Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Part 2: Jackasses, Brain Farts, And a Magic Screwdriver
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Part 2: Jackasses, Brain Farts, And a Magic Screwdriver

From: A Life Spent Listening

In Part 2 the author discussed the lessons he has learned and insight he has gained from his career as a psychologist. Topics in this part included finding psychological treatments that help … 56 $5.60 Add
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Part 3

Hitting a Billion

From: Billion Dollar Start-Up

This chapter explores the growth of HEXO from a small startup to a company with a valuation of over $1 billion. ; ; 86 $8.60 Add
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Part 3: Tune-Ups For Relationships
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Part 3: Tune-Ups For Relationships

From: A Life Spent Listening

In part 3 the author provided guidance for navigating our friendships, relationships, peer dynamics, and work partnerships in a healthy and fulfilling way. The topics in this part included … 56 $5.60 Add
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Part 4: Contentment Cake
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Part 4: Contentment Cake

From: A Life Spent Listening

In part 4 the author introduced his concept of the Contentment Cake and his criteria for being content in life. Topics included in this part are techniques for developing positive self esteem, … 56 $5.60 Add
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Part Four
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Part Four

Towards Strengthening the Movement

From: The Point is To Change the World

This reading consists of the following essays: Gender, Race, and Class: A Perspective on the Contemporary Caribbean Struggle [2009] ; 25 $2.50 Add
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Part Four
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Part Four

From: The Mantle of Struggle

Part four describes the political and personal events that took place after Rosie Douglas became the prime minister of Dominica. It details the days leading up to and following his death, and … 89 $8.90 Add
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Part I

Part I

From: The Matryoshka Memoirs

Part One details the story of Irina in wartime Germany in the 1940s and her life working in a prison camp hospital and in a prestigious family’s home, eventually starting a family. … 156 $15.60 Add
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Part II

Part II

From: The Matryoshka Memoirs

Part Two picks up from the first as Irina and Sergei escape from Germany with their child, and immigrate to Canada. The author continues to include scenes from the modern day between herself and … 80 $8.00 Add
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Part One
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Part One

From: The Mantle of Struggle

Part one explores Britain’s colonization of the Island of Dominica, provides historical background of Rosie Douglas’ ancestors, and describes the nature of his upbringing. Part one … 24 $2.40 Add
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Part One: Section I
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Part One: Section I

The Good and Bad of Some Earlier Feminist and Left Organizing in the Region

From: The Point is To Change the World

This reading consists of the following essays: The Angle You Look from Determines What You See: Towards a Critique of Feminist Politics and Organizing in the Caribbean [2002] – The Historic … ; 55 $5.50 Add
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Part One: Section II
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Part One: Section II

Notes on the Guyana Indian/African Race Divide, and on Organizing within and against it

From: The Point is To Change the World

This reading consists of the following essays: 1964: The Rupture of Neighborliness and its Legacy for Indian/African Relations [2008; 2018] (with D. Alissa Trotz) – Organizing within and … ; 46 $4.60 Add
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Part One: Small Towns
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Part One: Small Towns

From: The Things I Came Here With

Part One reflects on MacDonald’s childhood, his relationships with his brothers and sister, his mothers struggles with mental health, his passion for art, and the fall out from his parents … 62 $6.20 Add
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Part Three
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Part Three

From: The Mantle of Struggle

Part three describes Douglas’ life after his return to Dominica in 1976 and leading up to the general election in 2000. It explores his contributions to Domica’s political … 76 $7.60 Add
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Part Three: A New World
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Part Three: A New World

From: The Things I Came Here With

Part Three is larger in scope and follows MacDonald from his late adolescence to the present day, his career as a tattoo artist, his brother Rob’s influence, family history and addiction, … 117 $11.70 Add
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Part Three: Section I
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Part Three: Section I

My Breast and Yours, and the Inequalities of Power

From: The Point is To Change the World

This reading consists of the following essays: The War on Cancer as Seen by an Embattled Survivor [2017/2018] – Sister Survivor: For Audre Lorde [1992] ; 15 $1.50 Add