Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  @kontar81From: Man at the Airport |
This chapter describes Al Kontar’s plight: no visa, no way home, and no way out of the airport in Kuala Lumpur. He turned to social media to share his story and seek help. | Hassan Al Kontar | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 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, Life, and LegacyAfterword to the Second Edition From: Unsettling Canada |
New Afterword, written by Kanahus Manuel and Nicole Schabus. | Kanahus Manuel; Nicole Schabus | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Land of My Birth France, 1988From: 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 | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 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  Land Title and the James Bay Battle1972-1973 |
Chapter twelve of George Manuel’s biography looks at land rights court battles and the issue of the James Bay hydroelectric project in Northern Quebec during the years 1972 and 1973. | Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Language and TraumaAn Interview with Cheryl Coleman, Formerly of the Blue Door |
This chapter is an interview with a woman who worked with a program that helped women exit the sex trade. | Kerri Cull | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Language MedicineLand and Language: Section 1 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter explores the author’s relationship to his native Sámi language. Topics discussed include colonial language, family language (language spoken at home), self identification, … | Sigbjørn Skåden | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Finding Len & CubFrom: Len & Cub |
This chapter offers important context for the story of Len & Cub and discusses archival work and queer history in New Brunswick. | Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Last CallPart 4: Selling the Fantasy From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 12 begins with Brunet’s return to the Royal. Topics discussed include reunions, growth, and change. | Cid V Brunet | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Last Chance |
His time in Knoxville | John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Last Word |
This reading consists of the following essays: Walter Rodney’s Last Writing on and for the Guyanese Working People [2010] | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Law and OrderFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Involvement of the CCLA in attempting to improve the criminal justice system. | Alan Borovoy | 49 | 2014 | $4.90 Add |
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From  LawsuitFrom: The Wheel of Things |
Mollie Gillen | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add | |
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From  NEW! Lead Like a Woman and Be the Change You WantPart 7. Afterwords From: Women Winning Office |
In Lead Like a Woman and Be the Change You Want Nash reflects on how running for office can bring the progressive changes to politics that many women activists fight for and are involved with and … | Peggy Nash | 2 | 2022 | $0.20 Add |
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From Lean on Me |
This chapter is an interview with a woman who works as a DJ and bartender at strip clubs. | Kerri Cull | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
