Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! Robert Markle: The Power of the Mark/At the Hinge of Light and DarkTRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS From: Indigenous Toronto |
This chapter explores the story of artist Robert Markle. | Bonnie Devine | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Silence, MemoryFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 13 examines the individual trips Wanda and Casey took to Poland during the 1970’s. The chapter reflects on Wanda and Casey’s life and experiences of exile and trauma after the … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Sundown TownFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter discusses sundown towns and tells the story of football player Rollie Miles and his family and their experiences with racism in Wallaceburg and Edmonton. | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! The Bug |
This chapter discusses surveillance of Scoppa. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  NEW! The Fourth WorldA Global Movement From: Unsettling Canada |
The Fourth World discusses the struggle to find justice on the international stage when it has been denied at home. This chapter focuses on the history of the idea of a “the Fourth … | Arthur Manuel | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  The Girl on the SubwayFrom: The M Word |
Deanna McFadden reflects on thinking about her life as a mother both before and after, transit, commuting, driving, her pregnancy, patience, and more. | Deanna McFadden | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Trại Mát |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes a a short trip to Trại Mát and reminisces on a time when her younger sister got very sick and was treated by her … | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Unforgettable Persons and MomentsFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Anecdotes about memorable persons and events. | Alan Borovoy | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From  WheelsFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Cars | Jim Bennet | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From  White Birds and Machine GunsFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a woman from Kabul who’s first memories are of war, first with the Russian and then the Mujahedeen before escaping to a refugee camp in Pakistan. She was … | David Starr | 16 | 2016 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Wide and Urban Wilderness: Defining Public Space in Allan GardensFrom: Any Other Way |
Tatum Taylor recounts the history of Allan Gardens as a queer space, from a visit by Oscar Wilde in 1882 to the setting of Pride festivites in the 21st century. | Tatum Taylor | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Winter shut-ins |
Discusses winter in the camp including Christmas and the new year | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! With High HeartFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Fourteen focuses on Louise’s book Lovely, a new approach to her writing. | Merilyn Simonds | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Woody PointFrom: No Place For A Woman |
Getting My Bearings Again – Building My House on the Hill – The Electricity Kerfuffle – Jinny-Down-by-the-Bow – Spring: Back Home Again – A Summer of Wonders – … | Antony Berger | 60 | 2020 | $6.00 Add |
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From  NEW! YuriVersions of a Murder From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Ten is about Yuri Kosovan, the author’s maternal great uncle. Describing his death, the four varying tales of his death at the hands of either “bandyty” (bandits), UPA, Banderivtsi … | Myrna Kostash | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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From  "Without a Place to Call My Own"From: On Love and Tyranny |
In this chapter, Heberlein discusses Hannah and Heinrich’s arrival in New York, and Arendt’s thoughts and feelings about being a refugee. | Ann Heberlein | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
