The true life exploits of a zoo veterinarian called all over the world to attend his exotic animal patients.
Biography
- Author:TAYLOR, DavidSummary:
- Author:Eggers, DaveSummary:
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun--a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four--chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the eerie days after the storm, he...
- Author:Musgrave, SusanSummary:
Musgrave writes of family, writing, travel, sex and death as interpreted through her real-life adventures with her outlaw husband, Stephen Reid, and her teenage girls, taking us from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Panama City.
- Author:Gurwitch, AnnabelleSummary:
Actress, producer, and acclaimed writer Annabelle Gurwitch--once fired from a play by Woody Allen--can find humor in any situation. Here she teams with her husband Jeff Kahn for a funny look at the ups and downs of marriage.
- Author:Love, LauraSummary:
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Laura Love is known for her "folk-funk" style of music. In this, her writing debut, she focuses her talents on a poignant memoir of growing up in an extremely dysfunctional family in racially...
- Author:Charron, Suzanne F.Summary:
- Author:Olsen, KeithSummary:
One winter in the 1960's Keith Olsen, his brother and parents went out to a trapline on Little Mahigan Lake in Northern Saskatchwan. Olsen recounts how his family made a success of this way of life with 2 young boys.
- Author:Sledge, E. B.Summary:
A personal account of the vitality and bravery of the U.S. Marines at the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa.
- Author:Oates, Stephen B.Summary:
Award-winning historian uses primary and secondary sources to illuminate the personal and professional life of Abraham Lincoln. Depicts Lincoln's struggle to succeed in the legal and business fields, his disappointing early...
- Author:Read, SimonSummary:
Based on Winston's private letters and war reportage, Winston Churchill Reporting intertwines his daring exploits in combat, adventures in distant corners of the globe, and rise as a major literary talent - experiences that shaped...
- Author:Ramsden, JohnSummary:
In this course, Queen Mary University of London history professor John Ramsden discusses Churchill's extraordinary life and his remarkable range of skills including his achievements in a sixty-year-long public life. He seeks to...
- Author:Holden, AnthonySummary:
Holden's portrayal is a racy, incident-packed account of Shakespeare as husband, father, actor, poet and Stratford lad who found subsequent immortality via the stage of Elizabethan London.
- Author:King, JamesSummary:
- Author:Burgess, SteveSummary:
Chosen as a Globe 100 Best Book of the year in 2011! One of Canada's funniest writers tackles his mother's life and death in a profound, entertaining story. Memoir, biography, and outrageous comedy make for a perfect blend in...
- Author:PAPALIA, NicSummary:
Nic Papalia works as a carer for people with disabilities. In this book he describes situations and characters he has come into contact with, as well as the struggles and personal hardships both carers and their clients must face on a...
- Author:Cullen, KevinSummary:
Chronicles the criminal career of the gangster who provided a protection racket against drug lords, ran illegal gambling, robbed banks, and served as an informant for the FBI until going into hiding for sixteen years.
- Author:Doyle, AlanSummary:
From the lead singer of the band Great Big Sea comes a memoir about growing up in the tiny fishing village of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, and then taking to the world stage. Alan paints a vivid and raucous portrait of a curious young...
- Author:K'naanSummary:
2Waving Flag3 has become an international anthem for world soccer and for young people around the world. K{u2019}naan, a young Somali Canadian musician, inspired by words from his grandfather, movingly recounts his...
- Author:Mezrich, Joshua D.Summary:
Surgeon Joshua D. Mezrich takes us inside the operating room to unlock the process of transplant surgery, a delicate, intense ballet requiring precise timing, breathtaking skill, and at times, creative improvisation. Mezrich examines...
- Author:STYNES, JimSummary:
The switch to Aussie rules by the Irish Gaelic football player. How he left his country and his move to the Melbourne Football Club and also his Brownlow Medal win.