Eva MacLean left her settled, Presbyterian Ontario life behind to accompany her young minister-veternarian husband to the "wilds" of northwestern… (Show full summary)

For 80 years, between 1788 and 1868, England transported its convicts to Australia. This punishment provided the first immigrants and… (Show full summary)

The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only functioning muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable account of being locked inside his own body. 1997.

Before Owen Wister's publication of "The Virginian" in 1902, the image of the cowboy was essentially that of the dime… (Show full summary)

Abbey Curran lives by the motto "If you can dream it, you can do it." She was born with cerebral… (Show full summary)

At age 52, the author was stricken by a massive heart attack while hunting elk. He reveals his torturous recovery… (Show full summary)

Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, born into a New Hampshire farm family in 1829, became deaf and blind… (Show full summary)

After a disabling accident, Gonzalez had lost interest in living. Then a friend suggested that he adopt a dog. Ginny,… (Show full summary)

This is the story of the brave black pioneers who escaped slavery and settled the frontier, even as America headed toward civil war. 2018.

Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness.… (Show full summary)

Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with… (Show full summary)

In 1976, Robert Murphy first learns that he has a spinal tumour; he now is paralyzed from the neck down.… (Show full summary)

First-person accounts of Texas cowboys recorded during the late 1930s. They deal with stampedes, bronc busting, and eating chuck wagon food. 1984.

Twenty-one-year old Terry, who lost a leg to cancer, ran part way across Canada to raise money for cancer research, stopping only when he again became ill. 1981.

Profiles of twenty individuals who prevailed over various learning differences (LD), such as dyslexia and attention-deficit disorder. Each narrative account… (Show full summary)

Nicole went through surgery to remove a malignant tumour on her spine, then radiotherapy, a brain haemorrhage, blindness, loss of… (Show full summary)

Ce temoignage dresse le portrait saisissant d'une epoque, la notre, qui redecouvre avec effroi que la sexualite reste une affaire dangereuse. 1985.

The author says that as a profoundly deaf child, she was taught to adapt to the hearing world. But after… (Show full summary)

The uplifting and often humourous story of one woman's life in the raw wilderness. The author describes her experiences as… (Show full summary)

Spilsbury's Coast is the inside passage between the Fraser River and the top of Vancouver Island. Jim Spilsbury spent 10… (Show full summary)