Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From ![]() McLachlin’s Leading Decisions as Chief JusticeFrom: Beverley McLachlin |
Overviews McLachlin’s role in the most important decisions as chief justice. Specifically looks at her decisions relating to Indigenous rights, prostitution, and prisoners’ voting rights. | Ian Greene; Peter McCormick | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() Distant PlacesFrom: At Home |
Chapter 10 features interviews with Lorraine Field, Catherine Bodmer, and Josée Pedneault. This chapter focuses on artists who travel for the subjects of their art, but whose “home … | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() DiversionsFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Simple entertainments and homemade toys? | Jim Bennet | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() Doc MacTavish and the Six-Year MolarFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Discusses the dentist that he went to and how the medical attention received was shoddy | Tom Douglas | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Dog DaysFrom: The M Word |
Diana Fitzgerald Bryden reflects on the inability to conceive, childcare, family, pets, the role of an aunt, sibling relationships, and more. | Diana Fitzgerald Bryden | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Doing well or doing goodPART 3 LIFE AFTER LEADING: THE NERVE TO REDEFINE YOURSELF From: Nerve |
The authors discuss finding new activities, positions and roles after stepping down from a leadership role. They discuss their experiences as women going through this transition and provide … | Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() Donny Bernardo Owes Me a Hershey BarFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Discusses his home being a party place for his parents and their friends. Going to the movies on Saturday and receiving a chocolate bar from one of these people and being convinced it was … | Tom Douglas | 5 | 2012 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Don’t Let Them Bully YouA Business Interlude From: Unsettling Canada |
Don’t Let them Bully You explores Manuel’s own reaction to the stagnation of the Indigenous people’s movement in Canada in the 1980’s, which happened despite the success … | Arthur Manuel | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Door to DoorFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax delivery of commodities to your home | Jim Bennet | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Double PlayFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter explores the experiences of non-white women (Black, Indigenous, Japanese Canadian, and others) in sports in Canada. | Ian Kennedy | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
![]() Double PregnantTwo Lesbians Make a Family |
Double Pregnant is author Natalie Meisner’s light-hearted, poignant and informative true story about starting a family with her wife Viviën. Because Viviën is a woman of colour … | Natalie Meisner | 192 | 2014 | View |
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From ![]() Doubleness ClarifiesFrom: The M Word |
Kerry Clare reflects on reflects on her second pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, unwanted pregnancy, and more. | Kerry Clare | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Down the Arm, 1941–59From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Landmarks down the Arm and into Halifax proper 1941-1959 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Down the BankFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. His neighbourhood | Jim Bennet | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Down the Garden Path: Chretien/Andras Consultations1968-1969 |
Chapter seven of George Manuel’s biography covers 1968 and 1969, during which time he met and became involved with Marlene August. He was also offered a job working for Harold Cardinal in … | Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Downtown Friends: Photos by Pam GawnFrom: Any Other Way |
A collection of photos from the 1970’s | Jane Farrow | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |















