Anecdotes
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Author:Bryson, BillSummary: - Author:Richardson, BillSummary:
At the heart of Richardson's CBC Radio show is a variety of domestic tales that listeners relate through letters and phone calls. Their stories are sometimes comic and sometimes achingly sad. This is a collection of 163 of the most...
- A 6th bowl of Chicken soup for the soul : 101 more stories to open the heart and rekindle the spiritAuthor:CANFIELD, JackSummary:
Another inspiring collection of new stories, anecdotes and tales. In the tradition of all the books in the original Chicken Soup series, this volume focuses on love; parents and parenting; teaching and learning; death and dying;...
- Author:Hitchins, ShawnSummary:
Musings from a "one-man flash mob" (Toronto Star) Comedian Shawn Hitchins explores his irreverent nature in this debut collection of essays. Hitchins doesn't shy away from his failures or celebrate his mild successes-he...
- Author:Blazino, DarrylSummary:
What starts as a simple fishing trip becomes a cathartic experience in the untamed wilderness of Ontario’s northwestern canoe country. A nine-day fishing trip turns into a profound life-altering event and marks the beginning of a...
- Author:Brown, MicheleSummary:
What's the sexiest thing you can do, by yourself or with a partner, that's guaranteed to titillate your senses, stimulate your mind and release tension? Why, read A Collection of Sexy Quotes, of course! A Collection of Sexy Quotes...
- Author:Gibson, DouglasSummary:
More adventures from one of Canada's premier editors and storytellers. Canada is a country rich in stories, and few take as much joy as Douglas Gibson in discovering them. As one of the country's leading editors and publishers for 40...
- Author:Crozier, Lorna, Lane, PatrickSummary:
With new material from Susan Cheever, Molly Jong-Fast, and Rick Whitaker. What is this craving that overpowers all else? What is it like to be addicted, and what does it take to get straight or sober? In this new and expanded edition of...
- Author:Doyle, Debbie J.Summary:
Like its predecessors in the Durvile True Cases series, After the Force features true cases and investigations, this time by police officers who have served in municipal, provincial, and federal police services. Stories in this...
- Author:De Meijer, SadiqaSummary:
alfabet / alphabet is the record of Sadiqa de Meijer's transition from speaking Dutch to English. Exploring questions of identity, landscape, family, and translation, the essays navigate the shifting cultural currents of language by...
- Author:Enriquez, MarianaSummary:
Este libro reúne una serie de muy particulares crónicas de viajes por medio mundo. La autora recorre países y continentes para visitar algo muy concreto y acaso inusual: cementerios. Desfilan por estas páginas camposantos célebres...
- Author:Wentworth, AlexandraSummary:
Ali Wentworth shares the absurd and sometimes trying moments that got her and her family through the pandemic, and their experience with the disease that has affected millions of lives.
- Author:Wells, JeffSummary:
The highly amusing, uplifting and entertaining follow-up to All My Patients Have Tales In this second collection by our intrepid vet, Jeff Wells has his work cut out for him when he learns thatllamas do not take kindly to having their...
- Author:Fisher, Rachel, Stretch, Heather, Tunnicliffe, RobinSummary:
New farmers, experienced growers, budding environmentalists, and fans of natural, organic produce alike are sure to love All the Dirt. Filled with beautiful photographs and covering a wide variety of topics, from agrofuels and food...
- Author:Ryan, JaniceSummary:
Animals have extraordinary minds capable of exceptional acts of perception, generosity, bravery and kindness. Their connection with humankind gives us a glimpse into their world and their desire to share it with us. Here is a collection...
- Author:Mouallem, OmarSummary:
Loving or aloof, mischievous or cuddlyfor many people, their cats are an integral part of the family. Here are extraordinary stories of some of the worlds most charismatic and captivating cats, such as Winnie, the ASPCA 2007 cat of the...
- Author:Wojna, LisaSummary:
Our best friends. They can be pets or working dogs; they race for sticks and balls or find survivors of disasters, and they are the subjects of some of the most amazing and touching stories: * Employees of the Albany post office adopted...
- Author:Burden, George, Grant, DorothySummary:
The twenty true tales in Amazing Medical Stories give a rich and entertaining picture of the ways in which medical workers (both real and fake) have used the keys to the mysterious kingdom of life: health, disease, and physical anomaly...
- Author:Straehl, PatrickSummary:
Un recueil de chroniques complètement désopilantes, essentiellement sous forme de dialogues, portant sur le quotidien d'un père partageant la garde de ses quatre adolescents, doués d'un sens de l'humour mordant. Bienvenue dans l'univers...
- Author:Sides, HamptonSummary:
For more than fifteen years, bestselling author and historian Hampton Sides has traveled widely across the continent exploring the America that lurks just behind the scrim of our mainstream culture. In these two dozen pieces, collected...
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