Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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My Powell River
Growing Up In A Mill Town by Ron Olsen
Living in Powell River, British Columbia back in the 1950’s and 1960’s was a boyhood dream. Powell River was and is like a jewel in the crown. It had everything, mountains, lakes, forests, the ocean, and so much more, and it gave me a childhood...
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Shattered Echoes
by Luna Schadeck
There is healing and there is tragedy; which side will you see? For every struggle and every storm we face in life we too often feel alone in our darkest and most silent battles. Darling, please hold these words close and remember you are not alone.
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From Olive Roots to Maple Trees
George's Journey From Greek Soil to Canadian Success by Sue Theodorou and George Theodorou
George Theodorou was just fourteen years old when he defied his father’s wishes and left his family in Greece to work at sea. After travelling the world on cargo ships, he began his mandatory service in the navy, a gruelling experience that built...
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A Miscarriage Memoir
From an Indigenous Woman's Perspective by Laurie Decontie
When Laurie and Joe found out they were going to have a baby, they were very excited. They told a few friends, picked out a name for the baby, and even started a flower garden for their little one. But on the day of her ultrasound, Laurie found...
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From Skid Row to CEO
Against All Odds by John Quee
Nothing is impossible when you learn to embrace your full potential. No one knows that better than John Quee. After a violent and abusive childhood, John started his adult life with nothing. He slept in the street and turned to the "work halls"...
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You Are Loved, You Are Enough
A Memoir about embracing life by Sheryl A. Oleksak
You Are Loved, You Are Enough is an emotional memoir of one woman’s journey towards self-love and self-acceptance. Sheryl Oleksak grew up as an only child in New York, with a narcissistic mother and a kind but mostly passive father. From a...
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Extraction From Chad
by Rui Amaral
In this exciting and suspenseful real-life thriller, corporate security and safety expert Rui Amaral describes the hectic and dangerous, but ultimately successful, evacuation of an international team of oil and gas workers from a far-flung...
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Time and Patience
My Journey Through Stroke Recovery by Claudio Pettinaro
When Claudio Pettinaro collapsed onto the bathroom floor one winter morning, he had no idea his life was about to split in two—before the stroke, and after. What followed was a year defined by confusion, fear, emotional upheaval, and the slow,...
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Outrageous Synchronicity
Journey to the Sacred by Judith Crichton
Outrageous Synchronicity is a captivating memoir that will challenge conventional paradigms and inspire the reader to a deeper knowledge of life and relationships. Offering a unique blend of the mystical and the everyday, it traces one woman’s...
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Emancipated Blooms
Petals of Resistance, A Voice Unburied by Amara Shores
In this heart-wrenchingly sincere and unvarnished memoir, Amara Shores recounts a story of breaking cycles, healing generational trauma, and finding freedom after years of silence. Born into a family still reeling from the generational impact of...
