Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Under the Pear Tree From: On Account of Darkness View twp	This chapter talks about the history and experiences of Black Americans and Canadians in sports dealing with systemic racism and discrimination. Canada’s history of white supremacy and …	Ian Kennedy	15	2022	$1.50 Add
From Undercover in Calgary From: A Communist for the RCMP View Between The Lines		Dennis Gruending	11	2024	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Unfinished From: My Mother, My Translator View Véhicule Press	Reveals that Singh’s mother passed away before finishing her memoir, prompting him to undertake a new project.	Jaspreet Singh	1	2021	$0.10 Add
From Unforgettable Persons and Moments From: "At the Barricades" View Irwin Law Inc.	Anecdotes about memorable persons and events.	Alan Borovoy	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From Unorthodox Jewish Atheist From: A Lucky Life View Formac Publishing	Talks about his experience with the Jewish faith that he was raised in, and how his unorthodox views were shaped by medical teachers in the 1940s	Richard B. Goldbloom	8	2013	$0.80 Add
NEW! Unsettling Canada A National Wake-up Call Between The Lines	A Canadian bestseller and winner of the 2016 Canadian Historical Association Aboriginal History Book Prize, Unsettling Canada is a landmark text built on a unique collaboration between two First …	Arthur Manuel; Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson; Naomi Klein	320	2021	View
From NEW! Untraced From: My Mother, My Translator View Véhicule Press	Conversations with Singh’s father while visiting in Edmonton. The struggle and process of getting him to open up and recount past events.	Jaspreet Singh	32	2021	$3.20 Add
From NEW! Untrammelled Landscapes From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	Chapter Four focuses on Louise’s move to Canada. The chapter explores Louise’s joining of the Canadian Red Cross Outpost Service, her settling in Bonfield, Northern Ontario, her …	Merilyn Simonds	27	2022	$2.70 Add
From Unwed, Not Dead From: The M Word View Goose Lane Editions	Myrl Coulter reflects on her youth in 1967 Winnipeg, teen pregnancy, unmarried mothers, adoption, boarding homes for unwed mothers, music, the Canadian Criminal Code, and more.	Myrl Coulter	17	2014	$1.70 Add
NEW! Up the Coast One Family's Wild Life in the Forests of British Columbia NeWest Press	Kathryn Willcock and her sisters grew up in logging camps on the coast of B.C. in the 1960s when children were set loose to play in the wilderness, women kept rifles next to the wood stove, and …	Kathryn Willcock	224	2022	View
From NEW! Upping the Ante RCAP and a Landmark Court Decision From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	Upping the Ante explores the nationwide reaction to the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) report and all 440 of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommendations amongst …	Arthur Manuel	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From Uptown/Downtown: Diary of a Hong Kong Dyke in Nineties Toronto From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Karen Chan recounts the eventful week leading up to her twenty third birthday in August, 1998.	Karen B.K. Chan	3	2017	$0.30 Add
From KillJoy’s Kastle Allyson Mitchell’s Vision From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Jane Farrow discusses the KillJoy Kastle, a performance driven art installation in Toronto in the fall of 2013.	Jane Farrow	2	2017	$0.20 Add
From NEW! Verna Johnston, Nokomis HOW WE CARRY THIS PLACE From: Indigenous Toronto View Coach House Books	The story of Verna Johnston (Nokomis), who founded an Indigenous-run boarding house in Toronto and helped to create the Indigenous community that we know today in Toronto.	Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From NEW! verzen/verses From: Alfabet/Alphabet View Palimpsest Press	In this chapter, the author writes about coming to appreciate the subtle qualities of English.	Sadiqa de Meijer	6	2020	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Victims People From: The Trauma Beat View ECW Press	In this chapter, Cherry examines how the public and accidental nature of traffic fatalities impact the tone and intensity of the media coverage that surrounds it. Cherry includes the comments of …	Tamara Cherry	13	2023	$1.30 Add