Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From To the Shieling |
The author researches her heritage, leading to understanding as she treads the paths of her ancestors. | Heather Menzies | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
From To Vancouver and on to Yellowhead road camp |
The trip from Vancouver to the work camp | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 7 | 2012 | $0.70 Add |
From Today We’re NorthernersStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … | Jake Ootes | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
From Transition |
- | Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add |
From Transitions and Interruptions, 1948–1955 |
1948-1955. These seven years would be a time of unexpected movement, of plans begun and changed because of family needs, as well as unanticipated successes. These were years in which his … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 47 | 2011 | $4.70 Add |
From Transitions and ObjectivesFrom: "At the Barricades" |
The year between graduation and taking a job with the Labour Committee for Human Rights. | Alan Borovoy | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
From Two FacesFrom: Man at the Airport |
This chapter details the author’s experiences in Abu Dhabi and Dubai as he tried to make friends and find work. He was in the UAE when the conflict in Syria began. | Hassan Al Kontar | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
From NEW! Untrammelled LandscapesFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Four focuses on Louise’s move to Canada. The chapter explores Louise’s joining of the Canadian Red Cross Outpost Service, her settling in Bonfield, Northern Ontario, her … | Merilyn Simonds | 27 | 2022 | $2.70 Add |
From NEW! War and AmnestyFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 3 details Wanda’s and Casey’s experiences following Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union launched on June 22, 1941. The chapter discusses the … | Marsha Faubert | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
From NEW! White Paper to Red PaperDrawing the Battle Lines From: Unsettling Canada |
White Paper to Red Paper focuses on the White Papers created by Indian Affairs Minister Jean Chrétien in 1969, which was an attempt to abolish the Indian Act and Indian Status in Canada. The … | Arthur Manuel | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
From Young WriterFrom: The Wheel of Things |
- | Mollie Gillen | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
From 0.3 PackagingFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase shares his experience of talking about sex with a woman with whom he may have sex, while Mike re-experiences a scene from his childhood with his family. | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 4 | 2016 | $0.40 Add |
From A Field in Good Heart |
Tending to the garden provides insight and new connections for the author. | Heather Menzies | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
From A Reform City CouncilFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
the 1972 election brought new blood to the city council and Sewell discusses how Larger decision-making bodies often hamper debate, but our council was of a manageable size. The openness and the … | John Sewell | 26 | 2015 | $2.60 Add |
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsVertigo From: On Opium |
Through the metaphor and the physical condition of vertigo, the author describes a benign temporary condition of incapacitiating vertigo, an artist’s residency in Venice, and the experience … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! Aesthetic Terms for the Sámi Vocal Genre JuoiganLand and Language: Section 1 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter focuses on the Sámi vocal genre of Juoigan. Discussing Indigenous aesthetics, ceremonial and communal use of singing, learning and passing down of tradition, symbolism and … | Harald Gaski | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |