“As the dark closes in and the fire settles down to a deep and warming glow, there’s no nightcap better than a good story well told.”
Andy Russell is a master storyteller, and this collection of new and previously published...
Anecdotes
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Author:Russell, AndySummary: - Author:Tait, MalcolmSummary:
Crocodiles lure unsuspecting, sympathetic victims towards them by crying. Hedgehogs steal apples by collecting them on their spikes. The chronicle of natural history is absolutely littered with mistaken notions like these, some...
- Author:Mofford, Glen A.Summary:
A rowdy, rollicking popular history that celebrates the tales of Victoria’s drinking establishments in their heyday. From the raunchy saloons that lined Victoria’s notorious Johnson street to the lavish high-class hotel-bars like the...
- Author:Converse, Cathy, Sawatsky, AdamSummary:
Brought into the media spotlight by her great-niece Pamela Anderson, Auntie Vie burst onto the scene as Pamela’s biggest supporter on “Dancing with the Stars.” Unexpectedly, Auntie Vie’s distinctive balance of earned wisdom and chic...
- Author:MacDonald, FrankieSummary:
Canada's favourite weather reporter offers his one-of-a-kind perspective on all things weather! Ever wonder where clouds come from? Or how meteorologists predict the weather? This brand new book, starring Nova Scotia's favourite weather...
- Author:Yerkes, Leslie, Decker, CharlesSummary:
Based on the success story of a small Seattle coffee shop, this audiobook is a tasty brew of sound principles and instructive anecdotes.
- Author:Healey, EmmaSummary:
Wry, inventive, and relentlessly honest, a memoir of trying to make a living without compromising your truth. Emma Healey just wants to be a writer, but that’s more a journey than a job, and the journey isn’t free. As a teenager, she...
- Author:Johns, LindaSummary:
Winner, Evelyn Richardson Memorial Prize for Non-Fiction. Well-known naturalist and artist Linda Johns shares her woodland home with a menagerie of injured wild birds — starlings, blue jays, pigeons, baby woodpeckers, a rose-breasted...
- Author:Ranson, RickSummary:
Rick Ranson recounts a twenty-four day shift at an oilsands operation undergoing a shutdown.
- Author:Neering, RosemarySummary:
Britsh Columbia Bizarre is a fascinating and eclectic mix of tales, snippets, historical facts, fancies and misconceptions teased from the history of British Columbia. No one should read this book to obtain a balanced view of the...
- Author:Young, KevinSummary:
Bunk traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes the rest of us so gullible. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, race being...
- Author:Sampson, Steffanie, Busey, GarySummary:
Who am I to give advice? A genius? A crazy madman? This is not advice. I am sharing the life lessons I learned while surviving the ups and downs of almost fifty years in Hollywood, a near fatal motorcycle accident, a drug overdose, two...
- Author:Grant, Robert S.Summary:
Offers readers a kaleidoscope of aviation stories from former bush pilot Robert Grant. Having logged more than 12,000 hours of flight time in the wilds of Canada, Grant takes the reader with him on his travels from coast to coast to...
- Author:Forscutt, KenSummary:
Ken Forscutt flew a Cessna for 17 years into various places in Northwestern Canada, and this is the true life adventure, based on the logbook entries and the recollections of fellow pilots.
- Author:Guilbert, MichelSummary:
Les patients du docteur Michel Guilbert s’adonnent quelquefois à des combinaisons linguistiques savoureuses… que le docteur s’est empressé de noter. En réunissant ces perles, toutes certifiées 100% vraies, l’auteur nous donne l’occasion...
- Author:Sedaris, DavidSummary:
David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris' cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with...
- Author:Myers, MikeSummary:
Comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 53-year relationship with his beloved Canada. Mike Myers is a world-renowned actor, director and writer, and the man behind some of the most memorable comic...
- Cats with character : writers' cats, cats in literature, cats in power and other interesting kittiesAuthor:Summary:
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons." -Robertson Davies. So many of our greatest authors have had cats that it seems a cat is next to the pen in importance...
- Author:Poirier, VanessaSummary:
Le camping est un passe-temps que j’affectionne maintenant énormément. C’est la seule façon de mettre au repos le petit hamster que j’ai dans ma tête et d’enfin pouvoir relaxer pleinement. Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais j’ai tendance à...
- Author:MacDonald, CherylSummary:
Canadian history is full of touching stories of animal companionship, and some relationships between people and their cherished companions are legendary. From Grey Owl and the Beaver People to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King'...
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