Ecw Press: 559 books

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by Brian Fritz and Christopher Murray
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2006

As wrestling dominated the pop culture airwaves in the late 90s, wrestlers like The Rock and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin became international cultural icons. But, by the turn of the millennium, wrestling began its downward descent. In early 2001, both WCW and ECW closed its doors and were...
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Gutenberg’s Fingerprint

A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide

by Merilyn Simonds
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017

An intimate narrative exploring the past, present, and future of books Four seismic shifts have rocked human communication: the invention of writing, the alphabet, mechanical type and the printing press, and digitization. Poised over this fourth transition, e-reader in one hand, perfect-bound...
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Wild Years

The Music and Myth of Tom Waits

by Jay S. Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2006

Newly updated to include his critically acclaimed post-millennial work, this look at Tom Waits - both the reality and the myriad myths - reveals the man behind the curtain. A tale of how a self-taught, drunken hipster in roach-killers and a dirty beret has influenced a generation of musicians with...
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by Johnny Weissmuller Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008

An authoritative biography of the first Tarzan - Olympic swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller - this book offers an intimate look at Weissmuller's early life, middle years, and later decline, through swimming training, Olympic triumphs, failed marriages, a Hollywood life as Tarzan of the Apes, and...
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So Long, Marianne

A Love Story —includes rare material by Leonard Cohen

by Kari Hesthamar
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014

The story of the enigmatic beauty who captured the hearts of two extraordinary men At 22, Marianne Ihlen travelled to the Greek island of Hydra with writer Axel Jensen. While Axel wrote, Marianne kept house, until Axel abandoned her and their newborn son for another woman. One day while Marianne...
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by Jack Grisham
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011

An American Demon is Jack Grishams story of depravity and redemption terror and spiritual deliverance. While Grisham is best known as the raucous and provocative front man of the pioneer hardcore punk band TSOL (True Sounds of Liberty) his writing and true life experiences are physically and psychologically...
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Whenever You’re Ready

Nora Polley on Life as a Stratford Festival Stage Manager

by Shawn DeSouza-Coelho
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018

Backstage with one of Canada’s greatest stage managers Whenever You’re Ready is an intimate account of the career of Nora Polley, who — in her 52 years at the Stratford Festival — has learned from, worked with, and cared for some of the greatest directors, actors, stage managers, and...
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When Variety Was King

Memoir of a TV Pioneer

by Frank Peppiatt, Jackie Gleason
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013

A television producer’s “fascinating” memoir of the golden age of the variety show (Kirkus Reviews). A humble Canadian boy who grew up to create iconic American TV shows featuring the Hollywood celebrities of the day, Frank Peppiatt made his breakthrough by developing the rock TV show...
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Stories About Storytellers

Publishing Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau and Others

by Douglas Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011

The legendary Canadian book editor presents this “remarkable, four-decade romp through the back rooms of publishing” (Toronto Sun).   Scottish-born Douglas Gibson was drawn to Canada by the writing of Stephen Leacock—and eventually made his way across the Atlantic to find a job in book publishing,...
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Kid Rex

The Inspiring True Account of a Life Salvaged from Despair, Anorexia and Dark Days in New York City

by Laura Moisin
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008

After knowing friends with anorexia and being baffled by their behavior, Laura Moisin suddenly found herself prone to the same disease - not eating at all and going weeks at a time consuming nothing but water and the occasional black coffee. Deceiving therapists by misleading them with symptoms of...
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Quiver Trees, Phantom Orchids & Rock Splitters

The Remarkable Survival Strategies of Plants

by Jesse Vernon Trail
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

“Showcases the many weird and wonderful ways plants adapt to survive and spread their progeny . . . A great book for anyone interested in botany” (The Gardener).   Whether it’s an arctic heather that can create subtropical conditions within its leaves, or a dwarf mistletoe that can shoot...
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Rogue Rabbi

A Spiritual Quest—From Seminary to Ashram and Beyond

by Jerry Steinberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

This memoir of an adventurous quest for inner peace is complete with explorations of the rational and the mystical, and the many ways of faith.   Revealing an understanding of God that goes beyond the conventional, Rogue Rabbi tells the story of a seeker. After traveling to India and investigating...
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Careergasm

Find Your Way to Feel-Good Work

by Sarah Vermunt
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017

Rousing, bullsh*t-free advice for aspiring career changers What is a careergasm? Does it feel as good as it sounds? You bet your ass it does. A Careergasm happens when your work feels good. Really good. Like a groovin’ Marvin Gaye song. Like you and your work belong together, and you...
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Hardcore Truth, The

The Bob Holly Story

by Bob Holly, Ross Williams
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013

Long before he became “Hardcore Holly,” Robert Howard was a fighter. From humble beginnings — a boy dominated by his disciplinarian stepfather but fueled by an unquenchable passion for pro wrestling — Bob grew up struggling to make ends meet. As an adult with a family of his own to provide...
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