Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Part One: Small Towns From: The Things I Came Here With View ECW Press	Part One reflects on MacDonald’s childhood, his relationships with his brothers and sister, his mothers struggles with mental health, his passion for art, and the fall out from his parents …	Chris MacDonald	62	2022	$6.20 Add
From NEW! Part Two From: The Mantle of Struggle View Between The Lines	Part two explores Douglas’ move to Canada to attend Sir George Williams University in Montreal during the 1960s. These chapters detail his life during this time; his civil rights activism …	Irving Andre	102	2023	$10.20 Add
From NEW! Planning – Before the Flight From: This Is Your Captain Speaking View ECW Press	Chapter 1 explores the planning that takes place before a flight. The chapter includes descriptions of author Doug Morris’ life and path towards aviation, the motivations behind becoming a …	Doug Morris	33	2022	$3.30 Add
From Preface From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Preface by authors Marilyn Lerch and Peter Sawyer.	Marilyn Lerch	2	2009	$0.20 Add
From Preface From: Brotherhood to Nationhood View Between The Lines	The co-author’s Preface to this new edition explains the origins of the new edition and the process it went to make sure it was an updated, accurate, necessary contribution.	Peter McFarlane	5	2020	$0.50 Add
From Prologue From: No One to Tell View Breakwater Books	in the prologue, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo shares an overview of her story, her decision to share it and what feedback she got from beginning to share her story.	Janet Merlo	4	2013	$0.40 Add
From Prologue: Woodfibre days From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence View James Lorimer and Company	Talks about life before Pearl Harbour in Woodfibre BC	Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano	5	2012	$0.50 Add
From Recovery from Fascism France, 1943-48 From: Holocaust to Resistance View Fernwood Publishing	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	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Scene 1 Introduction From: What You Won’t Do For Love View Coach House Books	Scene 1 introduces the authors of the book and the play it is based on. It discusses theatre, having children, personal relationships, the relationship between science and art, and nature.	David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From Section B: Stories and Reflections PART I From: Changemakers View New Society Publishers	The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	63	2018	$6.30 Add
From Telling Her Own Story From: No Place For A Woman View Breakwater Books	The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life.	Antony Berger	3	2020	$0.30 Add
From The All-American Boy From: Imagined Truths View twp	The author relates his early life/childhood in America.	Richard Lemm	26	2021	$2.60 Add
From The Child Whose Head Was Bathed in Darkness From: Disfigured View Coach House Books	Chapter 1 examines the objectives behind fairy tales, exploring topics including folk tales and oral traditions, myth and superstition, the Brothers Grimm, happy endings, nature and the woods, …	Amanda Leduc	18	2020	$1.80 Add
From The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Causes, Aims, and Course of Events From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution View University of Ottawa Press	On October 23, 1956, a revolution broke out in Budapest and spread all over the country in just a few days. The demonstrators, strikers, armed insurgents, leaders of the organizations of the …	János M. Rainer	20	2010	$2.60 Add
From NEW! The Lay of the Land From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	The Lay of the Land serves as an introduction to the book’s author, Arthur Manuel. In this chapter Manuel introduces himself and his home of Neskonlith in the Secwepemc territory of British …	Arthur Manuel	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From The Olive Farm From: Man at the Airport View twp	In the opening chapter, Al Kontar reflects on the Syrian Civil War and his childhood on an olive farm in Sweida.	Hassan Al Kontar	7	2021	$0.70 Add