Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Twenty Two

From: Holden After & Before

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verzen/verses

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

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In this chapter, the author writes about coming to appreciate the subtle qualities of English. 6 $0.60 Add
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You Make ’Em, I Amuse ’Em

From: The M Word

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Patricia Storms provides an illustrated comic on how she relates to motherhood. 2 $0.20 Add
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2.1 Funeral

From: You Only Live Twice

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Chase reflects on his grandmother’s death. ; 4 $0.40 Add
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After the Play

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Singh’s thoughts of his mother and her unfinished memoir, as well as his attempt to finish her project after watching a play with friends. 1 $0.10 Add
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Anchorless

From: Three Funerals for my Father

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This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. It recounts events after the author and her siblings escaped Vietnam, and the eventual death of the author’s father … 6 $0.60 Add
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Comon Knowledge and Knowledge Commons

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

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Claiming our agency as participants in situations, communities, and habitats who become responsibly knowledgeable about them is a huge first step towards reclaiming the commons. 11 $1.10 Add
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For Now

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

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This chapter concludes the memoir with Margie’s final days in Yellowknife following the completion of her exams, her last camping trip with Lawrence, their lack of a proper goodbye, … 7 $0.70 Add
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Fresh Faces

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

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Readings in Part Four of this title, entitled "Turf Wars" discuss the challenges and conflicts faced by communities in the Northwest Territories during Stuart Hodgson’s career. … 9 $0.90 Add
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Jason & David

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, the author discusses his attempts to create a performance piece that juxtaposed images from his childhood with stories and images from the lives of gay artists who had died of … 11 $1.10 Add
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Like an Immigrant

Community and Sovereighty: Section 3

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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This chapter reflects on Greenland, in its current state from pre-colonization to self-rule. 4 $0.40 Add
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Moments Musicaux

From: A Lucky Life

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Talks about some of the musical talent he has associated with, particularly his aunt ellen 9 $0.90 Add
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Mommy Wrote a Book of All My Secrets

From: The M Word

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Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang reflects on Rapunzel’s mother, identity as a mother, motherhood as a study of conflicts, the witch in Rapunzel, and her own feelings on writing about her daughter. 8 $0.80 Add
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Organizations that Can Help

From: Walking Away from Hate

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Passing the Torch

1982-1989

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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Chapter twenty of George Manuel’s biography examines the end of his life, the momentum he generated and his legacy. He was in a wheelchair the last years of his life, and he was finally … ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Preface

From: A Halifax Boyhood

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A short postscrip about why he wrote this memoire, the intention, thoughts after writing it, and what happened to him after the years that are accounted here ; 3 $0.30 Add