Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From ![]() NEW! The Golden BirdFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter One provides a brief introduction to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the self-trained amateur ornithologist and field nurse who is the subject of this book. The chapter discusses topics … | Merilyn Simonds | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Great Indian Bus Tour of TorontoTRANSFORMING THE CITY From: Indigenous Toronto |
Interviews with Heather Howard-Bobiwash, Jon Johnson, and Kory Snache. | Erica Commanda; Rebeka Tabobondung | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() The Great UnravellingFrom: Disfigured |
Chapter 9 explores the future of how disability will be in the present and near future, discussing topics like fairy tales and the ideology of able bodiedness, the political, social, economic … | Amanda Leduc | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Great White HopesFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter once again explores Indigenous history in Canada and discrimination against Indigenous people in the world of sports and beyond. The author talks about his personal experiences … | Ian Kennedy | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Greatest Country on EarthFrom: Imagined Truths |
The author reflects on his life, American and Canadian culture and patriotism, and belonging. | Richard Lemm | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Grudge |
This chapter talks about Rénald Joseph Ernest Serge Desjardins and Scoppa’s accounts of him. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The GulagFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 2 focuses on Casey (Kazimierz) Surdykowski, Wanda’s husband. The chapter tries to piece together Casey’s early life in interwar Poland, his family’s life as military … | Marsha Faubert | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() The haiku club |
Discusses the Haiku Club at Angler | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 7 | 2012 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Happy Family Game |
In “The Happy Family Game” the author reflects on their relationship with their family. Discussing the idea of a ‘happy family’, the nuclear family, family under … | Lori Fox | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Hard Luck Shuswap Kid1920-1932 |
The second chapter of George Manuel’s biography outlines his early childhood up to age 12, an only child to his mother, and his father, who died when he was a baby. He was eventually raised … | Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Harder They FallFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about getting into a fight because he was defending his younger brother and outlines his father’s opinions on fighting with honour | Tom Douglas | 7 | 2012 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() The Hardest Thing I Ever Did |
Dawn Watson recounts the story of Raymond. The chapter discusses his frustrations with being unable to help his daughter with her schoolwork, being unable to reproduce his signature, Polly … | Dawn Watson | 4 | 2009 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() The Harper TouchFrom: To Wawa with Love |
Talks about school yard bullying during his youth especially related to a family called Harper and how the teachers dealt with it…not in the correct way by todays standards | Tom Douglas | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Lengua Latina: Queer Palabras en TorontoFrom: Any Other Way |
A poem by Karleen Pendleton Jiménez and Janet Romero-leiva on the queer Latina experience in Toronto. | Janet Romero-Leiva; Karleen nez; Pendleton Jimé | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() To the Centre Chair – McLachlin and the Chief JusticeFrom: Beverley McLachlin |
An overview of how and why Beverley McLachlin was named Canada’s first female chief justice. Explains the significance of the decision and provides an analysis of the responsiblities of the … | Ian Greene; Peter McCormick | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() The HolocaustFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter details how Arendt came to learn about the Holocaust, and her focus on totalitarianism as the cause of the genocide. | Ann Heberlein | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |


















