Half of the photos in my completed books have disappeared. How do I restore them?

I have 6 finished book projects on iPhoto. On the most recent 5, half of the photos are gone. The captions remain. When I opened iPhoto recently it upgraded my photo library automatically. After this happened, the books were altered. How do I get them back the way I created them? The instructions on iPhoto support for restoring photos from Time Machine do not make sense.

To restore photos:
Quit iPhoto.
Connect your Time Machine drive.
In the Finder, open the folder containing your iPhoto Library. Unless you've moved your iPhoto Library, it can be found in Home/Pictures/iPhoto Library.
Enter Time Machine. (Time Machine can be found in the Dock or in the /Applications folder.)
Choose your desired backup. The timeline on the right side of the screen displays a purple tick mark for each of the backups stored on your Time Machine drive.
Select the iPhoto library you would like to restore, and click the Restore button.
iPhoto may prompt you to repair your library if there are some inconsistencies in your files. If so, please allow it to proceed by clicking the Repair button. If you notice blank thumbnails, reopen iPhoto while holding down the Command and Option keys. When the Rebuild iPhoto Library window appears, enable the "Rebuild all of the photos’ thumbnails" checkbox. This may take a long time, depending on the size of the library.
Additional Information
Always quit iPhoto before restoring from Time Machine.
Time Machine canʼt do a full iPhoto Library backup when iPhoto is open. To ensure that Time Machine does a complete backup of your library, periodically quit iPhoto before backing up.
My Time Machine does not have a screen on the right side with purple tick marks. Nor does it show any iPhoto libraries or give me a restore option. BUT, perhaps it isn't really Time Machine, as it's icon reads: My Passport. So I may be out of luck with the Time Machine Option anyway.

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