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By Don McKay. 1991
By Robyn Sarah, Eric L Ormsby. 2015
Poet Robyn Sarah reflects on the passing of time, the fleetingness of dreams, and the bittersweet pleasure of thinking on…
the “hazardous … treasurehouse” that is the past. Natural, musical, meditative, warm, and unexpectedly funny, this is a restorative and moving collection from one of Canada’s most well-regarded poets. Winner of the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. 2015.By David Hepworth. 2016
1971 was defined by the musical arrival of such stars as David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Joni Mitchell.…
The world would hear Don McLean's "American Pie," The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar," The Who's "Baba O'Riley," Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," Rod Stewart's "Maggie May," Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," and more. Hepworth takes us on a tour of the major moments, events, and songs of this remarkable year, showing how musicians came together to form the perfect storm of rock and roll greatness, starting a musical era that would last longer than anyone predicted. 2016.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 Sylvia Plath, Sina Queyras. 2017
A poem-by-poem engagement with Sylvia Plath's 'Ariel' and the towering mythology surrounding it. Where were you when you first read…
Ariel? Who were you? What has changed in your life? In the lives of women? In 'My Ariel', Sina Queyras barges into one of the iconic texts of the twentieth century, with her own family baggage in tow, exploring and exploding the cultural norms, forms, and procedures that frame and contain the lives of women. Winner of the 2018 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry (QWF). 2017.By John J Pershing. 1995
Then General of the Armies chronicles United States involvement in the "Great War", from Woodrow Wilson's 1917 appointment of Pershing…
to command the American Expeditionary Forces in France, through the armistice in 1918. Won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for history under the title "My Experiences in the World War". 1995. Uniform title: My experiences in the World WarBy Eve Ruggieri. 2006
De Mozart on connaît bien sur l'enfant prodige, l'adolescent rebelle, le génie foudroyé à trente-cinq ans. Mais il en est…
un autre, plus proche de nous, qu'Eve Ruggieri accompagne tout au long d'un itinéraire sentimental et libertin où l'on découvre son insatiable soif d'amour et de plaisirs. Des premiers émois de l'adolescence, des palpitations de Chérubin, aux jeux érotiques chez la Cousinette : d'une folle passion abusée aux conquêtes musiciennes transposées de l'alcôve aux scènes d'opéra, il n'est de note chez Mozart qui ne chante les feux du coeur et des sens. 2006.By Alain Gueullette. 1982
By Joseph Lelyveld. 1985
"South Africa sates you with paradox," says journalist Lelyveld, whose profile of the country offers a view of its wide…
variety of inhabitants, including squatters near Cape Town, witch doctors in Soweto, and blacks in the Security Police. American involvement in South Africa undergoes close and critical scrutiny. Some strong language. Winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. 1985.By William P Malm. 1977
This comprehensive survey of music and musical instruments found in the major Asian civilizations and in the island cultures of…
the Eastern Hemisphere also provides an introduction to the attitudes and techniques of ethno-musicology. (Prentice-Hall history of music series)By Anthony Storr. 1992
Music is the most mysterious and least tangible of all forms of art. Yet, Anthony Storr believes, music today is…
a deeply significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before. In this book, he explores why this should be so. 1992.By Charles Foran. 2010
Mordecai Richler won multiple awards for adult and children's fiction, and wrote Oscar-nominated screenplays. His influence was larger than life…
in Canada and abroad. Foran describes Mordecai's life as young bohemian, irreverent writer, passionate and controversial Canadian, loyal friend, romantic lover, and devoted husband and father. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. Winner of the 2011 Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction. 2010.By Claudine Kirgener. 1988
Chanteur, vedette du café-concert et du music-hall, comédien, Maurice Chevalier a été pendant plus d'un demi-siècle l'incarnation des jours heureux…
de la Belle Époque, des années folles et, jusqu'à sa mort en 1972, comme un garant de notre joie de vivre. 1988.By Solange Messier. 2014
"Mingan my village" is a collection of 15 faces and 15 poems written by young Innu. Given a platform to…
be heard, the children chose to transport readers far away from the difficulties and problems related to their realities to see the beauty that surrounds them in nature. Winner of the 2013 Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec (5-11 years category). Grades K-3 and older readers. 2014.By William Bay. 1971
A comprehensive guide to guitar chords, denoted in a series of chord windows. The chords are presented by key and…
then subdivided according to melody chords, inside chords, rhythm chords and bottom 4 string chords. 1971.By Tony Foster. 1986
Major-General Kurt Meyer of the German armed forces during World War II was charged as a war criminal for the…
murders of 43 soldiers. A court martial sentenced Meyer to death although no evidence was presented to prove he ordered the killings. 1987 winner of the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award. 1986.By Maurice Champagne. 1980
L'auteur nous montre comment on peut répondre aux besoins de la personne et libérer la famille de ce qui l'aliène…
dans la société. Il met surtout en cause le pouvoir social mâle et les rôles destructeurs que ce pouvoir a maintenus entre les hommes et les femmes. 1980.By Antoine Sfeir. 2013
De façon pédagogique, l'auteur expose les faits historiques, théologiques et politiques qui ont figé le conflit entre une majorité Sunnite…
et une minorité Chiite, depuis la mort du prophète Mahomet. Ils permettent de comprendre les événements irakiens, iraniens, libanais ou syriens. Prix Livre et Droits de L'homme 2013. 2013.By Alex Ross. 2010
Music critic and author of "The Rest Is Noise" offers a selection of his articles from the New Yorker. Surveys…
the musical landscape--classical and pop--and portrays the composers, conductors, string quartets, and rock bands responsible for shaping it, including Bob Dylan, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, and Johannes Brahms. 2010.