Memoir and Biography
Black Teeth & Other North End Souvenirs
The son of WW II survivors, Ryszard Dubanski was born in a displaced persons' camp in the Sherwood Forest and moved to Winnipeg's North End when he was two. This is a poignant, personal collection that captures the universal immigrant experience. >>
Butter Cream: A Year in a Montreal Pastry School
Butter Cream is the chronicle of an intense year of learning and tasting, dramas at the stove and in the locker room. It's about fights, friendship and competition, fallen cakes and rising doughs. And sometimes, unexpectedly, it's about the sheer joy of baking. >>
Fleeing the increasing pressure to settle down, a restless young man heeds the call of the road and sets out on a meandering four-month bus trip from Dawson City, Yukon, to Key West, Florida. Continental Drifter is the record of that memorable journey. >>
Falling Into Flight: A Memoir of Life and Dance
Falling into Flight offers insight into a life experienced through the arts: first as a young enthusiastic dancer, then as a thoughtful—and equally enthusiastic—dance critic. Along the way it untangles a daughter’s complicated relationship with her immigrant parents.
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Finding Home in the Promised Land: A Personal History of Homelessness and Social Exile
Finding Home in the Promised Land is the fruit of Jane Harris's journey through the wilderness of social exile after a violent crime left her injured and tumbling down the social ladder toward homelessnes -- for the second time in her life -- in 2013. >>
Gaston Petit - The Kimono and the Cross
Gaston Petit—world traveller, renowned artist, perpetual seeker. In this fascinating portrait we come to know a man whose grand curiosity brings joy and beauty into the world. >>
Dan Yashinsky’s son Jacob died tragically in a car accident at the age of 26 when Dan fell asleep at the wheel and crashed. All his life, Jacob had struggled with Prader-Willi Syndrome, but rather than let it defeat him, he became an advocate for people suffering from PWS as well as people coping with various other disabilities. His voice has been captured and carried in this unique book, which goes beyond the terrible grief of losing a child to preserving and sharing his story. >>
Some people claim they would like to walk away from their lives. Shelley A. Leedahl had the nerve to do it. Was it an act of selfishness, or self-preservation? Provocative, candid, and engaging, these intimate essays explore the implicit complexities and contradictions when personal and professional lives both complement and clash. >>
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