Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! When Is Your Time?Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign From: Women Winning Office |
In When Is Your Time? Nash explores the issues with waiting for the ‘right time’ to run for office. This chapter primarily focuses on advice for women running for office. | Peggy Nash | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Wild |
The chapter explores the impact of Margie’s mother returning to work, the Old Town and New Town, no go zones, the allure of Rainbow Valley and the reserve, their mothers reaction to Paul … | Margaret Macpherson | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Work & Play & FoodPart Five From: Earthkeeping |
Part Five contains the sections: Down to Earth, A Salmon for Supper, Of Seals and Cod and Us, Oatmeal Shenanigans, Part Surgeon, Part Seamstress: A Fly-Tying Memoir, Dike-Land Rambles, Chaga … | Gary Saunders | 51 | 2022 | $5.10 Add |
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From  Working GirlsFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses the RCMPs response to prostitution, and how it reflected deeper systemic sexism in the organization. The chapter also covers … | Janet Merlo | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From  @kontar81From: Man at the Airport |
This chapter describes Al Kontar’s plight: no visa, no way home, and no way out of the airport in Kuala Lumpur. He turned to social media to share his story and seek help. | Hassan Al Kontar | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From  ‘Commence Hostilities against Germany’From: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough provides a close examination of the first year of the First World War (1914) with emphasis on Winston Churchill’s contributions. He focuses on the decision to go to … | Barry Gough | 71 | 2017 | $7.10 Add |
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From  NEW! “Like a load of pigs”: The Story of Alcide GallantChapter Seven From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Seven focuses on the story of Alcide Gallant, from Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island, describing his time Perth Regiment of the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade of 5th Canadian Armoured … | Ronald Cormier | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  0.6 FatherFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase reflects on spending time with his father as a kid, at his warehouse at work and at golf tournaments, while Mike shares about his mostly quietly removed father and reflects on Chase’s … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add |
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From  1956 in the Republic of Hungary since 1989 |
Riots and demonstrations took place in Hungary during the autumn of 2006. Flags with a hole in the middle flew in front of international audiences in September. Some felt that the protesters had … | Heino Nyyssönen | 24 | 2010 | $3.12 Add |
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From  A Feud Causes Chaos New York, 1958From: Holocaust to Resistance |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
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From  A Future for Your Children1960-1963 |
The fifth chapter of George Manuel’s biography picks up on Manuel’s new leadership roles and his new involvement in politics, including his election as the Neskonlith band Chief. His … | Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From  A Lifelong LoyaltyFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter describes Arendt’s activities in France before the outbreak of war with Germany. In France, she lived an active social and political life before the German invasion. | Ann Heberlein | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  A Little VacationFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A Nova Scotian woman recounts her life from age 16 to 17 as it relates to men, drugs, sexually transmitted infections, and abuse from her boyfriend. | Jade M. Brooks | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! A Morally Presumptive ChorusFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the various aspects of a victim’s life that impact how their character is presented, and the tone in which their story is told. Cherry examines how race … | Tamara Cherry | 20 | 2023 | $2.00 Add |
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From  A New CrewFrom: Walking Away from Hate |
- | Jeanette Manning; Lauren Manning | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsDross From: On Opium |
In this chapter, dross, the undesirable scum that rises to the top of molten metal and also the residue from previously smoked opium is applied as metaphor to junkies: the unwanted product of … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
