Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! The Wild Place From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	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 Politics From: Alexa! View Goose Lane Editions	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 Peters A Passion for Justice From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Collection: Atlantic Canadian History: The Social, Economic and Political History of the Maritimes and Newfoundland Formac Publishing	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 Politics From: How We Changed Toronto View James Lorimer and Company	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 From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence View James Lorimer and Company	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 Kostashchuk Part Two From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	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 Call Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak View twp	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 Work From: At Home View Goose Lane Editions	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 View Goose Lane Editions	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 Landry Chapter Eight From: Bombs and Barbed Wire View Goose Lane Editions	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 Akin From: You Only Live Twice View Coach House Books	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 Concerns Finances, the People, and the Land From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	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 Match Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak View twp	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 Me From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	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 Parts Saturnalia From: On Opium View Goose Lane Editions	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 people PART 2: LEADING WITH NERVE From: Nerve View ECW Press	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