Challengers of the Sea brings you face to face with men and women who take on the best and the worst of what the Northwest Atlantic Ocean offers. Read gripping accounts of losing sons, husbands, fathers, brothers, and best...
Biographies and autobiographies
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Author:Wellman, JimSummary: - Author:Fryer, Mary BeacockSummary:
Samuel de Champlain has long been known as the founder of Quebec and as a tireless explorer. No one knows for sure where he was born or who he really was. Still, his career was packed with interesting details and his early life prepared...
- Author:Pearce, SheldonSummary:
A New Yorker writer's intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur's life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur's single "Changes" became...
- Author:Trudeau, MargaretSummary:
In this deeply moving memoir, Margaret Trudeau speaks with candour and insight about the illness that silently shaped her life -- a life lived often in turbulence and in the public's fascination. Plagued since childhood by extreme moods...
- Author:Waxman, SydellSummary:
When Emily Stowe was born in Ontario in 1831, every girl’s life followed a set pattern. Regardless of her personality, intelligence, capabilities or creativity, her future was limited to housework and childcare. Emily Stowe was...
- Author:Tuerff, KevinSummary:
A fully revised and updated paperback edition featuring over twenty colour photographs. When Kevin Tuerff and his partner boarded their flight from France to New York City on September 11, 2001, they had no idea that a few hours later...
- Author:Smart, MaxwellSummary:
In the town of Buczacz, Poland, nine-year-old Maxwell’s life is turned upside-down when the Soviets invade in 1939. His family eventually adapts, but nothing can prepare them for the Nazi invasion two years later. Soon Maxwell is alone...
- Author:Pierrette DotriceSummary:
Les vices d'une société matérialiste sévissent plus encore, et pernicieusement, dans les milieux du nouvel âge, qui prolifèrent aujourd'hui. Car un dogme, c'est connu, attire son contraire. L'histoire des...
- Author:Dorland, JasonSummary:
Jason Dorland is no stranger to competition. As a rower and coach, he’s seen his share of races won and lost. But after a devastating performance at the 1988 Olympics, Jason was overwhelmed by a sense of failure—and with small wonder....
- Author:Wohler, J. PatrickSummary:
Charles de Salaberry (1778-1829) was a brilliant military figure who played a vital role in the War of 1812. A French-Canadian, he attained both rank and honour in the British army. He was a hero of Chateauguay and instrumental in the...
- Author:Wise, Leonard, Smart, Tom, Atwood, MargaretSummary:
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, and recipient of the Order of Ontario, painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, and author, Charles Pachter is one of Canada’s best-loved and most...
- Author:Young, BerylSummary:
Charlie is a compelling account of an English boy who is sent to an orphanage following the death of his father because his heartbroken mother is too poor to feed her children. Separated from his family, Charlie works his way out of...
- Author:Carlin, JohnSummary:
Oscar Pistorius was eleven months old when he had both legs amputated below the knee, due to congenital fibular disease. Despite this severe disability, Pistorious grew up to be an extraordinary athlete, inspirational role model, and...
- Author:Chase, BillySummary:
Billy Chase could be killed at any moment. He is arguably the finest undercover cop fighting drugs. His record speaks for itself: He's put away many big-time dealers and even infiltrated the Gambino crime family. They want him dead...
- Author:LaFarge, AnnikSummary:
A modern take on a classical icon: this original, entertaining, well-researched book uses the story of when, where, and how Chopin composed his most famous work, uncovering many surprises along the way and showing how his innovative...
- Author:Chozick, AmySummary:
For nearly a decade, Amy Chozick chronicled Hillary Clinton's pursuit of the presidency. Chozick's front-row seat, initially at the Wall Street Journal covering Mrs. Clinton's imploding 2008 campaign, and then at the New York Times...
- Author:Bernstein, CarlSummary:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of All the President's Men - the chronicle of the investigative report about the Watergate break-in and resultant political scandal which led to President Richard Nixon's resignation -...
- Author:Anthony, Katey WalterSummary:
Aquatic ecologist and permafrost scientist Katey Walter Anthony recalls her adventures across the Arctic studying climate change, her quest to find belonging and family, and her journey of faith in a world of science.
- Author:Kelly, Erin I., Rembert, WinfredSummary:
An artist's odyssey from Jim Crow era, Georgia to the Yale Art Gallery. A memoir in prose and paintings that celebrates Black life and summons readers to confront painful and urgent realities at the heart of American history and...
- Author:Starkey, Ted.Summary:
Go on the road with the best hockey players not in the NHL What is life really like in North American hockey's top minor league' As told by dozens of the players, coaches, broadcasters, personnel, and owners who work a...
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