Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Little Windmill

Part 3: The Circuit

From: This is My Real Name

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Chapter 7 begins with Brunet’s time at Club Goldmine. Topics discussed include the hiring process, travels to Sudbury, VIP, and more. 44 $4.40 Add
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Loyalty

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

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This chapter explores loyalty and more mafia history in Montreal and beyond. ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Nothing Happens Haphazardly

From: Woman, Watching

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Chapter Eight explores Louise’s journey writing her "Little Bird Book." The chapter follows the writing and publishing of her first book and Len’s homecoming from the war. 10 $1.00 Add
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Off to War

From: Len & Cub

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This chapter recounts the arrival of WW1 and Len & Cub’s experiences during this period and at war. ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Opening Spaces in the Imagination: An Assessment

From: A Sense of Themselves

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Our Rights Get Stripped Away

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

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In this chapter, Cull interviews a woman who entered the sex trade as an escape from a violent relationship. She feels that sex work saved her life, and feels that the laws governing sex work … 9 $0.90 Add
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Part Three: Section III

Undomesticating Violence

From: The Point is To Change the World

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This reading consists of the following essays: Against the Beating of Children: Submission to a Parliamentary Sub-committee on the Corporal Punishment of Children [2013] – Three Letters … ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Party or No Party?

Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign

From: Women Winning Office

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In Party or No Party? Nash examines the decision to support and join a political party for which to run for office. The chapter explores topics such as branding of political parties, differences … 6 $0.60 Add
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Pass the Spuds

From: Up the Coast

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Chapter Seven focuses on the cook house, the cook Dave, the routine at the logging camp, grizzly bears in the shed, and the cook Lousia the nazi. 10 $1.00 Add
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Postflight Checklists and Reflections

From: This Is Your Captain Speaking

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Chapter 7 focuses on the plan once it has landed on the ground. Topics discussed include airplane docking, VDGS (Visual Docking Guidance Systems), ground marshals, Captains controls, bridges, … 16 $1.60 Add
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Rocky Takes a Fall

From: To Wawa with Love

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Talks about the cold climate of the small town, the overcrowded elementary school due to a population boom, and the development of a budy system for going to the outhouse at school 8 $0.80 Add
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The Amazon

From: What You Won’t Do For Love

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Scene 4 focuses on David and Tara’s work in the Amazon. It discusses climate, the developing world, Indigenous advocacy, Canada’s role in climate change, government, and advocacy. ; ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Schoolteacher

From: The Wheel of Things

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Strike

From: They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

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details about coaching in the major junior leagues ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Sun Spot

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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The chapter explores Margie’s memories of new mukluks, the 1956 Meteor station wagon, and a child’s fear of the unknown. 13 $1.30 Add
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Sunday Morning

From: My Mother, My Translator

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A quattrain about trains in his mother’s dream. 2 $0.20 Add