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By Bill Bryson. 1998
This book contains eighteen months worth of the author's popular columns about the strangest of phenomena - the American way…
of life. The text discusses the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, the jaw-slacking direness of American TV, and the smug pleasure of being able to eat beef without having to wonder if when you rise from the table you will walk sideways into the wall. 1998.By Walt Morey, Virgil Burford. 1969
By Penny Petrone. 1988
The Inuit of northern Canada have a rich oral historic tradition in their own language and a more recent tradition…
of written English. This collection includes legends, poetry, interviews, letters, essays, speeches and fiction. 1988.By Paulette Jiles. 1995
Paulette Jiles first went to northern Ontario as a journalist for the CBC in 1974. Living and working with the…
Cree and Ojibway people of the north, she writes about the introduction of new technologies and communications systems, and their clash with traditional native culture, during her seven years there. 1995.By Cea Sunrise Person. 2014
From nature child to international model by the age of thirteen, Person’s astonishing saga is one of long-held family secrets…
and extreme family dysfunction, all in an incredibly unusual setting. It is also the story of one girl’s deep-seated desire for normality - a desire that enabled her to risk everything, overcome adversity and achieve her dreams. Bestseller. c2014.By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2017
This New York Times best-seller is the compelling chronicle of a nation during a time of incredible change. With detail…
and drama, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author expertly reveals the importance of the Roosevelt White House in the great destiny of the United States. Ultimately, she creates an intimate portrait of the Roosevelts, fusing their human vitality with the monumental scale of domestic and foreign affairs during the Second World War. 2017.By Naomi Klein. 2017
By Murray Howe. 2017
Unlike his two brothers, Murray Howe failed in his attempt to follow in his father's footsteps to become a professional…
athlete. Yet, his failure brought him to the realization that in truth, his dream wasn't to be a pro hockey player. His dream was to be his father, Gordie Howe. To be amazing at something, but humble and gracious. To be courageous, and stand up for the little guy. To be a hero. You don't need to be a hockey player to do that. What he learned was that it is a waste of time wishing you were like someone else. We need to identify and embrace our gifts. Gordie Howe may have been the greatest player in the history of hockey, but greatness was never defined by goals or assists in the Howe household. Greatness meant being the best person you could be, not the best player on the ice. Bestseller. 2017.By Dan Baum. 2009
A multivoiced biography of a dazzling, imperiled city, told through the lives of nine characters and bracketed by two epic…
storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Baum shows us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved. Explicit strong language, descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. c2009.By Roger Moore, Gareth Owen. 2009
Roger Moore has had an extraordinary career that has spanned seven decades, from early television to the golden age of…
Hollywood and on to international superstardom. It features myriad stories from his personal life - from his childhood in London and experiences during the Second World War, to the happy and turbulent times in his later life. Bestseller. 2009.By Lee Maracle. 2017
On her first book tour at the age of 26, Lee Maracle was asked a question from the audience, one…
she couldn't possibly answer at that moment. But she has been thinking about it ever since. As time has passed, she has been asked countless similar questions, all of them too big to answer, but not too large to contemplate. These questions, which touch upon subjects such as citizenship, segregation, labour, law, prejudice and reconciliation (to name a few), are the heart of "My Conversations with Canadians". In prose essays that are both conversational and direct, Maracle seeks not to provide any answers to these questions she has lived with for so long. Rather, she thinks through each one using a multitude of experiences she's had as a Canadian, a First Nations leader, a woman and mother and grandmother over the course of her life. Presents a tour de force exploration into the writer's own history and a re-imagining of the future of our nation. Bestseller. 2017. Uniform title: Essays.By Barbara Ehrenreich. 2004
'Nickel and Dimed' is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides…
to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead. Bestseller. 2004.By Alec Baldwin. 2017
Follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson, and remarkable water drum. This drum, and forty…
other artefacts, were given away by a Canadian museum to an American Anishinaabe group that had no family or community connections to the collection. Many years passed before the drum was returned to the family. Matthews takes us through this astonishing set of events from multiple perspectives, exploring community and museum viewpoints, visiting the ceremonial group leader in Wisconsin, and finally looking back from the point of view of the drum. The book contains a powerful Anishinaabe interpretive perspective on repatriation and on anthropology itself. Winner of the 2017 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-fiction. 2016.By Richard Gwyn. 2011
From Confederation Day in 1867, John A. Macdonald finessed a reluctant union of four provinces in central and eastern Canada…
into a strong nation, despite indifference from Britain and annexationist sentiment in the United States. Macdonald faced constant crises, from Louis Riel's two rebellions through to the Pacific Scandal that almost undid his government. Gwyn paints a portrait of Canada and its leaders through these formative years and also shows us Macdonald the man, as he wrestles with whether Riel should hang, marries for the second time, deals with the birth of a disabled child, and the assassination of his close friend Darcy McGee. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to “John A: the man who made us : the life and times of John A. Macdonald” (DC31710). Winner of the 2011 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. c2011.By Noreen Riols. 1999
In this sensitive and poignant story, the author speaks candidly to women about the spiritual and emotional ravages of abortion.…
She also describes her personal journey away from emptiness and regret into a new life of peace and healing through Jesus Christ. 1999.By James Frey. 2005
James Frey pens the candid memoir of his recovery from drug and alcohol addictions with "My Friend Leonard". After a…
stint in jail, James is rocked by further tragedy. Teetering on the brink of breakdown, he turns to a friend from rehab, Leonard. A larger-than-life mobster, Leonard becomes James' loyal and generous adoptive father, teaching him to "live boldly." 2005.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.By Mark Fuhrman. 1997
A former Los Angeles Police Department detective chronicles his June 13, 1994 investigation of the murders of Nicole Simpson and…
Ron Goldman. He recounts his testimony in the O.J. Simpson trial, as well as his own subsequent trial for perjury. The author maintains he was targeted as a scapegoat in the Simpson case. Descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 1997.By Eddy L Harris. 1988
A travelogue about the author's canoe trip down the Mississippi River, from its headwaters in Minnesota's Land of 10,000 Lakes…
to New Orleans. Includes the author's impressions, philosophical reflections, and personal recollections of a St. Louis childhood. Strong language. 1988.