Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! The Home StretchFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter discusses racism and the annual Emancipation Day parades and activities in Chatham, focusing primarily on harness racing. | Ian Kennedy | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Home Team Wears WhiteFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter explores systemic racism in sports in Chatham, Ontario. | Ian Kennedy | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Jim Egan, Gay WarriorFrom: Any Other Way |
Donald McLeod tells the story of Jim Egan, Toronto’s first publicly gay activist. | Donald W. McLeod | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Hour You Are Most Alone |
In “The Hour You Are Most Alone” the author explores the darkest point in their life. Discussing their mental health, depression, abuse, cyclical poverty, suicidal ideation, recovery, … | Lori Fox | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 as Narrated by Shoah Survivors |
For some the feeling of being liberated after the war has been overshadowed by the history of the next forty years, while for others the experience of liberation overshadowed the events of the … | Júlia Vajda | 25 | 2010 | $3.25 Add |
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From The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Causes, Aims, and Course of Events |
On October 23, 1956, a revolution broke out in Budapest and spread all over the country in just a few days. The demonstrators, strikers, armed insurgents, leaders of the organizations of the … | János M. Rainer | 20 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
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From The Impact of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Argentina |
The outbreak of the Hungarian revolution on October 23, 1956, brought forth solidarity movements from Hungarian émigrés and their environment all over the world. It has justifiably been … | Judith Kesseru Némethy | 11 | 2010 | $1.43 Add |
 The Imperilled OceanHuman Stories From a Changing Sea |
An exploration of the earth’s last wild frontier, filled with high-stakes stories of people and places facing an uncertain future. On a life raft in the Mediterranean, a teenager from Ghana … | 238 | View | ||
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From NEW! The International LineFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter mainly explores Japanese Canadian experience in sports, mainly hockey. | Ian Kennedy | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Interrogation |
This chapter recounts the leadup to and aftermath of Scoppa’s arrest. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From Marvellous Grounds: QTBIPOC Counter-Archiving against Imperfect ErasuresFrom: Any Other Way |
This essay explores how many queer archives are predominantly white and errase the experiences of queer people of colour. | Alvis Choi; Ghaida Moussa; Jin Haritaworn; Syrus Marcus Ware | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From  The Đề Lô |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She tells the story of her escape from Vietnam as a child. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Lady from America France, 1948-50From: 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 | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Lame One |
In “The Lame One” the author reflects on their life back in the Yukon at the age of 35. Discussing their recovery from severe poverty, alcohol abuse, mental health episodes, … | Lori Fox | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The Land Is Our Teacher |
In Chapter One Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel describes her personal experiences with racism growing up, and the historical context surrounding the fight to protect the Pines. | Audra Simpson; Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel; Pamela Palmater; Sean Carleton | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Land of Mimosas |
The family takes trips to Saignon, setting up to escape Vietnam. Both the author’s and her father’s perspectives are included. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
