Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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“Like a load of pigs”: The Story of Alcide Gallant

Chapter Seven

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

Chapter Seven focuses on the story of Alcide Gallant, from Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island, describing his time Perth Regiment of the 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade of 5th Canadian Armoured … 11 $1.10 Add
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Like an Immigrant
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Like an Immigrant

Community and Sovereighty: Section 3

From: Qummut Qukiria!

This chapter reflects on Greenland, in its current state from pre-colonization to self-rule. 4 $0.40 Add
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Like the White Wings of Angels
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Like the White Wings of Angels

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Seven focuses on the connections Louise had been making during the Second World War while Len was away. The chapter explores Louise’s relationship with Murray and Doris Speirs, her … 23 $2.30 Add
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Limit Situations

Limit Situations

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, the author delves further into Arendt’s infatuation with Heidegger. 6 $0.60 Add
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Line of Defence
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Line of Defence

Side by Side for Mother Earth

From: Unsettling Canada

Line of Defence focuses on Indigenous peoples’ role in acting as environmentalist across the world, as the children and the defenders of the land. The chapter explores activism against the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Little Windmill

Little Windmill

Part 3: The Circuit

From: This is My Real Name

Chapter 7 begins with Brunet’s time at Club Goldmine. Topics discussed include the hiring process, travels to Sudbury, VIP, and more. 44 $4.40 Add
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Living for the Land
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Living for the Land

From: When the Pine Needles Fall

In Chapter Nine Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel speaks about the role that optimistic thought about the future plays in the work of building a better world. ; ; ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Living with a Disability
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Living with a Disability

From: Making a Home

Powley reflects on what it is like to live with a disability. She discusses the need for group homes, ableism, accessible accommodation, and her own personal experiences living in Nova Scotia as … 32 $3.20 Add
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Local Agitator to Provincial Leader

Local Agitator to Provincial Leader

1955-1960

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

The fourth chapter of George Manuel’s biography details his journey from a person who recognized an important opportunity for defiance of government control of First Nations peoples and … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Local Strategy, SWOT, and Target Voters
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Local Strategy, SWOT, and Target Voters

Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign

From: Women Winning Office

In Local Strategy, SWOT, and Target Voters Nash examines different strategies to win. Topics discussed include inspiring, organizing, mobilizing, and the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and … 7 $0.70 Add
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Locating and Re-locating

Locating and Re-locating

From: At Home

Chapter 1 focuses on author and artist Lezli Rubin-Kunda, who speaks on her own experiences with belonging, her art, and her sense of home as both a Canadian and Israeli. 13 $1.30 Add
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Lomond

Lomond

From: No Place For A Woman

No Place for a Woman? – A Cjamce Meeting, a New Idea – My Killdevil Days 18 $1.80 Add
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Looking for Gaëtan

Looking for Gaëtan

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter explores the historicization of the AIDS epidemic, and discusses some myths about Gaëtan Dugas, the so-called "Patient Zero." 9 $0.90 Add
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Looking for Love

Looking for Love

From: Walking Away from Hate

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Losing Me

Losing Me

From: Losing me, While Losing You

This chapter explores how caregivers lose some of themselves through the loss of their loved ones to dementia. ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
Losing me, While Losing You

Losing me, While Losing You

Caregivers Share Their Experiences of Supporting Friends and Family with Dementia

Losing Me, While Losing You is a long-needed resource to those providing care for people living with dementia — and for those providing care to the caregivers. In this book, caregivers … 224 View