Breakwater Books
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 NEW! A Life Spent Listening |
A unique and engaging perspective of humanity – a journey to wisdom shared through stories of self-awareness, acceptance, and discovery, by acclaimed psychotherapist Dr. Hassan Khalili. In … | Hassan Khalili | 224 | 2022 | View |
 About FaceEssays on Recovery, Therapies, and Controversies of Addiction in Canada |
About Face: Essays on Addictions, Recovery, Therapies, and Controversies seeks to broaden the conversation around addiction in Canada. Featuring essays by a diverse group of writers, About Face … | Douglas Gosse | 424 | 2019 | View |
 Almost Feral |
On July 2, 2015, influential social activist Gemma Hickey began a 908-kilometer walk across the island of Newfoundland to raise awareness and funds for survivors of religious institutional abuse. … | Gemma Hickey | 264 | 2019 | View |
 NEW! Bottoms UpA History of Alcohol in Newfoundland and Labrador |
In 1617, Lord Falkland’s colonists in Newfoundland were instructed to bring, among other things, 20 barrels of caske (ale), 90 bushels of malt, a malt mill, 4500 pounds of hops, 1 firkin of … | Sheilah Roberts Lukins | 272 | 2020 | View |
 No One to TellBreaking My Silence on Life in the RCMP |
In 2012, Janet Merlo was among the first female RCMP officers to publicly allege she had experienced sexual harassment and gender discrimination while serving in Canada’s national police … | Janet Merlo | 232 | 2013 | View |
 No Place For A Woman |
As a young woman, the late Ella Manuel left the busy shipping community of Lewisporte, Newfoundland, for the wider world in the 1920s, but eventually returned to the island, as a single mother, … | Antony Berger | 318 | 2020 | View |
 Out LoudEssays on Mental Illness, Stigma & Recovery |
Out Loud is a collection of more than fifty essays by people affected by mental illness. There are essays by those who have experienced mental illness themselves, by family and friends, by … | Ramona Dearing | 240 | 2010 | View |
 Rock Paper SexThe Oldest Profession in Canada’s Oldest City |
St. John’s is known as a flourishing port city, a cultural gem, and popular tourist destination: a picturesque city of pubs and restaurants, music and colourful houses. But a thriving sex … | Keri Cull | 232 | 2017 | View |
 Rock Paper Sex, Volume IITrigger Warning |
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 |
 The Beothuk |
A history of the Beothuk of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book gives us a rare picture of a lost people whose culture was destroyed after the arrival of white settlers. This title … | Ingeborg Marshall | 88 | 2009 | View |
 The InvisiblesA History of the Royal Newfoundland Companies |
During the tumultuous and often violent election riots of 1861, members of the Royal Newfoundland Companies opened fire on a crowd of rioters, killing three and wounding several others. In the … | James E. Candow | 256 | 2019 | View |
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From ForwardFrom: Out Loud |
Forward | Ramona Dearing | 2 | 2010 | $0.20 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: About Face |
The Introduction outlines the questions that this anthology seeks to answer: Who suffers from addictions in Canada, How can we better understand addictions, What are the steps forward in the … | Douglas Gosse | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: The Invisibles |
In the introduction, Candow provides a brief overview of the involvement of the British military in Newfoundland throughout the 19th century. | James E. Candow | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: The Beothuk |
The introduction provides an overview of the sequence of information that is presented in the book and the author’s goals | Ingeborg Marshall | 1 | 2009 | $0.10 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The author outlines the incident that began her interest in the voices of sex workers in St. John’s, ands describes the evolution of the project and her interactions with the individuals … | Keri Cull | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
