Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Taking a JokeFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses some challenging situations related to death in her work and in her personal life. A discussion of workplace activities which blur the … | Janet Merlo | 13 | 2013 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! Territorealise: Mapping and Remapping South Sámi Culture, Landscape, and LanguageLand and Language: Section 1 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter examines how to map the land of the Sámi. Topics discussed include cartography, early mention of culture in northern europe, mapping sami cultural mentions and culture through … | Sissel M. Bergh | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
From The Desolate LandFrom: Disfigured |
Chapter 7 explores ‘desolate lands’ as synonyms for depression in fairy tales, discussing topics including rape in fairy tales, construction of mental illness in fairy tales, the case … | Amanda Leduc | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
From The Dutiful SonFrom: Imagined Truths |
The author further details his relationship with his mother. | Richard Lemm | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
From NEW! The Fourth WaveNot the Best Summer Ever From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Six focuses on the fourth wave and the changing attitudes towards the pandemic and healthcare workers. Topics discussed include protests against public health and vaccination, … | Heather Patterson | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
From NEW! The Home StretchFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter discusses racism and the annual Emancipation Day parades and activities in Chatham, focusing primarily on harness racing. | Ian Kennedy | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
From The Rooster |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She speaks about her mother and their relationship. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
From The Tragedy of the Commons Revisted |
Exploring the dissolution of communal farms in Scotland and the pitfalls of rigid British feudal farmlands. | Heather Menzies | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
From NEW! There’s Life after PoliticsFrom: Alexa! |
Looks at Alexa’s tenure as president at Mount Saint Vincent University and the early onset of her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Details her triumph and struggle with dementia as the years … | Stephen Kimber | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
From NEW! Thomas PetersA Passion for Justice |
This chapter begins the story of Thomas Peters, a black loyalist who, upon arriving in New Brunswick worked tirelessly to advocate for the rights of other black loyalists in the colony. | Stephen Davidson | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
From Three Lessons in PoliticsFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. Three lessons Sewell learned through mistakes and issues that occurred in his early political life | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
From To Slocan instead of Greenwood |
He is sent to work at slocan instead of joining his family at Greenwood and ensuing arguments with the Security Commission about broken promises | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! Two Writers Named KostashchukPart Two From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Four focuses on the second Vasyl (Mykolaiovych) Kostashchuk, another relative unknown to them. Discussing his time as a sharpshooter in the post-Second-World-War underground army known as … | Myrna Kostash | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
From Wake Up CallStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … | Jake Ootes | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From Women’s WorkFrom: At Home |
Chapter 7 features interviews with Susan Shantz, Mary Kavanagh, and Aganetha Dyck. This chapter focuses on artists who work is inspired by the home-based work of their female ancestors. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
From NEW! "A Devil in His Own Home Town"From: Len & Cub |
This chapter follows the period after WW1 and Len & Cub’s return to Havelock. They eventually grew apart and took different paths. | Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |