The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, musician, and composer John Lurie "A picaresque roller coaster of a story, with staggering amounts of sex and drugs and the perpetual...
Biographies and autobiographies
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Author:Lurie, JohnSummary: - Author:May, MeredithSummary:
An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had...
- Author:Hlynka, AnthonySummary:
Translated from personal memoirs and diaries, this is a compelling story of Anthony Hlynka, the only sitting Member of Parliament of Ukrainian origin from 1940 to 1945. Representing the constituency of Vegreville, Alberta, for the...
- Author:Macgill, ChristineSummary:
Every immigrant that comes to Canada has a story. This book captures ten of those stories and the remarkable resiliency and fortitude of the human spirit. In 1994 one of the worst genocides in human history took place in Rwanda--over...
- Author:Williams, Terry TempestSummary:
For years, America's national parks have provided public breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why close to 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now, to honor the centennial of the...
- Author:Tantirige, SunilSummary:
The name Sri Lanka conjures two images. One is of an island of incredible beauty, a tropical paradise of golden beaches, mist-shrouded mountains carpeted with tea fields, and 2000-year-old cities and archaeological monuments, a land of...
- Author:Forden, Sara GaySummary:
Named one of the best books of the year by the Economist, House Of Gucci tells the remarkable story of the power of the Gucci Dynasty and their famed luxury goods house. While the business was achieving unprecedented success, the family...
- Author:RuPaulSummary:
Read by Ru Paul ***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!*** From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date - a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and...
- Author:Fagen, Cynthia, Patterson, JamesSummary:
The Kennedy name is synonymous with American royalty. Those who dwell in the House of Kennedy work hard, live hard, and win at all costs. But just how much has it cost them?
- Author:Challen, PaulSummary:
At the centre of the critically acclaimed Fox drama House, British actor Hugh Laurie has become the focus of fans across North America, Britain, and Australia. Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series,...
- Author:Coulter, MyrlSummary:
Winner, SFU Writer's Studio's First Book Competition (2010). Winner, Canadian Authors Association Exporting Alberta Award (2011).
Unmarried and pregnant in 1968 Winnipeg, teenager Myrl Coulter found herself at a loss. Unable (and...
- Author:Cheung, KarenSummary:
In a place where time is running out, sometimes the most radical act is remembrance. Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian,...
- Author:Vlahos, HadleySummary:
New York Times Bestseller. Passionate advocate for end-of-life care and TikTok star Hadley Vlahos shares moving stories of joy, wisdom, and redemption from her patients' final moments in this "brilliant" (Zibby Owens,...
- Author:Johnson, JosephineSummary:
"A beautiful book...about nature the way Walden was a book about nature. It should be read by everyone who still retains the capacity to feel anything" ( The New York Times ). Stunningly written and fiercely observed, a...
- Author:Isaacson, WalterSummary:
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an...
- Author:Snyder, LynsiSummary:
When Lynsi Snyder's grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948, they built it with a passion for quality and service that Lynsi embraced at a young age. After starting as a store associate at age seventeen, she then worked in...
- Author:Westell, AnthonySummary:
For political buffs, this is a fascinating view of the politics of the Diefenbaker-Pearson-Trudeau era, including backroom information never before published. For media buffs, its an inside view of the politics of our leading newspapers...
- Author:Equiano, OlaudahSummary:
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, details its writer's life in slavery, his time spent serving on galleys, the eventual attainment of his own freedom and later success in business. Including a...
- Author:Lippert, KevinSummary:
The sixth in our popular Words of Wisdom series, The Inventor Says invites readers to a gathering of history's most brilliant creative minds, where inventors past and present jostle, compete, contradict, and compliment each other....
- Author:Slade, SuzanneSummary:
Reinhardt's mixed-media artwork includes several lighthearted moments (parallel scenes featuring Edison and Ford as children highlight the explosive results of early failed experiments). It's a rewarding look at the importance...
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