Biography & Autobiography
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George Works! Lad to Leadership
The Making of a New Canadian by George E. Daniels
British citizen by birth and Canadian citizen by choice, George Daniels pens a fascinating autobiography of a life brimming with love, loss, adventure, creativity, personal and corporate achievement and recognition by his peers, Parliamentarians and ...
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Patriarch
The Abe Bickman Family History by David M. Bickman
Shortly before his death, Abe Bickman (the "Patriarch") gave his son, David, his modest family archive. This archive comprised: an envelope, postmarked in 1948 and with a return address in Brazil, in which were contained several black & white ...
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I could almost touch the Devil
by Dawn Rodger
A courageous, touching and deeply personal story about mental illness, Dawn Rodger’s memoir will shed light on the dark days she experienced before discovering a life of health, happiness and balance. When Dawn, a passionate music teacher and a ...
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A Journey To An End
A Daughter Takes Her Father From His Home to Hers, From a Nursing Home to a Funeral Home by Anita Dennler Dahlby
I never planned to be among the populous of adult children caring for their aging parents, but when circumstances as abrupt and unwelcome as a tsunami presented themselves, my elderly father came to live with my husband and me. Not only was our ...
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T-Bone
A Rancher's Story by Tim Brewin
Tim Brewin was born at Lethbridge in 1940, the youngest of 6 brothers and 3 sisters. He grew up on the family farm at Purple Springs, Alberta. He received his schooling at Hudson, Deer Park and Grassy Lakes Schools. He went to College at Olds, ...
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5 Squares
by Bonita McIlvaine
It was Boston in the 1960’s – a time when nightclubs, bars and lounges had the city alive at night and a good time could continue after hours; and when entertainers frequented the city taking advantage of the climate. Add the world of the sporting ...
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Shattering the Glass Heart
Finding the Magic of Possibilities After Loss and Trauma by Louise M. Brandson, Laura L. Brandson and Rhiann A.L. Hosking
This moving account of loss, grief, healing, and spiritual awakening is written and narrated by three individuals: Louise Brandson, Laura Brandson, and Rhiann Hosking. It traces the aftermath of the sudden death, in a horrific automobile accident, ...
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Misfits & Supermen
Two Brothers' Journey Along the Spectrum by Steve Starger
The bond of brotherhood is hard to break, but a lifetime of dealing with familial expectation, bitterness, and psychological disorders can bend and warp it into something nearly unrecognizable. This story tells the tale of two brothers: Melvyn, the ...
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No Such Thing as Normal
by Nicole Robertson
“Some of us never fit in… some of us were never meant to...” Life is miserable when you don’t know who you are. Nicole Robertson might appear to have everything: a loving family, a solid education, scholarships to prestigious schools and a bright ...
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As The Bombs Fell
My Childhood During the Time the Nazis Ruled by Otto Schmalz
You almost never get to hear the other side of the story. What was it like to be a child living in Germany as the country descended into war? What did kids do while their dads were away fighting and the rest of the family was living in either ...
