Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Saving a Grand Old Lady Part II From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel View Baraka Books	Part two of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession …	Carla Blank; Tania Martin	22	2014	$2.20 Add
From Saving a Grand Old Lady Part III From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel View Baraka Books	Part three of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession …	Carla Blank; Tania Martin	25	2014	$2.50 Add
From Say ‘Resurgam’! From: Churchill and Fisher View James Lorimer and Company	Historian Barry Gough examines Winston Churchill’s defence of the Dardanelles campagin despite high casualities and cost while Jack Fisher takes a position at the Admiralty Board of …	Barry Gough	45	2017	$4.50 Add
From Saying Goodbye From: No One to Tell View Breakwater Books	In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes the increasingly toxic work environment at the Nanaimo RCMP, and the author uncovers more aspects of a system that breeds it. It …	Janet Merlo	13	2013	$1.30 Add
From Scar Tissue From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, the author discusses how he "grew up on a steady diet of AIDS fear," and the impact that has had on adult life.	Adrian Ryan	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Scene 1 Introduction From: What You Won’t Do For Love View Coach House Books	Scene 1 introduces the authors of the book and the play it is based on. It discusses theatre, having children, personal relationships, the relationship between science and art, and nature.	David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Scene 2 Tara From: What You Won’t Do For Love View Coach House Books	Scene 2 focuses on Tara and her decades-spanning relationship and work with her husband, David Suzuki. It discusses immigration, World War II, discrimination, marriage and married life, activism, …	David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis	13	2022	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Scene 3 Science + Art / Left + Right From: What You Won’t Do For Love View Coach House Books	Scene 3 explores the topics of nature, curiosity, science, technology, and advocacy.	David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Scene 4 The Amazon From: What You Won’t Do For Love View Coach House Books	Scene 4 focuses on David and Tara’s work in the Amazon. It discusses climate, the developing world, Indigenous advocacy, Canada’s role in climate change, government, and advocacy.	David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Scene 5 Feminism + The Economy From: What You Won’t Do For Love View Coach House Books	Scene 5 explores the role of feminism. Discussing unpaid labour, GDP, economic growth, and more.	David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis	4	2022	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Scene 6 The Kiss From: What You Won’t Do For Love View Coach House Books	Scene 6 revisits David and Tara’s early years together. It discusses the ‘Outies’ and ‘Innies’, university, lectures, marriage, and a kiss.	David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Scene 7 Passing the Baton From: What You Won’t Do For Love View Coach House Books	Scene 7 discusses staying positive, children, climate anxiety, inaction, and hope.	David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis	9	2022	$0.90 Add
From NEW! School From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View NeWest Press	The chapter describes their father’s career in the northern school system, the paternalism of the school system, her fathers role in running the residential school, and the original …	Margaret Macpherson	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From Schoolteacher From: The Wheel of Things View Formac Publishing		Mollie Gillen	8	2015	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Scoop From: Tracking the Caribou Queen View NeWest Press	This chapter focuses on the families first government house in the north, their neighbours,  the forced friendship with Carmel Johnson and Margie’s cruel gift of soap, the residential …	Margaret Macpherson	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From Scotty From: They Called Me Chocolate Rocket View Formac Publishing	describes his passion for hockey and experiencing with hockey growing up including racism he faced. Outlines how he was scouted by Scotty Bowman for the Montreal Jr. Canadians tryouts in 1963	John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe	12	2014	$1.20 Add