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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.By John Einarson, Randy Bachman. 2000
A biography of rock guitarist Randy Bachman, from his early days in Winnipeg, to his years with the Guess Who…
and BTO. A songwriter, producer, guitarist, and session player, Bachman has played an integral role in the evolution and growth of the Canadian music industry. Some strong language. 2000.By Victoria Beckham. 2002
By Ann Labounsky. 2000
Authorized biography of blind twentieth-century organist/composer Jean Langlais (1907-1991) by organist/music scholar Labounsky. Discusses Langlais's training at France's National Institute…
for the Blind, his subsequent organist position at Paris's Sainte-Clotilde, his American tours, and his instrumental, choral, and vocal compositions. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.By Liona Boyd. 1998
Boyd tells of her glamourous life as a world-renowned classical guitarist. She travels around the world and spends time with…
the leaders of the world's most powerful countries. She also has an affair with former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau before she finally settles down to enjoy married life. 1998.By Neil Peart. 2002
After the deaths of his daughter and then his common-law wife, musician Neil Peart got on his motorcycle and drove…
for over a year, traveling Canada, the U.S. and Central America. The need to do something, to move, kept Neil going and pushed him toward healing. 2002.By Murray McLauchlan. 1998
In this autobiography, Murray McLauchlan writes about growing up in Toronto in the fifties, rising to prominence as a songwriter…
in 1968 with "Child's song", and the three decades of his career as a singer-songwriter in Canada. He tells the story of his return to the working-class town of Paisley in Scotland to visit the very room in which he had been born, and his visits to the ruined McLauchlan castle and the battlefields at Culloden, in an attempt to find his own place within a long and tumultuous clan history. 1998.By Mary W Quigley, Loretta Kaufman. 2004
Women who left their careers to raise children - whether just for the toddler years or until the nest is…
empty - face economic and emotional challenges when deciding to go back to work. This book provides data and ideas to ease what can be a tough transition. The authors have zeroed in on strategies that succeeded for women who have gone back to work, and frame the key questions involved in making the decision. 2004.By Johnny Cash, Patrick Carr. 1998
The country-western star relates his life in rural Arkansas as a boy picking cotton, his early career, and his continual…
concert touring. Chronicles his ups and downs with amphetamine addiction and his various rehabilitation attempts, and describes his homes in Tennessee, Florida, and Jamaica. Includes a discography. Some strong language. 1998.By Carole Pope. 2000
Throughout her career, Carole Pope has blazed a trail for the diva and anti-diva in all of us, and here…
she offers a no-holds-barred look at her adventures in the music scene - on the concert stage, in the recording studio, and in the bedroom. Known for ushering Canada from the punk movement of the 1970s to the new wave sound of the 1980s with her band Rough Trade, she candidly shares her thoughts on AIDS, sexuality and sexual politics, and the new breed of music divas that dominate the charts today. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2000.By Michael Freedland. 1997
By Ellis Amburn. 1997
Holly was the personification of the American dream, and he died tragically at the age of twenty-two, but there was…
another side to him. Based on interviews with Holly's family, friends and lovers, this book reveals the truth behind the myth of the rock and roll star. 1995.By Steve Turner. 1998
Based on research from original sources and interviews with friends, family and colleagues - many of whom have not spoken…
before - this book gives the story of Cliff Richard's life as a rock-and-roller and a Christian.By David Hajdu. 1997
A portrait of Billy Strayhorn, a prolific composer of American jazz. Recounts his youth as a musical prodigy, when he…
joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra and wrote the band's theme song, "Take the 'A' Train." Strayhorn, who was openly gay, spent his career largely in Ellington's shadow. Strayhorn died prematurely in 1967.By Andrew Morton. 2000
Young, good-looking, famous and rich, there is no better-known celebrity couple than Posh and Becks. In this biography, Andrew Morton…
reveals the truth behind the headlines. He examines Victoria's relationship with the other Spice Girls and David's relationship with Manchester United. Through tell-all interviews with those who inhabit the Beckhams' circle, the author unfolds a story of two young people struggling to lead ordinary lives and obsessed with guarding their privacy. Yet, he argues, the Beckhams are also a couple prepared to do whatever it takes to keep themselves in the spotlight. 2000.By Jurg Oppliger. 1997
Answers questions such as: what do you have to offer an employer, what is the right way to write a…
resume and fill out an application form, and how can you make a good impression at a job interview? 1997.By Christy M Newman. 2000
A guide for ESL students to develop the language skills and effective communication strategies they need to succeed in the…
workplace. It focuses on giving and understanding instructions, reading and understanding safety rules, participating in work discussions, and discussing problems on the job. Theme-based lessons integrate listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and help the student understand North American workplace culture. 2000.By Mark Miller. 2001
By Volkmar Braunbehrens. 1992
The author examines and refutes the legend that Salieri was Mozart's murderer. Instead, although Salieri was Mozart's rival, Salieri was…
the most influential musician in Vienna, celebrated throughout Europe for his operas. Among his pupils were Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt. Uniform title: Salieri, ein Musiker im Schatten Mozarts.By Ira Bruce Nadel. 1996
Authorized biography of poet Leonard Cohen. The author was given access to Cohen's private archive of letters, journals, and songs,…
and uses interviews with Cohen and his friends. He describes Cohen's formative years in Montreal, including his guidance under such writers as Hugh MacLennan and Irving Layton, his development into one of Canada's most accomplished poets, and his career as a singer. 1996.