Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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 No Place For A Woman |
As a young woman, the late Ella Manuel left the busy shipping community of Lewisporte, Newfoundland, for the wider world in the 1920s, but eventually returned to the island, as a single mother, … | Antony Berger | 318 | 2020 | View |
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From  No Place For Amateur PilotsStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … | Jake Ootes | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From  No Place Like HomeFrom: At Home |
Chapter 2 features interviews with Simon Frank, Nicole Fournier, and Susan Feindel. The chapter focuses on artists who live in and create art out of their childhood surroundings. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! No Thrills and Bougie BannockTRANSFORMING THE CITY From: Indigenous Toronto |
On growing up in Toronto and food. The author talks about bannock and the social and cultural forces that underlie this food. | Sarena Johnson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
 Northern WildflowerA Memoir |
Northern Wildflower is the beautifully written and powerful memoir of Catherine Lafferty. With startling honesty and a distinct voice, Lafferty tells her story of being a Dene woman growing up in … | Catherine Lafferty | 155 | 2018 | View |
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From  NEW! Not a Madeleine Dunked in TeaFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Explores grief through food, music, and memory. Showcases how these facets of experience intersected with his grief. | Jaspreet Singh | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Not Canadian EnoughFrom: On Account of Darkness |
In this chapter, systemic racism against Japanese Canadians during the 20th century is explored.The author muses on the legacy of Bobby Orr and Don Cherry, once models for what it meant to be … | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Not Enough Value |
In this chapter, Cull profiles a student who turned to stripping to make ends meet. | Kerri Cull | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Not in My Name Toronto, Egypt, 2005-17From: 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 | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
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From Not Victims but Warriors |
This chapter features a 42-year-old gay man who owns and operates three adult massage studios. He also runs NL Adult, a free service that connects sex workers with clients. | Kerri Cull | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Not Your MascotFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter discusses racism and mascots in sports. | Ian Kennedy | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NotesFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 22 | 2024 | $2.20 Add | |
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From  NEW! Notes on Dates and Place NamesFrom: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Notes on the dates and place names relevant to the text. | Myrna Kostash | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Notes on the Gay BarFrom: Any Other Way |
An account of a visit to a Toronto gay bar by a straight researcher, done as part of an observation study of Toronto bars conducted in the 1950’s. | Robert Popham | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Nothing Happens HaphazardlyFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Eight explores Louise’s journey writing her "Little Bird Book." The chapter follows the writing and publishing of her first book and Len’s homecoming from the war. | Merilyn Simonds | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Noticing |
In this chapter, caregivers share stories about noticing – or refusing to notice – the onset of a loved one’s dementia. Since stigma surrounds Alzheimer’s disease and … | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 54 | 2021 | $5.40 Add |
