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Biographies and autobiographies
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Author:Letts, ElizabethSummary: - Author:Braz, AlbertSummary:
Tracing Louis Riel's metamorphosis from traitor to Canadian hero, Braz argues that, through his writing, Riel resists his portrayal as both a Canadian patriot and a pan-Indigenous leader. After being hanged for high treason by the...
- Author:Yorkey, MikeSummary:
In the last couple of years, Stephen Curry has reshaped the way basketball is played, been proclaimed the best shooter in basketball history (with the stats to back him up), morphed into the baby-faced face of the NBA, and has been...
- Author:Watt-Cloutier, SheilaSummary:
The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who, in spite of many obstacles, rose from humble beginnings in the Arctic community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec—...
- Author:Sielski, MikeSummary:
The inside look at one of the most captivating and consequential figures in our culture--with never-before-heard interviews. Kobe Bryant's death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. The tragedy...
- Author:Vasey, PaulSummary:
The River is Paul Vasey's tribute to Windsor, a place he discovered by accident and loved over a lifetime. Chatty, anecdotal, personal and passionate, by the celebrated CBC broadcaster, this grass-roots memoir brings to life a new kind...
- Author:Millard, CandiceSummary:
After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights on the most punishing physical challenge he could find, the first descent of an unmapped, rapids-choked tributary of the Amazon. Together with his son Kermit and...
- Author:Leach, ReggieSummary:
“It all comes down to making the right life choices,” says the NHL’s legendary Reggie Leach, and this intimate biography lays bare the decisions that led him to become one of the best snipers in hockey history. Nicknamed the Riverton...
- Author:Boot, MaxSummary:
In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War. In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908- 1987), the man said to be...
- Author:Stewart, Shelley, Turner, Nathan HaleSummary:
Spirited and striking, this is the story of a man who struggled against a society divided by color. Stewart recalls the death of his mother at his father's hands and the damage of abuse from other relatives. Shelley Stewart's memoir is...
- Author:Guinn, JeffSummary:
By the New York Times bestselling author of Manson, the comprehensive, authoritative, and tragic story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown Massacre--the largest murder-suicide in American history. In the 1950s,...
- Author:Baring, SarahSummary:
In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height of World War Two, she was working alongside some of the greatest minds of Britain in their code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park....
- Author:Mercer, RickSummary:
Rick Mercer is back-again!-with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end of his memoir Talking to Canadians , Rick Mercer was poised to make the biggest leap yet in his extraordinary career. Having overcome a...
- Author:Roosevelt, TheodoreSummary:
Presents Roosevelt's firsthand narrative of the Spanish-American War.
- Author:Morgan, Hilarie BurtonSummary:
The beloved actress and star of One Tree Hill, White Collar, and Lethal Weapon, Hilarie Burton, tells the inspiring story of leaving Hollywood for a radically different kind of life in upstate New York with her husband Jeffrey Dean...
- Author:McKervill, Hugh W.Summary:
The Salmon People is a masterful history of Canada's west coast. From the first people's tales of salmon to BC's first cannery, to overfishing and the environmental concerns that still exist today, this comprehensive...
- Author:Winn, RaynorSummary:
The true story of a couple who lost everything and embarked on a transformative journey walking the South West Coast Path in England. Just days after Raynor Winn learns that Moth, her husband of thirty-two years, is terminally ill,...
- Author:Allan, Ted, Allan, Julie, Allan, Norman Bethune, Ostrovsky, Susan, Gordon, SydneySummary:
Originally published in the early 1950s, The Scalpel, the Sword celebrates the turbulent career of Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939), a brilliant surgeon, campaigner against private medicine, communist, and graphic artist. Bethune belonged...
- Author:Suthren, VictorSummary:
Short-listedfor the 2005 Ottawa Book Award for Non-fiction Soldier, sailor, adventurer, and philosopher, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville was a talented French officer whose remarkable career took him from the boudoirs of Paris to the...
- Author:Guillen, TomasSummary:
New York Times Bestseller: From the journalists who covered the story, the shocking crimes of Gary Ridgway, America's most prolific serial murderer. In the 1980s and 1990s, forty-nine women in the Seattle area were brutally...
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