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-- Ninety-nine :2016., General, Viking Canada Call No: Bio G834s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Wayne Gretzky looks back on the last ninety-nine years and tells us, from his point of view, about the NHL's most memorable moments. From hockey's fierce early battles on natural ice; through its mythical golden era, where Howe, Richard, Béliveau, Hull, Orr, and Esposito defined greatness; through the unforgettable dynasties in Montreal, New York, and Edmonton and the success stories of today's NHL, Gretzky takes us onto the ice and into the dressing room to share stories about the great players and great characters who have inspired him, weaving in his own memories of the game that has meant so much to him. These are accounts of friendship and rivalry, triumphs and upsets, role players and heroes.
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[2015]., Adult, ECW Press Call No: Bio G448a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "As one of Canada's leading editors and publishers for 40 years, Douglas Gibson coaxed modern classics out of some of Canada's finest minds, and then took to telling his own stories in his first memoir, Stories About Storytellers. That memoir became a one-man stage show that played from coast to coast. As a literary tourist, he discovered even more about the land and its writers and harvested many more stories, from distant past and recent memory, to share. Now, Gibson brings new stories about Robertson Davies, Jack Hodgins, W.O. Mitchell, Alistair MacLeod, and Alice Munro, and adds lively portraits of Al Purdy, Marshall McLuhan, Margaret Laurence, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Margaret Atwood, Wayne Johnson, Linwood Barclay, Michael Ondaatje, and many others. Whether fly fishing in Haida Gwaii or sailing off Labrador, Douglas Gibson is a first-rate ambassador for Canada and the power of great stories. Douglas Gibson worked as an editor and publisher from 1968 until he retired from McClelland & Stewart in 2007. He published his first memoir, Stories About Storytellers, in 2011"--Provided by publisher.
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-- All together now :2020., Doubleday Canada Call No: 782.42 D754a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: One of Newfoundland's funniest and most beloved storytellers offers his cure for the Covid blues. Is there a more sociable province than Newfoundland and Labrador? Or anywhere in Canada with a greater reputation for coming to the rescue of those in need? At this time of Covid, singer, songwriter and bestselling author Alan Doyle is feeling everyone's pain. Off the road and spending more days at home than he has since he was a child hawking cod tongues on the wharfs of Petty Harbour, he misses the crowds and companionship of performing across the country and beyond. But most of all he misses the cheery clamour of pubs in his hometown, where one yarn follows another so quickly 'you have to be as ready as an Olympian at the start line to get your tale in before someone is well into theirs already.' We're all experiencing our own version of that deprivation, and Alan, one of Newfoundland's finest storytellers, wants to offer a little balm. All Together Now is a gathering in book form--a virtual Newfoundland pub. There are adventures in foreign lands, including an apparently filthy singalong in Polish (well, he would have sung along if he'd understood the language), a real-life ghost story involving an elderly neighbour, a red convertible and a clown horn, a potted history of his social drinking, and heartwarming reminiscences from another past world, childhood--all designed to put a smile on the faces of the isolated-addled. Alan Doyle has never been in better form--nor more welcome. As he says about this troubling time: 'We get through it. We do what has to be done. Then, we celebrate. With the best of them.
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2020., Adult, Simon & Schuster Call No: Bio T784a Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights a week. Last year, he made the stunning announcement that he had been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. What followed was an incredible outpouring of love and kindness. Social media was flooded with messages of support, and the Jeopardy! studio received boxes of cards and letters offering guidance, encouragement, and prayers. For over three decades, Trebek had resisted countless appeals to write a book about his life. Yet he was moved so much by all the goodwill, he felt compelled to finally share his story. “I want people to know a little more about the person they have been cheering on for the past year,” he writes in The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life. The book combines illuminating personal anecdotes with Trebek’s thoughts on a range of topics, including marriage, parenthood, education, success, spirituality, and philanthropy. Trebek also addresses the questions he gets asked most often by Jeopardy! fans, such as what prompted him to shave his signature mustache, his insights on legendary players like Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer, and his opinion of Will Ferrell’s Saturday Night Live impersonation. The book uses a novel structure inspired by Jeopardy!, with each chapter title in the form of a question, and features dozens of never-before-seen photos that candidly capture Trebek over the years. This wise, charming, and inspiring book is further evidence why Trebek has long been considered one of the most beloved and respected figures in entertainment.
