Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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Poetry Extravagance
by Duncan G Ewing
Mental illness, Covid protocols, and paranormal encounters are just a few of the topics explored in this genre-blending collection. Flitting between prose poems, personal essays, and fictional vignettes, Poetry Extravagance is extravagant in both...
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The Best Kept Secret
The Journey, Failures, Growth, and Lessons of a Soccer Player, and How He Reached His Full Potential by Stephen Olasumbo Ademolu
Have you ever been told you are too small to play a sport? Have you ever not been selected for a team? Have you been doubted by others who told you to give up? Stephen has too! In The Best Kept Secret, Former Canadian Men’s National Team player...
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In A Life
A memoir peppered with stories of a lucky life in music and Bum Ticker adventures by Steve Goldberger
Steve Goldberger has been a working musician and recording artist for fifty-plus years. In his book In a Life: A Memoir Peppered with Stories of a Lucky Life in Music and Bum Ticker Adventures, Steve shares his personal stories from being in a...
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Harris and Me
Living with Fragile X Syndrome by Cari Forteath
In 1980, Cari Forteath and her husband George welcomed their first child, Harris, into the world. They instantly fell in love with their son, whose first few months were peaceful. Soon, though, Cari and George recognized that Harris wasn’t...
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Dieppe, My Prison
by Jean-Guy Nadeau and Martin Chaput
Dieppe, My Prison follows the harrowing wartime account of Jacques Nadeau as told by Matin Chaput and Jacques’ son, Jean-Guy, from his early life and military enrolment in 1941 through his training and transport to England where he waited to be...
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Leaving La-La Land
Escape to Reality by Robert K. Bosscha
Rob is working on renovating his condo when his life is turned upside down. One fateful day, his contractor hears him collapse from the other room. When Rob awakens in the hospital, little does he know, his life—and brain—have changed forever . ....
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Rise: Living Life Over Cancer
Inspiring Hope & Defying Limits by Betty Jean Aucoin
Am I going to die? This is the first question Betty Jean Aucoin asks when diagnosed with recurrent stage IV breast cancer. No, her doctors tell her. But your journey ahead will be one without a cure at this time. Over the past twenty-five years,...
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The Top Two Per Cent
Or How the 2023 Christmas Newsletter Got Out of Hand by Randy Burrows
In a year when PEI was navigating the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona and preparing to host the Canada Winter Games, Randy Burrows captures the essence of family life with wit and heart. The Top Two Per Cent chronicles 2023—a remarkable period of...
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This Is About Life
An Intimate Story of Cancer From the Turn of the Century to Covid 19 by Leslie Elizabeth King
“I cannot live if I am trying to kill part of myself.” Over the course of 20 years, Leslie King survived breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and breast cancer again. In her selected journals, she documents the realities of cancer treatment within...
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Hoping for a Miracle
A Memoir by Lynn-Marie McIlvain
Hoping For a Miracle is the true story of Lynn-Marie, an aspiring teacher, as she embarks on a ten-year journey to become a mother. She faces heartache and uncertainty along the way. At times, loneliness and devastation are hard to bear. Despite...
