Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! Life AfterwardsFrom: Len & Cub |
This chapter continues to trace the lives of these two men and explores more queer history. | Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Lucky |
In this chapter, the author describes his upbringing as a young gay Black man in Canton, Ohio. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1995, but protease inhibitor medication successfully treated his condition. | Eddie Walker | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Ma and PaFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Recalls Singh’s mother’s introduction to his father. Her status and success were highlighted as she entered into an unhappy marriage. | Jaspreet Singh | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Makeover |
The chapter recounts Carr’s drugstore, shoplifting from the Hudson’s Bay, Suz and Gloria, ideas of “whiteness”, Maryanne’s birthday party, and the cruel intentions … | Margaret Macpherson | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Migration to the “Far East”From: A Lucky Life |
The decision to move to Halifax Nova Scotia after being recruited by Chester Stewart the then Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie | Richard B. Goldbloom | 5 | 2013 | $0.50 Add |
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From  MontaubanFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter describes Arendt’s flight to Montauban, a small town whose socialist mayor refused to obey the new Vichy regime. There, she searched for information about her husband, until … | Ann Heberlein | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 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  Path to Independence California, 1959-60From: 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 | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From  PrimiparaFrom: The M Word |
Ariel Gordon reflects on her parenting, writing, only children, big families, and her poem Primipara. | Ariel Gordon | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Radio, 1942–49 52From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at the principle form of entertainment/popular culture, Radio 1942-49 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Ragging the PuckFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter explores whiteness/racism in Hockey and tells the story of George Chin and his brothers. The story of Boomer Harding– called Chatham-Kent’s own Jackie Robinson many … | Ian Kennedy | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Richard CorankapoonA Determined Leader |
The final chapter tells the story of Richard Corankapoon, who led hundreds of others to travel to Sierra Leone from British North America. | Stephen Davidson | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Scene 6The Kiss |
Scene 6 revisits David and Tara’s early years together. It discusses the ‘Outies’ and ‘Innies’, university, lectures, marriage, and a kiss. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Seeing the Bigger Picture |
Noeline Bridge recounts the story of Dennis. The story discusses his working life, challenges, unions, and more. | Noeline Bridge | 4 | 2009 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Battle in the ForestThe Trade in Indian Trees From: Unsettling Canada |
The Battle in the Forest discusses Manuel’s experiences working with and against B.C. forestry. The chapter explores how Indigenous people and lands bear the brunt of the logging’s … | Arthur Manuel | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! The Dance from Cabbagetown Cones to Shiibaashka’igan ConesTRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS From: Indigenous Toronto |
Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane speaks about growing up in Toronto and Indigenous activism. | Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
