Rural Life
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From  NEW! Like the White Wings of AngelsFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Seven focuses on the connections Louise had been making during the Second World War while Len was away. The chapter explores Louise’s relationship with Murray and Doris Speirs, her … | Merilyn Simonds | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Love, Hope and WorkFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj follows a Bedouin family’s 2009–2011 retreat at the Dead Sea, where thirteen siblings gathered to honour their parents’ decades of devotion. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Never a Day Alike to the OtherFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Eighteen wraps up the story of Louise’s life by reflecting on her accomplishments. The chapter includes the author’s last encounter with Louise, reflections on her legacy, and … | Merilyn Simonds | 28 | 2022 | $2.80 Add |
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From NEW! Nothing Happens HaphazardlyFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Eight explores Louise’s journey writing her "Little Bird Book." The chapter follows the writing and publishing of her first book and Len’s homecoming from the war. | Merilyn Simonds | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Pass the SpudsFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Seven focuses on the cook house, the cook Dave, the routine at the logging camp, grizzly bears in the shed, and the cook Lousia the nazi. | Kathryn Willcock | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Postscript: A Work DiaryFrom: Up the Coast |
The postscript is the author’s reflection on her fathers 1959 work diary. | Kathryn Willcock | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! PrefaceFrom: Up the Coast |
An introduction to the methodology, maps, and the explanation of “up the coast.” | Kathryn Willcock | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Summer CampFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Six contrasts life in North Vancouver and Oxford Bay, logging life and realities, evidence of previous loggers in the areas, Smokey the dog discovering a human skull, American tourists on … | Kathryn Willcock | 30 | 2022 | $3.00 Add |
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From Taking Revenge While Keeping Your Hands CleanFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her experiences as a ten- year-old sheepherder in a rural Arab village,and how a man assaulted her while chasing a runaway cow. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! That’s the Navy for YouFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Four focuses on the author’s mother Joan O’Connell’s time working during the Second World War, working in the boeing aircraft plant, disposable income, dancing, her special … | Kathryn Willcock | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From The BicycleFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her experienes secretly riding a bicycle in defiance of her tribe’s rigid norms. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! The Golden BirdFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter One provides a brief introduction to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the self-trained amateur ornithologist and field nurse who is the subject of this book. The chapter discusses topics … | Merilyn Simonds | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From The Lost LambFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her experiences tending sheep in the mountains of Laqiya, where she found freedom from the strict social codes imposed by her mother, Ummi. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Sacred and the Profane: Early Life in Saint-Pierre-JolysFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Roger Turene traces his family’s decades in Saint-Pierre-Jolys, Manitoba, from the 1940s through the 1970s. | Roger Turene | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! The Truth About LoggersFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Eight focuses on the truth about loggers, entertainment at logging camps, calls in and out of the camps, sport at the camps, animals visitors, the star loggers Erik and Olaf Nyström, life … | Kathryn Willcock | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From NEW! The View from the TerraceFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Two explores Louise’s childhood in Svensksund, Sweden. The chapter explores her relationships with her mother, father, and sister. It also examines the influence the natural … | Merilyn Simonds | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