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2013., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: Bio H129a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Chris Hadfield was selected by the Canadian Space Agency to be an astronaut in 1992. He was Chief of Robotics at the Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2003-2006, and in March 2013, he became the first Canadian Commander of the International Space Station where, while conducting a record-setting number of scientific experiments and overseeing an emergency spacewalk, he gained worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking photographs and educational videos about life in space. His YouTube music video, a zero-gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity," has received millions of views"--Provided by publisher.
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[2016], Adult, Doubleday Canada Call No: 792.7 M996c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the heart about his home and native land. Mike Myers is a world-renowned actor, producer and writer, and the man behind some of the most memorable comic characters of our time. But as he says: "no description of me is truly complete without saying I'm a Canadian." Fully illustrated throughout, including many treasures from the author's personal archive. Published in the lead-up to the 2017 sesquicentennial, this is Mike Myers' birthday gift to his fellow Canadians.
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2019., Delve Books, an imprint of Irwin Law Inc. Call No: 344.713044 S359d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Canada has seen a dramatic increase in the numbers of mentally ill people entering the criminal justice system. In Canada and the United States, mental health courts were introduced in the late 1990s as a rehabilitative solution to traditional responses (such as incarceration) that had proven to be ineffective and detrimental to the mentally ill. Recognizing that the criminalization process was neither designed nor intended to address society's responsibility to the mentally disordered individual, these courts have sought to reverse the misplaced responsibility for the provision of mental health care services. The Death of a Butterfly explores the mental health court and its relationship with the mentally disordered accused from the perspective of Ontario Court Justice Richard D. Schneider. How do the courts consider the protection of the public while also subscribing to the basic principles of therapeutic jurisprudence? This and other related topics are discussed fully in this collection of vignettes, alongside in-depth accounts of cases tried in the Old City Hall courthouse in Toronto. The tales of life in the mental health court--which served as a vibrant setting for the award-winning CBC series This Is Wonderland--provide a compelling analysis of fitness to stand trial, what it means to be criminally responsible, and the role of mental disorders. Schneider's honest depictions offer insight into the mentally disordered accused and the factors that place these accused in the justice system.
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2020., Guernica Editions Call No: QWF 780.9 W328d Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Essential essays series Volume: 73.Summary Note: "Dervish at the Crossroads isn't a music guide so much as an autobiographical exploration of the experience of music from 2000 to 2020, with commentary on what makes the experience of music during these two decades radically different from all that came before. As the title of the book implies, due to the unique conditions of our time we can no longer think of ourselves as points on a series of evolutions; we're now much more present to all of music, from the beginning of written and recorded music, all of which turns around us like spokes on a wheel. This grants us a unique vantage point from which to appreciate music in itself. The book alternates text with a comics and infographics detailing the history of the author's discoveries as a music journalist during this time, along with personal experiences and ruminations and interviews."--
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c2013., Adult, Knopf Canada Call No: 958.104 G648d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A highly personal narrative of our war in Afghanistan and how it went dangerously wrong. Written by a former foreign correspondent, this is a gripping account of modern warfare that takes you into back alleys, cockpits and prisons. From the corruption of law enforcement agents and the tribal nature of the local power structure to the economics of the drug trade and the frequent blunders of foreign troops, this is the no-holds-barred story from a leading expert on the insurgency. A bold and candid look at the Taliban's continued influence--and at the mistakes, catastrophes and ultimate failure of the West's best intentions.
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The Dramatic Legacy of Dorothy Davis and Violet Walters : The Montreal Children's Theatre, 1933-2009By Gold, Muriel2010., iUniverse Call No: QWF 971.4 G618d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: It was 1933 in the midst of the Great Depression. Montrealers, like their counterparts in other countries, were inundated with financial burdens. Dance lessons, music lessons, drama lessons were considered in many quarters as "frills." This pervasive mood did not daunt two young women, Dorothy Davis and Violet Walters, from initiating their mission. Difficult times, they believed, were all the more reason to inspire children through the love of the arts, in this case drama and theatre. Muriel Gold tells teh story of these two dynamic women through innumerable anecdotes, often hilarious, sometimes moving, but always a compelling and fascinating read. A former student and teacher at teh School, she recreates the magic of past Children's Theatre productions, cities thh monologues, the poems, the voice exercises vividly recalled by the children they nurtured over a period of close to to 60 years.
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c2000., HarperCollins Publishers Call No: 799.12 J27f Edition: 1st HarperCollins trade paper ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2012., General, David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books Call No: 917.1243 S26g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
