Memoir & Biography

Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words

In the rare interviews she gives, Joni Mitchell doesn’t hold back. This is even truer in Malka Marom’s new book about the musician’s life and creative process. Mitchell comes across as more candid and outspoken ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard

By John Branch

The sudden death in 2011 of National Hockey League enforcer Derek Boogaard shocked the hockey world in ways that continue to resonate today. Just 28 at the time of his death, Boogaard was the NHL’s ... Read More »

November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Sports, Health & Self-help

Mr. Hockey: My Story

By Gordie Howe

Hockey great Gordie Howe had long since established himself as an elite NHL talent by the time his wife, Colleen, gave birth to the couple’s first child, Marty, in 1954. Arguably the game’s best player, ... Read More »

November 17, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Sports, Health & Self-help

The Man Behind the Bow Tie: Arthur Porter on Business, Politics and Intrigue

By Arthur Porter; T.R. Todd

Hubris – and the inevitable comeuppance that follows – is what comes to mind when reading Arthur Porter’s memoir, penned with Canadian author T.R. Todd. The Man Behind the Bow Tie, we are told, was ... Read More »

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Young Neil: The Sugar Mountain Years

By Sharry Wilson

Soulful. It’s a word Neil Young uses often in his new memoir, Special Deluxe, which is framed around his obsession with cars and dogs (but mostly cars). He applies it to friends he’s known, recordings ... Read More »

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life and Cars

By Neil Young

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada

By Elizabeth May

With the Canadian federal election coming next year, it’s no surprise that politicians and pundits are flooding bookstores with new tomes. Into the fray steps Green Party leader Elizabeth May with a volume billed as ... Read More »

October 28, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Coming Ashore

By Catherine Gildiner

With the release of Coming Ashore, Catherine Gildiner completes her trilogy of memoirs – the first two being 1999’s Too Close to the Falls (covering ages 4–12) and 2009’s After the Falls (ages 13–20). Thanks ... Read More »

October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Time Will Say Nothing: A Philosopher Survives an Iranian Prison

By Ramin Jahanbegloo

A memoir about solitary confinement in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison conjures up nightmarish images of severe body blows and gruesome acts that don’t make for bedtime reading. However, celebrated author and philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo’s take ... Read More »

October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Stars between the Sun and Moon: One Woman’s Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom

By Lucia Jang; Susan McClelland

Few memoirs are as harrowing as Lucia Jang’s, about her life inside – and eventual escape from – North Korea. Written in collaboration with investigative journalist Susan McClelland (author of the bestseller Bite of the ... Read More »

October 6, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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