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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Paperback)
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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Paperback)

    From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation...
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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Hardcover) A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Hardcover)

    From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation...
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    Brainstorm
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    Brainstorm

    Revealing his fight against a diagnosis of 'incurable' brain cancer, this is the remarkable story of 2024 co–Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer. SHORTLISTED, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARWINNER, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY...
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  • Not Always There Not Always There
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    Not Always There

    A unique story of the challenges faced by a couple married 35 years when dementia reared its ugly head. Travel through this journey with Godfrey, a former international rugby player, who, at 68 years of age, could no longer read, write or even sign his...
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  • Missing from Me Missing from Me
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    Missing from Me

    Recounting the case of her son Ryan's disappearance in an idyllic Canadian ski town, Heather Shtuka takes the reader from her role of parent to search and rescue coordinator through to missing-person advocate, inviting us on her journey to bring her son...
    $51.10

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  • Dealing with Early-Onset Alzheimer's Dealing with Early-Onset Alzheimer's
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    Dealing with Early-Onset Alzheimer's

    Dealing with Early Onset Alzheimer's: Love, Laughter & Tears is Sonia Discher's heartbreaking but empowering story of caring for her husband, Steve. The story follows Steve's diagnosis with Early Onset Alzheimer's at age 50 through treatment, care...
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  • Refuge in the Shadows Refuge in the Shadows
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    Refuge in the Shadows

    Trauma robs a person from feeling safe. It cripples one's ability to be in relationship with others and to trust that the world is good. Trauma changes everything. Through this memoir, told through prose and poetry, Kaisu Aldom takes the courageous step...
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    Pool of Wisdom

    From a fairly young age Mary-Clare Carder has had mystical encounters with the spiritual world. In her late twenties she developed Sjogren syndrome - a painful, incurable condition which blunted her career and made her life very challenging. This...
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  • Carp  鲤鱼 Carp  鲤鱼
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    Carp 鲤鱼

    As one of China's Net Reds, who has established many schools successively, Axe has a special love for literature and live video. He recorded his confusion, desire and pursuit in poetic language, and also told stories of his relatives and friends in...
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  • The King Who Would Be Man The King Who Would Be Man
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    The King Who Would Be Man

    Haunted by childhood abuse and triggered by years of emotional turmoil in a hostile work environment, The King Who Would Be Man's unnamed narrator is trapped in a maze of madness, struggling to fight the demons tormenting him. But while he's clawing his...
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  • Little Brown Boots Little Brown Boots
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    Little Brown Boots

    This is the touching story of a boy, the youngest of twelve, born on a farm in Rural Ontario. It is a story of the harshness of wartime, loves, losses and heartbreak. Finally, it is about his revealing battle with Alzheimer's Disease and how he faced it...
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  • Raven's Apprentice Raven's Apprentice
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    Raven's Apprentice

    Raven's Apprentice is a compelling true story from the west coast of B.C. that launches you into the world of Raven and our interconnectedness with all living things."Suddenly, without warning, they spun on a fin and started charging the boat. My thrill...
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  • Memoirs of a Winnipeg Cab Driver Memoirs of a Winnipeg Cab Driver
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    Memoirs of a Winnipeg Cab Driver

    Cab drivers! What a strange lot! Why would anyone want to drive a hack for a living? Other than being capable enough to safely operate a vehicle, you don't need any special skills or training. You don't need a university degree in the humanities, though...
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  • Guarding Doors Guarding Doors
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    Guarding Doors

    Guarding Doors is a collection of true security events. It outlines what it was like working in the dangerous world of public housing for Community Guardian Company Limited and the Metropolitan Toronto Housing Authority."I need Metro Police at the rear...
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  • Smoking is NOT Glamorous Smoking is NOT Glamorous
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    Smoking is NOT Glamorous

    Paul Khan is a strong advocate for smoke-free environments. With a background in computer graphics at Alias Research Inc., Khan has asked the design illustrators to let the reader realize how toxic smoking really is. Paul also worked as a news reporter...
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  • Nahanni Line Unincorporated Nahanni Line Unincorporated
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    Nahanni Line Unincorporated

    A journal of six lads who self-organized a ~20-day trip down the Nahanni River, NT.We were a disparate group of six who were largely unknown to each other. Yet, we went directly from the "forming stage and norming stages" of team formation to the...
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  • Spinning on a Barstool Spinning on a Barstool
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    Spinning on a Barstool

