Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! “Like a dream”: The Story of Armand LandryChapter Eight From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Eight focuses on the story of Armand Landry, from Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick, his time with the Royal 22nd Regiment or “Van Doos,” his constant companions … | Ronald Cormier | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  0.7 AkinFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase considers the value of their writing project, and on his experience of gender transition supported by his mother, while Mike offers reflections of Chase’s stories. | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 4 | 2016 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! A Chief’s ConcernsFinances, the People, and the Land From: Unsettling Canada |
A Chief’s Concerns focuses on Manuel’s perspective when he became Chief in 1995. The chapter focuses on the challenges Manuel faced as chief as well as the challenges faced by those … | Arthur Manuel | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  A Good MatchStuart 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 | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! A Strong Wall around MeFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Nine looks at the remaking of Louise and Len’s life and relationship after the war. The chapter discusses the 1946 publication of The Loghouse Nest, Len finding work, and … | Merilyn Simonds | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsSaturnalia From: On Opium |
Through the description of a trip to Spain, the author explores facism and the relationship between governments and drug users, and other disposable groups of people. The author states that we … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Assessing talent: it’s all about peoplePART 2: LEADING WITH NERVE From: Nerve |
This chapter discusses how leaders can successfully recruit new talent and how to lead an organization in a way that will find and retain people who add value and work well within the team. The … | Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From  At the Feet of the MastersFrom: A Lucky Life |
Discusses studying medicine and some of the masters who taught him. He studied in the 1940s and completed his residency in the early 1950s. Talks | Richard B. Goldbloom | 21 | 2013 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Balance of Power: the NDP in Minority Parliament 2019–2021From: From Layton to Singh |
Chapter 8 examines the NDP’s role during Trudeau’s minority government between 2019 and 2021. The chapter covers topics including the Wet’suwet’en resistance to the … | Matt Fodor | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Broadening the Reform AgendaFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. Further reform plans are outlined. Saving heritage buildings, transit etc | John Sewell | 20 | 2015 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Call You by Your Name |
In “Call You by Your Name” the author delves into their relationship with Lucky. Discussing relationships, cheating, bush life, camp relationships, abuse, manipulation, sex, shame, … | Lori Fox | 73 | 2022 | $7.30 Add |
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From  Canada and Hungarian Refugees: The Historical Context |
Fifty years after the event, the Canadian program of refugee intake following the abortive Hungarian uprising of 1956 is recalled as a pivotal moment in Canadian immigration history. And it was … | Harold Troper | 18 | 2010 | $2.34 Add |
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From  Chapter 8Building a Future, Fighting the Past From: Fight or Submit |
- | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Chapter 8: River, Give Me My Son BackFrom: Seven Fallen Feathers |
In this reading, Indigenous author Tanya Talaga provides an account of the death of Kyle Morrisseau, an Indigenous student from Keewaywin First Nation. Please Note: A collection can contain up to … | Tanya Talaga | 24 | 2017 | $2.88 Add |
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From  Chapter 9From: Northern Wildflower |
- | Catherine Lafferty | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Chapter 9Recreating the Structures of Belonging From: Legacy |
In this chapter, the author explores how Indigenous communities act as owners of their own communities in order to build the social capital necessary for community growth and transformation, and … | Suzanne Methot | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
