Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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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 |
From Turner Cup |
His time with the Atlanta Knights and the Turner Cup Win | John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe | 22 | 2014 | $2.20 Add |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
From NEW! "Sauce" |
This chapter discusses the aftermath of Vito Rizzuto’s return to Canada. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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 |
From 0.9 Love LettersFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Mike shares about the first person he fell in love with and his letters with her, while Chase responds remembering a film of their shared favourite filmmaker about love letters, and sorting … | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add |
From A Postcard from Germany |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He muses on emigration and escape from Vietnam, and recounts a scam and failed escape attempt. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
From AfterwordFrom: Disfigured |
The afterword reflects on portrayals of disability and wheelchair use in recent media. | Amanda Leduc | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
From NEW! AfterwordFrom: Earthkeeping |
The Afterword: Mars, Anyone?. | Gary Saunders | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
From NEW! AfterwordAndaiye and the Carribean Radical Organizing Tradition |
This reading consists of the following essays: Andaiye and the Caribbean Radical Organizing Tradition (Anthony Bogues) | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |