Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Early Years From: Beverley McLachlin View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses McLachlin’s early life and childhood in rural Alberta. An overview of her family, school and early influences.	Ian Greene; Peter McCormick	15	2019	$1.50 Add
From Eating From: Curry View Coach House Books	This chapter focuses on South Asian culture through eating, cookbooks, and nostalgia. There is an exploration of South Asian food writing and its intersection with colonialism, international …	Naben Ruthnum	36	2017	$3.60 Add
From NEW! Finding Len & Cub From: Len & Cub View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter offers important context for the story of Len & Cub and discusses archival work and queer history in New Brunswick.	Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt	5	2022	$0.50 Add
From Fisher Ashore and Afloat From: Churchill and Fisher View James Lorimer and Company	Historian Barry Gough examines Jack Fisher’s naval career from 1841-1906 including his apointment to the war office, and the work he carried out with particular focus on his personality and …	Barry Gough	52	2017	$5.20 Add
From NEW! Flying In From: Up the Coast View NeWest Press	Chapter One focuses on getting up to Oxford Bay, the bush plane the “Beaver”, logging life, passengers on the plane, and the small community up the coast in the 1960’s.	Kathryn Willcock	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From From Memramcook to Rideau Hall From: The Golden Age of Liberalism View James Lorimer and Company	Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s selection to the position of Governor General, the mixed opinions of the media to the nomination, a background history of the Acadians and how this history relates …	Naomi E. S. Griffiths	20	2011	$2.00 Add
From From Russia to Montreal From: A Lucky Life View Formac Publishing	Particularly looking at his Grandparents and how they came to Montreal from Russia	Richard B. Goldbloom	24	2013	$2.40 Add
From Fuel From: Almost Feral View Breakwater Books	-	Gemma Hickey	4	2019	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Give Hope a Chance From: Still Hopeful View ECW Press	In Chapter One, Barlow stresses how– as we come out of a global pandemic and face many more crises on the horizon– we need to remain hopeful. In this chapter Barlow argues for staying …	Maude Barlow	42	2022	$4.20 Add
From Hamilton, Grace Street, and Harbord Collegiate From: "At the Barricades" View Irwin Law Inc.	Early childhood to high school.	Alan Borovoy	19	2014	$1.90 Add
From Home From: South End Boy View Formac Publishing	1930s and 1940s Halifax. Talks about the house he grew up in	Jim Bennet	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From How to Make Big Decisions in a Way That Matches Your Values From: Special Topics in Being a Human View Arsenal Pulp Press	-	S. Bear Bergman; Saul (Illus.) Freedman-Lawson	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From I Think There’s Been a Turn for the Better From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II View Breakwater Books	This chapter focuses on a sex worker who entered the industry to fund their transition from male to female.	Kerri Cull	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From Introduction From: Out Loud View Breakwater Books	Introduction by Ramona Dearing	Ramona Dearing	4	2010	$0.40 Add
From Introduction From: Nerve View ECW Press	The authors introduce the experiences of female leaders in Canada and the United States. They also summarize their careers in senior leadership positions and Canadian post-secondary institutions.	Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Shadows and Light View Goose Lane Editions	In the Introduction, the author Heather Patterson MD reflects on her career as a physician, her family life, her passion for photography, burnout, the original origins for this book, and how the …	Heather Patterson	18	2022	$1.80 Add