A history of the Mariposa Folk Festival, from its humble roots in Orillia in 1961 to international acclaim and legendary status as a premier folk music gathering. Mariposa began in the heyday of...
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Author: Hill, MichaelSummary:
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Author: White, MichaelSummary:
White weaves the history of early scientific endeavor, Leonardo's colorful personal life, including his deprived childhood, homosexuality, and relationships with contemporaries such as Machiavelli...
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Author: Donaghy, Greg, Carroll, Michael K.Summary:
Canada's role as world power and its sense of itself in the global landscape has been largely shaped and defined over the past 100 years by the changing policies and personalities in the...
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Author: Diamond, MichaelSummary:
A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, an audiobook as unique as the band itself. Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to...
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Author: Dixon, SeanSummary:
The Lacuna Cabal Montreal Young Women’s Book Club is not content simply to read and discuss books. Their process is a little more involved. They once kidnapped Irving Layton and took him for an...
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Author: Myers, Paul, Meyers, SethSummary:
It's finally here - the definitive, authorized story of legendary sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Meticulously researched and written with the full cooperation and participation of the...
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Author: Baigent, MichaelSummary:
ichael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, and Richard Leigh, authors of The Messianic Legacy, spent over 10 years on their own kind of quest for the Holy Grail, into the secretive history of early France....
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Author: Angel, MichaelSummary:
The Midewiwin is the traditional religious belief system central to the world view of Ojibwa in Canada and the US. It is a highly complex and rich series of sacred teachings and narratives whose...
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Author: Burns, Nicholas, Kusugak, Jose, Kusugak, MichaelSummary:
The book contains five tales of myth, adventure, and humour told at the top of the world, written and drawn by Inuit and northern Canadian comic creators. Stories include On Waiting, award-...
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Author: Harshaw, William A.Summary:
At the age of 37, Bill Harshaw was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. The news changed his life forever,bringing forth a saga that will give hope to not only Parkinsonians, but to people with...
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Author: Cselenyi-Granch, LadislavSummary:
Musical-instrument manufacturing was one of the few areas in which Canada was able to compete with the United States and England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This book describes one of...
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Author: Selvadurai, ShyamSummary:
Recently, South Asian writers such as Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje, Rohinton Mistry, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Monica Ali have been dominating the world’s literary scene, winning...
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2004 Caine Prize was awarded to the short story Seventh Street Alchemy by Brian Chikawava. The story is in this anthology, Writing Still. The Caine Prize for African creative writing is awarded...
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Author: Avrich, BarrySummary:
A sharp and witty exposé of show business and notorious characters Barry Avrich is a Montreal-born, self-made film producer/director, flamboyant advertising executive, and legendary biographer and...
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Author: Goodbrand, GrantSummary:
At one point in the 1970s, 900 people were engaged with a therapeutic community in Toronto. Living together, and sharing emotional problems, the participants helped to create an institution owning...