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Drink in the Summer

Since childhood, Tony Fabijančić has travelled frequently to Yugoslavia and Croatia, the homeland of his father. He spent time with his peasant family in the village of Srebrnjak in the north and escaped ...

Harvesting Freedom

In this singular firsthand account, a former migrant worker reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of Canada’s farm labour system.

When Gabriel Allahdua applied to the Seasonal Agricultural ...

Fuse

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 Diary of Dukesang Wong

Édité par David McIlwraith
Traduit par Wanda Joy Hoe
Par (auteur) Dukesang Wong
Catégories: Histoire de l’Asie

Here is the only known first-person account from a Chinese worker on the famously treacherous parts of transcontinental railways that spanned the North American continent in the nineteenth century. Dukesang ...

Every Little Scrap and Wonder

Par (auteur) Carla Funk
Catégories: Biographies (ouvrages généraux)

From an award-winning essayist and acclaimed poet comes this radiant, observant, and warmly funny memoir about childhood, family, and small-town life. Carla Funk grew up in a place of logging trucks and ...

Four Days in Hitler's Germany

Four Days in Hitler’s Germany is a clearly written and engaging story that addresses how King truly believed that any threat to peace would come only from those individuals who intended to thwart the ...

Being Chinese in Canada

Part memoir, part history, Being Chinese in Canada explores systemic discrimination against the Chinese Canadian community and the effects of the redress movement.

Jacob Isaac Segal

Par (auteur) Pierre Anctil
Traduit par Vivian Felsen
Catégories: Histoire sociale et culturelle
Séries: Canadian Studies

Celebrated Montréal writer Jacob Isaac Segal (1896–1954) paved the way for a major literary movement in the North American Jewish diaspora. In tracing the poet’s literary trajectory, this book reflects ...

Liverpool Lad

Par (auteur) Peter Haase
Catégories: Classes sociales

Spirited tales of the famous Liverpool slums; car-less cobblestone streets, jiggers, brutal teachers, and close-knit communities.

A lively memoir in an authentic and engaging voice of growing up street ...

The Education of Augie Merasty

"This story of a child is heartbreaking and important. It brings into dramatic focus why we need reconciliation. " - James Daschuk, author of Clearing the Plains

This memoir offers a courageous and intimate ...