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Kings of convergence: the fight for control of Canada's media
By Gordon Pitts. 2002
In Canada, five media corporations dominate everything from newspapers to cable to Internet access: Rogers, CanWest, Shaw Communications, BCE, and…
Quebecor. Here is a look at the men who have directed these corporations, as well as speculation on the future of these multimedia empires. Some strong language. 2002.The diabetic's book: all your questions answered
By Barbara Toohey, June Biermann, Lois Jovanovic. 1994
The authors answer more than 130 frequently asked questions about diabetes. Chapters address general information, facts about Type I and…
Type II diabetes, concerns of family and friends, and weight loss. Also includes results of the 1993 American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Study. 1994.More choice: the Canadian diabetes microwave cookbook
By Catha McMaster, Charlotte Empringham. 1991
A collection of low-fat, low-sugar versions of popular recipes that can be prepared in minutes using a microwave. Each recipe…
includes a nutritional analysis listing carbohydrates, grams of protein, grams of fat, and calories per service, and the "CHOICE" system used by those following a diabetic diet. 1991.Managing diabetes for women: the only complete guide to Type 2 diabetes for Canadian women
By M. Sara Rosenthal. 1999
A guide to the prevention, detection and management of Type 2 diabetes. The book explains the symptoms specific to women,…
the long-term health risks and the treatment options available for each complication. 1999.Art, enterprise, and ethics: the life and works of William Morris
By Charles Harvey, Jon Press. 1996
William Morris' contributions to the worlds of art history and design, socialism and socialist thought, literary criticism and business were…
not always fully appreciated while he was alive, but a look backwards reveals a man of many achievements. Here his early influences and later accomplishments are examined in a series of essays, several of which were previously published in scholarly journals. 1996.Canadian Tire was founded by A.J. and John Billes in 1922 and grew to become a national institution. In 1986,…
one of A.J.'s sons decided to sell his company shares to a group of Canadian Tire dealers, sparking a feud with his sister, Martha. 1990 winner of the National Business Book Award. Strong language.A two tiered existence
By Samantha Kane. 1998
A Two Tiered Existence relates the life of Sam Hashimi - who hit the headlines in 1990 with his notorious…
take-over bid for Sheffield United football club - and the successful transformation of Sam into Samantha. Spanning two broken marriages, the traumatic loss of children, hospitalization and imprisonment, it is the story of a search for identity that would finally come into conflict with the conventional life of husband, father and businessman.Timothy Eaton and the rise of his department store
By Joy L Santink. 1990
This business biography of Timothy Eaton, who opened his first dry goods store in Toronto in 1869, is also a…
history of the retail trade in Canada. An Irish immigrant with little formal education, this visionary man had a major impact on Canada's culture.A life in progress
By Conrad Black. 1993
Beginning with his school days and his years as a small town newspaper publisher, Canadian financier Conrad Black describes his…
rise to the head of an international media empire. Black comments on his controversial business dealings, personalities he has known, and his involvement in politics. 1993.A matter of principle
By Conrad Black. 2011
In 2004, Black was fired as chairman of Hollinger International after he and his associates were accused of fraud. He…
describes his indictment, four-month trial in Chicago, partial conviction, imprisonment, and largely successful appeal. Woven throughout are Black's views on politics, corporate governance, the U.S. justice system, friendships, his Roman Catholic faith, and his marriage to Barbara Amiel. c2011.