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Series:
Heart of a Tiger
Growing up with My Grandfather, Ty Cobb
Hardcover
Herschel Cobb
9781770411302
$24.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Apr 01, 2013
Herschel Cobb’s moving account of his relationship with his legendary grandfather reveals a side of Ty Cobb that few people ever saw, that of loving nurturer. A baseball icon and arguably the best player who ever lived, Ty Cobb’s infamously cold, competitive nature allowed him to excel on the ball field but undermined his relationship with his children. Devastated by the untimely death of two of his sons, Cobb relished the opportunity to reconnect the broken family ties when young Herschel and his siblings visited him during the summers. In the...
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Series:
When Variety Was King
Memoir of a TV Pioneer: Featuring Jackie Gleason, Sonny and Cher, Hee Haw, and More
Paperback
Frank Peppiatt
9781770410299
$17.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Apr 01, 2013
Frank Peppiatt, the most popular producer during an era when variety television reigned supreme, recounts his own remarkable life story, with beginnings as a humble Canadian boy who eventually grew up to create iconic American TV shows using a cast of Hollywood celebrities. Spending their lives behind the scenes writing comedy and turning entertainers into household names, Peppiatt and his partner John Aylesworth developed the rock TV show Hullabaloo, which led to them getting a call from New York to write for the Eydie Gorme/Steve Lawrence sho...
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Series:
When Variety Was King
Memoir of a TV Pioneer: Featuring Jackie Gleason, Sonny and Cher, Hee Haw, and More
Hardcover
Frank Peppiatt
9781770411579
$26.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Apr 01, 2013
Frank Peppiatt, the most popular producer during an era when variety television reigned supreme, recounts his own remarkable life story, with beginnings as a humble Canadian boy who eventually grew up to create iconic American TV shows using a cast of Hollywood celebrities. Spending their lives behind the scenes writing comedy and turning entertainers into household names, Peppiatt and his partner John Aylesworth developed the rock TV show Hullabaloo, which led to them getting a call from New York to write for the Eydie Gorme/Steve Lawrence sho...
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Series:
Summers in Supino
Becoming Italian
Paperback
Maria Coletta McLean
9781770411371
$17.95
TRAVEL
Apr 01, 2013
An Italian Canadian woman recounts her annual summer trips with her husband to her ancestral village of Supino, Italy, in this heartwarming hybrid of travel guide and memoir. Written with humor and heart, it describes her process of adjusting to life in her father’s hometown, as well as the eccentricities of its people. Supino’s colorful landscapes and citizens make for vivid stories, from pizzerias in sheep pastures and fish restaurants hidden in the woods to village-wide celebrations of figs, watermelon, azaleas, and artichokes. The book goes...
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Series:
Gambatte
Generations of Perseverance and Politics, a Memoir
Hardcover
David Tsubouchi
9781770411319
$32.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 01, 2013
A touching autobiography, this remarkable story reveals that at the heart of David Tsubouchi’s life is the spirit of gambatte, a Japanese word meaning to do one’s best and never give up. The book chronicles his unusual career path from actor and lumber yard worker to dedicated law school student and politician. Tsubouchi’s story begins with the acceptance his family strove for amid the imprisonment of Japanese Canadians and the confiscation of their property, possessions, and businesses by the Mackenzie King Liberal government in 1941. Taught t...
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Series:
Still Hunting
A Memoir
Paperback
Martin Hunter
9781770411265
$19.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jun 01, 2013
In the 1960s, Toronto was a city of shifting societal dynamics, and this engrossing memoir perfectly captures the essence of this exhilarating and tumultuous time. It begins with Martin Hunter returning to his birthplace, where he marries his teenage sweetheart, goes to work for the family paper company, fathers three children, and settles into a conventional life. But this comfortable bourgeois existence is disrupted with the arrival of the Swinging Sixties—and the wild parties and flamboyant characters that accompanied the famously iconoclast...
