In February 1956, a remarkable young woman named Christina McCall began her working life as an editorial secretary at Maclean's magazine. It was a legendary time there, when the likes of Pierre Berton, Robert Fulford, June Callwood,...
Journalists
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Author:Clarkson, Stephen, McCall, ChristinaSummary: -
Author:Delany, VickiSummary:Hannah, once a renowned journalist, suffers from a traumatic brain injury. At her sister’s in Canada, she befriends Hila, an Afghan woman also traumatized by war. When Hila disappears, enemies threaten Hannah and her young niece, Lily...
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Author:Delany, VickiSummary:Once, Hannah Manning was an internationally-renowned journalist and war correspondent. Today, she’s a woman suffering from a traumatic brain injury. Unable to read, unable to concentrate, full of pain, lost and confused, haunted by her...
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Author:Welteroth, ElaineSummary:In this part-manifesto, part-memoir, the revolutionary editor who infused social consciousness into the pages of Teen Vogue explores what it means to come into your own--on your own terms Throughout her life, Elaine Welteroth has...
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Author:Hauka, Donald J.Summary:This double edition of the Mister Jinnah Mysteries series presents Donald J. Hauka's Mister Jinnah Securities and She Demons. Hakeem Jinnah is a politically incorrect but relentless crime reporter for the Vancouver Tribune who finds...
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Author:Stackhouse, JohnSummary:Drawing on his 30 years in newspapers, the former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail examines the crisis of serious journalism in the digital era, and searches for ways the invaluable tradition can thrive in a radically changed...
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Author:Gould, TerrySummary:Where do journalists find the guts to keep telling the truth in places where truth-telling will get them murdered? Since 1992 more than 730 journalists have been killed-nearly three-quarters of them targeted and murdered. Over 85% of...
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Author:Barr, DamianSummary:Long-listed for the Green Carnation Prize and The Sunday Times' selection for Memoir of the Year.
"This amazing book tells the story of an appalling childhood with truth and clarity unsmudged by self-pity. It grips from beginning... -
Author:Baker, KeithSummary:Annie Welles is an officer with the Halifax Regional Police?s Robbery and Violent Crimes Unit. Recently divorced without custody of her two young sons, Annie?s career, too, is now stalling under the ambitions of her ruthless colleagues...
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Investigating Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, journalist Carl Streator finds the same anthology of poems and rhymes at each child's bedside. The book is always opened to a specific African chant--a culling song that kills when recited,...
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Author:Barclay, LinwoodSummary:When a mutilated corpse turns up at his father's lakeside fishing camp, supposedly the victim of a vicious bear attack, journalist and family man Zack Walker begins to suspect something far more sinister and finds himself taking on a...
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In 1888, young Helen Keller traveled to Boston with her teacher, Annie Sullivan, where they met a man who would change her life: Boston Transcript columnist and editor Joseph Edgar Chamberlin. Throughout her childhood and young adult...
- Author:Lamontagne, AndréSummary:
Un journaliste établi à Vancouver profite d’un séjour à Québec pour faire des recherches, à la demande d’une amie, sur le passé de son aïeul chinois. Il découvrira un visage méconnu de sa ville natale : celui des sépultures de la...
- Author:Connelly, MichaelSummary:
La spécialité de Jack McEvoy, c'est la mort. En tant que chroniqueur judiciaire au Rocky Mountain News, il y a été confronté plus d'une fois. Mais rien n'a pu le préparer au suicide de son frère jumeau. Inspecteur...
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American writer Tim Nolinger pursues his journalism career in Paris while proper Frenchwoman Anne-Marie plans their wedding. When Tim covers the theft of a valuable manuscript, the story leads the couple into the midst of a murder...
- Author:Lemaitre, PierreSummary:
La famille Pelletier Trois histoires d'amour, un lanceur d'alerte, une adolescente égarée, deux processions, Bouddha et Confucius, un journaliste ambitieux, une mort tragique, le chat Joseph, une épouse impossible, un sale...
- Author:Amiguet, PhilippeSummary:
Une statue en bois polychrome de la Vierge datant du Xe siècle est mise à l’abri des bombardements et de la cupidité des nazis en 1944 par l’arrière grand-père d’Alex. En 2011, Paolo Giovenazzo, un historien italien, découvre par hasard...
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McEvoy tombe dans le piège d'un terrible assassin. À cause de difficultés financières au Los Angeles Times, le journaliste Jack McEvoy va être licencié. Amer, il décide de partir en fanfare et commence un article qui, il en...
- Author:Nugent, CynthiaSummary:
Katherine Wisteria Warble (otherwise known as Kiddo) knows her family depends on her for information. Kiddo devours the Town Crier newspaper for its news, contests, community events, Caring Carol's advice column and the annoying...
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Author:Dublin, AnneSummary:A biography for young readers on the inspiring life of June Callwood, one of Canada’s greatest journalists and humanitarians. Filled with images and details of June’s life, from her humble beginnings in small-town Ontario to her work as...
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