Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Church DaysFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Anglican church of canase | Jim Bennet | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
 Churchill and FisherThe titans at the Admiralty who fought the First World War |
A vivid study of the politics and stress of high command, this book describes the decisive roles of young Winston Churchill as political head of the Admiralty during the First World War. … | Barry Gough | 656 | 2017 | View |
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From  Churchill on the Brink of D-DayFrom: The Third Man |
In this chapter, Thompson traces the diplomatic tension between Canada and Britain in the winter of 1943 and spring of 1944, as the Allies prepared for the Normandy invasion. | Neville Thompson | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
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From  Citizen Jones |
Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add | |
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From  City of Love at the Castle on the HillFrom: Any Other Way |
Maureen Fitzgerald recalls the events surrounding a mass gay wedding at Toronto’s Casa Loma during Rob Ford’s tenure as mayor. | Mariana Valverde; Maureen FitzGerald | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From  City Politics and the Massage Parlour World |
This chapter is an interview with a St. John’s city councillor regarding the massage parlour moratorium which was in place from 2015 to 2020 | Kerri Cull | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Civilized |
This chapter explores Margie’s fathers attempts at a vegetable garden, isolation and uncertainty in winter, the ferry and ice roads, scarcity in the north, racism towards Mr. Wong, and her … | Margaret Macpherson | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Clandestine Gatherings and Charging GorillasFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene recounts a series of extraordinary encounters in eastern Zaire during the 1970s, when Mobutu’s state policies upended daily life. | Roger Turene | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Class of ’88 |
This chapter explores the author’s feelings about AIDS as a young man; he believed that if he did not admit he was gay, he would not contract the disease. He also believed that, since the … | Roberto Gonzalez | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Closing the Gap |
In this chapter, the editors of the volume explore ways in which “gaps” are being addressed in the field of dementia care. | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 38 | 2021 | $3.80 Add |
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From Closing the Spy Holes at the Parkside TavernFrom: Any Other Way |
Gerald Hannon describes how Toronto’s Morality Beaureau used peepholes at the Parkside Tavern to arrest dozens of gay men, and how the author and several other activists met with the … | Gerald Hannon | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From Co-operative Living Happens in the Kitchen!From: Any Other Way |
Dennis Findlay recalls his experiences living in a house in Toronto in the 1970’s, centered around the kitchen. | Dennis Findlay | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From  CodaFrom: Curry |
This chapter discusses Ruthnum’s own ideas of identity beyond those he writes about. There is a discussion of the tropes associated with South Asian writers, the categorizations they beg to … | Naben Ruthnum | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! CodaOn the Land From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
The conclusion reflects on the author’s life since buying her parents farm, writing her books, connecting two both her identities as Ukrainian and as Canadian, settler colonialism, and … | Myrna Kostash | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Code Blue: Living through Multiple Crises, Climate Anxiety, and Mental HealthFrom: Hot Mess |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines how postpartum mental health intersects with the climate emergency, centring on the 2021 British Columbia heat dome and flooding. | Sarah Marie Wiebe | 23 | 2024 | $2.30 Add |
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From Code Pink: A Splash and Dash CaesareanFrom: Hot Mess |
In this chapter, Wiebe narrates an emergency caesarean section in Victoria, British Columbia, where a delayed labour became a Code Pink crisis when the infant’s heart rate plunged to 55 … | Sarah Marie Wiebe | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
