BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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Unvarnished

Par (auteur) Emily Carr
Édité par Kathryn Bridge
Catégories: Biographies (ouvrages généraux)

Culled from the handwritten pages in old-fashioned scribblers and almost-forgotten typescripts amid drafts for her published stories, Unvarnished features among the last unpublished and highly personal ...

Once a Bitcoin Miner

Par (auteur) Ethan Lou
Catégories: Devises et change

Part autobiography and part investigation, the book describes the wackiness, the fraudulence, and the cycle of Bitcoin boom and bust and boom. We begin with scandal and conflict in Canada’s cryptocurrency ...

Flora!

Flora Isabel MacDonald – politician, humanitarian, adventurer, and role model for a generation of women – was known across Canada and beyond simply as Flora. In her memoir, co-authored by award-winning ...

I Have Lived Four Lives

Commencing by explaining how the word Ininew?refers to the phrase ?mixing of four,?Wilfred Buck embarks upon a series of dazzling stories: ?herein is the story of how I lived and how I died and how I ...

Afterlight

Par (auteur) Isa Milman
Catégories: La Shoah

A haunting memoir of war, genocide, displacement, and a daughter’s search for the literary works of her mother’s murdered twin.

Grieving the death of her mother in 2013, author Isa Milman embarked ...

Spílexm

Par (auteur) Nicola I. Campbell
Catégories: Mémoires

Through vivid short stories and rich poetry, Nicola I. Campbell deftly weaves an extraordinary memoir about what it means to be an intergenerational survivor of Indian Residential Schools. | Captivating ...

Honouring High Places

Par (auteur) Helen Y. Rolfe & Junko Tabei
Traduit par Yumiko Hiraki & Rieko Holtved
Catégories: Escalade et alpinisme

A collection of stories and reflections based on the memoirs of Junko Tabei (1939–2016), the first woman to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits.

New in paperback, Honouring High Places is a compelling ...

Open Every Window

Par (auteur) Jane Munro
Catégories: Mémoires

Open Every Window reveals the pain and power inherent in loving and being loved. A poignant evocation for anyone who has experienced loss, it will entrance with its lyricism and comfort with the writer’s ...

On Foot to Canterbury

Par (auteur) Ken Haigh
Catégories: Routes et sentiers (Guides de voyage)
Séries: Wayfarer

Setting off on foot from Winchester, Ken Haigh hikes across southern England, retracing a traditional route that medieval pilgrims followed to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. ...

Impact

Édité par E. D. Morin & Jane Cawthorne
Catégories: Anthologies

Twenty-one women writers consider the impacts of concussion on their personal and professional lives. Their stories reveal the work that goes into redefining identity and regaining creative practice after ...