Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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Befriending Your Inner Monologue
by Chantal Seymour
Have you ever noticed that tiny voice in your mind bullying you, saying you aren’t good enough, and leaving you feeling anxious or hopeless? It’s possible to change this self-critical voice, but before starting, we first need to understand where...
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The Art of Being Irish in Hell's Kitchen
A Memoir of the Organizing of the Irish Arts Center in New York City 1972-78 by James F. Olwell
Amid the turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s—an era that included the Black Civil Rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland—young Irish Americans in New York began to question what it meant to be Irish in America. Led...
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Stone Cold Tea
by Winn Bray Rathbun
In Stone Cold Tea, a beautifully rendered creative non-fiction memoir, Winn Bray Rathbun takes us from early childhood in small-town Welland, Ontario, where she was the youngest in a working-class family of six, to her growing awareness much...
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From Baghdad to Toronto
A Journey of Values by Yahya Abbas
In our increasingly globalized, interconnected, and therefore volatile world, how can we expect to find success in business? Faced with the precarity of our current economic situation, what can we fall back on in our pursuit of a meaningful and...
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Metered Moments
Diary of a Cab Driver by Nipun Sharma
Conversations have the incredible power to connect people. Even a seemingly simple chat can transform a stranger into someone you’ll remember for the rest of your life. Almost no one knows better the power that conversations hold than taxi and...
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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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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...