Memoir
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From  NEW! Elizabeth Vittrekwa, Fort McPhersonFrom: Book of Hope |
This chapter presents Elizabeth Vittrekwa’s account of a breast cancer diagnosis in February 2020, set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Agnes R. Pascal | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Engaging with Black Liberation Los Angeles and Chicago, 1963-65From: 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 | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  EpilogueFrom: Finding Our Niche |
In the Epilogue of Finding Our Niche, Loring grapples with his own feelings of alienation and disorientation to place. | Philip A. Loring | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From  Ervin Chartrand, Selkirk, Métis/Salteaux“They said I fit the description because I looked like six other kids with leather vests and long hair who looked Indian.” From: How We Go Home |
Ervin Chartrand, of Selkirk, Manitoba is of Métis/Salteaux descent. He describes his childhood characterized by a lack of belonging, and joining a street gang at the age of fourteen. He … | Sara Sinclair | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From Facing Up to Labour’s Retreat New Orleans, 1979-83From: 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 | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From Fair Play for Cuba Los Angeles, 1960-62From: 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 | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From Family in Crisis New York, 1956-57From: 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 | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
Finding Our NicheToward a Restorative Human Ecology |
Imagine a world where humanity was not destined to cause harm to the natural world, where win-win scenarios—people and nature thriving together—are possible. No doubt contemporary … | Philip A. Loring | 168 | 2020 | View |
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From  NEW! FélixFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses the journey of Félix Mayemba Nzinga, a domestic worker from Kinshasa, Zaire, who served a Canadian diplomatic family in Stockholm in the late 1980s. | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  ForewordFrom: Cure for Hate |
Daisy Khan explains how Tony McAleer is a reliable guide through the important story of how a person can arrive at extremist views and then move toward compassion, wisdom and forgiveness. | Daisy Khan | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
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From ForgivenessFrom: Cure for Hate |
The author continues his journey to understanding how the impacts of his actions during his extremist phase still cause harm and begins to take proactive, positive steps toward healing and … | Tony McAleer | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Fridays: Victories and DefeatsFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes her memories of a Friday in mid-twentieth-century Israel, when the day suspended work, school, and commerce for the entire community. verdict to herd … | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From Geraldine Manson, Snuneymuxw First Nation“The nurse was trying to get me to sign a paper to put our baby, Derrick, up for adoption.” From: How We Go Home |
Geraldine Manson, of Snuneymuxw First Nation, shares her story about being an Elder in Residence at the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University. She was in a residential school as a child … | Sara Sinclair | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From Gladys Radek, Terrace, Gitxsan / Wet’suwet’en First Nations“When Tamara went missing, it took the breath out of me.” From: How We Go Home |
Gladys Radek of Gitxsan/Wet’suwet’en First Nations shares about life journey with sexual abuse and violence around her during childhood, and how her experiences led to her involvement … | Sara Sinclair | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From God’s WorksFrom: Hope Is a Woman's Name |
In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses her experiences preparing for for her Bedouin wedding. | Amal Elsana Alh'jooj | 1 | 2024 | $0.10 Add |
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From  NEW! “Good news and bad”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the Liberal Party’s strategy for calling a federal election under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre … | Ron Graham | 7 | 2025 | $0.70 Add |
