Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Socialist Print Shop New York, 1965-72 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	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From A Special Kind of Evil From: On Love and Tyranny View House of Anansi Press	This chapter concerns Arendt’s flight from Germany, and her arrival in Paris in 1933. It also details some of the history of anti-Semitism in Europe.	Ann Heberlein	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From A squirrel running… From: The Wheel of Things View Formac Publishing		Mollie Gillen	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From NEW! A Stillborn Editorial Career From: Bit Player on Big Stages View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Turene examines his experiences as co-editor of International Perspectives, a new foreign policy magazine.	Roger Turene	5	2025	$0.50 Add
From NEW! “A strong hand” From: The Coutts Diaries View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Graham examines July 1980, the intense political manoeuvring in Trudeau’s Cabinet as it confronted the patriation of the Constitution and the National Energy Program (as …	Ron Graham	14	2025	$1.40 Add
From NEW! A Strong Wall around Me From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	Chapter Nine looks at the remaking of Louise and Len’s life and relationship after the war. The chapter discusses the 1946 publication of The Loghouse Nest, Len finding work, and …	Merilyn Simonds	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Limits From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	The author describes her writing life in relation to the chronic pain and stiffness of her disease and how, no longer depressed, she has stretched her own limits with opiods, and asks if she can …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	23	2021	$2.30 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Vertigo From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	Through the metaphor and the physical condition of vertigo, the author describes a benign temporary condition of incapacitiating vertigo, an artist’s residency in Venice, and the experience …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts Quake From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	As the author describes the upending of her life: the losses of the past months and years: her love, her family, her body, her work, her income, her freedom—treasured friendships, even. she …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	15	2021	$1.50 Add
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 Tent, a Saj and a Donkey From: Hope Is a Woman's Name View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces Ummi’s struggle against her mother-in-law, Jidatee, in the Bedouin village of Tel Arad.	Amal Elsana Alh'jooj	4	2024	$0.40 Add
From NEW! A Thwarted Assassination From: Bit Player on Big Stages View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Turene discusses how, n 1973, during a Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Ottawa, a plot by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin to assassinate acting Foreign Minister Paul Etiang …	Roger Turene	6	2025	$0.60 Add
From A very active and energetic man From: The Wheel of Things View Formac Publishing		Mollie Gillen	9	2015	$0.90 Add
From NEW! “A very important day” From: The Coutts Diaries View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Graham examines how Jim Coutts made a pivotal career decision to leave his advisory role to the Prime Minister and run in a Toronto by-election (as told by the diary of Jim …	Ron Graham	8	2025	$0.80 Add