Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Dignity and EqualityFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Involvement of the CCLA in threats to dignity and equality. | Alan Borovoy | 47 | 2014 | $4.70 Add |
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From  Disability: A Fairy TaleFrom: Disfigured |
Chapter 2 focuses on concepts of disability through time, discussing topics including the social model of disability and the medical model of disability, disability as something to be cured, … | Amanda Leduc | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Disclosure |
In this chapter, Birch explores the many meaning of "disclosure" among gay men. | Robert Birch | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Discovering a Political LifeFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Sewell recounts what brought him to getting involved in city politics and brings us right to his election as junior alderman in 1967 | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Discovering CanadaFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene examines his reassigment to the Personnel Operations Division in Ottawa in 1969, where he secures a UNESCO posting in Paris. | Roger Turene | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Discovering DementiaFrom: Pilgrim Souls |
In depth look at their discovery that Pat had dementia, the long process it took to be diagnosed, statistics about Alzheimer’s, defines dementia, the theft of memory, stages of dementia. | Jim Lotz | 35 | 2013 | $3.50 Add |
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From  Disengagement Is No Longer an Option: David RaysideFrom: Any Other Way |
Rebecka Sheffield recounts the work of David Rysdale in advocating for queer rights in Canada. | Rebecka Sheffield | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
DisfiguredOn Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space |
A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020, AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21, AND A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022) Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what … | Amanda Leduc | 257 | 2020 | View |
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From  NEW! DisplacedFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 5 explores Wanda’s experiences during the ensuing chaos at the end of the war in Germany from a forced labourer’s perspective. The chapter discusses topics including the abuse … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Dissension in the NavyFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines the opponents of Jack Fisher from 1902-1909 with close attention paid to the relationship between Fisher and Lord Charles Beresford. | Barry Gough | 33 | 2017 | $3.30 Add |
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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  Do I Still Call Myself a ButchFrom: Gender Failure |
In this chapter, Coyote reflects on their identity as a butch. | Ivan E. Coyote | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Dobryd and Shadows of the PastFrom: Family Ties |
The chapter discusses the stark difference in experience between Nazi collaborator Mykhailo Chomiak and Jewish Ukrainian Dora Wengler Korsower, and the modern day rise of right-wing Ukrainian … | Peter McFarlane | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 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 |
