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On a cold road: tales of adventure in Canadian rock
By Dave Bidini. 1998
David Bidini, rhythm guitarist with the Rheostatics, shares his experiences of being part of a band touring across Canada. In…
1996, when the Rheostatics opened for the Tragically Hip on their "Trouble at the Henhouse" tour, Bidini kept a diary of his life on the road. When the tour was over he interviewed some of the pioneers of Canadian rock and compared their experiences with his own. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 1998.Off stage: My Non-show Business Life
By Betty Comden. 1995
Comden and her collaborator, Adolph Green, composed the music for many Broadway and movie musicals. Here she reminisces about her…
personal life from her Brooklyn childhood in the 1920s through her long marriage, widowhood, and the death of her son. Interspersed are essays about such topics as aging and following fashion and tributes to her friends. c1995.Missing, porté disparu
By Thomas Hauser. 1982
Un journaliste américain vivant au Chili est arrêté chez lui quelques jours après le coup d'état de 1973. Un mois…
plus tard son cadavre sera identifié à la morgue de Santiago. Sa femme et son père veulent faire toute la lumière sur cette affaire. Descriptions régulières de violence. 1982. Titre uniforme: Execution of Charles Horman.Moi, Christiane F., 13 ans, droguée, prostituée
By Léa Marcou, Kai Hermann, Horst Rieck. 1981
Ce livre raconte l'histoire de Christiane, une jeune fille sensible et intelligente, qui, moins de deux ans après avoir fumé…
son premier "joint", se prostitue à la sortie de l'école afin de trouver l'argent nécessaire à l'achat de sa dose quotidienne d'héroïne. Quelques descriptions de violence. 1981.Félix Leclerc, le roi heureux: biographie (Compact Ser. #No. 4)
By Jacques Bertin. 1987
Biographie de Félix Leclerc: sa vie, sa carrière. Pionnier chez nous, il fut avec Charles Trenet le premier auteur-compositeur-interprète en…
France. Premier écrivain québécois à vivre de sa plume, il fut le héraut de l'indépendance, le père de la nation pour un pays qui n'est pas né. 1987.Notes of a piano tuner
By Denele Pitts Campbell. 1997
Tuning pianos provides the author opportunity to visit homes, churches, and music halls where she catches glimpses of the players'…
various lifestyles. Campbell describes her experiences and also comments on the countryside of the Arkansas Ozarks she traverses to do her work. 1997.Le neveu (Dossiers, documents)
By Michel Vastel, Réal Simard. 1987
Plutôt que de continuer à risquer de mourir pour Frank Cotroni, Réal Simard, le "neveu", a décidé de vivre pour…
lui-même. Mais avant de disparaitre, il a pensé que vous aviez droit à la vérité : sur lui, sur les prisonniers, sur les policiers et surtout sur cette face cachée de "l'honorable société." 1987.Colette Boky, le chant d'une femme: essai biographique (Chanson/musique)
By Colette Boky, Mireille Barrière. 2008
Colette Boky nous entretient de ses relations avec ses collègues, de sa conception des principaux rôles qu'elle a incarnés, de…
ses prestations devant maints personnages célèbres. Mais, plus encore, ces pages tracent le portrait d'une femme résolue, fonceuse, au franc parler, qui ne craint pas de mettre sa réputation au service de causes qui lui tiennent à coeur. Elle appuiera activement l'option du oui lors du référendum de 1980 et s'engagera dans la relance de l'opéra à Montréal et au Québec. Faisant fi des tabous, elle acceptera de tourner une scène de nu dans un filmopéra, au moment où le théâtre lyrique était encore très sage. Cet ouvrage fera aussi mieux connaître au public la femme derrière la diva, une mère affectueuse et une grand-maman gâteau, sans oublier le roman d'amour qu'elle vit avec le comédien et metteur en scène Jacques Létourneau depuis trente-cinq ans. 2008.No one to tell: breaking my silence on life in the RCMP
By Janet Merlo, Leslie Vryenhoek. 2013
Janet Merlo was among the first female RCMP officers to publicly allege she had experienced sexual harassment and gender discrimination…
