Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Hitchhiking, 1952–61 58

Hitchhiking, 1952–61 58

From: A Halifax Boyhood

Looks at the attitude towards hitchhiking in Halifax 1952-61 ; 3 $0.30 Add
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Hold Fast to This
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Hold Fast to This

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Five explores Louise’s relationship with Leonard "Len" Lawrence. The chapter discusses her move to Cabane, her mother’s visit to Canada, her marriage to Len, and … 18 $1.80 Add
Holden After & Before
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Holden After & Before

Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose

With poignant honesty and a heart laid bare, Holden After and Before is a beautiful and moving elegy to a son lost to overdose. Holden After and Before is a moving meditation on grief in the same … 356 View
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Holding the Community Close to Fight Racism
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Holding the Community Close to Fight Racism

Part 4. Getting Your Story Out

From: Women Winning Office

In Holding the Community Close to Fight Racism Nash explores how to fight racism, Islamophobia, sexism, ableism, transphobia, and other forms of hate through listening to and elevating the voices … 6 $0.60 Add
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Holding the Line

Holding the Line

From: No One to Tell

In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes the weight of her work stress and how it manifested physically. She describes some joy she was able to find in her friends. 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven

From: Reconciliation in Practice

Holes and Grey 4 $0.40 Add
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Home

Home

From: South End Boy

1930s and 1940s Halifax. Talks about the house he grew up in 7 $0.70 Add
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Home Again

Home Again

From: The Teen Sex Trade

A young black woman recounts how she became pregnant and quit school and how her boyfriend forces her to get an abortion which becomes the reason she finally leaves him. 14 $1.40 Add
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Home. Again

Home. Again

From: Walking Away from Hate

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Home Sweet Home (Oru lea buoret go jodi)
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Home Sweet Home (Oru lea buoret go jodi)

Community and Sovereighty: Section 3

From: Qummut Qukiria!

This chapter is an interview with Anne Lajla Utsi and Liisa Holmberg conducted by Anna Hudson. Discussing COVID-19, Sámi art, Indigenuity, and reflections on the Home Sweet Home Project. ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Homecoming

Homecoming

From: A Communist for the RCMP

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Homecomings
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Homecomings

From: On Account of Darkness

This chapter reiterates the depth of scars left behind by colonialism and the residential school system on Indigenous communities, scars left behind by Japanese Canadian internment and … 10 $1.00 Add
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Homeless Youth Are Still Dying of AIDS

Homeless Youth Are Still Dying of AIDS

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This essay describes the author’s experiences as a homeless "baby dyke," and how terror surrounding AIDS effected her at a young age. She later received the kind of sex eduation … 7 $0.70 Add
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Honduras

Honduras

From: Exile

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