Biography & Autobiography
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Framed By Our Houses
Sunny, Rainy and Snowy Sketches of Canadian Living by William R. Marshall
What’s it like being the only Anglophones settling into the rural Beauce region south of Québec City, where no one keeps a lock on their door? What kind of struggles does one encounter as a young adult living in communal housing in Peterborough,...
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Momentum
A Memoir by Emily Brown
In this poignant memoir, Emily Brown takes readers on a quest for belonging through a labyrinth of family secrets and hidden wounds. Spanning from her childhood in Beverly Hills to her adult years in Canada, Momentum delves into the challenges of...
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Canada, Canadians and The Beatles
by John Robert Arnone
THE STORY OF THE BEATLES IS THE STORY OF CANADA AND CANADIANS With all that has been written about the world’s greatest band, you are holding something new! Finally, a book that offers a well-paced, entertaining look at Canada’s proud, oversized...
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In the Event
Living with an Earthquake by Mark B. Jabusch
Dive into the frantic fight for survival in this riveting, firsthand account of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in 2011. In the Event: Living with an Earthquake takes readers onto the heaving, rolling streets as...
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23 Dates with My Dead Dad
by Corey McAuliffe and Spirit
What if death is not an ending, but a doorway to a more profound connection? When Corey McAuliffe’s father died, she thought their cherished monthly dates would end forever. But when the number 23 began appearing everywhere—on receipts, clocks,...
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10 Days in December
. . .where dreams meet reality by Eleanor Deckert
In 1978, 20-year-old newlyweds, practical Kevin and idealistic Eleanor, explore the Canadian mountains in their VW van, find land, and build a tiny log cabin. Setbacks and self-denial test their love and commitment. For 4 months: Kevin builds,...
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Reflections
Wisdom for the Young and Anyone Else Curious by Trevor R Shaw
Suddenly, here I am with most of my life in the rear-view mirror and not much road left ahead. I am wondering–ok, “What’s it all about, Alfie?” This is an attempt to answer that question and to leave something behind that might be of some use. At...
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A Thousand Lies
by Laura Chapman
One night, you find yourself outside your husband’s new apartment—an apartment he moved into just weeks before, supposedly to “work on your marriage”—knowing that he is inside with another woman. Where did it all go so wrong? How did you get...
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If I am Brave Enough
by Cristina Saunders
I met Jake in the springtime . . . So begins Cristina’s story, a story of love and marriage, but also abuse and violence. Cristina met Jake when she was on the rebound, not looking for anything serious. And he seemed like the perfect guy: he was...
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Memoir of a Bourgeois Hippy
by Gene Anthony Mascardelli
Memoir of a Bourgeois Hippy is a rollicking coming of age tale chronicling the life of a spunky small town Canadian boy who discovers his bohemian and artistic tribe first in a small record and bookstore in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, then lands in...
