Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Conclusion From: Captured Hearts View Goose Lane Editions	The conclusion reflects on the lives these women made for themselves in their adopted home of New Brunswick. This chapter highlights the communities, work, and support these women created and …	Melynda Jarratt	5	2008	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Concrete Indians TRANSFORMING THE CITY From: Indigenous Toronto View Coach House Books	Concrete Indians is an open-call portraiture series started in 2008 that focuses on reflections of contemporary Indigenous identity and decolonization. Photos included.	Nadya Kwandibens	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From Confessions of a Dilly-Dallying Shilly-Shallier From: The M Word View Goose Lane Editions	Kerry Ryan reflects on instincts, her own biological clock, mothering, motherhood, courage, and more.	Kerry Ryan	11	2014	$1.10 Add
From Connecticut The War Years 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 NEW! Consider Yourself From: My Mother, My Translator View Véhicule Press	Poetry about Singh having his fortune told.	Jaspreet Singh	1	2021	$0.10 Add
From NEW! Consolidating the Third Way: 2011–2015 From: From Layton to Singh View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter 3 examines the NDP’s complete shift to the "Third Way” political ideology between the 2011 and 2015 Federal Elections which solidified their movement towards the centre. …	Matt Fodor	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From Constitution Express 1980 From: Brotherhood to Nationhood View Between The Lines	Chapter eighteen of George Manuel’s biography covers his work on Aboriginal rights in the Constitution in 1980. It covers the Child Caravan in Vancouver to protest the Constitution Act …	Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane	17	2020	$1.70 Add
From Coolness, Courage, and Skill From: Asleep in the Deep View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter summarizes the experience of Canadian nurses through the details of one woman’s service. Anna Stamers’ and other’s endurance and courage is described.	Dianne Kelly	6	2021	$0.60 Add
From Cormier’s Cove From: The Golden Age of Liberalism View James Lorimer and Company	1927-1948. Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s family history, his early life growing up in Corimer’s Cove (including statistics on education, resources, etc at the time), goes over the cost of …	Naomi E. S. Griffiths	34	2011	$3.40 Add
From NEW! Corrals From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View NeWest Press	The chapter reflects on coming into adolescence, Spike the dog, playing in arsenic ridden lakes, “stuffing the goose”, wanting a boyfriend, the horse in the lake, and Margie’s …	Margaret Macpherson	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From Could the Hungarian Revolution Have Succeeded in 1956? Myths, Legends, and Illusions From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution View University of Ottawa Press	Whether it could have been otherwise is the most frequent and poignant question for contemporaries and posterity alike when a revolution or an uprising has failed. Was defeat inevitable, or might …	Csaba Békés	21	2010	$2.73 Add
From NEW! Cracks From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View NeWest Press	The chapter recounts Margie and Maryanne’s two-night campout on Sammy’s Beach, youthful summers, stealing the clothes of skinny dippers foreigners, and the judgement-free friendship …	Margaret Macpherson	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From Creating a Future From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Wendy Kitts recounts the story of Karen. The chapter discusses her focus on working, her daughter Emma, moving to New Brunswick, getting her GED, her struggles with learning math, and hopes to …	Wendy Kitts	6	2009	$0.60 Add
From Creating Affordable Housing in Real Neighbourhoods From: How We Changed Toronto View James Lorimer and Company	1970s. One of the very significant actions of the new Council was to embark on an affordable housing program. This resulted in thousands of affordable units being built by Council’s housing …	John Sewell	33	2015	$3.30 Add
From Creating Connections From: At Home View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 12 features interviews with François Morelli, Tedi Tafel, Devora Neumark, and Sharon Alward. The focus of the chapter is on artists who find home and belonging not in a physical …	Lezli Rubin-Kunda	26	2018	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Creatures of Impossible and Tremendous Beauty From: This Has Always Been a War View Arsenal Pulp Press	In “Creatures of Impossible and Tremendous Beauty” the author recounts their experiences with femininity and being “like a girl.” Discussing childhood expectations and …	Lori Fox	19	2022	$1.90 Add