Biography & Autobiography
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Hoping to Hear from You Soon
Canadian War Letters, 1940-1945 by Sheila M. Cornett
Born in 1948, Sheila Cornett grew up in a time when almost everyone’s father had served in the Second World War. Like many veterans of that conflict, her own father did not talk about his wartime experiences. Six decades later and after her mother’s ...
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Paradise Found
MORE Recollections of a Kid from Penetanguishene by Robert Popple
When Robert and Heather Popple moved to the Pacific Northwest to live in British Columbia’s Fairwinds on Vancouver Island in 2003, it marked the beginnings of an exciting retirement adventure. This companion volume to Born in Huronia summarizes the ...
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My Mother's Legacy
by Bonita Nowell
A survival story and celebration of one woman’s life, My Mother's Legacy is also a glimpse of the spirit, culture, and history of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. From life on the trapline in the Far North to meeting the Pope at the Vatican, this is ...
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Beyond the Morning Star
The Life of Reverend Russell McGillivray by A. Russell McGillivray
My father often told me stories of my grandfather, Reverend (Rev.) Russell McGillivray, who died when I was three years old. The generation who heard Rev. McGillivray preach recalled the power of his voice and the simplicity of his messages. A ...
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Batangas: My Sky and Earth
An Intimate Recollection and Reflection of My Childhood in the Philippines by Bong Serrano
When Bong Serrano learned that his older brother, Boying, had cancer, the notes he had jotted down about his childhood took on new meaning. Memories of his time with his family in the Philippines came rushing back. At the center of those memories ...
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Walk
With Each Step There's Hope by Rosaline Christensen
"On October 6, 1981, I had a fifteen-and-a-half-hour surgery; it was autumn; the leaves were changing colour. The landscape was changing, and so was I. The lengthy surgery and long recovery left me with significant emotional, physical, and spiritual ...
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When We Walked on Frozen Rivers
My First Winter on our Remote Fly-In Trapline Reliving a Traditional Lifestyle as Old as the Rivers by Elisabeth Weigand
Frozen Rivers is another spellbinding memoir in Elisabeth Weigand’s YukonWild Series. In our times of pain and suffering, this series brings to the reader something beautifully positive. A life when lived with purpose and virtue can be long enough. ...
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Invitation to The North
by Hermann Tietgen
A man with a recent degree in Agriculture from the University of Berlin, Hermann came to Canada in 1930 to escape inflation and lack of jobs in Germany. A chance encounter led him to the North and a job prospecting for gold. He fell in love with the ...
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Silent Crusader
How One Woman's Struggles Changed Many Lives by Cheryl Kantak
This book is an intimately personal memoir about a woman, Cindy, born deaf and with multiple other birth defects. Cindy was not expected to survive, yet she endured numerous surgeries and other medical procedures over the years, showing uncommon ...
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Hopeless And Unwanted
by Susan Cambridge
This honest and raw memoir is not easy to read, but it should be deemed essential reading for anyone who works in the field of child welfare. Susan Cambridge’s childhood was horrendous. Unwanted and neglected, she was emotionally, verbally, and ...
