yellow Boots on Queer West

Yellow Boots on Queer West

From: Any Other Way

With a pair of yellow rubber boots and a GPS watch, John Greyscon recounts the drawing of an unconventional portrait. 7 $0.70 Add
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Guess What…That Hand on Your Shoulder Could Be a Cop's: The Body Politic's Clip-and-Save Guide to Arrest and Trial

Guess What…That Hand on Your Shoulder Could Be a Cop’s: The Body Politic’s Clip-and-Save Guide to Arrest and Trial

From: Any Other Way

A bullet pointed list published by the body politic advising how to deal with being arrested and charged. 1 $0.10 Add
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Destiny

Destiny

From: The Teen Sex Trade

The author outlines the start of her relationship with a young black man when she was a teen. 8 $0.80 Add
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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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Dieppe, August 19, 1942: The Story of John Arsenault

Chapter Six

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Six focuses on the story of John Arsenault, from Adamsville, New Brunswick, describing his time with the Royal Canadian Engineers in the 7th Field Company, the failed storming of Dieppe, … 16 $1.60 Add
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Digging Holes

Digging Holes

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Marilyn Lerch recounts the story of Joe. The story discusses dropping out of high school, helplessness, shame, abuse, self-doubt, and his journey to receiving his GED (General Educational Development). 5 $0.50 Add
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Digging Out

Digging Out

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … 9 $0.90 Add
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Disability

Disability

A Fairy Tale

From: Disfigured

Chapter 2 focuses on concepts of disability through time, discussing topics including the social model of disability and the medical model of disability, disability as something to be cured, … 28 $2.80 Add
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Disclosure

Disclosure

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, Birch explores the many meaning of "disclosure" among gay men. 8 $0.80 Add
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Discovering a Political Life

Discovering a Political Life

From: How We Changed Toronto

Sewell recounts what brought him to getting involved in city politics and brings us right to his election as junior alderman in 1967 25 $2.50 Add
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Discovering Dementia

Discovering Dementia

From: Pilgrim Souls

In depth look at their discovery that Pat had dementia, the long process it took to be diagnosed, statistics about Alzheimer’s, defines dementia, the theft of memory, stages of dementia. 35 $3.50 Add
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Black Friday…With and Without the Question Mark

Black Friday…With and Without the Question Mark

From: Any Other Way

Alec Butler discusses the significance of her play Black Friday and the role queer representation plays in theatre. 4 $0.40 Add
Disfigured

Disfigured

On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020, AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21, AND A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022) Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what … 257 View
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Displaced
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Displaced

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 5 explores Wanda’s experiences during the ensuing chaos at the end of the war in Germany from a forced labourer’s perspective. The chapter discusses topics including the abuse … 12 $1.20 Add
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Dissension in the Navy

Dissension in the Navy

From: Churchill and Fisher

Historian Barry Gough examines the opponents of Jack Fisher from 1902-1909 with close attention paid to the relationship between Fisher and Lord Charles Beresford. 33 $3.30 Add