Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From NEW! The Wild PlaceFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 7 reflects on Wanda’s time as a displaced person in the Wildflecken displaced persons camp, which housed more than fifteen thousand displaced Poles. The chapter covers the living … | Marsha Faubert | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
From NEW! There’s Life after PoliticsFrom: Alexa! |
Looks at Alexa’s tenure as president at Mount Saint Vincent University and the early onset of her Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Details her triumph and struggle with dementia as the years … | Stephen Kimber | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
From NEW! Thomas PetersA Passion for Justice |
This chapter begins the story of Thomas Peters, a black loyalist who, upon arriving in New Brunswick worked tirelessly to advocate for the rights of other black loyalists in the colony. | Stephen Davidson | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
From Three Lessons in PoliticsFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
1970s. Three lessons Sewell learned through mistakes and issues that occurred in his early political life | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
From To Slocan instead of Greenwood |
He is sent to work at slocan instead of joining his family at Greenwood and ensuing arguments with the Security Commission about broken promises | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
From NEW! Two Writers Named KostashchukPart Two From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Four focuses on the second Vasyl (Mykolaiovych) Kostashchuk, another relative unknown to them. Discussing his time as a sharpshooter in the post-Second-World-War underground army known as … | Myrna Kostash | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
From Wake Up CallStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … | Jake Ootes | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From Women’s WorkFrom: At Home |
Chapter 7 features interviews with Susan Shantz, Mary Kavanagh, and Aganetha Dyck. This chapter focuses on artists who work is inspired by the home-based work of their female ancestors. | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
From NEW! "A Devil in His Own Home Town"From: Len & Cub |
This chapter follows the period after WW1 and Len & Cub’s return to Havelock. They eventually grew apart and took different paths. | Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
From NEW! “Like a dream”: The Story of Armand LandryChapter Eight From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Eight focuses on the story of Armand Landry, from Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick, his time with the Royal 22nd Regiment or “Van Doos,” his constant companions … | Ronald Cormier | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
From 0.7 AkinFrom: You Only Live Twice |
Chase considers the value of their writing project, and on his experience of gender transition supported by his mother, while Mike offers reflections of Chase’s stories. | Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom | 4 | 2016 | $0.40 Add |
From NEW! A Chief’s ConcernsFinances, the People, and the Land From: Unsettling Canada |
A Chief’s Concerns focuses on Manuel’s perspective when he became Chief in 1995. The chapter focuses on the challenges Manuel faced as chief as well as the challenges faced by those … | Arthur Manuel | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
From A Good MatchStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … | Jake Ootes | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
From NEW! A Strong Wall around MeFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Nine looks at the remaking of Louise and Len’s life and relationship after the war. The chapter discusses the 1946 publication of The Loghouse Nest, Len finding work, and … | Merilyn Simonds | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
From NEW! A Tale of Instability in Seven PartsSaturnalia From: On Opium |
Through the description of a trip to Spain, the author explores facism and the relationship between governments and drug users, and other disposable groups of people. The author states that we … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
From Assessing talent: it’s all about peoplePART 2: LEADING WITH NERVE From: Nerve |
This chapter discusses how leaders can successfully recruit new talent and how to lead an organization in a way that will find and retain people who add value and work well within the team. The … | Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |