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Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea
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Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

How I Beat the Shit Out of All My Addictions

As an alcoholic, drug-addicted comedian with tendencies to over-indulge and under-achieve since he was a teenager, Alex Wood was on track for to achieve his greatest goals: to die young and … 292 View
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"Foreign Souls" 1934

"Foreign Souls" 1934

From: The Quebec Anthology

From 1930 until her death in 1964, Marie le Franc also contributed stories and essays to many international journals, including Mercure de France, Liaison, and Garnets victoriens. Most of her … 17 $1.02 Add
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'A New Way of Lovin": Queer Toronto Gets Schooled by Jackie Shane

‘A New Way of Lovin": Queer Toronto Gets Schooled by Jackie Shane

From: Any Other Way

Social historian Steven Maynard recounts how Jackie Shane, a trans R&B musician who performed in Toronto throughout the 1960s, sparked discussion throughout Toronto. Any discussion of queer … 11 $1.10 Add
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Foreward

Foreward

From: Any Other Way

In the foreword, Kristyn Wong-Tam recounds her arrival in Toronto from Hong Kong and describes the diversity of the city’s queer community, which is often overshadowed by the predominantly … 2 $0.20 Add
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Foreword

Foreword

From: 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. 2 $0.20 Add
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Foreword

Foreword

From: You Only Live Twice

Chase Joynt explains the reasons for the book, how he met the co-author, and the form and structure of the book. 2 $0.20 Add
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Foreword by Patty Berne

Foreword by Patty Berne

From: Crip Kinship

Foreword by Patty Berne. 4 $0.40 Add
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Forgiveness

Forgiveness

From: 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 … 19 $1.90 Add
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Four Poems
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Four Poems

From: Blind Persistence

This chapter presents four poems by Ishmael Angaluuk Hope from his 2020 collection Story Lyric. 4 $0.40 Add
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Fresh Blood Under the Stars

Fresh Blood Under the Stars

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces her social activist’s tension between her public advocacy and the domestic expectations imposed by family. 5 $0.50 Add
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Fridays: Victories and Defeats

Fridays: Victories and Defeats

From: 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 … 6 $0.60 Add
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'Friend of the Court': Legal Resistance at Old City Hall

‘Friend of the Court’: Legal Resistance at Old City Hall

From: Any Other Way

Tom Hooper recounts how the Right to Privacy Committee provided legal representation and advocacy for hundreds of men charged in the aftermath of the 1981 bathouse raids. 3 $0.30 Add
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Frogs

Frogs

From: Mad Hope

Frogs:A high school biology teacher must help one of his younger students to get an abortion. As the story unfolds, he remembers his own experiences dealing with the abortion ban as a Doctor in … 81 $8.10 Add
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From Banns to DOMA

From Banns to DOMA

From: Any Other Way

An account of the events leading up to the legalization and general acceptance of gay marriage in Ontario. 2 $0.20 Add
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From Civil War to Gangs

From Civil War to Gangs

From: Gang Life

Jafar, a Sudanese refugee and father of two, recounts a harrowing story in Chapter Nine. When he was four years old, his family fled a civil war that had taken the lives of many relatives. He … 17 $1.70 Add
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From Coffee to Chocolate and Beyond

From Coffee to Chocolate and Beyond

The Founders

From: In Pursuit of Justice

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