Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

Showing 1521–1536 of 2195 results

Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Richard Corankapoon A Determined Leader From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Formac Publishing	The final chapter tells the story of Richard Corankapoon, who led hundreds of others to travel to Sierra Leone from British North America.	Stephen Davidson	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From Right Here, Right Now From: At Home View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 8 features an interview with Stan Krzyzanowski. This chapter discusses artists who are inspired by the details of day-to-day life and who explore how the place where one lives can create …	Lezli Rubin-Kunda	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From River of Madness From: Man at the Airport View Tidewater Press	This chapter describes the author’s time in jail for overstaying his work visa, the death of his father, and his deportation to Kuala Lumpur.	Hassan Al Kontar	30	2021	$3.00 Add
From NEW! Robert Markle: The Power of the Mark/At the Hinge of Light and Dark TRAILBLAZERS AND CHANGEMAKERS From: Indigenous Toronto View Coach House Books	This chapter explores the story of artist Robert Markle.	Bonnie Devine	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From Robin From: The M Word View Goose Lane Editions	Alison Pick reflects on her pregnancy and miscarriage of her daughter, Robin.	Alison Pick	15	2014	$1.50 Add
Rock Paper Sex, Volume II Trigger Warning Breakwater Books	From working through the pandemic to Black Lives Matter, Rock Paper Sex, Volume II: Trigger Warning is timely, controversial, and provocative. This sequel offers a wide range of stories from the …	Kerri Cull	240	2021	View
From Rock Takes a Turn From: The Two Michaels View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Blanchfield and Osler Hampson examine Allan Rock’s role in the 2018 Canada-China hostage crisis.	Fen Osler Hampson; Mike Blanchfield	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Rockets From: Bit Player on Big Stages View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Turene discusses his amateur rocketry programme in Winnipeg in the late 1950s, which he started because of the launch of Sputnik.	Roger Turene	9	2025	$0.90 Add
From Rocky Mountain From: They Called Me Chocolate Rocket View Formac Publishing	Rocky Mountain RoughRiders Hockey Club, red flags about a fellow coach involved with pedophilia	John Paris Jr.; Robert Ashe	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From Rocky Takes a Fall From: To Wawa with Love View James Lorimer and Company	Talks about the cold climate of the small town, the overcrowded elementary school due to a population boom, and the development of a budy system for going to the outhouse at school	Tom Douglas	8	2012	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Roland Michener From: The Governors General View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Fraser traces Roland Michener’s tenure as Governor General of Canada from 1967 to 1974.	John Fraser	11	2026	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Roméo LeBlanc From: The Governors General View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Fraser traces Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc’s tenure as Governor General of Canada from 1994 to 1999, noting his distinction as the first Acadian in the role.	John Fraser	7	2026	$0.70 Add
NEW! Rooms Women, Writing, Woolf	From LAMBDA Literary Award winner Sina Queyras, Rooms offers a peek into the defining spaces a young queer writer moved through as they found their way from a life of chaos to a life of the mind …		176		View
From Rosie From: Gender Failure View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, Coyote describes their deep friendship with Rosie, a trans woman, set in Vancouver’s West End while they were nineteen.	Ivan E. Coyote	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From Rough Waters From: Three Funerals for my Father View Tidewater Press	This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He continues to plan his family’s escape.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From Route of Heros From: Any Other Way View Coach House Books	Keith Cole recalls his experiences as a sex worker in Torontos boystown.	Keith Cole	3	2017	$0.30 Add