Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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
From The Fallout of a Murder From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Ed Jackson recounts the fallout of the murder of 12 year old Emanuel Jaques in 1977 and the crackdown on the gay community that ensued.	Ed Jackson	4	2017	$0.40 Add
From The Real Tragedy of the Loss of the Commons From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View New Society Publishers	The cost of the Scottish Clearances through forced emmigration and the abolition of Scottish commons.	Heather Menzies	7	2014	$0.70 Add
From NEW! The Reckoning, Part I From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 8 focuses on the Nuremberg trials, and other efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes during the Second World War criminally responsible.	Marsha Faubert	17	2023	$1.70 Add
From NEW! The Reckoning, Part II From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 14 discusses the questions surrounding compensation for many of the victims of Nazi war crimes that were still unresolved by the 1990s for their historical responsibilities of forced …	Marsha Faubert	18	2023	$1.80 Add
The Reconciliation Manifesto Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy James Lorimer and Company	In this book, leading Indigenous rights activist Arthur Manuel offers a radical challenge to Canada and Canadians. He questions virtually everything non- Indigenous Canadians believe about their …		312		View
From The Recruit From: Walking Away from Hate View twp		Jeanette Manning; Lauren Manning	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From The Reelection Campaign From: How We Changed Toronto View James Lorimer and Company	1980. Sewell’s reelection campaign	John Sewell	28	2015	$2.80 Add
From The Reunion From: On Love and Tyranny View House of Anansi Press	In this chapter, Heberlein explores ideas of forgiveness, and examines Arendt’s decision to forgive Martin Heidegger.	Ann Heberlein	10	2021	$1.00 Add