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Series:
Midnight, Jesus & Me
Misfit Memoirs of a Full Gospel, Rock & Roll Late Night Suicide Crisis Psychotherapist
Paperback
J. M. Blaine
9781770411081
$17.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Apr 01, 2013
This provocative, inspirational, and heartbreaking collection of true-life tales from megachurch counseling centers, drug rehabs, and graveyard shifts on the crisis-response team explores the toughest and darkest times of people’s lives. J. M. Blaine—a semiagnostic, evangelical absurdist, existential Christian, and licensed psychotherapist—writes with deep concern for the depressed, the discouraged, and the disillusioned in this gritty, ragged memoir of his time spent guiding those through messy lives. The personal insights, parables, and often...
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Series:
Clearly Now, the Rain
A Memoir of Love and Other Trips
Paperback
Eli Hastings
9781770410770
$17.95
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
May 01, 2013
A deeply personal rumination on the existential explanations for the desperation and sadness experienced by those suffering from addiction and mental disorder, this nuanced memoir brings to life the troubled, decade-long relationship between Eli Hastings and his friend Serala. At family events, Serala wore saris and ate delicately from plates of curry. But elsewhere, she wore a lip ring, designer shades, and a cowboy hat; would regularly drink frat boys under the table; would sleep less than five hours a week; and would place herself in dangero...
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Series:
Letter from Brooklyn
Paperback
Jacob Scheier
9781770411340
$18.95
POETRY
Apr 01, 2013
Having lived part time in Brooklyn for the past several years, Jacob Scheier’s new poems are solidly rooted in Jewish New York life and examine love, loss, history, identity, protest, and popular culture. At the heart of Letter from Brooklyn is the notion that people understand who they are by where they have been. Everything is at once political and poetic, inseparable from intimate experience and personal heartbreak. Scheier moves from the inner worlds of grief and love to form a poetic dialectic between the familial and the historical. Wheth...
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Series:
The Ends of the Earth
Paperback
Jacqueline Turner
9781770411142
$18.95
POETRY
Apr 01, 2013
A poetic guide for Armageddon, this poetry collection moves through technological disasters, environmental nightmares, and broken relationships to find love cast away at the end of days. The urban settings are counterbalanced with the idea of escape, deserted islands, and ocean solitudes. In this assemblage of playful, challenging, and beautiful poems, Jacqueline Turner uses the interrobang—a question mark combined with an exclamation point, the excited question—as a symbol of our times to move the work through a host of genres. Like notes wash...
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Series:
The Miracles of Ordinary Men
Paperback
Amanda Leduc
9781770411111
$18.95
FICTION
May 01, 2013
This is the story of two unlikely dreamers: Sam, a man who wakes up one day to find himself growing wings, and Lilah, a woman who has lost her brother to the streets of Vancouver. Sam finds himself falling away from the world as he grows feathers from his back, while Lilah makes her own subtle and terrifying transformation as she seeks sexual penance under the harsh hand of her boss. Sam and Lilah fall deeper into their separate spiritual paths, and the two hurtle closer and closer to a dark, unknown destiny, one that changes all that they know...
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Series: BackLit Series
The Stone Thrower
Paperback
Adam Marek
9781770411425
$14.95
FICTION
Apr 01, 2013
Intelligent clothing, superhero dictators, contagion-carrying computer games, cross-species reproduction. Welcome to the strange and startling world of Adam Marek; a menagerie of futuristic technology, sinister traditions, and scientifically grounded superpowers — a place where the absurd and the mundane are not merely bedfellows, but interbreed. At the core of Adam Marek’s much-anticipated second short story collection is a single, unifying theme: a parent’s instinct to protect a particularly vulnerable child. Whether set amid unnerving vision...
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Series: A Peter Cammon Mystery
The Drowned Man
A Peter Cammon Mystery
Paperback
David Whellams
9781770410435
$14.95
FICTION
May 01, 2013
In this second mystery featuring Chief Inspector Peter Cammon, the veteran detective is lured out of retirement once more. With a familiar cast of characters reacquainting themselves with readers of the Series, the novel follows Peter as he embarks on his seemingly simple assignment: travel to Canada to retrieve the body of a murdered Scotland Yard colleague. But Peter can’t resist delving into the oddities of the crime. His colleague was brutally attacked, run over by a car, and then dumped into a canal—all seemingly for the theft of three let...
