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Skinheads, fur traders, and DJs: an adventure through the 1970s
By Kim Clarke Champniss. 2017
The true story of a precocious, pop-loving teenager who, in the early 1970s, went from London's discotheques to the Canadian…
sub-arctic to work for the Hudson's Bay Company. His job? Buying furs and helping run the trading post in the settlement of Eskimo Point, Northwest Territories (population: 750). That young man was Kim Clarke Champniss, who would later become a VJ on MuchMusic. His extraordinary adventures unfolded in a chain of "On the Road" experiences across Canada that led him to Vancouver, where he became a nightclub DJ at the height of the disco craze. His mind-boggling journey, from London to the far Canadian North to the spotlight, is the stuff of music and TV legends. Kim brings his incredible knowledge of music and pop culture and the history of disco music, weaving them into this wild story of his exciting and uniquely crazy 1970s. 2017.Sir Ernest MacMillan: the importance of being Canadian
By Ezra Schabas. 1994
A biography of the famous Canadian conductor, composer, and organist, Sir Ernest MacMillan. MacMillan conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from…
1931-1956, and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir from 1942-1957. Schabas traces MacMillan's continued commitment to his country and music throughout his life. c1994.Silence: a Christian history
By Diarmaid MacCulloch. 2013
The author explores the vital role of silence in the Christian story. How should one speak to God? Are our…
prayers more likely to be heard if we offer them quietly at home or loudly in church? How can we really know if God is listening? From the earliest days, Christians have struggled with these questions. Their varied answers have defined the boundaries of Christian faith and established the language of our most intimate appeals for guidance or forgiveness. MacCulloch shows how Jesus chose to emphasize silence as an essential part of his message and how silence shaped the great medieval monastic communities of Europe. He also examines the darker forms of religious silence, from the church's embrace of slavery and its muted reaction to the Holocaust to the cover-up by Catholic authorities of devastating sexual scandals. 2013.Sikhism: a very short introduction (Very short introductions)
By Eleanor Nesbitt. 2005
The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is one of the largest religions in…
the world. This book introduces newcomers to the meaning of Sikhism, its practices, rituals, and festivals. 2005.Sight unseen
By Georgina Kleege. 1999
Kleege was diagnosed with macular degeneration at the age of eleven and learned coping mechanisms. In eight essays she describes…
her experiences as well as the cultural aspects of blindness in language, film, and literature. As an author and professor, Kleege outlines the reading process and her delight in learning braille later in life. 1999.Shopping for faith: American religion in the new millennium
By Richard P Cimino, Don Lattin. 1998
The authors contend that the United States is one of the world's most religious countries, with ninety-five percent of the…
population believing in God. Americans, however, view religion as another commodity and shop for a church that fulfills them spiritually regardless of its doctrine. Offers predictions on the future of religion. c1998.Shostakovich: a life remembered
By Elizabeth Wilson. 1994
A documentary biography of the great twentieth-century Russian composer. Presents reminiscences of some seventy contemporaries arranged chronologically and supplemented with…
research. Focuses on the social and political circumstances behind the creation and performance of Shostakovich's works. Recounts the Stalinist purges of 1936 and 1948, when artists were censured and arrested. 1994.Shout!: the true story of the Beatles
By Philip Norman. 1981
From the early days as ruffian teens riding the skiffle wave in the port town of Liverpool to presiding over…
the rise (and fall) of a global entertainment empire, Norman details the history of the Beatles, became one of the most famous bands in the world. 1981.Shirley: an appreciation of the life of Shirley Bassey
By Muriel Burgess. 1999
Shirley Bassey has sold more records than any other British female singer, but the personal tragedies that have fuelled the…
emotionalism of her songs have not been revealed. This biography covers her poverty-stricken childhood, her pregnancy at 16, her marriages and affairs, and her alcoholism. 1999.Set the boy free: the autobiography
By Johnny Marr. 2016
The memoirs of the legendary guitarist and cofounder of seminal British band The Smiths recalls his childhood in working-class Manchester,…
his early collaborations with Stephen Morrissey, the ideological differences that triggered his departure and his influential solo career. 2016.Shakey: Neil Young's biography
By Jimmy McDonough. 2002
Life and times of rock musician Neil Young, who was born in Canada in 1945 and developed both polio and…
epilepsy as a child. Focuses on the years between 1966 and 1979, when the songwriter-guitarist worked with such influential bands as Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Explicit strong language. c2002.Sergei Prokofiev: a biography
By Harlow Loomis Robinson. 1987
This biography of the Russian composer draws extensively on sources previously unavailable to the English-speaking audience. The author relates Prokofiev's…
life to greater political and cultural currents, while trying to encourage greater appreciation of Prokofiev's music. 1987.Second sight: the true story of Britain's most remarkable medium
By Sharon Neill. 2007
Born prematurely and blinded by the oxygen in her incubator, it was clear that Sharon Neill would lead anything but…
a conventional life. In her autobiography, Sharon describes her journey to become one of the most revered mediums in the psychic world. 2007.Scar tissue
By Larry Sloman, Anthony Kiedis. 2005
In 'Scar Tissue' Anthony Kiedis, the charismatic and highly articulate frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, recounts his remarkable…
life story, and the history of the band. It is the story of a man who almost destroyed himself and the band that helped him rebuild his life. Includes sex and strong language. 2005.Seasons of splendour: tales, myths & legends of India
By Madhur Jaffrey. 1985
The author interweaves her own childhood memories with the telling of each tale. The order of the stories corresponds with…
their position on the Hindu religious calendar. For junior and senior high readers. 1985.Seeds of man: an experience lived and dreamed
By Woody Guthrie. 1976
Autobiography that mixes fact and fantasy of the legendary writer of folk songs and his search for a lost silver…
and gold mine in the big bend country of southern Texas. c1976.Second sight
By Robert V Hine. 1993
As a young man, Hine was informed that his eye condition, uveitis, would eventually lead to blindness. After graduate school…
and marriage, and well into his career as a history professor, Hine did gradually lose his sight to cataracts, which the uveitis made inoperable. Hine used braille, talking computers, and readers to continue teaching and writing for the next fifteen years, and then underwent an operation that restored sight in one eye. c1993.SEND: the essential guide to email for office and home
By David Shipley, Will Schwalbe. 2007
When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up? What is the crucial - and…
most often overlooked - line in an email? What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? This guide shows how to write the perfect email, and also points out the numerous times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!). 2007.Self-healing: my life and vision (Arkana Ser.)
By Meir Schneider. 1989
A remarkable Russian Israeli who has gone some way to understanding the latent power of self-healing which is locked inside…
human beings. In this book Meir Schneider relates the experiences of his own life and his later work with people affected by chronic headaches, polio and muscular dystrophy. Meir was born blind, the son of a deaf father, yet he has insisted upon living a regular life making no concessions to himself for his lack of sight, and offering hope to others. 1989.Schubert and his Vienna
By Charles Osborne. 1985