Biography & Autobiography, Social Activists
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Walk With A Purpose
The John Volken Story From Dishwasher to Multi-Millionaire, Then Gave It All Away... by John Volken
Horatio Alger wrote in the nineteenth century about impoverished boys rising from humble backgrounds to lives of achievement through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. Alger should have met John Volken. He would have loved him, as many ...
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Vancouver Rashomon
Redress Stories by Daniel Tsuruo Tokawa
This book is about the Japanese Canadian Redress Movement in Vancouver B.C. between 1947–1988, the controversies that damaged it between 1989-1994, and some adverse consequences that remain even today in 2022. Many of these stories are untold in ...
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From Smoke Signals to Cell Phones
The Henry Laboucan Story by Rita Makkannaw
AS A SMALL CHILD HENRY LIVED A HAPPY PEACEFUL LIFE in the isolated community of Lubicon Lake until the arrival of settlers. In his own words (as told to Rita Makkannaw) Henry will take you through the nightmare of being ripped from his family and ...
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Suckerpunched
A woman's experiences as a log scaler by Lois Wood
A true account of a woman’s cherished career in forestry is graphically recalled from journals, photos and original artwork. The memoir is an account of her day-to-day log scaling duties. Her fundamental beliefs that companies would protect and care ...
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Good Luck Frenchy
A Tale of RCMP Deception & Survival Through Thailand's Deadliest Prison by Alain Olivier
Being mistaken for someone else, being falsely depicted as an important international heroin importer and trafficker, and being made an unwilling accessory to murder aren’t everyday occurrences. Surely this is not how the police behave to get their ...
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Fighting for Democracy
The True Story of Jim Higgins (1907-1982), A Canadian Activist in Spain’s Civil War by Jim Higgins and Janette Higgins
Jim Higgins defied Canadian law to fight for democracy in the Spanish Civil War. On return, he was branded a communist, hounded by the RCMP, and welcomed by Lincoln Battalion comrades when he sought refuge in New York. Jim was born in London in ...
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A Knapsack Full of Dreams
Memoirs of a Street Nurse by Cathy Crowe
"My nurse hands once did more useful things. They immunized the fat, healthy thighs of infants, they carefully measured cardiac drugs to administer to young heart patients, they bathed both the elderly lady after her surgery and the 24-year-old ...
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The Triumph of Social Democracy
Memoires of a Public Servant by Ajaga Nji
The Triumph of Social Democracy addresses the issue of participatory democracy particularly in developing countries that have survived party-state political systems. The book demonstrates the positive role that individuals can and do play in public ...
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Warriors for the Working Day
A Volunteer Fire Fighter's Memoir by John Wiznuk
In 1990, seeking an escape from city life, John Wiznuk moved to Saturna Island in British Columbia’s Southern Gulf Islands. Two years later, a friend invited him to one of the regular practices of the volunteer fire department. What began as a ...
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Kaleidoscope
Patterns in a life by Pat Hayles
After a challenging childhood in England in the war and post war years, Pat Hayles went on to live an exciting, international life. She emigrated to Canada where she created new agencies helping depressed and suicidal individuals, and working with ...