while serving in Canada`s national police force. The women kept silent for so long, she says, because there was no one to tell. Janet recalls how her love of policing was soured by covert and overt sexism within the ranks and by an institutional culture that valued toughness and silence over ethics and accountability. Tracing her twenty years in uniform, Merlo’s story details the highs and lows of her career in the RCMP – while her mental health and personal life disintegrated. 2013.Neil Young (Music makers)
By Alexis Petridis. 2000
This text provides a concise and well-researched view into the career of this unique rock 'n' roll icon. The author…
includes full biographical information and a comprehensive discography, and explores the influence of Young on a huge range of artists, from Sonic Youth and Nirvana to Ron Sexsmith. 2000.Nat King Cole
By James Haskins, Kathleen Benson. 1984
Neil and me
By Scott Young. 1984
Neil Diamond: the biography
By Laura Jackson. 2004
This portrait of Neil Diamond, his life, his music and his passions are explored from his childhood struggle to get…
out of Brooklyn, through five decades of global stardom, to the present day. This biography provides a definitive insight into one of the most enduring, creative, and prolific singer-songwriters of his generation. 2004.Nasty business: one biker gang's bloody war against the Hells Angels
By Peter Paradis. 2002
The 1990s biker war on the streets of Montreal pitted the established Hells Angels against upstarts the Rock Machine in…
a battle for the drug trade. After being shot by a Hells hit squad, Rock Machine boss Peter Paradis watched as the police closed in and the Hells begin winning the war, spurring a penniless and ostracized Paradis to turn informant. Descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2002.My father and Atticus Finch: a lawyer's fight for justice in 1930s Alabama (ITK audio)
By Joseph Madison Beck. 2016
A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defense in a 1938 Alabama trial of a black man accused of…
raping a white woman calls to mind "To Kill a Mockingbird". 2016.My fair junkie: a memoir of getting dirty and staying clean
By Amy Dresner. 2017
In 2011 Amy Dresner was high on OxyContin, stupidly pulled a knife on her then-husband, and was promptly arrested. Within…
months, she found herself in a psych ward, penniless, and looking at 240 hours of community service. For the next two years she would sweep up syringes on Hollywood Boulevard as she bounced from rehabs to halfway houses, all while struggling with sobriety and starting life over in her forties. 2017.My way: an autobiography
By David Dalton, Paul Anka. 2013
Autobiography of Canadian singer-songwriter whose lengthy career began as a teen idol in the late 1950s. Describes singing through the…
decades to a changing audience and hanging out with and writing hits for other singers, including Frank Sinatra and Buddy Holly. Some strong language. 2013.My memories of Jim Reeves: and other celebrities
By Joyce Gray Jackson. 2009
The story of star-struck Kentucky girl Joyce Gray, who grew up, moved to Nashville where she worked behind-the-scenes on behalf…
of such Music City legends as singer Jim Reeves. This book documents her professional and private lives. 2009.My life with Bing
By Kathryn Crosby. 1983
Kathryn Crosby discusses her first 12 years with her singer-actor husband, Bing, and their children. She describes the joys and…
difficulties of raising a family with the famous star, while she maintained her own acting career. 1983.My life on earth & elsewhere
By R. Murray Schafer. 2012
A memoir by the internationally-acclaimed Canadian composer, music educator and writer R. Murray Schafer, traces the author's life and growth…
as an artist from his earliest memories to the present. Scenes from his youth as an aspiring painter, a music student at the University of Toronto and a sailor on a Great Lakes freighter give way to memories of his several years of work and wandering in Europe, where he gained a deeper understanding of his vocation, and found, especially in Greece, the inspiration for much of the astonishing music he would create after his return to Canada. 2012.