Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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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 |
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From  NEW! InterludeOn Imagination |
Excerpt from Phillis Wheatley poem "On Imagination." | Phillis Wheatley | 1 | 2022 | $0.10 Add |
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From  It’s Still a Little Scary |
This chapter profiles a young transgender man who turned to sex work after a period of homelessness. He wants people to know that sex work does not exist in a vacuum: it has bad aspects, good … | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  La drôle de guerreFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
In this chapter, Heberlein describes Arendt’s relationship with her soon-to-be husband, their friendship with the cultural theorist Walter Benjamin, and their collective realization that … | Ann Heberlein | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Land & Sea & SkyPart Seven From: Earthkeeping |
Part Seven contains the sections: Two Rural Dreams, Bonavista Traverse, Sailing Bloody Reach, Sable Island: Ultimate Shunpiking, Sky Stone, and Plastic Ocean Blues. Topics discussed include … | Gary Saunders | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
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From  Minister of Fishermen |
1974-1982. LeBlanc is appointed a junior Cabinet minister resposible for fisheries in the department of the environment in 1974, in 1976 a shift in the Cabinet makes him the minister of the … | Naomi E. S. Griffiths | 38 | 2011 | $3.80 Add |
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From  Monsters and MarvelsFrom: Disfigured |
Chapter 8 focuses on the fine line between what is considered monstrous and the marvellous in fairy tales and real life, exploring topics such as superheros, circus and spectacle, … | Amanda Leduc | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Movie Club, 1947–48 44From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at the Saturday Morning Movie Club which meant freedom for children from the surly bonds of adult control and supervision 1947-48 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NewspaperwomanFrom: The Wheel of Things |
- | Mollie Gillen | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Nikolai Maksymiuk 1886 – 1918From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter five examines Nikolai Maksymiuk, the author’s maternal grandfather. Discussing his premature death at age 33 in 1918, his home village of Dzhuriv in Galicia, hard living, time … | Myrna Kostash | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! NineFrom: Holden After & Before |
- | Tara McGuire | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Not Canadian EnoughFrom: On Account of Darkness |
In this chapter, systemic racism against Japanese Canadians during the 20th century is explored.The author muses on the legacy of Bobby Orr and Don Cherry, once models for what it meant to be … | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  On Strike for Justice New York, 1958From: 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  OwnershipFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A black Nova Scotian woman recounts how at 17 she was hit by her boyfriend and against the advice of others stayed with him. To prove her love for him he makes her have sex with his friend. | Jade M. Brooks | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Pandemic InsightCOVID’s Long Shadow From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Seven examines the lasting effects of Covid-19 and the pandemic which will take years to overcome. Topics discussed include the effects of Covid-19 on Emergency Departments, Surgical … | Heather Patterson | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Part FourTowards Strengthening the Movement |
This reading consists of the following essays: Gender, Race, and Class: A Perspective on the Contemporary Caribbean Struggle [2009] | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 25 | 2020 | $2.50 Add |
