Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! “A caged animal”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines a pivotal summer in 1978, when Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s government grappled with constitutional reform, the contentious Petro-Canada bid for Husky … | Ron Graham | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  A Canadian at HarvardFrom: Chrystia |
From Chrystia: From Peace River to Parliament Hill | Catherine Tsalikis | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From  A Cannabis TimelineA Potted History From: Billion Dollar Start-Up |
A timeline of the Cannabis industry in Canada | Adam Miron; Julie Beun; Sébastien St-Louis | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From  A Cautionary TaleFrom: Gender Failure |
In this chapter, Coyote describes their recovery from a double mastectomy, arguing that healing demands unlearning masculine self-reliance. | Ivan E. Coyote | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! A Chief’s ConcernsFinances, the People, and the Land From: Unsettling Canada |
A Chief’s Concerns focuses on Manuel’s perspective when he became Chief in 1995. The chapter focuses on the challenges Manuel faced as chief as well as the challenges faced by those … | Arthur Manuel | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  A civilian casualty |
Discusses one of the camp members who he had known well dying due to appendicistis | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! A Classic CaseFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the prevalence of "journalism trauma" among crime reporters. She interviews former colleagues and discusses her experience with PTSD (post-traumatic … | Tamara Cherry | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
 A Communist for the RCMPThe Uncovered Story of a Social Movement Informant |
In 1941, the RCMP recruited Frank Hadesbeck, a Spanish Civil War veteran, as a paid informant to infiltrate the Communist Party. For decades, he informed not only upon communists, but also upon … | Dennis Gruending | 258 | 2024 | View |
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From  A Dangerous PilotFrom: The Third Man |
In this chapter, Thompson discusses Mackenzie King and Churchill’s anxieties over Russian U-Boats, and the United States’ refusal to join the war. | Neville Thompson | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! “A dangerous time for a government”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines late November to early December 1980, capturing the Trudeau government’s deepening political anxiety in Ottawa (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime … | Ron Graham | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Off to WarFrom: Len & Cub |
This chapter recounts the arrival of WW1 and Len & Cub’s experiences during this period and at war. | Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! A Different Life: The Story of Blair BourgeoisChapter One From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter One focuses on the story of Blair Bourgeois, a member of the RCAF from Moncton, New Brunswick, discussing his training in England, the No. 425 “Alouette” Squadron, four-leaf … | Ronald Cormier | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! A done dealFrom: Inside SNC-Lavalin |
In this chapter, Stevenson examines the 2019 resolution of the SNC-Lavalin fraud case, tracing the individual consequences for executives like Riadh Ben Aissa and Sami Bebawi while critiquing … | Larry Stevenson | 16 | 2025 | $1.60 Add |
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From A Double LifeFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add | |
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From NEW! “A dramatic night”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines April 13 to 23, 1981, capturing the turbulence of Canadian federal politics in the wake of the Parti Québécois’s decisive victory under René … | Ron Graham | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! A Dream DeferredFrom: Eyes Have Seen |
In this chapter, Anderson recounts his experiences returning home to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, before re-entering Canada and settling there. | Fred Anderson | 24 | 2025 | $2.40 Add |
