Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

Showing 1985–2000 of 2195 results

Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! This Is Your Captain Speaking Stories from the Flight Deck ECW Press	For everyone from frequent fliers to aviation geeks, travel buffs to nervous travellers, Captain Doug Morris tells you everything you want (and need!) to know about flight Captain Doug Morris has …	Doug Morris	278	2022	View
From NEW! This is Your Captain Speaking… From: This Is Your Captain Speaking View ECW Press	In the introduction author Doug Morris explains how he hopes this book will fill the void of aviation knowledge by enlightening a wide spectrum of readers. As his aviation career is on its final …	Doug Morris	3	2022	$0.30 Add
From The World’s Largest Lesbian Hockey League From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Margaret Webb describes how the Women’s Hockey Club of Toronto gave lesbians from disparate backgrounds a space of their own to connect and compete.	Margaret Webb	5	2017	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Thomas Hide New Brunswick’s First Black Loyalist From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Collection: Canadian Society from the Margins: Canadian Social History from the 1760s to the 1960s Formac Publishing	This chapter begins the story of Thomas Hide, one of the first black loyalists to arrive in New Brunswick, as an indentured servant. The chapter describes the political and military situation …	Stephen Davidson	8	2020	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Thomas Hide The Quest for Land From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Formac Publishing	This chapter continues the story of Thomas Hide after his arrival in New Brunswick and follows his efforts to find a job and buy land for himself.	Stephen Davidson	6	2020	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Thomas Peters A Passion for Justice From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Collection: Atlantic Canadian History: The Social, Economic and Political History of the Maritimes and Newfoundland Formac Publishing	This chapter begins the story of Thomas Peters, a black loyalist who, upon arriving in New Brunswick worked tirelessly to advocate for the rights of other black loyalists in the colony.	Stephen Davidson	7	2020	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Thomas Peters A New Promised Land From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Collection: Atlantic Canadian History: The Social, Economic and Political History of the Maritimes and Newfoundland Formac Publishing	This chapter continues the story of Thomas Peters, as he travelled to London to petition the British Government directly on the behalf of his fellow loyalists.	Stephen Davidson	8	2020	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Those Who Came Before From: Bit Player on Big Stages View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Turene traces four French-Canadian family lineages from their arrival in New France during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries to their later settlement in Manitoba.	Roger Turene	11	2025	$1.10 Add
From Those Who Left and Those Who Stayed From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter details the author’s experiences growing up as a gay man in Eqypt, and his work with refugees and migrants who have been affected by HIV.	Ahmed Awadalla	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Three From: The Seed View Coach House Books	This chapter begins with the historical beginnings of the reproductive rights movement and how these ideas have changed over time. Kimball discusses reproductive rights and feminism in relation …	Alexandra Kimball	26	2019	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Three From: Holden After & Before View Arsenal Pulp Press		Tara McGuire	13	2022	$1.30 Add
Three Funerals for my Father Love, Loss and Escape from Vietnam Tidewater Press	What would you risk to save your children? Jolie Hoang grew up as one of ten children, part of a loving, prosperous Vietnamese family. All that changed when the communists took over in 1975; the …	Jolie Phuong Hoang	232	2021	View
From Three Lessons in Politics From: How We Changed Toronto View James Lorimer and Company	1970s. Three lessons Sewell learned through mistakes and issues that occurred in his early political life	John Sewell	25	2015	$2.50 Add
From Three Simple Wishes From: From Bombs to Books View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses a recent history of a family from the Eritrea province of Ethiopia and the violence they experienced prior to being approved to come to Canada as refugees.	David Starr	12	2016	$1.20 Add
From Through Allan’s Eyes From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Evelyn Butcher recounts the story of Allan. The story discuss his time as an athlete, experience in the special Olympics, special needs classes and programs in schools, and wanting to go to college.	Evelyn Butcher	4	2009	$0.40 Add
From Throwing Money at Disease From: A Lucky Life View Formac Publishing	Talks about issues involved with believing that if you give enough funding a cure will happen and discusses the face that medical professionals will not run out of "new" conditions to …	Richard B. Goldbloom	7	2013	$0.70 Add