Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  2.5 TearsFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase reflects on stereotypes of trans men and shares more details of his transition. Mike wonders about the ways his favourite filmmaker makes him feel and react. Chase reflects on the function … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 4 | 2016 | $0.40 Add |
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From 2.6 PrideFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase shares his experiences in learning to navigate male washrooms and cruising culture, as well as his Pride parade experiences. Mike shares his experiences with Pride and queer culture. | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add |
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From 2.7 SecretsFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Mike reflects on his HIV status and the impact of keeping it secret on other people. Chase shares about his mother’s second marriage as an Othodox Jew, the first time he is publicly with … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add |
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From 2.8 Leaving HomeFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Mike is grateful for his doctor Chelsea and reflects on her challenges treating people with HIV. Chase reflects on his childhood home. They both consider home could be in other people who share … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add |
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From 2.9 Forced OutFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Mike shares his friend’s cancer diagnosis, and her experience in being told she had to have breast reconstruction surgery to be accepted. Chase considers his art about surgery and … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 6 | 2016 | $0.60 Add |
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From  The Homosexual Next Door (1964)From: Any Other Way |
An excerpt from the Macleans article The Homosexual Next Door | Sidney Katz | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! “A beating every day”: The Story of Léo PitreChapter Ten From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Ten focuses on the story of Léo Pitre from Jacquet River, New Brunswick, describing his time in Hong Kong in 1941 with the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers, capture … | Ronald Cormier | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! A Bible in my HandsFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter focuses on Indigenous history, colonization, and anti-Indigenous racism in sports. Particular focus is put on Lacrosse. | Ian Kennedy | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  A Blind Date Brings a Miracle New York, 1957From: 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 | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! A Bloody Colonial: The Story of Roger PichetteChapter Two From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Two focuses on the story of Roger Pichette of the RCAF from Campbellton, New Brunswick, describing his education, time as a tail gunner, time with the No. 142 Squadron known as the … | Ronald Cormier | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  A Bowl of Soup |
The author explores more memories of her father. She recounts the last day she ever spent alone with her father. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  A Cannabis TimelineA Potted History From: Billion Dollar Start-Up |
A timeline of the Cannabis industry in Canada | Adam Miron; Julie Beun; Sébastien St-Louis | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From  NEW! A Chief’s ConcernsFinances, the People, and the Land From: Unsettling Canada |
A Chief’s Concerns focuses on Manuel’s perspective when he became Chief in 1995. The chapter focuses on the challenges Manuel faced as chief as well as the challenges faced by those … | Arthur Manuel | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  A civilian casualty |
Discusses one of the camp members who he had known well dying due to appendicistis | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! A Classic CaseFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the prevalence of "journalism trauma" among crime reporters. She interviews former colleagues and discusses her experience with PTSD (post-traumatic … | Tamara Cherry | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
 A Communist for the RCMPThe Uncovered Story of a Social Movement Informant |
In 1941, the RCMP recruited Frank Hadesbeck, a Spanish Civil War veteran, as a paid informant to infiltrate the Communist Party. For decades, he informed not only upon communists, but also upon … | Dennis Gruending | 258 | 2024 | View |
