Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! Election NightPart 6. The Election From: Women Winning Office |
In Election Night Nash provides two stories from her life; she calls this "A Tale of Two Elections", one about her first loss and the other about her first win. | Peggy Nash | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! ElevenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add | |
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From  Ella on the Radio, and the Lomond VentureFrom: No Place For A Woman |
The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. | Antony Berger | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From  EndgameFrom: Man at the Airport |
This chapter covers the author’s arrest by Malaysian authories, his detention in jail, and a visit from an employee of the Canadian High Commision that changed his life. | Hassan Al Kontar | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Enemies and AlliesFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 6 covers Casey’s arrival in Germany after the allied victory of the war. The chapter also discusses Stalin’s plans for post-war Poland, the uprising of the Soviet Union in … | Marsha Faubert | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Engaging with Black Liberation Los Angeles and Chicago, 1963-65From: 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 | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From England, Marriage, and Social ActionFrom: No Place For A Woman |
The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. | Antony Berger | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Ennobling InfluenceFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Ten explores Louise’s experiences with the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) starting in 1947 and the connections it opened up for her. | Merilyn Simonds | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From NEW! Ensuring Voters VotePart 6. The Election From: Women Winning Office |
In Ensuring Voters Vote Nash stresses the importance of making sure people actually vote. Nash does this by discussing advance polls, election days, and the role of candidates in ensuring people … | Peggy Nash | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From  EntertainmentFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Theatre, music, movies | Jim Bennet | 10 | 2015 | $1.00 Add |
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From  EnvoiFrom: Pilgrim Souls |
final thoughts about the power of love | Jim Lotz | 7 | 2013 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Epi-geneticsFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recounts the time in his childhood that his parents tried to make Singh and his sister taller by hanging from trees. | Jaspreet Singh | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  EpilogueFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Final thoughts about his father | Tom Douglas | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Epilogue |
2000-2009, outlines LeBlanc’s return to New Brunswick and his life in retirement, outlines his funeral | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 11 | 2011 | $1.10 Add |
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From  EpilogueFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A black woman recounts the slow way she broke ties with an abusive and manipultaed partner and her want to reach out to other survivors. | Jade M. Brooks | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  EpilogueFrom: Seven Fallen Feathers |
In this reading, Indigenous author Tanya Talaga discusses the continuing efforts of Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler to find missing Indigenous young people and protect their rights. Please Note: A … | Tanya Talaga | 15 | 2017 | $1.80 Add |