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Series: A Peter Cammon Mystery
The Drowned Man
A Peter Cammon Mystery
Hardcover
David Whellams
9781770411487
$24.95
FICTION
May 01, 2013
In this second mystery featuring Chief Inspector Peter Cammon, the veteran detective is lured out of retirement once more. With a familiar cast of characters reacquainting themselves with readers of the Series, the novel follows Peter as he embarks on his seemingly simple assignment: travel to Canada to retrieve the body of a murdered Scotland Yard colleague. But Peter can’t resist delving into the oddities of the crime. His colleague was brutally attacked, run over by a car, and then dumped into a canal—all seemingly for the theft of three let...
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Series: A Sullivan Mystery
S.O.B.
Paperback
Mike Knowles
9781770411005
$12.95
FICTION
May 01, 2013
Dark and gritty, this no-holds-barred novel introduces P. I. Frank Sullivan, a nasty S.O.B. with a sixth sense for the truth and escaping tricky situations. When Misty Olsen walks into his office, it’s clear she’s in trouble. She and her newborn baby girl are both HIV positive. The boyfriend who infected her was not who she thought he was; she never even knew his real name. The only things she knows for sure are that it was no accident that she was infected, that she wasn’t his only victim, and that he has to pay the consequences for what he di...
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Series: A Clare Vengel Undercover Novel
Death's Last Run
A Clare Vengel Undercover Novel
Paperback
Robin Spano
9781550229974
$14.95
FICTION
May 01, 2013
A young snowboarder turns up dead on the Blackcomb Glacier. The local police are calling it suicide, but the victim’s mother, a U.S. senator, is not convinced. At the senator’s request, the FBI sends in undercover agent Clare Vengel to infiltrate the world of ski bums and snow bunnies and find out what happened to Sacha. Clare soon discovers that not only was the victim involved in an LSD smuggling ring, but also the uncooperative top cop in town is in cahoots with the smugglers. With her cover dangerously close to being blown Clare must solve ...
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Series:
The Lake and the Library
Paperback
S.M. Beiko
9781770410572
$14.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 12
May 01, 2013
Wishing for something more than her adventureless life, 16-year-old Ash eagerly awaits the move she and her mother are taking from their dull, drab life in the prairie town of Treade. But as Ash counts the days, she finds her way into a mysterious, condemned building on the outskirts of town—one that has haunted her entire childhood with secrets and questions. What she finds inside is an untouched library, inhabited by an enchanting mute named Li. Brightened by Li’s charm and his indulgence in her dreams, Ash becomes locked in a world of dusty ...
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Series:
Taylor Swift
The Platinum Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Paperback
Liv Spencer
9781770411517
$12.95
MUSIC
Jun 01, 2013
Chronicling the meteoric rise of one of today's hottest music stars, this comprehensive biography of Taylor Swift reveals how she conquered the pop and country music charts, earned a shelf full of awards, and broke multiple chart records—all before she turned 20. Beginning with her childhood in Pennsylvania, the account recalls her early ambition to land a record deal, describing her personal deliveries of demos to Nashville record companies at age 11, her first failed deal with RCA Records, and her ultimate success signing with Big Machine Rec...
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Series:
Too Much Trouble
A Very Oral History of Danko Jones
Paperback
Stuart Berman
9781770411357
$24.95
MUSIC
Oct 01, 2012
More than just a history of Danko Jones, this book is an exploration of the rigid politics that govern both underground and mainstream music and how a band can succeed without pandering to either. Danko Jones may be a straightforward rock band, but their story is anything but. They’re a band that has roots in many different music communities—the North American indie rock scene, the Scandinavian garage rock scene, and the European metal scene—but belong to none of them. They’ve toured with both Blonde Redhead and Nickelback and can attract inten...
