Title search results
Showing 1 - 20 of 36831 items
The great American broadcast: a celebration of radio's golden age
By Leonard Maltin. 1997
An account of radio's early years from 1920 to the 1950s. Draws upon interviews with radio show writers, directors, actors,…
and announcers to present an "anecdotal history" of the dominant form of home entertainment during that era. c1997.The Fifth (and probably last) Morningside papers
By Peter Gzowski. 1994
Peter Gzowski offers more letters and stories sent to his CBC Radio program, "Morningside." The selections include everything from memories…
of Christmas to Sarah Binks to thoughts from the Arctic. 1994. Uniform title: Morningside (Radio program).The cinema of isolation: a history of physical disability in the movies
By Martin F Norden. 1994
Film has often shown people with physical disabilities as deserving isolation from the rest of society. Norden examines hundreds of…
Hollywood and international movies and uncovers the industry's practices for maintaining this status quo, while offering an array of physically disabled characters who embody or break out of stereotypes. He observes the arrival of a new set of stereotypes tied to the growth of science and technology in the 1970s and 1980s, and underscores later movies that display a newfound sensitivity. Some descriptions of sex, strong language. 1994.The As it happens files: radio that may contain nuts
By Mary Lou Finlay. 2008
For eight years, Mary Lou Finlay had the pleasure of being the co-host of one of CBC Radio's most enduring…
institutions. On any given day she and Barbara Budd interviewed people on subjects varying from the Air India investigation to a man who invented a suit that would withstand an attack from a grizzly bear to a cheese-rolling contest in Cheshire. 2008.The $12 million stuffed shark: the curious economics of contemporary art
By Donald N Thompson. 2008
Delves into the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world - artists, dealers, auction houses, and wealthy collectors. If…
it's true that 85 percent of new contemporary art is bad, why were record prices achieved at auction in 2006 and 2007? Explores money, lust, and the self-aggrandizement of possession in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work of art valuable while others are ignored. 2008.Suddenly they heard footsteps: storytelling for the twenty-first century
By Dan Yashinsky. 2004
The art of storytelling is very much alive in today's world. Yashinsky has lived with storytelling all his life, first…
listening to storytellers and then becoming one himself. It's the traveler who stops to hear the voice of the dusty little mouse on the road who is rewarded with the treasure. 2004.Stormy weather: the life of Lena Horne
By James Gavin. 2009
Biography of African American singer/actress Lena Horne, born in 1917 Brooklyn, who first performed at Harlem's Cotton Club at age…
sixteen. Interprets Horne's multiracial family background in the pre-civil rights era as the reason for emotional conflicts in both her personal and professional lives. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2009.Shakespeare's face: Is This The Face Of A Genius?
By Jonathan Bate, Stephanie Nolen. 2002
The follow-up to Globe and Mail reporter Stephanie Nolen's startling front-page revelation on May 11, 2001, that a 1603 portrait…
believed to be of William Shakespeare - possibly the only existing image of the playwright painted from life - had turned up in the possession of a Canadian family who had owned it for 12 generations. The book details the story of how the painting, known as the Sanders portrait, came to reside in the home of a retired engineer in a mid-sized Ontario town. It also includes essays from many Shakespearean experts on the authenticity of the painting. 2002.Remembering Peter Gzowski: a book of tributes
By Edna Barker. 2002
This book is a celebration of Peter Gzowski's life and of the enormous role he played in Canadian life. It…
collects tributes from friends and colleagues, and from grieving strangers who had been touched by him in one of the roles that provide us with the chapters in this book: as a writer in newspapers, magazines, or books; as a radio broadcaster; on camera; as a lover of Canada; and as a father, relative, or trusted friend. 2002.Et si la beauté rendait heureux
By Pierre Thibault, François Cardinal. 2016
La beauté attire le regard. Elle fascine. La beauté des gens, mais aussi celle des lieux, des maisons, des rues…
et des villes. Il est étonnant de constater la force de l'émotion vécue devant un paysage à couper le souffle, dans une maison superbe ou sur une place publique ouverte et accueillante. Et si la beauté rendait heureux? Si elle était nécessaire au bonheur? C'est la conviction que partagent l'architecte Pierre Thibault et le journaliste François Cardinal. Ils en font la démonstration dans un dialogue pénétrant qu'ils mènent dans cinq lieux où beauté et bonheur se côtoient et se nourrissent. Quatre de ces espaces ont été créés ou aménagés par Pierre Thibault. Le cinquième, Copenhague, est une ville réputée pour son innovation en architecture et design urbain. Ce livre inspirant donne envie de côtoyer la beauté au quotidien et de bâtir un environnement où l'on puisse se poser, se réjouir et vivre ensemble. 2016.One soldier's story: a memoir
By Robert J Dole. 2005
Former senator from Kansas describes his enlistment into the elite U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division as a lieutenant during World…
War II. Chronicles the April 14, 1945, battle in Italy that paralyzed him, his long recovery, first marriage, and entry into civilian life and the political sphere. Bestseller. 2005.March forth: the inspiring true story of a Canadian soldier's journey of love, hope and survival
By Trevor Greene, Debbie Greene. 2012
2006. Trevor Greene, a journalist and a reservist in the Canadian Army, was at a meeting with village elders in…
Afghanistan when a teenage boy under the influence of the Taliban swung an axe into his skull. After years of rehabilitation, setbacks and crises, Trevor learned to talk and move again, with the love and support of his fiancée Debbie. Their story is told in two voices: Trevor’s, up until the attack that changed their lives; and Debbie’s, as she works tirelessly to rehabilitate the man she loves. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and explicit strong language. c2012.Ici était Radio-Canada
By Alain Saulnier. 2014
Le 22 février 2012, Alain Saulnier, directeur général de l'information à Radio-Canada, est convoqué au bureau du vice-président Louis Lalande…
qui lui apprend que Radio-Canada met fin à son emploi. Comme journaliste et dans divers postes de responsabilité, Alain Saulnier était dans la maison depuis vingt-cinq ans. Pourquoi la direction a-t-elle décidé, après plusieurs autres mises à pied de cadres, de le remercier à son tour ce jour-là ? Le président Hubert T. Lacroix avait-il des comptes à régler ? Était-ce une décision politique voulue par le gouvernement conservateur ? Le Canada, pays qui a plus de géographie que d'histoire, s'est construit grâce aux communications, ferroviaires au XIXe siècle, audiovisuelles depuis. Que serait devenu le Québec sans la création, en 1936, de la Société Radio-Canada ? On sait l'importance des séries dramatiques, de la chanson, des émissions musicales ou de variétés dans la culture québécoise. On connaît aussi l'apport essentiel des émissions d'affaires publiques et d'information dans notre connaissance du monde. Pourquoi, depuis la Révolution tranquille, le gouvernement du Canada voit-il les activités de Radio-Canada comme celles d'un serpent en son sein?... Alain Saulnier raconte, dans Ici ÉTAIT Radio-Canada, l'histoire de la construction et de la déconstruction de notre radiotélévision publique. Est-il trop tard pour sauver cette institution essentielle à notre démocratie? 2014.Lawrence d'Arabie ((Folio. Biographies ; 94).)
By Michel Renouard. 2012
" Derrière le héros mythique, joué par Peter O'Toole dans le célèbre film de David Lean, se cache un personnage…
complexe, non exempt de zones d'ombre. Archéologue et agent de renseignement, homme d'action et auteur des Sept Piliers de la sagesse, Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888 - 1935) se disait à moitié poète, se voulait intouchable, et mourut prématurément dans un accident de moto. Ce livre retrace la vie et les aventures de l'insaisissable Lawrence d'Arabie, dont Winston Churchill affirmait qu'il était un des êtres les plus extraordinaires de son temps. " -- 4e de couv.Homes: a refugee story
By Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, Winnie Yeung. 2018
Tells the story of Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, a young boy whose family moved from Iraq to Syria just before…
the start of the Syrian civil war. It recounts what it was like living in Syria during this time -- the normal things like video games, sleepovers, and family jarringly juxtaposed with car bombings, massacres, and the constant threat of what could happen next. In 2014 the family finally found safety in immigrating to Edmonton, Canada, and the book also recounts both the gratefulness and the loneliness of the family's immigration experience. 2018.Hana's suitcase: a true story (The Holocaust remembrance series for young readers #3)
By Karen Levine. 2002
In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education centre in Tokyo, Japan, with the name Hana Brady…
painted in white on the outside. The centre's curator searches for clues across Europe and North America to find out who Hana was and what had happened to her. Her journey takes her back through seventy years to a young Hana and her family, whose happy life in a small Czech town was turned upside down by the invasion of the Nazis. Winner of the 2003 Silver Birch Award. Winner of the 2003 CNIB Tiny Torgi Award. Grades 4-7. 2002.Billy Bishop, Canadian hero: Canadian Hero
By Dan McCaffery. 1988
During World War I, Billy Bishop gained fame as a skilled fighter pilot and became the most decorated war hero…
in Canada. However, over the years, his aviation record has been questioned, especially the number of his "kills". 1988.Generally speaking: the memoirs of Major-General Richard Rohmer
By Richard Rohmer. 2004
Major-General Richard Rohmer, a commander of the Order of Military Merit and an Officer of the Order of Canada, began…
his career in World War II as a top Mustang reconnaissance pilot. He is also a lawyer, litigator, journalist and best-selling author of 28 books. Currently, he is a member of the board of directors of Hollinger Inc. and is arguably Canada's most decorated citizen. 2004.From romance to reality: Stories Of Canadian Wwii War Brides
By Peggy O'Hara. 1983
Peggy O'Hara, this book's editor, was a so-called war bride, coming to Canada from England after marrying a Canadian serviceman…
during the Second World War. She later wondered about the other thousands of British and Dutch women who had done the same. What uprooted them from family and friends and brought them to a strange, sparsely populated country? She collected their stories, some happy, some sad, in an effort to find out.Fifteen days: stories of bravery, friendship, life and death from inside the new Canadian Army
By Christie Blatchford. 2007
Blatchford has covered the conflict in Afghanistan as an embedded reporter, and provides observations of military life in the twenty-first…
century. The troops share their accounts of their desire to serve, their willingness to confront fear and danger on the battlefield, their loyalty towards each other and the heartbreak occasioned by the loss of one of their own. Descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and some strong language. Winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2007.