Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Essays 4

Essays 4

From: Out Loud

A selection of 12 essays on the subject of mental illness. The authors discuss their experiences with mental illness, how it affects their families and their personal lives and how they work to … 54 $5.40 Add
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Eternal Memory вічная пам’ять Vichnaia Pamiat’
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Eternal Memory вічная пам’ять Vichnaia Pamiat’

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

Chapter Eleven focuses on the lasting memory of her forbearers reflecting on their lives and deaths in both their birth places and their adopted homes of Canada. 9 $0.90 Add
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Euler's Identity

Euler’s Identity

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She reminisces on various memories of her family life. 5 $0.50 Add
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Europe and the Art of Seeing

Europe and the Art of Seeing

From: Out of the Sun

In this chapter, Edugyan traces how European portraiture from the eighteenth century onward has framed, flattened, and contested Black identity across centuries. 20 $2.00 Add
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European Express

European Express

1981-1982

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

Chapter nineteen of George Manuel’s biography covers the last years of his leadership life, 1981-1982, and the aftermath of the Constitution Express, which continued on to Europe. During … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Eva

Eva

From: A Lucky Life

Talks about his aunt Eva, father’s younger sister, who had a professional theatre career under the stage name Eva Goodrich, complete with diary entries 8 $0.80 Add
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Evacuation from Woodfibre

Evacuation from Woodfibre

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

January 1942, the evacuation of Japanese from Woodfibre ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Every Little Act of Cruelty
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Every Little Act of Cruelty

From: This Has Always Been a War

In “Every Little Act of Cruelty” the author explores their relationship with their father. Discussing anger, violence, fear, trauma, secrets, inheritance, mental illness, and abuse. 24 $2.40 Add
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Evil and Responsibility

Evil and Responsibility

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter highlights the role of responsibility in Arendt’s moral character. 4 $0.40 Add
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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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Executed in a Field: The Story of Henri Édouard Dubé

Chapter Five

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Five focuses on the story of Henri Édouard Dubé from Edmonston, New Brunswick who was executed by the Nazi alongside Richard Noble, an American soldier for aiding the Resistance … 14 $1.40 Add
Exile

Exile

Rejecting America and Finding the World

Che Guevara left Argentina at 22. At 21, Belén Fernández left the U.S. and didn’t look back. Alone, far off the beaten path in places like Syria and Tajikistan, she reflects on … 160 View
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Exiting and Beginning

Exiting and Beginning

From: No One to Tell

In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo begins with an account of being sexually threatened, followed by a negative performance assessment from the same sergeant. She details her RCMP … 12 $1.20 Add
Eyes Have Seen
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Eyes Have Seen

From Mississippi to Montreal

Eyes Have Seen, From Mississippi to Montreal is a vivid and searing memoir about growing up black in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In the difficult and often dangerous years of ubiquitous racism, … 258 View
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Eyes Wide Open
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Eyes Wide Open

Part 4. Getting Your Story Out

From: Women Winning Office

In Eyes Wide Open Nash examines the risks women face when entering into public office. The chapter explores topics such as gender-based violence, backlash, polarization, threats, and more. 7 $0.70 Add
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Face
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Face

From: My Mother, My Translator

Relates the turmoil of Singh’s decision to remove his turban and cut his hair as a teen–the trauma it caused his mom, and the pain he suffered as consequence. Speculates on the … 11 $1.10 Add