Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From ![]() Code Red: Feminist Motherhood in a World on FireFrom: Hot Mess |
In this chapter, Wiebe examines how motherhood and pregnanct are experienced in British Columbia’s climate emergency, from the 2020 wildfire smoke to the 2021 heat dome and the Lytton fire. | Sarah Marie Wiebe | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Cold War in SaskatchewanFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add | |
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From ![]() Coming ApartFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses the cumulative impact the work stress was having on her husband Wayne and the rest of the family, as well as the weight of the work of … | Janet Merlo | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Coming Home |
Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 21 | 2016 | $2.10 Add | |
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From ![]() Coming Home to the Sacred |
Looking at the introduction of Christianity to the Picts in Scotland, comparing it to the ethos of Native American religions. | Heather Menzies | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Coming of Age in an AgeFrom: Alexa! |
Starting with her childhood foray into ballet and its effect on her outlook and discipline, this chapter continues to chronicle Alexa’s educational pursuits. Includes her study in the field … | Stephen Kimber | 34 | 2021 | $3.40 Add |
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From ![]() Coming of Age in Cape BretonFrom: A Lucky Life |
Talks about meeting his wife at school, going on to talk about visiting her family in Cape Breton and his dealings with the medical community there | Richard B. Goldbloom | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() ‘Commence Hostilities against Germany’From: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough provides a close examination of the first year of the First World War (1914) with emphasis on Winston Churchill’s contributions. He focuses on the decision to go to … | Barry Gough | 71 | 2017 | $7.10 Add |
![]() CommittedStartup Survival Tips and Uncommon Sense for First-Time Tech Founders |
Eldon Sprickerhoff, cofounder of cybersecurity firm eSentire, has assembled a list of everything he didn’t know as a first-time technical startup founder before his firm rocketed to a … | Eldon Sprickerhoff | 225 | 2024 | View |
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From ![]() Committing and SubmittingFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, Former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses her first posting. Discussions include encounters with sexism and violence in the RCMP, as well as institutional efforts to avoid … | Janet Merlo | 20 | 2013 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Common-Good Governance Locally and Globally |
There is a wealth of precedent out there to inspire a commoning movement, though not necessarily yet as scaled up, more polycentric levels. | Heather Menzies | 12 | 2014 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Communists versus Social DemocratsFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Community |
This chapter reflects on Margie’s relationship with Lawrence in her final days living in the north, their weekends together, finding community with his family, and the effects of having … | Margaret Macpherson | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Community, Culture and Politics |
Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 27 | 2016 | $2.70 Add | |
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From ![]() Community Development and the Arthur Laing Gang1965-1967 |
In the sixth chapter of his biography, George Manuel begins his community development job for the Department of Indian Affairs, starting with training in Quebec City, before being placed in … | Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Community OrganizingFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Creation of self-help organizations for black people in Halifax and aboriginal persons in Kenora, 1962-1965. | Alan Borovoy | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |















