Memoir
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From  Being Jewish in America New York, 1954-56From: Holocaust to Resistance |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Best Interests of the ChildFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman discusses how the legal standard governing custody disputes has shaped queer family life in Canada and the United States. | Zena Sharman | 24 | 2026 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Between Bombs and RocketsFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj recounts a Bedouin woman’s experience during the December 2008 war on Gaza, set in Beer a-Saba. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Between WorldsFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman describes her experiences in a new relationship post-divorce. | Zena Sharman | 26 | 2026 | $2.60 Add |
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From Birthing HopeFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes the events following the C-section delivery of twins, Moad and Adan, at a hospital where she had worked as a social worker for Bedouin children. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 2 | 2024 | $0.20 Add |
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From  Blaine Wilson, Tsartlip First Nation“When I was twenty-five, thirty, there was more salmon and I was fishing every other day. Now I’m lucky to go once a week.” From: How We Go Home |
Blaine Wilson, of Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island, is a hunter and fisherperson, one of the few remaining who know how to live off the land. He describes his childhood and family at … | Sara Sinclair | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Canadian Human Rights CommissionFrom: Cure for Hate |
In this chapter, the white supremacist activities of the author garner attention from the Canadian Human Rights Commission, leading to jail time just as his son was born. He continues to … | Tony McAleer | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From Canadian Liberty NetFrom: Cure for Hate |
This chapter begins with a glimpse of a personal change of heart when the author’s daughter is born, but then moves on to detail how he started the Canadian Liberty Net, a tool to spread … | Tony McAleer | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From ChildhoodFrom: Cure for Hate |
The author traces the aspects of his early childhood that in his view led him to become a white supremacist, including a pivotal moment of betrayal from his father. | Tony McAleer | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Code Pink: A Splash and Dash CaesareanFrom: Hot Mess |
In this chapter, Wiebe narrates an emergency caesarean section in Victoria, British Columbia, where a delayed labour became a Code Pink crisis when the infant’s heart rate plunged to 55 … | Sarah Marie Wiebe | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
Cure for HateA Former White Supremacist's Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion |
How does an affluent, middle-class, private-school-attending son of a doctor end up at the Aryan Nations compound in Idaho, falling in with and then recruiting for some of the most notorious … | Tony McAleer | 235 | 2019 | View |
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From Delivered to a StrangerFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes the final days before her wedding to Anwar in late July and early August. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Discovering CanadaFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene examines his reassigment to the Personnel Operations Division in Ottawa in 1969, where he secures a UNESCO posting in Paris. | Roger Turene | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From DisengagementFrom: Cure for Hate |
The author describes his slow disenchantment and disengagement with the white supremacist communities as his partnership broke up and he became a single parent. He examines how his shift in … | Tony McAleer | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Dolly, Doralee, My Mother, and MeFrom: Staying Power |
In this chapter, Sharman discusses queer femme identity, feminist motherhood, and the cultural legacy of Dolly Parton’s 1980 film 9 to 5. | Zena Sharman | 18 | 2026 | $1.80 Add |
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From Echoes of the War 1961-72From: Holocaust to Resistance |
Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis … | Suzanne Berliner Weiss | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