    The barstool.The pew of the working class.Warden of wishes. Steward of secrets.Custodian. Keeper. Protector.On it, the ordinary sit.Occasionally ... the extraordinary.When a world-class casino magnate from the Cayman Islands steps into Corky's Pub, he...
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  • Mama  Dida Mama  Dida
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    Mama Dida

    Leo Teohari was born in Constanta, Romania. Leo holds both a law degree and a degree in international economics.Leo defected from Communist Romania in 1980, and settled with his family in Toronto, Canada, where he became a businessman. Today he writes...
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  • Happiness in Your Head Happiness in Your Head
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    Happiness in Your Head

    You only have one. From school to university to working in a global corporation, my life path had been conventional. What society has primed us to strive for. I was peaking in my career, based in Hong Kong. I was flying around Asia Pacific inside the...
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  • Sunlight on Shards Sunlight on Shards
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    Sunlight on Shards

    In 1969, Naomi Morrisey, the sixth of eleven children raised in a traditional Australian Catholic family, became pregnant at age 19. In order to hide their shame, her parents uprooted their family and moved to Canada for six months, where Naomi was...
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  • From under a Rock From under a Rock
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    From under a Rock

    In this compelling memoir, author Tam MacPhee bares her soul and shares her deepest memories. As a little girl she battles through abuse, with her innocence betrayed by the males closest to her. Becoming a single parent at the age of eighteen, she is...
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  • Trail of Worth Trail of Worth
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    Trail of Worth

    As a new year approaches, a twenty-four-year-old woman leaves her unfulfilling life in England to pursue her goal of moving to Vancouver Island, Canada. Upon arrival, she encounters the challenges of adjusting to her new environment, advancing her...
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  • Blame it on Betty Blame it on Betty
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    Blame it on Betty

    Were? Did? Can?Were you innocent and afraid as a child and unable to fit in and feel different inside? Were you playing with boys but dreaming about girls, all socially awkward, quiet, and reserved? Were you void of makeup, fashion, and perfume and...
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  • Sun Spotting Sun Spotting
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    Sun Spotting

    A real-life story of a man, from the innocence of youth to the depth of debauchery and final reconciliation. It examines the relationships between a stoic, unfeeling father and his son, and also that of a blessed mother and her firstborn.
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  • Does She Think of Me Does She Think of Me
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    Does She Think of Me

    "You're not permitted to see your child at birth." The nurse was cold and stern as she draped a curtain across the teenager's midsection. The baby's cries echoed off the cold operating room walls and boomeranged back to the...
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  • I Only See in Black & White I Only See in Black & White
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    I Only See in Black & White

    After being diagnosed with autism at age seven, Keara faced various challenges socially and struggled to find acceptance from her peers.  In her 20's Keara still encounters similar struggles with dating and making friends. However, the...
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  • Memoir of Malcolm Sobers Memoir of Malcolm Sobers
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    Memoir of Malcolm Sobers

    Inspired by an African proverb which says "Until a Lion learns to write every story will glorify the hunter", the author shares his perspective on some key issues and tells a few untold stories that will resolve some mysteries, answered some...
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  • Conversations with a Painting Conversations with a Painting
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    Conversations with a Painting

    A man encounters a painting for sale in a small town in British Columbia. He decides he cannot live without it, no matter what the cost. He buys it, and for the rest of his life the painting accompanies him, guides him, lives within him. The man is...
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  • Sailing Blue Water Mystique Solo Sailing Blue Water Mystique Solo
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    Sailing Blue Water Mystique Solo

    "When I was around eight, we moved to the country. Plenty of room to  run and explore through woods, marshlands at water's edge. I had long  since learned to swim so it was pretty much a carefree existence, especially  during the...
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  • Makeup Tips from Auschwitz Makeup Tips from Auschwitz
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    Makeup Tips from Auschwitz

    Tommy Schnurmacher has written a book that could change your life. It changed his. As a writer, Montreal media icon Schnurmacher is an intense force of nature, a seismic swell of visceral empathy, laser-sharp wit and courageous self-analysis...
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  • Screen's queen Screen's queen
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    Screen's queen

    Screen's Queen is a biography of a woman battling mental health and racial biases while working as a professional housekeeper in Australia. Raised between Italy and Russia, Deborah's story brings attention to her unstable childhood, touching on the lack...
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  • A Roller Coaster Ride to a Fresh Start A Roller Coaster Ride to a Fresh Start
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    A Roller Coaster Ride to a Fresh Start

