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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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[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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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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2017., Seraphim Editions Call No: Bio C182d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Dr. Bartolo's umbrella and other tales from my surprising operatic life is a funny, touching, irreverent memoir about Chris Cameron's thirty year career as an opera and concert singer on stages across the country. Cameron might have been a nondescript face in a crowd, but when he sang, he was somebody. Dr. Bartolo's umbrella and other tales from my surprising operatic life invites readers along on Cameron's journey from ordinary suburban teenager to professional musician performing principal roles on the operatic stage. His often hilarious stories about performing offer insight into their historical context, plus such arcane facts as why an opera singer's voice can be heard above a whole orchestra while other people can barely be heard across the dining room table. Without trivializing the art form, the genial, approachable tone of the book makes it accessible to people of diverse ages and interests"--.
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-- Macdonald at two hundred :2014., Adult, Dundurn Press Call No: Bio M135m Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Fresh interpretations of Canada's founding Prime Minister, published for the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth in 1815. The collection throws new light on Macdonald's formative role in shaping government, promoting women's rights, managing the nascent economy, supervising westward expansion, overseeing relations with Native peoples, and dealing with Fenian terrorism. A special section deals with how Macdonald has (or has not) been remembered by historians as well as the general public. Macdonald emerges as an historical figure that is surprisingly relevant to our own times"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Storytellers :c2011., ECW Press Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: Spotlighting an extraordinary career, this autobiography reviews the authorœs accomplishments workingand playingalongside some of Canadaœs greatest writers. These humorous chronicles relate the projects he brainstormed for writer Barry Broadfoot, how he convinced eventual Nobel Prize contender Alice Munro to keep writing short stories, his early morning phone call from a former Prime Minister, and his recollection of yanking a manuscript right out of Alistair MacLeodœs own reluctant handswhich ultimately garnered MacLeod one of the worldœs most prestigious prizes for fiction. Insightful and entertaining, this collection of tales provides an inside view of Canadian politics and publishing that is rarely revealed, going behind the scenes and between the covers to divulge a treasure trove of literary adventures.
![Stories about storytellers [eBook] : publishing Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau, and others](/Library/images/~imageCT75975.JPG "Stories about storytellers [eBook] : publishing Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau, and others")
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-- Storytellers :c2011., ECW Press Call No: 070.92 G449s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Spotlighting an extraordinary career, this autobiography reviews the authorœs accomplishments workingand playingalongside some of Canadaœs greatest writers. These humorous chronicles relate the projects he brainstormed for writer Barry Broadfoot, how he convinced eventual Nobel Prize contender Alice Munro to keep writing short stories, his early morning phone call from a former Prime Minister, and his recollection of yanking a manuscript right out of Alistair MacLeodœs own reluctant handswhich ultimately garnered MacLeod one of the worldœs most prestigious prizes for fiction. Insightful and entertaining, this collection of tales provides an inside view of Canadian politics and publishing that is rarely revealed, going behind the scenes and between the covers to divulge a treasure trove of literary adventures.
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-- Hockey news the top 100 NHL hockey players of all time.1998., McClelland & Stewart Call No: 796.962 T763t Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
