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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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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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2015., Adult, HarperCollins Publishers Call No: 796.96 M161h Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Every Canadian town has a hockey story, and Ron MacLean has a hockey story for every town. When you first meet Ron MacLean, he asks where you're from, and he always comes back with a story. In his 28 years on Hockey Night in Canada and now as host of Rogers' Hometown Hockey, Ron has met fascinating people from coast to coast and has great stories to tell. MacLean is back, with brand new tales from across the country. Fom London to Castlegar, Yellowknife to Cole Harbour, Medicine Hat to Trois Rivieres, from Bantam to Junior B to the NHL, our country is full of great characters: Players, coaches, hockey moms and hockey dads; rivalries, practical jokes, careers that grew out of nothing and "can't lose" prospects who flamed out too soon; spectacular triumphs, heart-breaking tragedies and tales of friendship, betrayal, love and loyalty -- all compelling, entertaining and inspiring. Ron MacLean and Kirstie McLellan Day are the authors of "Cornered : hijinks, highlights, late nights and insights.".
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2005., Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa = University of Ottawa Press Call No: 610.73 O58o Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2017., General, Random House Canada Call No: 333.91 M145o Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Expanding on his Globe and Mail series, columnist Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways, and how they sustain our spirit, identity and economy--past, present and future. No country is more blessed with fresh water than Canada. From the mouth of the Fraser River in BC, to the Bow in Alberta, the Red in Manitoba, the Gatineau, the Saint John and the most historic of all Canada's rivers, the St. Lawrence, Roy MacGregor, has paddled, sailed and traversed their lengths, learned their stories and secrets, and the tales of centuries lived on their rapids and riverbanks. He raises lost tales, like that of the Great Tax Revolt of the Gatineau River, and reconsiders histories like that of the Irish would-be settlers who died on Grosse Ile and the incredible resilience of settlers in the Red River Valley. Along the Grand, the Ottawa and others, he meets the successful conservationists behind the resuscitation of polluted wetlands, including even Toronto's Don, the most abused river in Canada (where he witnesses families of mink, returned to play on its banks). Long before our national railroad was built, our rivers held Canada together; in these sixteen portraits, filled with yesterday's adventures and tomorrow's promise, a story of Canada and its ongoing relationship with its most precious resource."--Provided by publisher.
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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
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2013., Adult, Guernica Editions Call No: 810.8 G558u Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Essential anthologies series (Toronto, Ont.) Volume: 4.Summary Note: "Mothers of the 1950s were wasp-waisted, dutiful, serene, and tied to the kitchen with apron strings. Or so we thought. This collection of searing and startling poetry and prose unties the stereotype and reveals women who were strong, wild, talented, wise, mad, creative, desperate, angry, courageous, bitter, tenacious, reckless and beautiful, sometimes all at once. The fifty-six contributors from across Canada and the world include multi-award-winning poets, novelists, and essayists, as well as compelling new literary voices. Authors include Judy Fong Bates, Denise Chong, Marjorie Doyle, Isabel Huggan, Jeanette Lynes, Alice Major, Daphne Marlatt, Diane Schoemperlen, Betsy Struthers, Sharon Thesen, Patricia Young, and more"--Back cover.
