Posts Tagged ‘Non-Fiction’
Is Work Killing You?
David Posen, M.D is a family physician who counsels patients on stress management and gives seminars on how we live and what we can do to improve the quality of our lives. House of Anansi (CAN) 2013 Is Work Killing You? A Doctor’s Prescription for Treating Workplace Stress From the bestselling author of The Little Book…
Read MoreGONE TO AN AUNT’S: Remembering Canada’s Homes For Unwed Mother
“Anne Petrie’s book is a triumph–impeccably researched, beautifully written, and gripping to read. It is assured a place of honour among the finest chronicles of women’s lives.”June Callwood McClelland & Stewart CAN/98 GONE TO AN AUNT’S: Remembering Canada’s Homes For Unwed Mother Anne Petrie’s non-fiction book tells about life in “homes for unwed mothers.” These institutions sheltered…
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Terry O’Reilly and Mike Tennant
Praise for The Age of Persuasion
Praise for The Age of Persuasion “The charm behindThe Age of Persuasion is that it is written from the perspective of two people who love what they do…Using anecdotes about specific ad agencies and branding campaigns, they give us a kind of “behind the curtain” peek at what makes advertising successful.”Winnipeg Free Press “A terrific look…
Read MoreGod’s Brain
Praise for God’s Brain “With economy, evidence, and no little wit and elegance, Lionel Tiger and Michael McGuire look for the answer to religion’s ubiquity and persistence in the only place possible: the human brain. To say more would be to give away their answer, and that would spoil a great read and a serious and informative…
Read MoreKen McGoogan
“Brisk, readable books about Englishmen doing great things…don’t come much better than this.â€The Observer “A gripping tale of genuine adventures, very well told.â€Kirkus Reviews Bantam Press UK 2004Carroll & Graf USA 2004HarperCollins Canada 2003 Ancient MarinerArctic adventures of Samuel Hearne, the sailor who inspired Coleridge’s poemThe life of Samuel Hearne is a story of love, friendship,…
Read MoreFatal Passage
“In Ken McGoogan’s artful telling, John Rae emerges from the shadows to take his place among the most intriguing of the 19th century arctic explorers. This is delightful reading.â€Andrea BarrettAuthor of The Voyage of the NarwhalAwards:The Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize The Lila Common Award for Canadian History The Grant MacEwanAuthor’s Award The Christopher Award Carroll & Graf USA 2002Bantam…
Read MoreLady Franklin’s Revenge
“His biography is as detailed, thorough, and compulsive as Jane Franklin herself might have demanded.â€The Mail on Sunday (London) “…an exhaustive and scrupulously researched biography.â€Sara WheelerTimes of London “McGoogan’s biography of Lady Franklin is both a detailed study of an extraordinary woman and an adventure story almost too fantastic to be true.â€Glasgow Herald “An unforgettable book.â€Edmonton Journal “elegant, lucid…
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Dona Matthews and Joanne Foster
Endorsements for Beyond Intelligence: Secrets of Raising Happily Productive Kids
Manuscript Available Endorsements for Beyond Intelligence: Secrets of Raising Happily Productive Kids I think what I liked most about Beyond Intelligence was that it is not only about raising children, but how we, as parents and individuals look at the world and engage with it. It made me reflect on who I am as a creative person and…
Read MoreThe Unwanted
Oxford US 1985 The UnwantedEuropean Refugees in the 20th Century There have always been homeless people, but only in the twentieth century have refugees become an important part of international politics, seriously affecting relations between states. Since the 1880s, the number of displaced persons has climbed astronomically, with people scattered over vaster distances and for…
Read MoreVichy France and the Jews with Robert Paxton
Basic Books US 1981 Vichy France and the Jews with Robert Paxton “This superb and definitive description of Vichy’s policy…has two conspicuous merits. It pulverizes the defense of those apologists of Vichy who claim that Petain and Laval weren’t as bad as all that. It also allows the historical debate the shift from ‘what happened?’…
Read MoreA Documentary History
