Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! “I was always apprehensive”: The Story of Ulysse GallantChapter Three From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Three focuses on the story of Ulysse Gallant, from Moncton, New Brunswick, describing his career in the army with the New Brunswick Rangers before the war, joining the airforce and … | Ronald Cormier | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Wood-Wellesley and the ‘Mystery Block’From: Any Other Way |
Mark Obaldeston describes how the pressure of new building developments is reshaping and erasing historically queer spaces in Toronto. | Mark Osbaldeston | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From Uptown/Downtown: Diary of a Hong Kong Dyke in Nineties TorontoFrom: Any Other Way |
Karen Chan recounts the eventful week leading up to her twenty third birthday in August, 1998. | Karen B.K. Chan | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  I Wasn’t Crazy after All |
This chapter concerns a woman who works as a stripper and helps educate people on the kinds of human trafficking that are associated with forced sex work. | Kerri Cull | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  I Would Go Back if I CouldFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a Iranian woman who converted to Christianity and was disowned by her Muslim family, she became an illegal refugee in Turkey with a constant fear of deportation before … | David Starr | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Ice Cakes, 1941From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at the Northwest Arm in Melville Cove, its landmarks and features in 1941 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Identifying Supporters-The Point of the CampaignPart 5. Campaigning From: Women Winning Office |
In Identifying Supporters-The Point of the Campaign Nash stresses the importance of meeting your community and suggests methods to meet and acquire more supporters from her own experiences. | Peggy Nash | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From  If I Were KingFrom: A Lucky Life |
Talks about how he would improve the world of children’s hospitals and some of the things he has improved during his career | Richard B. Goldbloom | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From  ik/IFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
The alphabet in Dutch, along with a helpful guide. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Illusory Superiority, Survival, and Harsh RealityFrom: Committed |
In this chapter, Sprickerhoff examines the psychological and practical realities of surviving as a startup founder, noting that roughly ninety percent of new businesses fail within five years. | Eldon Sprickerhoff | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From  “I’m Not Going to Talk to a Woman”From: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her experiences during the second intifada and her campaign for equitable Bedouin children’s education in Israel. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
 Imagined TruthsMyths from a Draft-Dodging Poet |
Memory is not only selective, it’s an amazing liar, con artist and spin doctor. History is what we choose to remember about the past in order to justify the present. Richard Lemm grew up in … | Richard Lemm | 272 | 2021 | View |
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From  Impermanent HomesFrom: At Home |
Chapter 11 features interviews with Jacky Sawatzky and Jeroen Witvliet. This chapter focuses on artists who find belonging and home in any place they are travelling. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Impossible ForgivenessFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter examines forgiveness in another context – should Nazis be forgiven for their acts during the Holocaust? | Ann Heberlein | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From  In Olden Times, When Wishing Still Helped: The Fairy Tale in France and GermanyFrom: Disfigured |
Chapter 3 explores fairy tales from France and Germany, exploring topics including the rise of modern fairy tales, disfigurement and disability in fairy tales, a history of the Grimm brothers, … | Amanda Leduc | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  In on the Ground FloorStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … | Jake Ootes | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
