Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Dog Days From: The M Word View Goose Lane Editions	Diana Fitzgerald Bryden reflects on the inability to conceive, childcare, family, pets, the role of an aunt, sibling relationships, and more.	Diana Fitzgerald Bryden	10	2014	$1.00 Add
From Doing well or doing good PART 3 LIFE AFTER LEADING: THE NERVE TO REDEFINE YOURSELF From: Nerve View ECW Press	The authors discuss finding new activities, positions and roles after stepping down from a leadership role. They discuss their experiences as women going through this transition and provide …	Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper	24	2021	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Dolly, Doralee, My Mother, and Me From: Staying Power View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, Sharman discusses queer femme identity, feminist motherhood, and the cultural legacy of Dolly Parton’s 1980 film 9 to 5.	Zena Sharman	18	2026	$1.80 Add
From Donny Bernardo Owes Me a Hershey Bar From: To Wawa with Love View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses his home being a party place for his parents and their friends. Going to the movies on Saturday and receiving a chocolate bar from one of these people and being convinced it was …	Tom Douglas	5	2012	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Don’t Let Them Bully You A Business Interlude From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	Don’t Let them Bully You explores Manuel’s own reaction to the stagnation of the Indigenous people’s movement in Canada in the 1980’s, which happened despite the success …	Arthur Manuel	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From Door to Door From: South End Boy View Formac Publishing	1930s and 1940s Halifax delivery of commodities to your home	Jim Bennet	5	2015	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Double Play From: On Account of Darkness View Tidewater Press	This chapter explores the experiences of non-white women (Black, Indigenous, Japanese Canadian, and others) in sports in Canada.	Ian Kennedy	11	2022	$1.10 Add
Double Pregnant Two Lesbians Make a Family Fernwood Publishing	Double Pregnant is author Natalie Meisner’s light-hearted, poignant and informative true story about starting a family with her wife Viviën. Because Viviën is a woman of colour …	Natalie Meisner	192	2014	View
From Doubleness Clarifies From: The M Word View Goose Lane Editions	Kerry Clare reflects on reflects on her second pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, unwanted pregnancy, and more.	Kerry Clare	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From Down the Arm, 1941–59 From: A Halifax Boyhood View Formac Publishing	Landmarks down the Arm and into Halifax proper 1941-1959	Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From Down the Bank From: South End Boy View Formac Publishing	1930s and 1940s Halifax. His neighbourhood	Jim Bennet	7	2015	$0.70 Add
From Down the Garden Path: Chretien/Andras Consultations 1968-1969 From: Brotherhood to Nationhood View Between The Lines	Chapter seven of George Manuel’s biography covers 1968 and 1969, during which time he met and became involved with Marlene August. He was also offered a job working for Harold Cardinal in …	Doreen Manuel; Peter McFarlane	15	2020	$1.50 Add
From NEW! “Down to the short strokes” From: The Coutts Diaries View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Graham examines the closing days of Canada’s 1980 constitutional reform, from September 30 to October 9, as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau navigated the entrenchment of the …	Ron Graham	6	2025	$0.60 Add
From The Evolving Demographics of Toronto’s Gay Village From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Michael Ornstein and Tim McCaskell chart the evolution of Toronto’s gay village through the lens of statistics. They consider age, ethnicity, income, and living situation to reveal how the …	Michael Ornstein; Tim McCaskell	5	2017	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Dr. Janet Smylie and ‘Our Health Counts Toronto’ HOW WE CARRY THIS PLACE From: Indigenous Toronto View Coach House Books	The story of Dr. Janet Smylie, a Métis physician and research scientist, and the project ‘Our Health Counts Toronto.’	Erica Commanda	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From draak/dragon From: Alfabet/Alphabet View Palimpsest Press	In this chapter, the author looks back on her time as an ESL student.	Sadiqa de Meijer	5	2020	$0.50 Add