Richard Gwyn: 6 books

Book cover of Communicating Health and Illness
by Dr Richard Gwyn
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2001

`There has been a pressing need for a book like this for some time. Gwyn cogently reviews the literature on discourse analysis as it pertains to medical and health matters. Introducing original research from his own studies allows him to vividly illustrate just how important it is to understand the...
Book cover of Smallwood

Smallwood

An Unlikely Revolutionary

by Richard Gwyn
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015

“A masterpiece of political reporting” and an inspiring, astonishing biography of Joey Smallwood, a man who changed the face of Canada forever (Saturday Night).   In 1949, ten years before Alaska and Hawaii joined the United States, the dominion of Newfoundland was at a crossroads. Should they...
Book cover of The Color of A Dog Running Away
by Richard Gwyn
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2007

When I opened the door of the flat there was a picture postcard lying in the hallway. It showed a reproduction of a painting by Joan Miró. I turned the card over. Neatly written, in green ink, was what appeared to be a date and time: 20 May–11:00. There was no explanatory message, no indication...
Book cover of Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times

Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times

Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times

by Richard J. Gwyn
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn. John A. Macdonald, Canada's first...
Book cover of John A

John A

The Man Who Made Us

by Richard J. Gwyn
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2009

The first full-scale biography of Canada’s first prime minister in half a century by one of our best-known and most highly regarded political writers. The first volume of Richard Gwyn’s definitive biography of John A. Macdonald follows his life from his birth in Scotland in 1815 to his...
Book cover of Reaching a Generation for Christ

Reaching a Generation for Christ

A Comprehensive Guide to Youth Ministry

by Wesley Black, Pamela Campbell, Paul Borthwick
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 1997

Things have changed. The Truth has not. The 1950's are gone forever. The days of the Sunday school attendance award and the much-loved Sunday school picnic have faded into oblivion. Yet some youth ministries still operate as if today's kids are living in a vacuum, unaffected by the changing morals...
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