Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From  NEW! Soul |
This chapter remembers Margie’s relationship with Sylvan Johnson, her sickly neighbour, his attempt to save Margie’s soul, his death and funeral, his sister Carmel’s regret, and … | Margaret Macpherson | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  SoundsFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Sounds of the city/time | Jim Bennet | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add |
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From  SourcesFrom: 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 | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
South End BoyGrowing up in Halifax in the tumultuous '30s and '40s |
In this memoir Jim Bennet introduces us to Halifax of the 1930s and ’40s: one full of coal smoke and rival gangs, chuffing freight trains and pine tar soap. He takes the reader along with … | 143 | View | ||
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From  Speaking OutFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes her permanent medical discharge from the RCMP, which involved being told that her entire history of harassment claims were … | Janet Merlo | 15 | 2013 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Speaking Up for the Gay Community, 1979From: Any Other Way |
Former Toronto Mayor John Sewell recalls his experience advocating for the gay community. | John Sewell | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
 Special Topics in Being a HumanA Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring For People, Including Myself |
S. Bear Bergman’s illustrated guide to practical advice for the modern age, filtered through a queer lens. As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his … | S. Bear Bergman; Saul (Illus.) Freedman-Lawson | 272 | 2021 | View |
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From  Spying on the NDPFrom: A Communist for the RCMP |
Dennis Gruending | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add | |
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From  NEW! St. Boniface CollegeFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene recounts his time at Jesuit St. Boniface College in Manitoba, from 1956 to 1964, where the institution served as a cornerstone of Francophone cultural survival. | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From Standing TallFrom: No One to Tell |
In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo recounts her experiences in basic training for the RCMP in Regina. She discusses the both the physical and mental aspects of RCMP training as well … | Janet Merlo | 8 | 2013 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! State of Apprehended InsurrectionFrom: Eyes Have Seen |
In this chapter, Anderson examines his experience of Montreal’s October Crisis of 1970, when Prime Minister Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act following FLQ kidnappings, and the … | Fred Anderson | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Status Symbol |
This chapter explores St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, where the author has regular blood work. He writes that it inspires a sense of community, and it is where he feels safest from stigma. | Tony Correia | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
 NEW! Staying PowerOn Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose |
Staying Power, Zena Sharman’s memoir in essays, is a beautiful and honest journey of care work, grief, parenting, and chosen family in the wake of intergenerational trauma. Exploring the … | Zena Sharman | 224 | 2026 | View |
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From  NEW! Stephen Buchanan, YellowknifeFrom: Book of Hope |
This chapter recounts the personal narrative of Stephen Buchanan, a Yellowknife resident who, in the early 2020s, faced a rectal cancer diagnosis and the treatment that followed. | Agnes R. Pascal | 2 | 2025 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Stephen HarperFrom: The Prime Ministers |
In this chapter, Stewart examines Stephen Harper, Canada’s twenty-second prime minister, whose tenure from 2006 to 2015 shaped Conservative governance. | J.D.M. Stewart | 19 | 2025 | $1.90 Add |
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From Downtown Friends: Photos by Pam GawnFrom: Any Other Way |
A collection of photos from the 1970’s | Jane Farrow | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
