Biography & Autobiography
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Speak Up and Fight
A survivor’s fight for healing, justice, and the power to be heard. by Kaylynne Venn
For as long as I can remember, I've been a fighter. Before she reached her eighteenth birthday, Taekwondo champion Kaylynne Venn had experienced 23 emergency room visits, 11 nights in hospital beds, and over 10 attempts to escape the pain of her...
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Les Attoquées
An Acadian Story of Two Women Who Lean On Each Other to Survive by Léonard LeBlanc-Buckles
For decades, Maggie was confined to her childhood home and subject to her abusive brother’s whims. On that rural Cape Breton homestead, stripped of her freedom and her autonomy, she retreated into the only safe place she had left—her mind. When...
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Travels in an Upside-Down World
A Memoir of time spent in the People's Republic of China by Derek Geoffrey Sidenius
This is a book about discovering China from both historical and personal perspectives. It covers a five-year- period from 1984, when China's modernizations were just taking hold, to 1989 and the student-led Tiananmen protest that culminated in a...
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Adrianne's Ears
A Story of Endurance and Freedom by A.J. Haynes
In this thoughtful and compelling memoir, author Adrianne Haynes traces the incredible story of her survival. Growing up in post-war London, Adrianne grows up in an unimaginably toxic environment, contending with an alcoholic, abusive mother who...
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From York Factory to Medicine Hat, Don't Just Read Your History, Go There
A Scottish Métis Family in Canada by Sharon Hogg
In late August of 2013 my Métis husband, Nelson and I had signed up for the Manitoba Historical Fur Trade Tour leaving out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. We had been on a quest to learn more about where his ancestors came from and walk in the places...
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Discovering the Positives
A Woman's Journey through Triple Negative Breast Cancer by Rhiannon Huzarewich
Discovering the Positives: A Woman’s Journey through Triple Negative Breast Cancer is a powerful memoir of resilience, hope, and self-discovery. Hearing a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming and scary. Diagnosed with it in...
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The Essence of Time
Farming in Alberta and Saskatchewan by Pat Weisgerber
Pat and Toms electrifying first encounter, falling in love. That love affair that sparked behind the scenes was relatively short lived but was a turning point from being a shy quiet girl to running a business herself. Their lives criss- crossed...
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Where's my phone?
"Finding Life’s Treasures in the Chaos” by Darshani Ramjan
Darshani is a busy mom, human resources manager, entrepreneur, and nutritionist who’s constantly juggling a million things—until she loses her phone. What starts as a simple search for a missing phone turns into a laugh-out-loud yet emotional...
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Tiptoe to Last Lake
Tales of adventure, mischief and brotherly love by Ken Friesen
Tiptoe to Last Lake is a vibrant, humorous and heartfelt account of one man’s odyssey to reach all 236 named lakes of Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba. Over 14 years, surpassing 2400 kilometers of challenging terrain, weather, and...
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A Healer and a Builder
The Life and Times of Dr. John R. Augustine by Philip W. Augustine
A Healer and A Builder traces the life and times of Dr. John R. Augustine from his early years in Kitchener, Ontario, through his medical education at the University of Western Ontario in the late 1940s and early 1950s, to his years in Thunder...
