Biographeis and autobiographies

  • Every wolf's howl : a memoir

    Creator

    Grills, Barry

    Abstract

    This is the story of Barry and Lupus. Barry, an exhausted newspaper owner physically and economically on the ropes, meets Lupus, a wolf-German Shepherd cross, at an animal shelter. Despite a nagging belief that he cannot take responsibility for anything or anyone else, Barry rescues Lupus and takes him home. Every Wolf's Howl recounts their incredible three-year journey together, back and forth across the country, enduring poverty, heartache, and illness.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Calgary

    Freehand Books

    Not specified
  • Meet David Suzuki

    Creator

    MacLeod, Elizabeth

    Abstract

    As a young boy, David Suzuki loved spending time in the glorious British Columbia outdoors with his father. The racist policies against Japanese Canadians during World War II put an abrupt end to that when David's family was sent to a Japanese internment camp in 1942. After the war, the Suzuki family was forced to leave B.C., settling in Ontario. David immersed himself in learning, earning a PhD in zoology, becoming a professor, and eventually taking his love of science education into the public sphere with his shows on CBC radio and television.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto : Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2021

    Toronto

    Center for Equitable Library Access

    Not specified
  • Tell me more : stories about the 12 hardest things I'm learning to say

    Creator

    Corrigan, Kelly

    Abstract

    Tell Me More is a funny, wise and insightful exploration of seven sentences adult life requires. With Kelly's signature candor and good will, each chapter draws from her sometimes ridiculous, sometimes profound struggles with parenting and marriage, career and friendship, illness, aging and mortality. Each chapter is animated by poignant, hilarious stories from Kelly's own life and is focused on one of seven sentences: Onward, a one-word sentence that celebrates the moment we stop raging against people and situations that will not be changed and decide to just get on with it.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Random House

    Not specified
  • Little leaders : bold women in black history

    Creator

    Harrison, Vashti

    Abstract

    This book seeks to educate and inspire, bringing to life iconic and lesser-known female figures of Black history such as abolitionist Sojourner Truth, pilot Bessie Coleman, chemist Alice Ball, politician Shirley Chisholm, mathematician Katherine Johnson, poet Maya Angelou, and filmmaker Julie Dash, relating their true stories of breaking boundaries and expectations.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • In pieces

    Creator

    Field, Sally

    Abstract

    Sally Field brings listeners behind the scenes of her star-studded career in Hollywood and deep into the truth of her lifelong relationships, including her complicated love for her own mother.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • I take my coffee black

    Creator

    Merritt, Tyler

    Abstract

    Tyler Merritt tells hilarious stories of life as a black man in America, seamlessly weaving in lessons about privilege, the legacy of lynching, and why you don't cross black mamas. Merritt paints a portrait that enlightens, illuminates, and builds the kind of empathy that just might be the antidote against the racial injustice in our society.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified