Here in one convenient book by a noted Sherlockian scholar is everything needed for the study and enjoyment of the Holmes canon: information on the stories and their publishing history; an assessment of a century of illustrators; a...
Biographies and autobiographies
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Author:Redmond, ChristopherSummary: - Author:Fattal, Joshua, Shourd, Sarah, Bauer, ShaneSummary:
In 2009 Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by a border patrol. Accused of espionage, they were sent to Tehran's infamous Evin Prison....
- Author:Plaskett, JosephSummary:
In this lavishly produced hardcover volume, Plaskett has created an autobiography as colourful as his finest paintings. Plaskett begins with his early family life in New Westminster, BC, relates his encounter with abstract expressionism...
- Author:Alexander, LoriSummary:
Telling the inspiring human story behind the creation of the Paralympics, this young listener's biography showcases a riveting narrative to honor the life of Ludwig Guttmann, whose work profoundly changed so many lives. Dedicating his...
- Author:Dugard, Jaycee LeeSummary:
This memoir of Jaycee Lee Dugard chronicles her kidnapping and the 18 years she was kept prisoner, then sexually and mentally abused. Jaycee was taken when she was 11 years old.
- Author:Meyler, David, Meyler, PeterSummary:
Richard Pierpoint or Captain Dick, as he was commonly known, emerges from the shadows of history in A Stolen Life: Searching for Richard Pierpoint. An African warrior who was captured at about age 16, Pierpoint lived his remaining years...
- Author:Gold Kroll, FionaSummary:
Since childhood, author Fiona Gold Kroll has been drawn to a photograph of her great-uncle, Benjamin Albaum, a Jewish man who disappeared from Paris at the beginning of World War II. A Stone for Benjamin is the compelling story of Fiona...
- Author:Schauch, MichaelSummary:
A deeply personal travel memoir that combines alpine adventure, family connections, and spiritual encounters in two very different worlds: a Himalayan village and Vancouver, Canada.
In 2012, Michael Schauch and his wife, Chantal...
- Author:Jordan-Fenton, Christy, Pokiak-Fenton, MargaretSummary:
Traveling to be reunited with her family in the arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It’s been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers. Coming...
- Author:Caldwell, GailSummary:
Caldwell was born in Texas in 1951; in a land of plains so vast they frightened her. Caldwell's mother was a clandestine lover of books; her father was a master sergeant in World War II. These personalities shaped Caldwell; during the...
- Author:Archambeau, Gerald A.Summary:
Gerald Augustus Archambeau was born in Jamaica in 1933. Raised in Kingston by his three aunts, he was sent to Canada in 1947 to join his mother and stepfather in Montreal. He trained in the plumbing and steam-fitting trade, but at age...
- Author:Archambeau, Gerald A.Summary:
Gerald Augustus Archambeau was born in Jamaica in 1933. Raised in Kingston by his three aunts, he was sent to Canada in 1947 to join his mother and stepfather in Montreal. He trained in the plumbing and steam-fitting trade, but at age...
- Author:Donald, AlisonSummary:
Everyone makes mistakes, and brilliant scientist Harry Coover is no different. But Harry keeps making the same extra-sticky mistake, and he begins to wonder whether it's such a mistake after all...
- Author:Cameron, ElspethSummary:
A Tale of Two Divas tells the story of two Canadian singers who began as soloists in church choirs, but eventually moved on to spectacular careers. Soprano Jean Forsyth and contralto Edith Miller knew each other well. They met when...
- Author:Berkman, SethSummary:
Two weeks before the 2018 Winter Olympics, South Korea's women's hockey team was forced into a predicament that no president, ambassador, or general had been able to resolve. Against all odds, the group of young women were...
- Author:Ayed, NahlahSummary:
CBC Middle East correspondent and Palestinian-Canadian Nahlah Ayed writes with insight and first-hand knowledge of the myriad ways in which the Arab people have fought against oppression and loss. Ayed was born to Palestinian refugee...
- Author:Falletti, SebastienSummary:
Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country... despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and...
- Author:Wein, ElizabethSummary:
Early in World War II, Josef Stalin made the Soviet Union the first country to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments faced intense pressure and obstacles. Many were in their teens when they...
- Author:Carr Jr, Thomas M.Summary:
Marie-André Duplessis (1687-1760) guided the Augustinian sisters at the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec - the oldest hospital north of Mexico - where she was elected mother superior six times. Although often overshadowed by colonial nuns who...
- Author:Farnsworth, ElizabethSummary:
Weaving her childhood experiences of loss with memories from her journalist experiences reporting from danger zones like Cambodia and Iraq, Farnsworth explores how she came to cover mass death and disaster.
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