Biography & Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
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Life Happens To Us
A True Story by Ashta-deb
In this heartbreaking, extremely personal memoir of a life touched by profound tragedy, author Ashta-deb invites readers into her world in the hopes that they might benefit from the discovered remedies that at last elevated her above it. Here is...
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The North Then and Now
Stories from the Hudson Bay Lowlands by Albert Chookomolin and Bill Keller
The Hudson Bay Lowlands that cover the top of Ontario form one of the largest remaining wild spaces on earth. The Lowlands are a sometimes harsh but beautiful place that has long supported the Swampy Cree people—the Mushkegowuk. The North Then...
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New Country, New Life
A Family Memoir by Chrystyna Zorych Holman
What is it like to leave behind everything and everyone you’ve ever known amidst terror, trauma, and war, knowing you will never see them again? How must it feel to come to a strange, new land, and have to build a community from scratch? And...
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Getting to Know You
Letters to My Family by Eleanor King Byers
The act of writing a letter to a deceased family member brings them back in interesting ways. And when the recipient of that letter is someone you never knew…that is when the true marvel begins. Getting to Know You is a collection of letters...
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Fifty Years from the Basement to the Second Floor
by Tom Colbert
In Fifty Years from the Basement to the Second Floor, Tom Colbert, former chief of justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, shares his extraordinary life story—a story of resilience, determination, and hope. From his great-great grandmother who,...
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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...
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Buoyant Passages
The Story of My Family, My Life as an Identical Twin, and My Escapes into the Canadian Wilderness by Daniel J. Demers
What started as a short account of author Daniel J. Demers’ ancestors, including their arrival in Canada and the many challenges they faced while striving to establish a life here, soon morphed into a memoir of the author’s own life as well....
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The Big Red Dog
American Mistrust of Russians by William Craig Lachowsky
The Big Red Dog: American Mistrust of Russians exposes the dual realities that exist in the United States today: the reality experienced by Russian Americans and the one experienced by everyone else. Without mincing words, author William...
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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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Ikpiarjuk
My Challenges Teaching in a Land of Inuit by Md Abdus Salam
We travel to India to see the Taj Mahal, Egypt to see Pyramids, Turkey to see Blue Mosque, Italy to see Colosseum, South America in quest of Inca civilization, and so on. But very few travel to Nunavut – A Land of Inuit. Md Abdus Salam – the...