Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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Our Secrets
A Collection of Immigration Stories by Ariette Nyahabimana
Our Secrets is a compilation of nineteen moving, raw stories collected through interviews with immigrants to Canada from Africa and Asia. We honour the bravery of those who made this collection possible. Read about Canada’s rescues of desperate...
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Super Freak: Lessons from a Reluctant Psychic
by Pamela Southwell
When Pamela Southwell was two-and-a-half years old, she asked a question in her mind, and heard a voice in her head that answered her question. It was the first time she heard this man’s voice. The same voice helped her out again when she was...
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Prairie Roots and Wings
Memoirs of Growing up in the Red River Valley by Philippe Sabourin
Captivating and stunning photographs will inspire as you follow Philippe in his many worldly adventures and moments! Prairie Roots and Wings is not only Philippe Sabourin’s memoir of growing up in the Red River Valley, it is a call to action to...
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The God We Serve is Awesome
by Olina F. Bailey
Olina F. Bailey has been through trials and tribulations as far back as she can remember, both in her time spent in the United States and her life in Liberia. God brought her through these with flying colors, performing many miracles for her. In...
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The Unknown Canadian Pipe Smoker
by Fraser Moss
Pipe smoking has a long and complex history with its origins in the New World before spreading to Europe and beyond. But when it comes to Canada’s involvement with pipe smoking, many Canadians—avid pipe smokers or not—have no idea the significant...
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Running with the Angels
A bereaved mother's journey from hopelessness to HOPE by Colette (Ruel) Howery
"Running with the Angels" is the story of a mother's sudden loss of her son; a loss that shattered her to the core of her being. Writing a book did not enter her mind as she worked through her intense grief. However words seemed to write...
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My Song is My Testimony
Autobiography of Bennie Lucille Williams As Told to Jacquelyn Benton by Bennie Lucille Williams and Jacquelyn Benton
“I see that as such a powerful testimony, since you’re not just singing a song but also telling a story, and it’s your own story.” Bennie Lucille Williams was born in Marshall, Texas—a city split not into two, she would argue, but into three....
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Booze and the Badge
A Cop's Battle with the Bottle by Barry Ruhl
THIS MEMOIR is an examination of the author’s lifelong battle with alcoholism, how it affected his lengthy policing career, and his efforts to help others battle addiction once he was in recovery and had retired from policing. Along the way, this...
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Be Here As You Are
by Zephyra Vun
Part autobiographical, part philosophical introspection, this book reveals how the simple act of being present can transform you. It offers a refreshing perspective about our inherited thought processes in making life choices, challenging us to...
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Yesterday's Sorrow
Writing my way to a new life by Akeba G Canning
At four years old, Akeba Canning saw the world as a paradise. Born to Grenadian parents in Trinidad, she spent much of her early childhood eating mangoes, chasing butterflies, and idolizing her older brothers. But at age eight, a sudden upheaval...
