Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 How We Changed TorontoThe inside story of twelve creative, tumultuous years in civic life, 1969-1980 |
By the mid-1960s Toronto was well on its way to becoming Canada’s largest and most powerful city. One real estate firm aptly labelled it Boomtown. Expressways, subways, shopping centres, … | 349 | View | ||
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From  NEW! HumFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Further explores Partition and the unease with which it was talked about. Singh recounts his grandfather’s stories, comparing them with his mother’s, plotting his lineage of storytellers. | Jaspreet Singh | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Hungry for SomethingFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Three follows Louise’s time as a nurse during the First World War at a Russian POW camp on the Eastern Front. The chapter follows her first meeting and later marriage to Russian … | Merilyn Simonds | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Hunt |
The chapter recounts Margie’s time with Lawrence, her first bird hunt, a malicious invitation from Mr. Puce, and reflections on the intentions of the teachers who came north. | Margaret Macpherson | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  I Am a Businesswoman |
In this chapter, the author interviews a young woman who works in an adult massage parlour. While she feels like an empowered business woman, she also believes that non-consensual interactions … | Kerri Cull | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! I Just Woke Up One Morning and I Was a Playwright’TRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS From: Indigenous Toronto |
An interview with playwright Drew Hayden Taylor. | Drew Hayden Taylor | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  I Taught My Kids to TalkFrom: The M Word |
Nancy Jo Cullen reflects on life as a single parent, doing the ‘right’ thing, teaching your children, how your children see you, adolescence, and more. | Nancy Jo Cullen | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From I Think There’s Been a Turn for the Better |
This chapter focuses on a sex worker who entered the industry to fund their transition from male to female. | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Get Mad – Play Rock ‘n’ RollFrom: Any Other Way |
Susan Cole recalls her experience forming a band in the 1970’s and the power of music to inspire a community. | Susan G. Cole | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  I Wanted to Better Myself |
Richard Toth recounts the story of Maurice. The story discusses his success in business, his motivations to learn as an adult learner, tractors, and the importance of writing letters in business. | Richard Toth | 5 | 2009 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! “I was always apprehensive”: The Story of Ulysse GallantChapter Three From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Three focuses on the story of Ulysse Gallant, from Moncton, New Brunswick, describing his career in the army with the New Brunswick Rangers before the war, joining the airforce and … | Ronald Cormier | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From I Was in Charge of Kitty LitterFrom: Any Other Way |
Jane Farrow decribes the queer houses of Toronto, residences that were passed from friend to friend. More than residences, these houses served as gathering places, refuges, and communities. | Jane Farrow | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From I Was Miss General IdeaFrom: Any Other Way |
Derek McCormack describes how he adopted the identity of Miss General Idea, a character created by the Toronto art collective, and made her real. | Derek McCormack | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From I Wasn’t Crazy after All |
This chapter concerns a woman who works as a stripper and helps educate people on the kinds of human trafficking that are associated with forced sex work. | Kerri Cull | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  I Would Go Back if I CouldFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a Iranian woman who converted to Christianity and was disowned by her Muslim family, she became an illegal refugee in Turkey with a constant fear of deportation before … | David Starr | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Ice Cakes, 1941From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at the Northwest Arm in Melville Cove, its landmarks and features in 1941 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
