Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Movie Club, 1947–48 44From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at the Saturday Morning Movie Club which meant freedom for children from the surly bonds of adult control and supervision 1947-48 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Máret Ánne Sara’s Pile o’SápmiCommunity and Sovereighty: Section 3 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter reflects on the art installation of Pil Osampi. Discussing the Jovsset Ante Sara vs. the State of Norway, reindeer husbandry, the Norwegian court, Indigenous rights and sovereignty, … | Jan-Erik Lundström | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  My First Funeral |
The ghost of the author’s father narrates this chapter, recounting his life and death. The author’s father died escaping Vietnam, on his way to reunite with his six older children in … | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  My Lucky BreakFrom: Pilgrim Souls |
Talks about Pat and his first Meeting | Jim Lotz | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
 NEW! My Mother, My Translator |
In 2008, Jaspreet Singh made a pact with his mother. He would gladly give her the go-ahead to publish her significantly altered translation of a story from his … | Jaspreet Singh | 280 | 2021 | View |
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From NEW! My Mother, My TranslatorFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recounts the story of Singh’s mother translating his first collection of short stories into Punjabi. Their trust over the translation of the fourteenth story prompted Singh to push his … | Jaspreet Singh | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  My New World New York, 1950-54From: Holocaust to Resistance |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  My Own Brief (but Spectacular) Career as a MaestroFrom: A Lucky Life |
The opportuntiy to conduct an orchestra | Richard B. Goldbloom | 2 | 2013 | $0.20 Add |
 NEW! My Road from DamascusA Memoir |
"An extraordinary account of survival in Syria’s most notorious military prisons that is written with “brutal clarity — and yet, there is a poetic quality to the … | Jamal Saeed | 440 | 2022 | View |
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From My Second Funeral |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He is re-buried by his family. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From My Third Funeral |
This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. His remains are cremated and brought to North America. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Mythical LandscapesFrom: At Home |
Chapter 3 is an interview with Amalie Atkins. This chapter focuses on how childhood landscapes can be a powerful trigger for creativity, even if one does not continue to reside there. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Nancy MosleyA Black Loyalist on Trial |
This chapter explores the case of Nancy Mosley, the defendant in New Brunswick’s first murder trial. | Stephen Davidson | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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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 |
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From  National SecurityFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Involvement of the CCLA in matters of national security. | Alan Borovoy | 49 | 2014 | $4.90 Add |
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From  NEW! natuur/natureFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
This chapter examines the poems of Ida Gerhardt. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
