Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  FixerFrom: The Whole Animal |
129 | Corinna Chong | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Flattery Got Me EverywhereFrom: A Lucky Life |
Discusses the honours he has received in getting a building names after him and at the ceremony when one of his favourite patients was there, discusses how he has worked with this patient and he … | Richard B. Goldbloom | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Flirtations in a SnowbankFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about his Mother’s conversations being istaken for flirtation and an incident involving a half-native man | Tom Douglas | 3 | 2012 | $0.30 Add |
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From  flits/flashFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
In this chapter, de Meijer writes about Dutch as the language of her inner world. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! FélixFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses the journey of Félix Mayemba Nzinga, a domestic worker from Kinshasa, Zaire, who served a Canadian diplomatic family in Stockholm in the late 1980s. | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Florence Barnaby, Fort Good HopeFrom: Book of Hope |
This chapter presents the testimony of Florence Barnaby, a resident of Fort Good Hope, NWT, who lived from 1942 to 2024. She describes her lymphoma diagnosis, treatment in Edmonton, and the … | Agnes R. Pascal | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Flying InFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter One focuses on getting up to Oxford Bay, the bush plane the “Beaver”, logging life, passengers on the plane, and the small community up the coast in the 1960’s. | Kathryn Willcock | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Footnote to the Poem “Now That All My Friends Are Having Babies: A Thirties Lament”From: The M Word |
Priscila Uppal reflects on growing older, changing relationships, motherhood, and more through poetry. | Priscila Uppal | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Showdown: Prime Minister vs. Chief JusticeFrom: Beverley McLachlin |
An overview of the McLachlin Court’s clashes with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Discusses the cases Harper’s government lost in the Supreme Court and the resulting tension between … | Ian Greene; Peter McCormick | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! For Now |
This chapter concludes the memoir with Margie’s final days in Yellowknife following the completion of her exams, her last camping trip with Lawrence, their lack of a proper goodbye, … | Margaret Macpherson | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Foreground:The Long Goodbye From: Pilgrim Souls |
An Introduction to the second part of the book, briefly discusses Mary Geist and Heather Menzies as caregivers. The importance of love in caregiving | Jim Lotz | 8 | 2013 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Foreign |
The chapter reflects on the ideas of being an outsider, recounting the Soviet teacher Dr. Dotsenko, school ground gossip, a field trip to the mines, and stealing a dog with Maryanne. | Margaret Macpherson | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Foreign Correspondent:London and Washington |
1962-1966. Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s time as a foreign correspondent for Radio-Canada in both London and Washington the reports that he made and stories he covered are outlined, also … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 43 | 2011 | $4.30 Add |
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From  ‘A New Way of Lovin": Queer Toronto Gets Schooled by Jackie ShaneFrom: Any Other Way |
Social historian Steven Maynard recounts how Jackie Shane, a trans R&B musician who performed in Toronto throughout the 1960s, sparked discussion throughout Toronto. Any discussion of queer … | Steven Maynard | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From ForewardFrom: Any Other Way |
In the foreword, Kristyn Wong-Tam recounds her arrival in Toronto from Hong Kong and describes the diversity of the city’s queer community, which is often overshadowed by the predominantly … | Kristyn Wong-Tam | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From  ForewordFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase Joynt explains the reasons for the book, how he met the co-author, and the form and structure of the book. | Chase Joynt | 2 | 2016 | $0.20 Add |
