Biography & Autobiography
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I'm No Hero, But I Served With Them
Hotel Company 2nd Battalion 7th Marines In Vietnam by Gary F. (Jersey) Howard
This is a gripping account of the combat experience in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1970, during some of the fiercest battles of that conflict. While serving with Hotel Company in 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, the young man was involved in numerous...
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Adytum
by Mary Cools
Adytum: A place within the soul which should be filled with awe and reverence for being alive. “His sky was growing dark with his own private shadows. It was like watching children playing on a beach and seeing a storm building on the horizon....
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Coming Home
A Memoir by Elizabeth Meyer
We all have a story to tell, be it long or short, truly blessed or full of challenges. Coming Home tells just such a story, starting from the author’s humble beginnings as a shy, reclusive girl in a Mennonite community on Vancouver Island in the...
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The Defiant 511 of the Alberni Indian Residential School
by Evelyn Thompson-George and Art Thompson
Many Indigenous children experienced the grim realities of residential schools—from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse to malnourishment, forced religious indoctrination, and attempted cultural eradication. In this memoir, Evelyn...
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To The Beat of a Different Drum
The Story of One Ex Soldier’s Struggles with PTSD by Daryl Bradley
In 1994 Rwanda was immersed in genocide for one hundred days. On behalf of the United Nations, Canada sent over four hundred troops to act as peacekeepers. When those soldiers returned, many were later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress...
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Life Lessons with Abba Father
by Don Howe
In Life Lessons with Abba Father, Don Howe shares his memories and experiences of encountering Christianity through a series of unusual events throughout his life. From narrowly escaping a charging bull to saving a plane full of travellers to...
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Down on the Farm, Way Back When
by Stephen Nelson
Dad would warn me to stay back from the barn door when he let the cows out for the first time at the end of a long winter. After taking a few steps outside, you might see a mature cow do something you wouldn’t expect: Jump in the air! Quite a...
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A Legend Hunter's Search for Ogopogo the Elusive Creature of Okanagan Lake
by William Steciuk
Kelowna resident Bill Steciuk didn’t believe in Ogopogo. But that was about to change. In October of 1978, while driving across the bridge from the west side of Lake Okanagan, he saw something in the water that made him stop his car. All the...
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Life at the Top of the World
Growing Up on Sweden's Arctic Circle by Sandra Saraka
'Life at the Top of the World: Growing Up on Sweden's Arctic Circle' highlights the story of Maria Maki Anttila, a Finnish-Swede residing in the northern hamlet of Juoksengi. Born in a sauna overlooking the Tornio River in the late 1800s, Maria...
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Our Secrets
A Collection of Immigration Stories by Ariette Nyahabimana
Our Secrets is a compilation of nineteen moving, raw stories collected through interviews with immigrants to Canada from Africa and Asia. We honour the bravery of those who made this collection possible. Read about Canada’s rescues of desperate...
