Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Noble Warrior From: Imagined Truths View twp	The author talks more about his family history and muses on the example of his "warrior father," exploring military history and nationalism. He recounts the process of his conscientious …	Richard Lemm	30	2021	$3.00 Add
From The Noose Tightens From: On Love and Tyranny View House of Anansi Press	In this chapter, Heberlein describes the situation in Germany as the Nazis took power. Arendt was separated from her husband when he fled Germany, and also had to confront the growing …	Ann Heberlein	7	2021	$0.70 Add
From The Northwest Arm From: South End Boy View Formac Publishing	1930s and 1940s Halifax. The northwest arm	Jim Bennet	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From The Nuclear Family From: Imagined Truths View twp	The author explores more of his family’s history, his early life, and his relationship with his grandparents.	Richard Lemm	28	2021	$2.80 Add
From The Oil Lamp From: Three Funerals for my Father View twp	This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He and his wife discuss the future and critique the communist government.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	3	2021	$0.30 Add
From The Olive Farm From: Man at the Airport View twp	In the opening chapter, Al Kontar reflects on the Syrian Civil War and his childhood on an olive farm in Sweida.	Hassan Al Kontar	7	2021	$0.70 Add
From NEW! "A Devil in His Own Home Town" From: Len & Cub View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter follows the period after WW1 and Len & Cub’s return to Havelock. They eventually grew apart and took different paths.	Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From NEW! The Parking Lot From: The Trauma Beat View ECW Press	In this chapter, Cherry reflects on the concept of moral injury,the lack of emotional training and support for crime reporters, and how her life has been impacted by years of exposure to violence …	Tamara Cherry	16	2023	$1.60 Add
From The Peoples’ Movement 1977-1979 From: Brotherhood to Nationhood View Between The Lines	Chapter seventeen of George Manuel’s biography covers his work in British Columbia in the late 1970s on Indian fishing rights.	Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane	17	2020	$1.70 Add
The Point is To Change the World Selected Writings of Andaiye Between The Lines	Radical activist, thinker, and comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean’s most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published in one collection. …	Alissa Trotz; Andaiye	320	2020	View
From The Post-Maia World From: The M Word View Goose Lane Editions	Heidi Reimer reflects on her daughters– one biological and the other adopted from her brother– motherhood, mothering, and more.	Heidi Reimer	13	2014	$1.30 Add
From NEW! The Problem From: Making a Home View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Powley discusses the many young people with disabilities who are placed in aged care facilities and how this impacts their mental health and social needs. Powley discusses the …	Jen Powley	28	2023	$2.80 Add
From NEW! "The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name" From: Len & Cub View Goose Lane Editions	The authors talk about how Len & Cub’s story/photographs came to be preserved in the archive and how we can piece together their story. It also discusses queer historical context.	Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt	11	2022	$1.10 Add
From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well Dependence From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	36	2021	$3.60 Add
From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well Independence From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	32	2021	$3.20 Add
From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well Interdependence From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter explores community, including various methods of harm reduction and a conference in Portugal, where all drugs have been decriminalized. The author describes online support systems …	Carlyn Zwarenstein	58	2021	$5.80 Add