Biography & Autobiography, Political
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The Honourable Aleck
Love, Law and Tragedy in Early Canada by Ian Bruce Robertson
The Honourable Aleck is the true story of the life and times of Alexander Rocke Robertson and Margaret Bruce Eberts, Aleck’s beloved wife ‘Maggie’. Born and raised in Chatham, Upper Canada, ‘Aleck’ Robertson came to British Columbia in 1864 as a...
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Suddenly, a Criminal: Sixteen Years in Siberia
by Melanija Vanaga
"Those among us who survived," says Melanija, "did so because we were unbelievably full of the determination and will to live, and faith in our ultimate liberation, as well as because all the disasters arose unexpectedly." From her own and some...
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Tacking into the Wind
of the established order by Dick Vander Woude
I joined the teachers’ revolution of the 60s, expecting to work for a just and honored profession. Colliding symbiotic values fomented into the experiences that defined my future. The established order asked us to comply and compromise. Idealism...
