Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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The Land of Opportunity

The Land of Opportunity

From: Imagined Truths

The author continues to detail his life in America and discusses racism and imperialism in the U.S.. 25 $2.50 Add
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The Land of the West

The Land of the West

From: Three Funerals for my Father

This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes her arrival in Canada. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Last Act;

The Last Act;

Losing Pat

From: Pilgrim Souls

Talks about the process of losing Pat as Dementia took more of a hold on her, Discusses the Barrier (the point of physically and emotionallty exhaustion for caregivers), 19 $1.90 Add
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The Last Essay
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The Last Essay

From: My Mother, My Translator

Confronts Singh’s mother’s death and the last essay she left him for her memoirs. 14 $1.40 Add
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The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Five of this title, entitled "Farewell" discuss the end of Stuart Hodgson’s career in the North and the long lasting impact he had on the region. Topics discussed … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Last Song of Akol Chol

The Last Song of Akol Chol

From: From Bombs to Books

Details the life of a young boy from the Sudan who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the war. When his family came to Canada in order to get him the services he needed they placed him in … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Lay of the Land
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The Lay of the Land

From: Unsettling Canada

The Lay of the Land serves as an introduction to the book’s author, Arthur Manuel. In this chapter Manuel introduces himself and his home of Neskonlith in the Secwepemc territory of British … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Ládjogahpir Rematriated: Sámi Women and the Influence of Colonialism
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The Ládjogahpir Rematriated: Sámi Women and the Influence of Colonialism

Circumpolar Resurgence: Section 4

From: Qummut Qukiria!

This chapter reflects on the the role of women in Sami culture and how they are being "rematriated." Discussing the influence of colonialism on Sámi women, the ladjogahpir, … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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The Life Rural
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The Life Rural

Part One

From: Earthkeeping

Part One contains the sections: A Place in Time, Meditating in the Country, Robinsong, and I Miss My Barbers. Topics discussed include the Acadian culture and farming, the Acadian Expulsion, the … 19 $1.90 Add
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The Little Dumb Foundling

The Little Dumb Foundling

Hans Christian Andersen's Ugly Little Duckings

From: Disfigured

Chapter 5 focuses on the work of Hans Christian Andersen, exploring topics including “The Little Mermaid”, Andersen’s own disability, Andersen’s book "The … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Long Ladder of Shame

The Long Ladder of Shame

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author suggests that people like her – a trans Chicana sex worker who is chronically homeless – are terrorized by America’s obsession with pathogenic medicine. 5 $0.50 Add
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Len's Camera
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Len’s Camera

From: Len & Cub

This chapter talks about Len’s passion for photography and gives some context for photography in the early 1900s. ; 14 $1.40 Add
The M Word

The M Word

Conversations about Motherhood

A Dropped Threads-style anthology, assembling original and inspiring works by some of Canada’s best younger female writers — such as Heather Birrell, Saleema Nawaz, Susan Olding, … 320 View
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The Magic of Christmas

The Magic of Christmas

From: To Wawa with Love

Shares his favourite Christmas Memory involving his Mother and a Wawa Garbage Dump and how the community came together 5 $0.50 Add
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The Maiden from Afar

The Maiden from Afar

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter concerns Arendt’s conflicting feelings of homesickness and alienation in regard to Germany. 3 $0.30 Add
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The Making of Ahqahizu
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The Making of Ahqahizu

Decolonial Practices: Section 2

From: Qummut Qukiria!

This chapter explores the making of Ahqahizu largely through photos. 6 $0.60 Add