Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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The Land of Opportunity

From: Imagined Truths

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The author continues to detail his life in America and discusses racism and imperialism in the U.S.. 25 $2.50 Add
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The Oil Lamp

From: Three Funerals for my Father

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This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He and his wife discuss the future and critique the communist government. 3 $0.30 Add
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The Reckoning, Part I

From: Wanda’s War

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Chapter 8 focuses on the Nuremberg trials, and other efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes during the Second World War criminally responsible. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Roundup

Part 3: The Circuit

From: This is My Real Name

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Chapter 8 recounts Brunet’s time at the FoxxDen club. Topics discussed aging as a stripper, clients in Ottawa, and seeing your high school classmates as a stripper. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Titans at the Admiralty

From: Churchill and Fisher

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Historian Barry Gough examines the return of Jack Fisher to the Admiralty and his work with Winston Churchill to further the war effort during 1914-1915. He focuses on Coronel and the Falklands, … 57 $5.70 Add
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The Truth About Loggers

From: Up the Coast

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Chapter Eight focuses on the truth about loggers, entertainment at logging camps, calls in and out of the camps, sport at the camps, animals visitors, the star loggers Erik and Olaf Nyström, life … 25 $2.50 Add
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Thomas Peters

A New Promised Land

From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick

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This chapter continues the story of Thomas Peters, as he travelled to London to petition the British Government directly on the behalf of his fellow loyalists. 8 $0.80 Add
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Three Simple Wishes

From: From Bombs to Books

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Discusses a recent history of a family from the Eritrea province of Ethiopia and the violence they experienced prior to being approved to come to Canada as refugees. 12 $1.20 Add
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To jail in Vancouver

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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talks about being send to Jail after the association with the Security committee in Slocan ; 7 $0.70 Add
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To Make a Whore Of

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, the author describes her mother’s ailing health and eventual death from AIDS. 18 $1.80 Add
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To New York with Lee Wulff

From: No Place For A Woman

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The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. 2 $0.20 Add
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Trailblazer

From: Alexa!

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Explores Alexa’s impact on feminism and politics in Canada—her passion and compassion. 4 $0.40 Add
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Transatlantic Ping-pong

Land and Language: Section 1

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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This chapter discusses the relationship between Joar Nango, and Sausane Havekla working together on cross-cultural studies of the Canadian and European arctic. ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Turning to the Law

From: Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography)

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Weather Stuff

From: This Is Your Captain Speaking

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Chapter 8 focuses on weather. Topics explored include cloudy conditions, Turbulence, atmospheric conditions, wind, thunderstorms, temperature and humidity, fog, and contrails verses chemtrails. 30 $3.00 Add
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What Can’t Be Packed Away

From: The M Word

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Marita Dachsel reflects on moving, death, SIDS, superstition, names, nostalgia, child safety and freedom. 9 $0.90 Add