Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  How to Love Someone with Your Words, Actions, and Priorities (in Addition to Your Feelings, Which I’m Sure Are Very Nice) |
- | S. Bear Bergman; Saul (Illus.) Freedman-Lawson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  I’ve got to throw out the bones nowFrom: Gang Life |
Dillon, aged thirty-three and a Latino father of two, tells his story in Chapter Six. Along with five friends, he founded a gang in high school. A few years later he was asked to patch over and … | Mark Totten | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! InterludeStein Valley |
A poem about Stein Valley. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 2 | 2022 | $0.20 Add |
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From  It’s All in Your MindFrom: Imagined Truths |
This chapter discusses mental health and illness, abuse, and the author’s relationship with his mother. | Richard Lemm | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Learning to Play BallFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter tells the story of Pliney Stonefish– an Indigenous man from Delaware Nation and avid baseball fan– and the all-Indigenous baseball team from Delaware Nation. The 20th … | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Letting Her Own Light Shine |
Laura Wells recounts the story of Elaine. The story discusses the desire to read to your children, anxiety, the impacts of poor experiences from the school system, her children, work aspirations, … | Laura Wells | 4 | 2009 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Life at Descoigne |
talks about life at Descoigne Road Camp | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Like the White Wings of AngelsFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Seven focuses on the connections Louise had been making during the Second World War while Len was away. The chapter explores Louise’s relationship with Murray and Doris Speirs, her … | Merilyn Simonds | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Local Agitator to Provincial Leader1955-1960 |
The fourth chapter of George Manuel’s biography details his journey from a person who recognized an important opportunity for defiance of government control of First Nations peoples and … | Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Losing Me |
This chapter explores how caregivers lose some of themselves through the loss of their loved ones to dementia. | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 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  NewfoundlandSeparation and Divorce From: 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  NEW! Oblate Ethnographers among the Inuit: Archives and Digital RepositoriesLand and Language: Section 1 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter examines the works of religious ethnographers and missionaries to the Canadian north in the twentieth century. Discussing topics including oblate ethnographers Emile Petitot, Father … | Frédéric Laugrand | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From  On the MoveEngland, Canada, and England Again From: Asleep in the Deep |
Anna Stamers left No. 1 CGH on May 21, 1917, after fifteen months of continuous service in France. Anna was granted a 17 day leave and returns to Canada where, due to poor health, she was granted … | Dianne Kelly | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From  OnwardFrom: Exile |
- | Belen Fernandez | 25 | 2020 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Our Lifelong Love AffairFrom: Pilgrim Souls |
covers our emotional relationships and how they developed through our married life. | Jim Lotz | 31 | 2013 | $3.10 Add |
