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Noted traveller and environmentalist Hap Wilson shares accounts of his lifelong involvement with wilderness living within the Canadian Shield.

A startling new portrait of Gould, including never-before-seen material.

Elsie MacGill achieved many firsts in science and engineering at a time when women were considered to be inferior in the sciences.

A wonderfully frank look at a life lived within beauty and without regret.

Ten short and engaging biographies of First Nations/Native writers complete with photographs, sidebars, and a complete catalog of their work.

When Tamara Levine received her breast cancer diagnosis, in a state of shock, she decided to inform her friends and colleagues by writing to them.

A biography for young readers on the inspiring life of June Callwood, one of Canada’s greatest journalists and humanitarians.

For much of her adult life, Darlene believed she wouldn't make a good mother: "Besides, I couldn't admit to anyone that I didn't know how to do mother things.

A thirst for adventure, a deep desire to push themselves beyond their comfort zones, and an innate curiosity about the world and its peoples drive the biographies of the ten women explorers profile

The true story of Emily Eaton. Born with severe cerebral palsy, Emily and her family had to fight for her right to go to school with non-disabled children in a regular classroom.

Irene Borins Ash captures the vitality of senior citizens in a series of photographs with biographical sketches and life philosophies.

Faye Schulman was a happy teenager learning to become a photographer when the Nazis invaded her small town on the Russian-Polish border.

Marion Dewar could never ignore a person who was begging in the street. Along with money, she would offer words of encouragement and friendship.

The work of women designers touches every part of our lives. In the 1920s British furniture designer and architect Eileen Gray developed ideas for homes that still seem modern today.

The women profiled here have become masters of their art, dancing and choreographing their way around the world.