Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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On the Margin
A Memoir by Robin Bury
Protestants have had a tradition of keeping their heads down since before Irish independence in 1921, and still have. Most of them have gone into Omertà. They had their own social networks, businesses, large manufacturing companies like Guinness...
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Learning a Skill or Undergoing Apprenticeship
A Practical Guide by James Lamptey
The primary aim of this book is to shed light on the vital role of technical and vocational courses in schools and their potential to lead to apprenticeships and ultimately secure better job opportunities for youth. The modern world is rapidly...
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Que Sera
A Memoir of Survival from a Congenital Heart Defect by Barry T Cull
“The future’s not ours to see Que sera, sera.” BARRY CULL wasn’t supposed to survive to his fifth birthday. He was born with a hole in his heart at a time when that was a death sentence; however, times were changing, and an experimental surgery...
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My Journey. My Story.
Unravel Yourself With Me From the Inside Out by Wendy Blaskovic
In today’s world, we are constantly juggling expectations and trying to manage the many pressures we feel around us. We all have issues, struggles, and habits that we feel guilt or shame about. We all have beliefs and expectations of ourselves...
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Safe Space
A True Story of Faith, Betrayal, and the Power of the Force by Nicholas Harrison
Nicholas was nine years old when he accidentally walked into a movie theatre playing Star Wars: A New Hope. It was 1977, and he unknowingly had just stumbled upon the thing that he would later credit in saving his life. From kindergarten through...
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Vunga
Tales of an Island Boy by Frank Banfield
Vunga, nicknamed for the mosquitos that make him ill year after year, lives on the Caribbean island of Grenada along with his many siblings. His penchant for mischief and the playground of nature around him get Vunga into all sorts of trouble,...
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A Scrappy Little Nobody
Life Lessons in Faith, Business and Politics by Martin Harder
Within days of his birth in 1949, Martin Harder was in hospital, unable to get nutrition into his frail body and fighting for his life. A desperate search for answers brought him under the care of Dr. Cornelius W. Wiebe, who performed exploratory...
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Enemy Under Our Roof
A Childhood Memoir from the Nazi-occupied Netherlands 1940 - 1945 by Johanna M. W. F. Lemke
Riveting, inspiring, and informative, Johanna’s often graphic memoir, Enemy under Our Roof, is based on the author’s experiences in war-torn Hengelo, the Netherlands in World War II. From nights of terror spent in the cellar during air raids to...
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Surviving Stupid
A Comical Look at Growing up in Rural Manitoba by Mark Parsons
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and as kids we thought we were invulnerable, unbeatable, immortal. We did so many crazy and dangerous things that could have—should have—killed us, all in the name of entertainment. Somehow, we survived....
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Home
Reflections on Marginality and Belonging by Efa E. Etoroma
Where are you from? Where is your home? Do you miss home? These are questions that Efa E. Etoroma—born in Nigeria—has frequently been asked since moving to Canada in 1978. In this autoethnography, the Concordia University of Edmonton professor...