    It's September 25, 2017. Monday. This date has been on my mind's calendar for over four years. Today is transplant day! Later today I will receive a donated kidney from my youngest sister, Sandy. Surgery is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. It has been a long,...
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  • The Trafficker The Trafficker
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    The Trafficker

    This is a collection of true stories from the life and times of a prosecutor turned criminal defence attorney in Sri Lanka, which expose the failing social justice system in that country. Judicial corruption there has been a controversial topic that most...
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  • A Moment of Silence A Moment of Silence
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    A Moment of Silence

    Henry has a passionate intimacy with the deaf and blind, he has written several books to help others to understand how the deaf have to struggle to today's society. He speaks to organization on topics such as child molestation and intimate with the...
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  • For The Family & The Curious For The Family & The Curious
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    For The Family & The Curious

    My autobiography will take you on a journey growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, from childhood through to the present day. Filled with many memorable stories and photographs. I was encouraged to write this book by my lovely granddaughter Louise, after...
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  • Maria's Memories Maria's Memories
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    Maria's Memories

    From the quaint village of Katharinendorf, nestled in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, comes the story of a young girl whose adventures lead her beyond her wildest dreams. A country barren, rugged and even cruel awaits her and her tenacious...
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  • Creeksong Creeksong
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    Creeksong

    A spirited elder recounts her activist journey to confront the terrors of climate change.In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its first Assessment Report. By then, award-winning urban planner Wendy Sarkissian had been...
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  • The Life That's Chosen Me The Life That's Chosen Me
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    The Life That's Chosen Me

    This astonishing book describes the journey of an extraordinary family in Russia from 2003 to 2005. It is a vivid account, at times poignant, at times hilarious, of life in post-Perestroika Russia, narrated by a mother, originally from Madagascar, with...
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  • Kilt in the Closet Kilt in the Closet
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    Kilt in the Closet

    This is the story of one man's journey from mind numbing insecurity to a facade of confidence. On his journey he is able to meet many characters and find humour and laughter on the way. Jimmy Tolmie relates his story with humour, sympathy and empathy...
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  • The Football Poet The Football Poet
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    The Football Poet

    This poetry book is about my eyes informing my heart, my feelings informing my soul, and my passion being laid bare before my audience.It is not about structured thought, the rules and order of the day, but the raw and unbridled expression of the...
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  • The Queen Bee and Her Queendom The Queen Bee and Her Queendom
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    The Queen Bee and Her Queendom

    Weebee is a young and beautiful woman who dearly loves her man Droney, but falls for his 'lookism.' She embraces his family like her own, weaves herself into their lives, and keeps her priorities at bay to meet his needs, just like a worker bee does for...
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  • Earl Fee is Running Earl Fee is Running
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    Earl Fee is Running

    Be inspired by the life of a late blooming world champion, with coloured photos, and some of Earl's pertinent poetry, in 20 entertaining chapters describing his life from 1929 to 2018. Highlights in this book are Earl's:- Valuable...
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  • Mom and Dad's Martinis Mom and Dad's Martinis
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    Mom and Dad's Martinis

    Jacelyn Cane's mom and dad liked their martinis dry: straight gin on the rocks with a dab of vermouth and a hint of water - and they liked them often. They also liked to party; they danced, socialized, and drank - they were good at all three...
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  • Self-Care Solution, The Self-Care Solution, The
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    Self-Care Solution, The

    ABC's chief medical correspondent helps you ring in the New Year right with a resolution that's actually doable: a year-long plan to improve your emotional and physical health--from giving up alcohol to doing a digital detox, but each for only one month...
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  • Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor
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    Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor

    With sharp wit and keen insight, Bonnie J. Morris opens new perspectives on the gender and generation gaps on campus, exploring the negative stereotypes that keep many students from taking women's studies courses. Since 1993, the George Washington...
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  • Bean Blossom Dreams, With a New Afterword Bean Blossom Dreams, With a New Afterword
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    Bean Blossom Dreams, With a New Afterword

    Sallyann J. Murphey and her husband did what a lot of us have dreamt of but never quite built up the courage to do. In 1990, Murphey, who was a successful BBC producer, and her husband, Greg, a commercial photographer, left their high stress, hectic life...
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  • They Called Me Sky Hunter They Called Me Sky Hunter
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    They Called Me Sky Hunter

    "You are a girl, you can't be a pilot." Those words resonated in Myriam's head throughout her teenager years while growing up in a small Swiss village. Nourishing her dream in silence, a dramatic event triggered the start of her commitment to turn her...
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