Bedford Books/St. Martin’s Press/US96 THE NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL, 1945-46 A Documentary History A short college text examines the most important war crimes trial in history which subjected the Nazi leaders to the judgment of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. The book considers the context of Nazi wartime criminality, discusses the political, legal and ideological…
Read MoreTHE HOLOCAUST IN HISTORY
“The best assessment available on the state of knowledge on the Final Solution, on motives, resistance, and collaboration, as well as the reaction of the outside world. This book is also the best short review of this tragic period.”Walter Laqueur “It is an ideal introduction to the subject for any student of the Holocaust, and…
Read MoreMichael R. Marrus
“Michael Marrus of the University of Toronto sets forth a carefully argued account of those historic lawsuits in Some Measure of Justice. A distinguished scholar of the Holocaust, Marrus approaches the subject as a historian with a special interest in law.”National Post Michael Marrus is a distinguished scholar of the Holocaust and former Dean of Graduate Studies at…
Read MoreLessons of the Holocaust
Michael Marrus is the author of The Holocaust in History, The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial 1945-46; A Documentary History, Vichy France and the Jews (with Robert O. Paxton), and Some Measure of Justice, on Holocaust restitution. he is a Fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto and the Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies. He is a…
Read MoreFINDING OUR WAY: Rethinking Ethnocultural Relations in Canada
Awards:2004 Killam Prize for Social Sciences FINDING OUR WAY: Rethinking Ethnocultural Relations in Canada Many people today believe that ethnocultural politics in Canada are spiralling out of control, with ever more groups in society making ever greater demands. Finding Our Way offers a more balanced view. Will Kymlicka argues that the difficulties involved in accommodating ethnocultural diversity…
Read MoreCONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“By far the best introduction to contemporary philosophy currently available.”Philosophical Books “[The book] represents a significant milestone in the renaissance of political philosophy…one of the first high-level surveys of the key lines of development in this renaissance, integrating diverse schools of thought and their literature in an enormously helpful way…For a higher level undergraduate or…
Read MoreLAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE
“Martin Knelman probes deeper to find the real John Candy, a much more ambivalent figure… he’s rescued him from the sanctimonious prison of his image. We can laugh now.â€Mark Breslin/Toronto Star Penguin Canada Oct/96St. Martin’s Press (U.S.) Oct/97 LAUGHING ONTHE OUTSIDEThe Life Of John Candy John Candy — the actor and comedian who died of…
Read MoreTHE JOKER IS WILD
Penguin CAN/99 THE JOKER IS WILDThe Life of Jim Carrey In 1976, at a Toronto comedy club, a nerdy 14-year-old from the outskirts of the city turned up to make his debut on amateur night, encouraged by a doting father, himself a frustrated performer. Doing a bad Jimmy Stewart impression, he drew hoots of derision…
Read MoreMIKE’S WORLD
“If Mike Myers ever becomes a Jeopardy! category, this book will win you the big bucks! In fact, author Martin Knelman scores a true daily double with this in-depth, no-holds-barred look into the darker side of Canada’s latest comic enfant terrible.”The Globe and Mail Martin Knelman, a prominent, award-winning Toronto journalist, is the author of…
Read MoreTHE MANITOUS: The Spiritual World Of The Ojibway
“An extraordinary glimpse into a rich and meaningful mythology”Kirkus HarperCollins US/95Key Porter CAN/95Minnesota Historical Society Press/Reissue 2001 THE MANITOUS: The Spiritual World Of The Ojibway A major work, this is the first discussion by a Native scholar of the mysteries represented by manitous, totems, weendigoes and other spirits in Ojibway belief. The Ojibway or Chippewa…
Read MoreThe Spy Within
“Hoffman possesses a solid command of his material and conveys the secretive nature of espionage agencies with a novelist’s panache.” Kirkus “The hunt is electrifying…Hoffman’s knowledge of the espionage business [is] shared with us in vivid…
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