Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Relationship to Fear

Relationship to Fear

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter details the author’s sex education at school, her being tested with a friend for HIV, and how fear of AIDS influenced her romantic life as a lesbian. 7 $0.70 Add
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Remembering

Remembering

From: Earthkeeping

Part Eight contains the sections: Neil Van Nostrand, Ecologist, Hezekiah and the Pine, A Rose for Mary Matilda, Remembering Lucy and Helen, Lloyd S. Hawboldt, and Bug Man. These stories are about … 31 $3.10 Add
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Renegade Radio: A Voice of Dissent in a World of Compromise
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Renegade Radio: A Voice of Dissent in a World of Compromise

HOW WE CARRY THIS PLACE

From: Indigenous Toronto

The story of Renegade Radio and an exploration of Indigenous journalism and activism. 10 $1.00 Add
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Replanning the Downtown

Replanning the Downtown

From: How We Changed Toronto

1970s. Downtown development and the central area plan 25 $2.50 Add
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Reprieve for an Innocent Man

Reprieve for an Innocent Man

From: To Wawa with Love

The explanation from his Mom about why his father seemed so different and his acceptance of this altered man. Also mentions their move 6 $0.60 Add
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Respect
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Respect

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

This chapter explores Scoppa’s relationship with the Rizzuto family and his connections with Montreal’s Italian community. ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Responding

Responding

From: Losing me, While Losing You

This chapter concerns caregiver’s responses to their important one’s diagnosis, the impact becoming a full-time caregiver had on their own health and wellness, and the effect this had … ; ; 42 $4.20 Add
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Restoring Confidence and Vindication (December 1885–February 1887)

Restoring Confidence and Vindication (December 1885–February 1887)

From: Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885

In this chapter, Dutil examines Sir John A. Macdonald’s campaign, from December 1885 to February 1887, to rebuild public trust after the North-West Rebellion. 24 $2.40 Add
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Resurgence
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Resurgence

From: When the Pine Needles Fall

In Chapter Eight Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel discusses a resurgence of direct action to defend Indigenous land as well as the rise of a solidarity movement called Shut Down Canada, with … ; ; ; 23 $2.30 Add
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Retooling Cabinet (August)

Retooling Cabinet (August)

From: Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885

In this chapter, Dutil traces August 1885, when Louis Riel was convicted of treason in Regina for his role in the North-West insurrection, and when John A. Macdonald undertook a sweeping cabinet … 17 $1.70 Add
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Return of the Radical Ukrainian Nationalists

Return of the Radical Ukrainian Nationalists

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses Chrystia Freeland’s Ukrainian identity and her views on Ukrainian independence and culture. 6 $0.60 Add
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“Return of the Rainmaker”
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“Return of the Rainmaker”

From: The Coutts Diaries

In this chapter, Graham examines Jim Coutts’s 1973 efforts to bridge the Trudeau government and Canada’s business community amid a fracturing public-private partnership (as told by … 10 $1.00 Add
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Return of the Thunder

Return of the Thunder

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses the experiences of a Jewish Ukrainian family hiding during Nazi occupation. 7 $0.70 Add
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Revisiting SakKijâjuk, Tending the Kidlik-Four Generations of Tradition and Innovation on the Labrador Coast
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Revisiting SakKijâjuk, Tending the Kidlik-Four Generations of Tradition and Innovation on the Labrador Coast

Community and Sovereighty: Section 3

From: Qummut Qukiria!

This chapter reflects on the SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut, the first comprehensive nationally touring exhibition on Nunatsiavummiut art and art history in Canada. The chapter … 14 $1.40 Add
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Rez Rocket Romance
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Rez Rocket Romance

TRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS

From: Indigenous Toronto

A first-generation Indian residential school survivor shares a unique modern-day Indigenous love story. 6 $0.60 Add