Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! Some PhotonsFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
A poem about eyes. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From  Someday My Prince Will ComeDisney and the World Without Shadows From: Disfigured |
Chapter 4 focuses on Disney’s interpretation of fairy tales, discussing topics including ‘Disneyfication’ of well-known fairy tales, elements of disability in Disney … | Amanda Leduc | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
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From Something Below HumanityThe Beautiful and the Beastly From: Disfigured |
Chapter 6 examines the archetype of beauty and the beast, exploring topics such as physical beauty, pity, humanity, isolation and childhood, beauty as good a sign of one’s characteristics, … | Amanda Leduc | 27 | 2020 | $2.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Soul |
This chapter remembers Margie’s relationship with Sylvan Johnson, her sickly neighbour, his attempt to save Margie’s soul, his death and funeral, his sister Carmel’s regret, and … | Margaret Macpherson | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  SoundsFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Sounds of the city/time | Jim Bennet | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add |
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From  SourcesFrom: 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 | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
South End BoyGrowing up in Halifax in the tumultuous '30s and '40s |
In this memoir Jim Bennet introduces us to Halifax of the 1930s and ’40s: one full of coal smoke and rival gangs, chuffing freight trains and pine tar soap. He takes the reader along with … | 143 | View | ||
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From  Speaking OutFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes her permanent medical discharge from the RCMP, which involved being told that her entire history of harassment claims were … | Janet Merlo | 15 | 2013 | $1.50 Add |
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From  An Experiment in Alternative Living: Washington AvenueFrom: Any Other Way |
Diana Meridith recalls the experience of livng in a lesbian collective house in downtown Toronto in the 1980s. | Diana Meredith | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
 Special Topics in Being a HumanA Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring For People, Including Myself |
S. Bear Bergman’s illustrated guide to practical advice for the modern age, filtered through a queer lens. As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his … | S. Bear Bergman; Saul (Illus.) Freedman-Lawson | 272 | 2021 | View |
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From  Spying on the NDPFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add | |
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From Standing TallFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo recounts her experiences in basic training for the RCMP in Regina. She discusses the both the physical and mental aspects of RCMP training as well … | Janet Merlo | 8 | 2013 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Status Symbol |
This chapter explores St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, where the author has regular blood work. He writes that it inspires a sense of community, and it is where he feels safest from stigma. | Tony Correia | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From Steps to GentrificationFrom: Any Other Way |
Allison Bergess recounts the story of The Steps, which were constructed in 1984 and became a victim of gentrification twenty years later. | Allison Burgess | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Sticks and StonesFrom: On Account of Darkness |
The author tells the story of the Kicknosways, who faced anti-Indigenous racism as they navigated life and the world of sports in Canada. Other stories are also told and racial tensions and … | Ian Kennedy | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
 NEW! Still HopefulLessons from a Lifetime of Activism |
“Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC In this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that … | Maude Barlow | 240 | 2022 | View |
