Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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 How Jackie Shane Helped ‘Satisfy My Soul’ From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Elaine Gaber-Katz recalls the electrifying experience of seeing Jackie Shane perform.	Elaine Gaber-Katz	2	2017	$0.20 Add
From Vazaleen’s Tawny Le Sabre From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Alexander McClelland recalls the transgression and celebration of the Toronto Drag scene in the 2000’s.	Alexander McClelland	4	2017	$0.40 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 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
From NEW! Views from the Fifth Community and Sovereighty: Section 3 From: Qummut Qukiria! View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter explores what reconciliation between the north and the south of Canada means.	Joshua Stribbell	5	2022	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Vincent Massey From: The Governors General View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Fraser profiles Vincent Massey (1887–1965), the first Canadian to serve as Governor General from 1952 to 1959.	John Fraser	15	2026	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Vision From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View NeWest Press	The chapter reflects on Margie’s recounting of the 1964 Caribou Carnival and the Caribou Queen, learning what stretching formula meant, her relationships with her mother, a baby in a parka, …	Margaret Macpherson	7	2022	$0.70 Add