Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! TenFrom: Holden After & Before |
- | Tara McGuire | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The 1956-1957 Refugee Movement in the Context of Hungarian Immigration to Canada since the Late 19th Century |
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the 1956 refugee experience, place it in the context of a century and a half of Hungarian immigration to Canada, and establish to what extent and in … | Nándor Dreisziger | 29 | 2010 | $3.77 Add |
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From  NEW! The Death March: The Story of Léo VienneauChapter Nine From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Nine focuses on the story of Léo Vienneau from Caraquet Island, New Brunswick, describing his time with the riflemen of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, time as a corporal with B Company, … | Ronald Cormier | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  The GameFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A black Nova Scotian woman outlines her experience as a 17 year old who begins working in the sex trade at the urging of her boyfriend as the best way for the couple to make money. | Jade M. Brooks | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From  The Great UnravellingFrom: Disfigured |
Chapter 9 explores the future of how disability will be in the present and near future, discussing topics like fairy tales and the ideology of able bodiedness, the political, social, economic … | Amanda Leduc | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Grudge |
This chapter talks about Rénald Joseph Ernest Serge Desjardins and Scoppa’s accounts of him. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From  The Night They Almost Blew Us All to Kingdom ComeFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about having to fill the fuel oil for the stove and a night where it exploded | Tom Douglas | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The OutingFrom: Len & Cub |
This chapter details the circumstances of Len’s outing in 1931, after which he was forced to leave Havelock. | Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellDependence From: On Opium |
This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 36 | 2021 | $3.60 Add |
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From  The Real Tragedy of the Loss of the Commons |
The cost of the Scottish Clearances through forced emmigration and the abolition of Scottish commons. | Heather Menzies | 7 | 2014 | $0.70 Add |
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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! The Winds of ChangeFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 9 explores Canada’s role in taking those displaced by the Second World War and the conclusion of the UNRRA project. The chapter discusses British and Canadian plans to exchange four … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 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 |
