Eldon Davis Rathburn (1916-2008), one of the most multi-dimensional, prolific, and endlessly fascinating composers of the twentieth century, wrote more music than any other Canadian composer of his generation. During a long and...
Biography
- Author:Wright, James K., Rogers, AllysonSummary:
- Author:Rodgers, SugarSummary:
Sugar Rodgers describes growing up in dire poverty, being homeless, struggling with academics, and clinging to basketball to keep focused and sane and then becoming an all-star in the Women's National Basketball Association.
- Author:Andersen, Christopher P.Summary:
They were the original power couple--outlandishly rich, impossibly attractive, and endlessly fascinating. Now, in this rare behind-the-scenes portrait of the Kennedys in their final year together, Christopher Andersen shows us a side...
- Author:Thomas, LewisSummary:
Presents a discussion of the evolution of medicine and the autobiographical notes of a medicine-watcher.
- Author:Hanagarne, JoshuaSummary:
At first glance, Josh Hanagarne seems an improbable librarian. He stands 6'7", competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette's syndrome. But books are his first love. Everything in Josh's life--from his...
- Author:Pierce, Barbara edSummary:
Collection of essays on the use of Braille
- Author:Arrowsmith-Young, BarbaraSummary:
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her slow, stubborn-or worse. As a child, she read and wrote everything backward, struggled to process concepts in language, continually...
- Author:Price, JillSummary:
Jill Price cannot forget anything. Ask her what she had for breakfast on any given day in 1970, and she'll tell you. She'll even tell you the major news events for that day. In this astonishing memoir, she shares what it's like to...
- Author:Kingston, Maxine HongSummary:
- Author:Moore, KateSummary:
Committed to an insane asylum in 1860 to keep her in line, Elizabeth Packard refused to be silenced and challenged the medical science of the day.
- Author:Brinkley, DouglasSummary:
Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's role in launching modern conservationsim, identifying the contributions of such influences as James Audubon and John Muir while describing how Roosevelt's exposure to natural wonders in his early...
- Author:Freedman, RussellSummary:
In the 1930s, black singer Marian Anderson was not allowed to perform at Constitution Hall. But with help from Eleanor Roosevelt, Anderson staged an amazing concert at the Lincoln Memorial and became an activist for civil rights.
- Author:BIN LADIN, CarmenSummary:
On September llth 2001, Carmen Bin Ladin heard the news that the Twin Towers had been struck. She instinctively knew that her brother-in-law's name would be linked to these horrifying acts of terrorism, and her heart went out to...
- Author:Alfano, MichelleSummary:
No parent is prepared for the moment when her daughter comes out to her--not as a lesbian, but as a person whose physical gender is out-of-keeping with his emotional and psychological gender-identity. In Michelle Alfano's intimate...
- Author:Louttit, ErnieSummary:
"The cop who blew the whistle on Saskatoon's notorious "Starlight Tours," Ernie Louttit is the bestselling author of two previous "Indian Ernie" books. He demonstrates in this latest title that being a leader means sticking to your...
- The truth about Hillary : what she knew, when she knew it, and how far she'll go to become presidentAuthor:Klein, EdwardSummary:
Klein reveals the truth about a woman who has managed to keep much of her life private. Drawing from inside sources, he reveals a reality of Hillary's turbulent marriage and exposes what she and Bill have done behind closed doors. It...
- Author:Krasnostein, SarahSummary:
Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wife, but as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the...
- Author:Moehringer, J. R.Summary:
J.R. Moehringer grew up listening for a voice: It was the sound of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before J.R. spoke his first words. As a boy, J.R. would press his ear to a clock radio, straining to hear in that...
- Author:Coburn, Davin, Bakos, NadaSummary:
Filled with on-the-ground insights and poignant personal anecdotes, this memoir shows us the great personal sacrifice that comes with intelligence work. This is Nada's story, but it is also an intimate chronicle of how a group of...
- Author:HARRIS, A.M.Summary:
After three years of war, the tall man knew the shell-pocked ground in Korea as well as he knew the Blue Mountains of his home outside Sydney. The tall man had to organize more missions, to send more patriots behind enemy lines, but...