Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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You Only Live Twice

Sex, Death and Transition

YOLT explores two artists’ lives before and after transitions: from female to male, and from near-dead to alive. The unspoken promise was that in our second life we would become the question to … ; 153 View
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About This Book

From: Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography)

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accent/accent

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

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This chapter is a reflection the author’s mother’s Dutch lessons. 4 $0.40 Add
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Acknowledgements

From: Reconciliation in Practice

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At Your Service

From: This Has Always Been a War

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In “At Your Service ” author Lori Fox recounts their time in the service industry between 2003 -2020 to provide a case study of the culture of capitalism. Discussing culture under … 26 $2.60 Add
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Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

An Introduction

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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The editor of the collection frames introduces the volume by exploring his youthful feelings about his sexuality, and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. 6 $0.60 Add
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Cast of Characters

From: How We Changed Toronto

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Short biographies about the people consistently mentioned throughout the book. 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter 1

How Things Work and Why Stories Matter

From: Legacy

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In this chapter, the author discusses the history of trauma experienced by indigenous communities as a result of colonialism. This chapter also includes a general overview of indigenous … 30 $3.00 Add
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Chapter 1

From: Northern Wildflower

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Chapters 1-20

From: Double Pregnant

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Chapters 1-5

From: My Road from Damascus

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Includes the chapters "Silver Charm and Apple Trees", "Despair Was the Secret of My Courage", "Holy", "From Syria’s Next Great Writer to Dog Food", … 29 $2.90 Add
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Foreword

The Motherhood Conversation (or “Life With a Uterus”)

From: The M Word

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Forward from editor Kerry Clare. 5 $0.50 Add
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Foreword

From: Any Other Way

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In the foreword, Kristyn Wong-Tam recounds her arrival in Toronto from Hong Kong and describes the diversity of the city’s queer community, which is often overshadowed by the predominantly … 2 $0.20 Add
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Foreword

From: Ghosts in a Photograph

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The forward reflects on the author’s connection to the past and connection to their family through old photographs, discussing emigration, immigration, the old country of Galicia, … 7 $0.70 Add
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Foreword

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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Pamela Palmater’s Foreword of this new edition explains how it has been updated to include perspectives on the essential role of women in George Manuel’s life and work, as well as … 3 $0.30 Add
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Foreword

From: Fight or Submit

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