Doug Taylor: 10 books
Why?
A Believer's Introduction to Defending the Faith
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Why do Christians believe what they believe? What is it about Christianity that makes us believe we have the one and only way to heaven? After all, would a loving and caring God actually send somebody to hell just because they happened to follow a teacher who got a few facts wrong? What about the...
The Villages Within
An Irreverent History of Toronto and a Respectful Guide to the St. Andrew's Market, the Kings West District, the Kensington Market, and Queen Street West
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
The Villages Within is an irreverent version of Torontos past that will not improve anyones knowledge of history, but its fabrications and exaggerations may provide an amusing insight into the lives of those who built the town of York. It is an expos of historical untruths, a book that no school should...
Toronto's Local Movie Theatres of Yesteryear
Brought Back to Thrill You Again
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2016
2017 Theatre Library Association Book Awards — Nominated, Richard Wall Memorial Award
2017 Heritage Toronto Book Award — Nominated
Slip once more into the back rows of the favourite movie theatres of your youth.
“Brought Back to Thrill You Again” was an advertisement employed...
by Doug Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
The history, heritage, and architectural significance of Toronto's most notable theatres and movie houses. Movie houses first started popping up around Toronto in the 1910s and '20s, in an era without television and before radio had permeated every household. Dozens of these grand structures were...
Arse over Teakettle
An Irreverent Story of Coming of Age During the 1940S in Toronto
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn found adventure on the banks of the mighty Mississippi. Tom Hudson and his friend Shorty discovered it in the secluded laneways and avenues of a deceptively quiet Toronto neighbourhood. Arse Over Teakettle is an intriguing tale of Tom Hudsons boyhood escapades in Toronto...
The Reluctant Virgin
Murder in 1950S Toronto
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
In every decade, deeds are committed in dark places that are unknown to those who tread lifes well-lit paths. Even so, as a new era dawns in Toronto of the 1950s, no one suspects that a serial killer is about to unleash a fury on the quiet residential avenues and in the forested river valleys. On...
by Doug Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
I is the first decade of the twentieth century in Englands Dorset County. Fighting Billy Mercer is considered an incorrigible scalawag by the villagers of Comstock. Particularly known about town for his pranks on the pious Reverend Wilmot, the mischievous Billy is fiercely protective of his younger...
Selling to The New Elite
Discover the Secret to Winning Over Your Wealthiest Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
In this practical and fascinating follow-up to their behind-the-scenes look at America’s most powerful and influential class, authors Jim Taylor, Stephen Kraus, and Doug Harrison reveal insights and indispensable techniques to help salespeople and marketers hone in on wealthy customers, pique their...
What Makes a Great Training Organization?
A Handbook of Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
All learning leaders want their organizations to be perceived as great, but what makes a “great” training organization? How does a training organization achieve greatness, particularly from the perspective of the corporation, the learners, and any customers, clients and partners that interact...
Waves of Protest
Social Movements Since the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 1999
This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and...