Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellIndependence From: On Opium |
The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From  NEW! The Sápmi Lessons: Retoolment, Resurgence, and Re-existence in Indigenous Circumpolar ArtDecolonial Practices: Section 2 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter explores Sámpi resurgence and resistance in Indigenous circumpolar art in recent years. Discussing identity politics, Sámi depictions in popular culture, decolonial … | Jan-Erik Lundström | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The Titans Exit the AdmiraltyFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines the year 1915 focusing on Winston Churchill’s and Jack Fisher’s disagreements coming to a breaking point that see Fisher resign from the Admiralty and … | Barry Gough | 45 | 2017 | $4.50 Add |
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From  The Top of the WorldFrom: 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 | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From  This is What War Looks Like to WomenFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a woman born in Liberia in 1982 who escaped the civil war in Liberia by moving to Ivory Coast where war soon broke out as well. She then found her way to a refugee … | David Starr | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Town Squares and Spiritual HeartsFrom: Any Other Way |
Shawn Micallef describes how Barbara Hall Park has, at times, served as the town square for Toronto’s queer community. | Shawn Micallef | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Washed Up At NineFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about doing grocery orders for the neighbourhood as a method of income as a child | Tom Douglas | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
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From  What could possibly go wrong?PART 2: LEADING WITH NERVE From: Nerve |
This chapter talks about conflict, hardships, and challenges that may arise during a leaders career and how to handle these situations successfully as women leaders. | Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From  What I’ve Become |
In this chapter, the author interviews a man who has bought sex for two decades. He can’t live without the thrill of his clandestine “other” life, and the thrill caused by his … | Kerri Cull | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! When the News Trucks Go AwayFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the fatal Humboldt Broncos car crash that occurred in 2018. She includes excerpts of her interview with Laurie, whose son was among the passengers that did not … | Tamara Cherry | 8 | 2023 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Who Was Uncle Nick?From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Seven focuses on Uncle Nick, the author’s maternal great uncle Mykola Kosovan. Discussing his time in Lethbridge, his communist leanings, poverty and radicalization back in … | Myrna Kostash | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Working ShortFrom: No One to Tell |
In Working Short, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses staffing shortage patterns, as well as evidence of any sexual harassment she was experiencing at work. The chapter also discusses how … | Janet Merlo | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Writing Apace and Returning to Social ActionFrom: No Place For A Woman |
The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. | Antony Berger | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From  You’re a Celebrity NowFrom: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, Al Kontar writes about his growing fame, and his interactions with people whose interest in him was motivated by selfish reasons. | Hassan Al Kontar | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  “An Unselfish Interest?”: Canada and the Hungarian Revolution, 1954–1957 |
Hungarian revolution had important implications for Canadian foreign policy. This paper explores Canada’s nuanced diplomatic reaction to the crisis against the backdrop of Ottawa’s … | Greg Donaghy | 19 | 2010 | $2.47 Add |
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From  NEW! “They wanted to humiliate us”: The Story of Guy SiroisChapter Eleven From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Eleven focuses on the story of Guy Sirois from Saint-Hilaire, New Brunswick, describing his time in the Far East, capture by the Japanese, his captivity, conditioning of the working … | Ronald Cormier | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
