Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! A Limitless Capacity to ReboundFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Twelve explores the hardships faced by Louise in her later life and how these affected both her work and her own strength. The chapter discusses the decline in the bird populations … | Merilyn Simonds | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Worlds in CollisionFrom: Any Other Way |
Rupert Raj gives an overview of trans-friendly spaces in Toronto. | Rupert Raj | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 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  A Lonely Campaign against SprawlFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. I saw my role as tackling controversial issues and providing leadership for change, even if common wisdom tended in a different direction, and that was probably most evident in the work I … | John Sewell | 17 | 2015 | $1.70 Add |
 A Lucky Life |
As a longtime pediatrician, Richard Goldbloom placed a high value on connecting with and communicating with his patients and their parents. His ability to reach an audience is evident in this … | 304 | View | ||
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From  A Man’s WorldFrom: Walking Away from Hate |
Jeanette Manning; Lauren Manning | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add | |
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From  A Married ManFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add | |
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From  A Miniature House of CommonsStuart 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 | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From A Model FamilyFrom: Walking Away from Hate |
Jeanette Manning; Lauren Manning | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 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 Natural WomanFrom: The M Word |
Amy Lavender Harris reflects on her experiences with pregnancy, PCOS, infertility, ‘natural’ mothering, and her daughter. | Amy Lavender Harris | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From  A New BeginningFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter details Arendt’s journey to Portugal, and her subsequent sea voyage to America. | Ann Heberlein | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  A New Beginning Los Angeles, 1958-59From: 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 | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 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 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 | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! A Normal ChildhoodFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Two focuses on the author’s father John Brandon Willcock, leaving North Bay, Ontario for work, hardship during the Great Depression, his father’s (the author’s … | Kathryn Willcock | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
