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What Was Said to Me

By (author) Ruby Peter & Helene Demers
Foreword by Molly Peter
Categories: Biography: general

A narrative of resistance and resilience spanning seven decades in the life of a tireless advocate for Indigenous language preservation.

Life histories are a form of contemporary social history and convey ...

Anne's Cradle

By (author) Eri Muraoka
Translated by Cathy Hirano
Categories: Biography: general

The bestselling biography of renowned Japanese translator of Anne of Green Gables is available in English for the first time.
The name Hanako Muraoka is revered in Japan. Her Japanese translation of L. ...

You Look Good for Your Age

This is a book about women and ageism. There are twenty-nine contributing writers, ranging in age from their forties to their nineties. Through essays, short stories, and poetry, they share their distinct ...

Fuse

By (author) Hollay Ghadery
Categories: Biography: general
Series: Memoir and Biography

Drawing on her own experiences as a woman of Iranian and British Isle descent, writer Hollay Ghadery dives into conflicts and uncertainty surrounding the biracial female body and identity, especially ...

The Queer Evangelist

By (author) Cheri DiNovo, CM
Foreword by Kathleen Wynne
Categories: Christian life and practice

In The Queer Evangelist, Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo (CM) tells her story, from her roots as a young socialist activist in the 1960s to ordained minister in the ’90s to member of provincial parliament. As ...

Bushman’s Lair, The

By (author) Paul McKendrick
Categories: Biography: general

Evocative of John Vaillant’s The Golden Spruce and Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, this fascinating portrait of John Bjornstrom—a far-from-ordinary fugitive—makes for a page-turning read. | The ...

Enlightenment and Ecology

Throughout his life, prophetic American philosopher Murray Bookchin created social ecology as a comprehensive social program for the challenges of our present era. Enlightenment and Ecology is an international ...

Infertilité

By (author) Véronique Leduc
Illustrated by Mathilde Corbeil
Categories: Autobiography: general

En voulant devenir maman, la journaliste Véronique Leduc ne se doutait pas qu’au cours des cinq années qui suivraient s’enchaîneraient les injections, les médicaments, les inséminations et les ...

La Grande Marie

C’est le portrait de Marie de l’Incarnation que brosse ici Carl Bergeron, séduit par la force de caractère et les qualités d’organisatrice d’une femme portée par un désir d’absolu. Il tend ...

La saga SNC-Lavalin

Ceci n’est pas un roman. C’est l’histoire vraie d’une des plus grandes multinationales québécoises, et de l’empire de corruption que ses dirigeants ont érigé autour du globe avec l’appui ...