Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Monsters From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	The author describes what suffering does to her body and mind and how the effort required to transcend it makes her feel like a monster. While her condition allows her to walk and run but not …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Dross From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, dross, the undesirable scum that rises to the top of molten metal and also the residue from previously smoked opium is applied as metaphor to junkies: the unwanted product of …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Saturnalia From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	Through the description of a trip to Spain, the author explores facism and the relationship between governments and drug users, and other disposable groups of people. The author states that we …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From A very active and energetic man From: The Wheel of Things View Formac Publishing		Mollie Gillen	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From A Voice for the Fourth World 1975-1976 From: Brotherhood to Nationhood View Between The Lines	Chapter fifteen of George Manuel’s biography covers the years 1975 and 1976 and begins with the third meeting of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. Manuel developed a sense of …	Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From A Whole Other Story From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Faith Nolan recalls her experiences as a queer African Canadian woman in Toronto after moving from Nova Scotia with her mother in the 1960’s.	Faith Nolan	4	2017	$0.40 Add
From A Worthwhile Thing to Be Doing From: A Sense of Themselves View Fernwood Publishing		Carol E. Harris	28	1998	$2.80 Add
From A Wrenching Decision Los Angeles, 1961 From: Holocaust to Resistance View Fernwood Publishing	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	3	2019	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Abbreviations From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Abbreviation relevant to the text.	Myrna Kostash	1	2022	$0.10 Add
From NEW! Aboriginal Title No Surrender From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	Aboriginal Title, No Surrender follows Manuel through his late youth and early adulthood as he met his wife, began to grow his family, and attended university and later law school. The chapter …	Arthur Manuel	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From About Contributors From: Reconciliation in Practice View Fernwood Publishing	About Contributors	Ranjan Datta	4	2019	$0.40 Add
From About This Book From: Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography) View Fernwood Publishing		Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker	6	2016	$0.60 Add
From NEW! accent/accent From: Alfabet/Alphabet View Palimpsest Press	This chapter is a reflection the author’s mother’s Dutch lessons.	Sadiqa de Meijer	4	2020	$0.40 Add
From Acknowledgements From: You Only Live Twice View Coach House Books	Acknowledgements	Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom	2	2016	$0.20 Add
From Acknowledgements From: Walking Away from Hate View twp		Jeanette Manning; Lauren Manning	2	2021	$0.20 Add
From Acknowledgements From: Reconciliation in Practice View Fernwood Publishing	Acknowledgements	Ranjan Datta	1	2019	$0.10 Add