Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  The Rice Chest |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She recalls going back to her childhood home with her daughters. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From  The True North Strong and FreeFrom: Imagined Truths |
The author talks about emigrating to Canada. | Richard Lemm | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Two Lives of Doctor OTRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS From: Indigenous Toronto |
This chapter explores the story of Oronhyatekha, born on August 10, 1841, who became one of the most influential Indigenous people in nineteenth-century Canada. | Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! This Has Always Been a War |
In “This Has Always Been a War” the author recounts their time working in the vineyards, orchards, and gardens of Naramata, Salt Springs, and Penticton, British Columbia. Discussing … | Lori Fox | 39 | 2022 | $3.90 Add |
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From  Transcontinental removal |
The trip from Vancouver to the internment camp in Angler Ontario | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 5 | 2012 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Troubles at the AdmiraltyFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough provides a thorough examination of Winston Churchill’s and Jack Fisher’s troubles at the Admiralty in 1915 as they relate to the Dardanelles and the … | Barry Gough | 49 | 2017 | $4.90 Add |
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From  Turner Cup |
His time with the Atlanta Knights and the Turner Cup Win | John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe | 22 | 2014 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Turning the TablesFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter tells the history of Walpole Island and discusses anti-Indigenous racism, telling the story of Bill Sands. | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Upping the AnteRCAP and a Landmark Court Decision From: Unsettling Canada |
Upping the Ante explores the nationwide reaction to the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) report and all 440 of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommendations amongst … | Arthur Manuel | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Victims PeopleFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry examines how the public and accidental nature of traffic fatalities impact the tone and intensity of the media coverage that surrounds it. Cherry includes the comments of … | Tamara Cherry | 13 | 2023 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Winning the NominationPart 3. Beginning Your Campaign From: Women Winning Office |
In Winning the Nomination Nash explores how to secure the nomination process. Nash discusses electability, constructing a public narrative, endorsers, communications, and Nash’s own … | Peggy Nash | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Women’s WorkFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Nine focuses on women’s work, food orders, defending the camp and children from bears when the men are away, the authors stash of nanaimo bars attracting bears, laundry and the … | Kathryn Willcock | 37 | 2022 | $3.70 Add |
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From  Working LongFrom: No One to Tell |
In Working Long, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes her work schedule and a typical work day, as well as more instances of sexism as they occur throughout her example work day. | Janet Merlo | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Zimri ArmstrongA Man Betrayed |
This chapter tells the story of Zimri Armstrong and the other black loyalists who chose to leave the racism and discrimination they found in North America and attempt to find a better life in … | Stephen Davidson | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! "Sauce" |
This chapter discusses the aftermath of Vito Rizzuto’s return to Canada. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! “A beating every day”: The Story of Léo PitreChapter Ten From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Ten focuses on the story of Léo Pitre from Jacquet River, New Brunswick, describing his time in Hong Kong in 1941 with the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers, capture … | Ronald Cormier | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
