Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  What Is It with the Media!From: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, Al Kontar discusses the media’s reaction to his social media campaign, and how the Western and Arab media organizations differed in their coverage. | Hassan Al Kontar | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From  0.8 FearFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Mike discusses his fear of telling friends about having HIV, a friend’s reaction and the role of filmmaking in processing fear. Chase reflects on a childhood moment of being mistaken for a … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add |
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From  A Lonely Campaign against SprawlFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. I saw my role as tackling controversial issues and providing leadership for change, even if common wisdom tended in a different direction, and that was probably most evident in the work I … | John Sewell | 17 | 2015 | $1.70 Add |
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From  A New Beginning Los Angeles, 1958-59From: 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  Andy Bell Made Me Gay |
This chapter concerns the author’s youthful sexual experiences, and how he felt that he was going to die because he was gay. | Dan Cullinane | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Arranging a Grand TourStuart 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  Babies in a Dangerous TimeOn Choosing to be Child-Free From: The M Word |
Nicole Dixon reflects being child-free, women’s rights, and the choices in a woman’s life. | Nicole Dixon | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Black and White, 1948–54 48From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at racism in Halifax in 1948-54 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Camp GursFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter details Arendt’s internment in a French "enemy alien" camp. When France fell, Arendt left the camp on foot. | Ann Heberlein | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Chapter 10Killing the Wittigo From: Legacy |
In the final chapter, the author discusses a variety of initiatives across Canada that Indigenous communities are undertaking to facilitate healing. | Suzanne Methot | 57 | 2019 | $5.70 Add |
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From  Chapter 10From: Northern Wildflower |
- | Catherine Lafferty | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Chapter 9Assassination Attempt From: Fight or Submit |
- | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Chapter 9: Less Than Worthy VictimsFrom: Seven Fallen Feathers |
In this reading, Indigenous author Tanya Talaga discusses the failures of the police and the Canadian legal system in investigating the deaths of the seven Indigenous students in Thunder Bay. … | Tanya Talaga | 25 | 2017 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Chapter EightA New Way Forward for the Immigrant Health Professionals |
Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Practice and Research: A New Way Forward for the Immigrant Health Professionals | Farzana Ali | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapters 46-50From: My Road from Damascus |
Includes the chapters "The President Welcomed War", "A Checkpoint by Barada River", "Telephones Ringing, People Dying", and "My Family Almost Kidnapped". … | Jamal Saeed | 44 | 2022 | $4.40 Add |
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From  Coolness, Courage, and SkillFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
This chapter summarizes the experience of Canadian nurses through the details of one woman’s service. Anna Stamers’ and other’s endurance and courage is described. | Dianne Kelly | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
