Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  Old Meets NewStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … | Jake Ootes | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Old Testament |
In this essay, the author describes his dissatisfaction with public health campaigns aimed at mitigating the AIDS crisis, since they frame people like him as scary risks from which others must be … | Alexander McClelland | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Old WivesFrom: The Whole Animal |
129 | Corinna Chong | 4 | 2023 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! “On a power trip”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the autumn of 1980, when the Trudeau government finalized the National Energy Program and navigated the constitutional debate in the Senate (as told by the diary … | Ron Graham | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
 NEW! On Account of DarknessShining Light on Race and Sport |
For marginalized athletes past and present, achievement can bring celebrity without equality and recognition without opportunity In many ways, Ontario’s Chatham-Kent region is a microcosm … | Ian Kennedy | 213 | 2022 | View |
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From  NEW! On Becoming an Environmental ActivistFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses his experiences with environmental activism in Manitoba, beginning in 1991. | Roger Turene | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! On Being an ArtistDecolonial Practices: Section 2 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter is an interview between the artist behind Ahqahizu, Koomuatuk (Kuzy) Curley and Anna Hudson. | Anna Hudson; Koomuatuk (Kuzy) Curely | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From  On Death |
In this chapter, Highway examines three cultural visions of death—the Catholic afterlife, the Greek Underworld, and the Cree understanding of rebirth. | Tomson Highway | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  On Love and FidelityFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter examines Arendt’s The Human Condition and various philosophical ideas on the nature of love. | Ann Heberlein | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
On Love and TyrannyThe Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt |
In an utterly unique approach to biography, On Love and Tyranny traces the life and work of the iconic German Jewish intellectual Hannah Arendt, whose political philosophy and understandings of … | Ann Heberlein | 272 | 2021 | View |
 NEW! On OpiumPain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance |
A groundbreaking meditation on pain, painkillers, and dependence from a prescription opioid user. Her writing has been described as "measured," "sensuous," and … | 364 | View | ||
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From  On Strike for Justice New York, 1958From: Holocaust to Resistance |
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 | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! “On the attack”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the early days of Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s Liberal campaign for the 1980 federal election, from December 19 to 27, 1979 (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, … | Ron Graham | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  On the Marsh |
Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 24 | 2016 | $2.40 Add | |
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From  On the MoveEngland, Canada, and England Again From: Asleep in the Deep |
Anna Stamers left No. 1 CGH on May 21, 1917, after fifteen months of continuous service in France. Anna was granted a 17 day leave and returns to Canada where, due to poor health, she was granted … | Dianne Kelly | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From On the Road and in the Streets |
Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 23 | 2016 | $2.30 Add |
