Biography & Autobiography, Historical
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Many Voyages in Strange Crafts
A Memoir by Captain William Rodick
Young William Rodick was determined to go to sea, like his sea captain father. Even though his father warned him against it, William apprenticed with a merchant marine and boarded his first ship in Liverpool, England, at the age of fourteen. This...
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The Life of a Romanian WWI Prisoner of War
A War Journal by Emma Dirk
Readers today are watching the voices of those who endured the First and Second World Wars diminish or disappear, unheard, altogether. To preserve, illuminate, and share her great-grandfather’s memories for future generations, Emma Dirk has...
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No Escape
Witness to a Canadian Genocide by Ron Gosbee
IN THE 1950S, AT FIVE YEARS OLD, Ron Gosbee, the son of the post manager for the Hudson’s Bay Company in remote Fort Albany, Ontario, was sent to the local St. Anne’s Indian Residential School with his two sisters. The only white children at the...
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The Mohan Singh Biography
A Man with the Fine Taste of Life! by Lovemeet Singh
Dear readers, I wrote this book, the life story of my father, Sirdar Mohan Singh, according to the truth. I did not try to fictionalize or modify it, as I completely understand my responsibility toward the readers. I wrote this life story because...
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Icelanders Arrive and Strive - A Manitoba Story
by Robert C. A. Frederickson
Since the Viking era, Icelandic emigrants have been forging new paths and communities. Icelanders Arrive and Strive – A Manitoba Story shares, through the journey of one family, the story of how Icelandic immigrants settled in Canada and shaped...
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Cloth and Clay
A Davison-Ferguson History by Gail Ferguson
Cloth and Clay: a Davison-Ferguson History is the story of two immigrant families united by marriage in nineteenth century Ontario. Traced back to their earliest known origins in North East Scotland and in Yorkshire, England and County Donegal...
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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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A Lifetime Ago in Baghdad
An Armenian family history by Zagheek Markarian
Armenians can make anywhere home. They have faced different occupiers in their home country throughout generations while still maintaining their uniqueness. They have also flourished culturally in several different countries. Chameleon-like yet...
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Escape from Siberia, Escape from Memory
An Odyssey Across Two Oceans & Nine Countries to Arrive Home by Paul Wojdak
Paul Wojdak’s father, Pawel, was born in 1912 in Novosibirsk, Siberia. During the 1800s, many Polish people were banished to Siberia for rising against czarist Russia’s repressive policies aimed to destroy Polish language and culture, and they...
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Perpetual Motion
An Autobiography of Relative History by D. A. Pitts
In Perpetual Motion, Dana slows down long enough to detail his dash through a fast-paced life. This is the inspirational and moving saga of how—historical, cultural, and environmental events influenced a fertile mind, driving him forward on a...