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From coast to coast: a personal history of radio in Canada
By Sandy Stewart. 1985
From the earliest days when radio stages resembled funeral parlours through the coverage of royal tours and the years of…
wartime broadcasting, the author presents all the major events in Canadian Radio. 1985."G" is for Grafton: the world of Kinsey Millhone
By Natalie Hevener Kaufman, Carol McGinnis Kay. 1997
Two professors present a "biography" of Kinsey Millhone, the fictional private detective of Sue Grafton's popular alphabetical mystery series. Millhone…
was first introduced in "A is for alibi." The authors compiled this work using the collection and Grafton's working journals. Some strong language and some violence. 1997.House
By Tracy Kidder. 1985
Analyzes the intimate details of constructing a Greek Revival house in Massachusetts. All of the complex relationships between the owner,…
the architect and the builders are explored. Strong language. Bestseller 1985.Eternal chalice: the Grail in literature and legend (The modern scholar)
By Monica Brzezinski Potkay. 2006
In this course, College of William & Mary professor Monica Brzezinski Potkay provides an overview of the many different ways…
writers of fiction and nonfiction have imagined, and reimagined, the object known as the Grail. 2006.First stage: the making of the Stratford Festival
By Allan Gould, Tom Patterson. 1987
On July 13, 1953, the Stratford Festival opened with Alec Guinness starring in "Richard III." This history of the Festival…
tells of the perseverance of the founder as well as optimism and hard work, from the director to the local milkman who organized high-school kids into a team of ushers. c1987.Fifty seasons at Stratford
By Robert Cushman. 2002
An historical account of Canada's world-renowned Shakespearean theatre, with commentaries from such Stratford alumni as Timothy Findley, Christopher Plummer, William…
Shatner, Irene Worth, and Hume Cronyn. A review of the theatre's humble beginnings under a tent, the difficult years when Canadian actors strove to establish themselves, and its present and continuing glory is recounted, as are descriptions of the myriad crafts and artisan departments that toil backstage on costume, make-up, and props. 2002.False impressions: the hunt for big-time art fakes
By Thomas Hoving. 1996
Surveys the world of art forgery through the centuries. Recounts case histories in which inauthentic art works were foisted on…
curators, art collectors, and other experts. Examines forgers' motives and offers methods for detecting fake works of art. 1996.Emerald city: Toronto visited
By John Bentley Mays. 1994
Easy riders, raging bulls: how the sex-drugs-and-rock-'n'-roll generation saved Hollywood
By Peter Biskind. 1998
From interviews with directors, producers, stars, spurned spouses, and burned partners, Biskind looks at the landmark movies of the 1970s…
and the people who made them while frequently destroying themselves in the process. He describes an era of gritty new realism and ethnicity starring the likes of Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, and Jane Fonda. 1998.Creation and recreation (Canadian university paperbooks ; #254)
By Northrop Frye. 1980
Cue the elephant!: backstage tales at the CBC
By Knowlton Nash. 1996
Knowlton Nash, former anchor of CBC's "The National," presents a collection of stories about the CBC, from its beginning to…
the 1990s. Using interviews with more than 120 past and present stars, Nash relates anecdotes about CBC personalities and shows, and what really went on behind the scenes. 1996.Body music
By Dennis Lee. 1998
In this collection of essays, Lee explores the experience of "body music": the dance of energy that poems arise from.…
He also describes the process of writing verse for children and pays tribute to a variety of Canadian poets. 1998.Coronation Street: the inside story
By Bill Podmore, Peter Reece. 1990
Bill Podmore of Coronation Street has revealed his personal memories of Britain's most famous soap. During the 13 years with…
Coronation Street, he led the soap to number one position. Bill tells of the real behind-the-scenes stories of the world's most famous street. 1990.Coming up roses: the Broadway musical in the 1950s
By Ethan Mordden. 1998
Discusses how the musical theatre of the 1950s was revolutionized by the development of the long-playing record, which enabled the…
quick production of original-cast recordings. Musical comedies dominated the era with shows such as "Guys and dolls," "The music man," and "Can-Can." 1998.Brunelleschi's dome: the story of the great cathedral in Florence
By Ralph King. 2000
Filippo Brunelleschi's design for the dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence remains one of the…
greatest achievements of Renaissance architecture. The dome was completed in 1436 and spans over 140 feet - larger than St Paul's in London, St Peter's in Rome and the Capitol in Washington, DC, making it the largest dome ever constructed using bricks and mortar. Brunelleschi's ambition and ingenuity, personal rivalries and intrigues are set in the context of the plagues, wars and political feuds of Renaissance Florence. 2000.Biographia literaria, or, Biographical sketches of my literary life and opinions: [part work] (Bollingen Ser. #Vol. 75)
By Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Walter Jackson Bate, James Engell. 1984
Biographia Literaria has emerged over the last century as a supreme work of literary criticism and one of the classics…
of English literature. Into this volume poured 20 years of speculation about the criticism and uses of poetry and about the psychology of art. Following the text of the 1817 edition, the editors offer the first completely annotated edition of the highly allusive work. 1984.Buckle at the ballet: Selected Ballet Writings
By Richard Buckle. 1980
Brave films, wild nights: 25 years of festival fever
By Brian Johnson. 2000
Over the last 25 years, The Toronto International Film Festival has grown from a turbulent upstart to one of the…
biggest and most influential annual events on the movie industry calendar. Maclean's entertainment writer Brian D. Johnson celebrates the festival's evolution and offers an authoritative historical analysis of North America's premiere cinematic spectacle. 2000.British painting: the golden age from Hogarth to Turner (World Of Art Series)
By William Vaughan. 1999
The period from the early works of Hogarth (about 1730) to the death of Turner (1851) was the golden age…
of British painting, bringing it into the forefront of European art. The main figures are Hogarth, Ramsay, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Lawrence, Blake, Constable and Turner. William Vaughan discusses the key personalities and analyses the class structure, political background, including the effects of the Napoleonic Wars, and economic factors that governed the art market. 1999.The author looks at 15 novels that over the past 125 years have made considerable sums of money but have…
not been entirely acceptable to the literary community. Includes: King Solomon's Mines; Beau Geste; Forever Amber; Under Two Flags; and Tarzan of the Apes. c1981.