This book recounts the battle for Europe through the eyes of three legendary generals: Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley. Drawn from the candid accounts of its main characters and those around them, this eye-opening narrative is sure to...
Biographies and autobiographies
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Author:Jordan, Jonathan W.Summary: - Author:Woodson, JacquelineSummary:
A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Another Brooklyn, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson...
- Author:Careless, J.M.S.Summary:
George Brown (1818-1880) was the influential editor of the Toronto Globe, the most powerful newspaper in British North America. He was also leader of the Liberal Party, arch-rival of John A. Macdonald, and the statesman who held the key...
- Author:Carlin, Peter AmesSummary:
Carlin has produced the definitive biography of the Boss himself--rock legend Bruce Springsteen. Drawing upon unfettered access to the singer as well as his closest friends and colleagues, Carlin examines the depths of this iconic...
- Author:Hiatt, BrianSummary:
The legend of Bruce Springsteen may well outlast rock 'n' roll itself. And for all the muscle and magic of his life-shaking concerts with the E Street Band, his legendary status comes down to the songs. He is an acknowledged master of...
- Author:Underhill, DougSummary:
Bryant Freeman was born by a river, and the sound of roaring water was both magical and constant. For the rest of his life, Freeman, an icon in the New Brunswick fly-fishing community, would be drawn to the outdoors, and, invariably,...
- Author:Mather, KenSummary:
Remarkable cattle drives, famous ranches and legendary characters are at the heart of Ken Mather's account of the early days of ranching in British Columbia. These are stories about drovers, ranchers, cowboys and "mud pups" (the...
- Author:Johnston, Sheila M.F.Summary:
This is the first generously illustrated biography of the Mohawk poet-performer E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake. The author has created an exciting volume of anecdotes, letters and poetry, and illustrated it with period photographs and...
- Author:Lowenstein, RogerSummary:
Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment, Warren Buffett amassed one of the epochal fortunes of the twentieth century--an astounding net worth of $10 billion, and counting. His awesome investment...
- Author:Stonechild, BlairSummary:
Buffy Saint-Marie is a symbol of the free expression movement of the 1960s and her powerful songs inspired countless people seeking hope and change. Her life has been one of transitions; from songwriter to famous intellectually-oriented...
- Author:Warner, AndreaSummary:
Narrated by the author, with interludes narrated by Buffy Sainte-Marie. A powerful, intimate look at the life and music of a beloved folk icon and activist. Folk hero. Songwriter icon. Living legend. Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these...
- Author:Linehan, MarshaSummary:
A memoir of Marsha Linehan's journey from a suicidal teenager to a world-renowned psychologist who developed the behavioral therapy DBT, to treat suicidal clients. When she was eighteen years old, Linehan began an abrupt downward...
- Author:Prosserman, Michael 'Piecez'Summary:
Build an organization that is growth-minded, values-based, and innovative using the six steps to 'responsible impact.' At age 16, Michael 'Piecez' Prosserman, a professional b-boy (breakdancer), completed a school...
- Author:Gibson, GordonSummary:
Logger, seaman, hotelier, politician, millionaire—Gordon Gibson was a tough man, a fast friend and a hellish enemy. Bull of the Woods is a tale of guts and raw courage from a Canadian Horatio Alger—a man big enough to tell his life...
- Author:Wylie, KenSummary:
On January 20, 2003, at 10:45 a.m., a massive avalanche released from Tumbledown Mountain in the Selkirk Range of British Columbia. Tonnes of snow carried 13 members of two guided backcountry skiing groups down the 37-degree incline of...
- Author:Applebaum, MollySummary:
Hidden away underground, in a box, twelve-year-old Molly has only her older cousin and her diary to keep her company. For two years, she writes of her confinement “in a grave”: the cold, dark and stuffiness, the unbearable suffering...
- Author:Burke, BrianSummary:
The gruffest man in hockey opens up about the challenges, the feuds, and the tragedies he's fought through. Brian Burke is one of the biggest hockey personalities--no, personalities full-stop--in the media landscape. His brashness...
- Author:Dunn, AndySummary:
-- Burn Rate is an unconventional entrepreneurial memoir, a parable for the twenty-first-century economy, and a revelatory look at the prevalence of mental illness in the startup community. With intimate prose, Andy Dunn fearlessly...
- Author:Wangersky, RussellSummary:
Winner of the 2009 British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, short-listed for the 2008 Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize Thousands of boys dream of becoming firefighters. Some get the chance, and for some of those, the...
- Author:Wilson, FrancesSummary:
"Never trust the teller," wrote D. H. Lawrence, "trust the tale." Everyone who knew him told stories about Lawrence, and Lawrence told stories about everyone he knew. He also told stories about himself, again and...
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