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Series:
The Origin of Feces
What Excrement Tells Us About Evolution, Ecology, and a Sustainable Society
Paperback
David Waltner-Toews
9781770411166
$16.95
SCIENCE
May 01, 2013
An entertaining and enlightening exploration of why waste matters, this cultural history explores an often ignored Subject matter and makes a compelling argument for a deeper understanding of human and animal waste. Approaching the Subject from a variety of perspectives—evolutionary, ecological, and cultural—this examination shows how integral excrement is to biodiversity, agriculture, public health, food Production and distribution, and global ecosystems. From primordial ooze, dung beetles, bug frass, cat scats, and flush toilets to global tra...
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Series:
Growing Marijuana Indoors
A Foolproof Guide
Paperback
Jay Carter Brown
9781770411296
$9.95
GARDENING
Jun 01, 2013
With clear information and helpful tips presented in a straightforward format, this handbook teaches marijuana growers how to cultivate the best pot in the world. Whether it’s medical (cannabis indica) or recreational marijuana (cannabis sativa), growing good, effective ganja can be a complicated task. This guide simplifies the steps and shows harvesters how to fully control the growing environment by carefully monitoring temperature and humidity levels; getting rid of any insects, moulds, or fungi; and using air filters and positive ventilatio...
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Series:
After the Error
Speaking Out About Patient Safety to Save Lives
Paperback
Susan B. McIver
9781770411104
$19.95
MEDICAL
Apr 01, 2013
In a series of true stories from across Canada, this collection seeks to point out the considerable human toll that medical errors cause. Victims of medical errors and their families who speak out often do so at considerable emotional, psychological, and financial expense. But their willingness to share their harrowing stories has helped to lay the foundation for numerous patient safety programs and continues to identify problems, provide solutions, and raise awareness. These emotional and moving stories underline serious issues with medical er...
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Series:
Along the Shore
Rediscovering Toronto's Waterfront Heritage
Paperback
Jane Fairburn
9781770410992
$32.95
HISTORY
Jul 01, 2013
Along the Shoreexamines the Toronto waterfront, past and present, through the lens of four lakefront communities and districts — the Scarborough shore (including the Bluffs), the Beach, the Island, and the Lakeshore (New Toronto, Mimico, Humber Bay, and Long Branch). Each retains a direct and immediate connection with Lake Ontario and the natural world. Exploring the history, landscape, geography, and people of each of these waterfront areas reveals a rich heritage that has gone largely unrecognized and is for the most part forgotten. The book ...
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Series:
The Three Count
My Life in Stripes as a WWE Referee
Paperback
Jimmy Korderas
9781770410848
$19.95
SPORTS & RECREATION
Apr 01, 2013
Highlighting the triumphs and tragedies Jimmy Korderas experienced, this entertaining biography focuses on his 20-year career as a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) referee. For the first time, Korderas talks about the harrowing experience of being in the ring during Owen Hart’s accident and about the horrific effects of the Chris Benoit tragedy—the most difficult moments of his life in wrestling. The book also includes untold stories from both inside and outside the ring, highlighting the bonds Korderas formed with WWE superstars such as Edd...
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Series:
The Hardcore Truth
The Bob Holly Story
Paperback
Bob Holly
9781770411098
$19.95
SPORTS & RECREATION
Apr 01, 2013
The wrestling legend Bob “Hardcore” Holly tells all in this autobiography that chronicles his journey from fighting in bars for money to the bright lights of the World Wrestling Federation. Holly reveals how he took more body slams and clotheslines outside the ring than in and that long before he was known as “Hardcore Holly,” he had an unquenchable passion for professional wrestling. Ultimately, Holly would hold the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Hardcore Championship seven times, the WWE Tag Team Championship three times, and the Nationa...
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Series:
Power through Presentations
Tips and Tricks to Build a Better Slide Deck
Paperback
Andy Balser
9781550229509
$9.95
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
May 01, 2013
Tackling a challenge faced by millions of business professionals every day, this handy guide shows how to create effective, visually appealing PowerPoint slides. In contrast to other books on the topic that focus on the wrong skills or read like boring technical manuals, this lighthearted book avoids jargon and provides useful information about the practical realities of creating materials in this popular application. It addresses common user concerns, such as turning facts and data into compelling visual images, generating concise project upda...
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