Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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2.4 Imperfect

From: You Only Live Twice

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Chase reflects on Mike’s telling of Mark’s funeral. They both grapple with the ideas of perfection and vulnerability. ; 3 $0.30 Add
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A squirrel running…

From: The Wheel of Things

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Afterword

Grandmothering

From: The M Word

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An Afterword from Michele Landsberg on becoming a grandmother. 8 $0.80 Add
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Canvassing

Part 5. Campaigning

From: Women Winning Office

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In Canvassing Nash discusses canvassing. The chapter discusses what canvassing can be, who is is for, canvassing strategy, and even provides her own 12 tips for canvassing. 12 $1.20 Add
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Common-Good Governance Locally and Globally

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

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There is a wealth of precedent out there to inspire a commoning movement, though not necessarily yet as scaled up, more polycentric levels. 12 $1.20 Add
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Elders

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, the author examines the deaths of her two uncles from AIDS, and the stigma and shame that charactarized her family’s response to this tragedy. 11 $1.10 Add
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Epilogue

From: To Wawa with Love

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Final thoughts about his father 4 $0.40 Add
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First Among Equals

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

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Readings in Part Four of this title, entitled "Turf Wars" discuss the challenges and conflicts faced by communities in the Northwest Territories during Stuart Hodgson’s career. … 5 $0.50 Add
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Joe Hester: Anishnawbe Health Toronto

HOW WE CARRY THIS PLACE

From: Indigenous Toronto

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The story of Joe Hester and his work for Anishnawbe Health, where he is the current Executive Director. 3 $0.30 Add
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Losses

From: A Lucky Life

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Family members he has lost 19 $1.90 Add
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Máret Ánne Sara’s Pile o’Sápmi

Community and Sovereighty: Section 3

From: Qummut Qukiria!

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This chapter reflects on the art installation of Pil Osampi. Discussing the Jovsset Ante Sara vs. the State of Norway, reindeer husbandry, the Norwegian court, Indigenous rights and sovereignty, … 8 $0.80 Add
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My Second Funeral

From: Three Funerals for my Father

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This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He is re-buried by his family. 6 $0.60 Add
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Oscar Wilde’s Type (in Toronto)

From: Any Other Way

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An excerpt from Of Toronto the Good: a Social Study: The Queen City of Canada as It Is , 1898. 1 $0.10 Add
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Twenty Six

From: Holden After & Before

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Untraced

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Conversations with Singh’s father while visiting in Edmonton. The struggle and process of getting him to open up and recount past events. 32 $3.20 Add