Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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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 |
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 |
From Life Is Amazing |
Judy Bowman recounts the story of Patricia. The story discusses surviving an abusive marriage, freedom, education, and her passion for helping others. | Judy Bowman | 5 | 2009 | $0.50 Add |
From Managing Dementia:Never a Dull Moment From: Pilgrim Souls |
Looks at the challenges of being a caregiver to someone with dementia, resources that helped him, dealing with hard truths in that those diagnosed will never get better, gives plans strategies … | Jim Lotz | 48 | 2013 | $4.80 Add |
From Mapping the TerritoryFrom: At Home |
Chapter 9 features interviews with Victoria Stanton, Sandra Rechico, Gwen MacGregor, Ellen Moffat, Kim Morgan, and Peter Dykhuis. This chapter focuses on finding home in oneself, where art … | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
From NEW! Nannuppugt!Land and Language: Section 1 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
In this chapter Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory describes life in the arctic, the history of Nunavut, the connection of being Inuit and Inuk, making art, traditional living and practices, and the … | Joshua Qaurmariaq; Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
From Newfoundland Doesn’t Turn Down Black Girls |
This chapter is an interview with a Black woman in the stripping industry. Although she has special talents that stem from her circus training, she has been turned away by owners of strip clubs … | Kerri Cull | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
From No ContactPart 3: The Circuit From: This is My Real Name |
Chapter 9 explores Brunet’s time in Vancouver at The District club. Topics discussed include different rules, hierarchy of shame, contact versus no contact, VIP girls, housing in Vancouver, … | Cid V Brunet | 31 | 2021 | $3.10 Add |
From NEW! Palahna Kosovan 1892 – 1979From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Six is about Palahna Kosovan, the author’s maternal grandmother or “Baba.” Describing Baba’s strength, self reliance through gardening and livestock, membership in the … | Myrna Kostash | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
From NEW! Pandemic InsightTime to Create Change From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Eight reflects on what we can learn from the pandemic and how we should move forward both personally and professionally. Topics discussed include the long road to recovery, the trauma … | Heather Patterson | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
From Pen-friendshipsFrom: The Wheel of Things |
- | Mollie Gillen | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
From NEW! RememberingPart Eight From: Earthkeeping |
Part Eight contains the sections: Neil Van Nostrand, Ecologist, Hezekiah and the Pine, A Rose for Mary Matilda, Remembering Lucy and Helen, Lloyd S. Hawboldt, and Bug Man. These stories are about … | Gary Saunders | 31 | 2022 | $3.10 Add |
From NEW! Royals |
The chapter reflects on the author’s memories of the queen’s visit to Yellowknife, thinking of oneself as the other, Margie’s relationship to Maryanne. | Margaret Macpherson | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! Scene 5Feminism + The Economy |
Scene 5 explores the role of feminism. Discussing unpaid labour, GDP, economic growth, and more. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
From Settling Down in NewfoundlandFrom: No Place For A Woman |
The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. | Antony Berger | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
From She Was So Beautiful My Heart MovedFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of an Afghan man forced into army service to graduate from school who marries a half-Russian, half-Uzbek woman and their escape the violence of the area to come to … | David Starr | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |