Biography & Autobiography
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Not So Normal
Memoirs of a Gay Boomer From Wild Rose Country by Tom Symington
Growing up in post-World War II Alberta in a stable, loving home, Tom Symington didn’t feel that he was “different.” Evading early pressures of romance and sexual exploration, repressing instances of name-calling (“femmy”), and hostility from...
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One Woman's Century
The Collected Essays of Kay Parley by Kay Parley
A remarkable, one-of-a-kind collection. Filled with insight, anecdotes, and fascinating snapshots from the past, ONE WOMAN'S CENTURY is a celebration of the life and work of iconic Saskatchewan author Kay Parley, covering the full scope of her...
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Understanding a Phobia of Your Own Emotions is Key to Understanding Suicide
Understanding I was Afraid of my own Emotions Saved my Life by Douglas Law
If it doesn’t kill you, it will only make you stronger. This is a very real truth if you can put strong suicidal thoughts in your past. My life has been a journey of understanding who I am because of my childhood being interfered with by a...
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Façonné par la Haine, l’Exclusion et le Racisme
Comment Naviguer et Réussir dans un environnement hostile by Tarcisse Ruhamyandekwe
Ce livre raconte l’histoire de Tarcisse Ruhamyandekwe dont le parcours a commencé à sa naissance au Rwanda. Dans sa vie, il a vécu tellement d’actes d’exclusion, de discrimination et de racisme que sa première réaction était toujours de les...
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Platypus Flats
In The Shadows of The Honey Trees by Neville West
We don't cry because we are weak! It is our healing power speaking. As a survivor of abuse I carried the burden alone for 60 years. When I did speak out I changed; my world changed. So did my words. The djinn of denial could not be put back in...
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Faith, Healing, and God
by Annalyn M. Galarion
• Has your recent diagnosis turned your world upside down? • Are life’s challenges getting you down? Are you frightened? • Do you sometimes wonder if there is a God or think that He has abandoned you? If you answered yes to any of these...
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Climbing the Stairs
My Journey from Addiction to Pure Joy by Cheryl A. Pasieka
A powerful memoir of a recovery journey from alcohol addiction to a life filled with joy, and mindfulness. Cheryl has not only transformed her own life through her recovery journey, but is also following a calling to be vulnerable and share that...
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Captain Scott's Scrapbook
Mutinies, Mining and Mysteries by Margot Dixon
Amongst the family albums her mother had kept, Margot Dixon found something very curious—Captain Samuel F. Scott’s old scrapbook. Who was this man? And why did her family have his scrapbook? As she read through the book, full of one-of-a-kind...
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The Shell of Me
A Survivor's Story of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Donna Patricia Castle
“Your life has had and still has beautiful things in it, but there are lots of weeds. You pull the weeds out, and for just a little while, everything is beautiful again. Then come the new weeds, and you must pull those out too.” When Pat Castle...
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J'st to Live
Part 1: Ready or Not / Part 2: No Way Back by A.C. Mueller-Rowry
In the 1970s, Angie’s sheltered, middle-class outlook is turned upside down when she falls in love with Robert, an incredibly handsome Black guitarist and brilliant, street-savvy school dropout. The pair lose touch when Angie leaves St. Louis’s...