Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Echoes of the War 1961-72 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	5	2019	$0.50 Add
From Ecology From: Earthkeeping View Goose Lane Editions	Part Two contains the sections: Peeper Spring, Cornsequences, Chipmunk Penance, Nova Scotia’s 2003 Floods, A Calendar of Roadside Flowers, Tough Little Trees of the Fringe, Leaf Thief I and …	Gary Saunders	37	2022	$3.70 Add
From NEW! Editor’s Introduction From: The Coutts Diaries View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Graham introduces the diaries of Jim Coutts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, serving from 1975 to 1981.	Ron Graham	3	2025	$0.30 Add
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 NEW! Edward Burr Fiddler and Gravedigger From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Formac Publishing	This chapter tells the story of Edward Burr, a black loyalist who, against all odds became prosperous and successful.	Stephen Davidson	16	2020	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Edward Schreyer From: The Governors General View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Fraser traces Edward Schreyer’s tenure as Governor General of Canada from 1979 to 1984.	John Fraser	5	2026	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Eight From: Holden After & Before View Arsenal Pulp Press		Tara McGuire	13	2022	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Eighteen From: Holden After & Before View Arsenal Pulp Press		Tara McGuire	8	2022	$0.80 Add
Einstein on Israel and Zionism Baraka Books	Albert Einstein said his “life is divided between equations and politics.” Yet his views on Israel and Zionism were concealed and distorted for decades. Einstein on Israel and Zionism corrects …	Fred Jerome	305	2024	View
From Einstein’s Correspondents From: Einstein on Israel and Zionism View Baraka Books	This appendix profiles the correspondents of Albert Einstein, discussing physics, law, architecture, politics, and journalism.	Fred Jerome	12	2024	$1.20 Add
From Elders From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, the author examines the deaths of her two uncles from AIDS, and the stigma and shame that charactarized her family’s response to this tragedy.	Miranda Recht	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From elders/elsewhere From: Alfabet/Alphabet View Palimpsest Press	This chapter explores language in the context of Dutch and English colonialism	Sadiqa de Meijer	3	2020	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Election Night Part 6. The Election From: Women Winning Office View Between The Lines	In Election Night Nash provides two stories from her life; she calls this "A Tale of Two Elections", one about her first loss and the other about her first win.	Peggy Nash	7	2022	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Eleven From: Holden After & Before View Arsenal Pulp Press		Tara McGuire	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Elizabeth (Sabet) Biscage, Yellowknife From: Book of Hope View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Elizabeth (Sabet) Biscaye, a Chipewyan Dene woman from Yellowknife, recounts her colon cancer diagnosis, surgery, and recovery.	Agnes R. Pascal	8	2025	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Elizabeth Vittrekwa, Fort McPherson From: Book of Hope View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter presents Elizabeth Vittrekwa’s account of a breast cancer diagnosis in February 2020, set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.	Agnes R. Pascal	7	2025	$0.70 Add