Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 The Imperilled OceanHuman Stories From a Changing Sea |
An exploration of the earth’s last wild frontier, filled with high-stakes stories of people and places facing an uncertain future. On a life raft in the Mediterranean, a teenager from Ghana … | 238 | View | ||
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From  NEW! The International LineFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter mainly explores Japanese Canadian experience in sports, mainly hockey. | Ian Kennedy | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Interrogation |
This chapter recounts the leadup to and aftermath of Scoppa’s arrest. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  The Invisible Visibles and CelebrAsianFrom: Any Other Way |
Vince Ha and Mezrt Daulet discuss the struggle faced by those who are queer and Asian to gain visibility and spaces to call their own. | Mezart Daulet; Vince Ha | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From  NEW! “The jig was up”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines Pierre Trudeau’s final months as Liberal Leader in Opposition, from mid-1979 through his November 21, 1979 resignation (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, … | Ron Graham | 16 | 2025 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Joy of Spying … on FriendsFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene traces Canada’s seventy-year involvement in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, established in 1941. | Roger Turene | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The KeenerFrom: Pierre Poilievre |
In this chapter, Lawton traces Pierre Poilievre’s entry into Canadian politics between 1996 and 2000. | Andrew Lawton | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Đề Lô |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She tells the story of her escape from Vietnam as a child. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Lady from America France, 1948-50From: 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 |
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From  NEW! The Lame One |
In “The Lame One” the author reflects on their life back in the Yukon at the age of 35. Discussing their recovery from severe poverty, alcohol abuse, mental health episodes, … | Lori Fox | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The Land Is Our Teacher |
In Chapter One Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel describes her personal experiences with racism growing up, and the historical context surrounding the fight to protect the Pines. | Audra Simpson; Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel; Pamela Palmater; Sean Carleton | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Land of Mimosas |
The family takes trips to Saignon, setting up to escape Vietnam. Both the author’s and her father’s perspectives are included. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  The Land of OpportunityFrom: Imagined Truths |
The author continues to detail his life in America and discusses racism and imperialism in the U.S.. | Richard Lemm | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From The Land of the West |
This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes her arrival in Canada. | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The Last Act;Losing Pat From: Pilgrim Souls |
Talks about the process of losing Pat as Dementia took more of a hold on her, Discusses the Barrier (the point of physically and emotionallty exhaustion for caregivers), | Jim Lotz | 19 | 2013 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Last EssayFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Confronts Singh’s mother’s death and the last essay she left him for her memoirs. | Jaspreet Singh | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
