Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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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 |
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From ![]() NEW! Identifying Supporters-The Point of the CampaignPart 5. Campaigning From: Women Winning Office |
In Identifying Supporters-The Point of the Campaign Nash stresses the importance of meeting your community and suggests methods to meet and acquire more supporters from her own experiences. | Peggy Nash | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() If I Were KingFrom: A Lucky Life |
Talks about how he would improve the world of children’s hospitals and some of the things he has improved during his career | Richard B. Goldbloom | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! ik/IFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The alphabet in Dutch, along with a helpful guide. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
![]() Imagined TruthsMyths from a Draft-Dodging Poet |
Memory is not only selective, it’s an amazing liar, con artist and spin doctor. History is what we choose to remember about the past in order to justify the present. Richard Lemm grew up in … | Richard Lemm | 272 | 2021 | View |
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From ![]() Impermanent HomesFrom: At Home |
Chapter 11 features interviews with Jacky Sawatzky and Jeroen Witvliet. This chapter focuses on artists who find belonging and home in any place they are travelling. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Impossible ForgivenessFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter examines forgiveness in another context – should Nazis be forgiven for their acts during the Holocaust? | Ann Heberlein | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() In Olden Times, When Wishing Still HelpedThe Fairy Tale in France and Germany From: Disfigured |
Chapter 3 explores fairy tales from France and Germany, exploring topics including the rise of modern fairy tales, disfigurement and disability in fairy tales, a history of the Grimm brothers, … | Amanda Leduc | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() In on the Ground FloorStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … | Jake Ootes | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! In Patagonia I Dreamed in PunjabiFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
A poem about a bus ride to Ludhiana. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From ![]() In RetrospectFrom: Walking Away from Hate |
Jeanette Manning; Lauren Manning | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add | |
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From ![]() In the BeginningFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Leaving the Jewish Labour Committee for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA). | Alan Borovoy | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |


















