Ecw Press: 559 books
Jersey Tough
My Wild Ride from Outlaw Biker to Undercover Cop
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
In 1977, Wayne “Big Chuck” Bradshaw was Jersey tough. He was a member of the outlaw Pagans bike gang, a One Percenter, and had earned his colors in a world of boozing, bloody bar fights, and high-stakes crime. But after getting too close to extreme violence, Bradshaw made the life-threatening decision...
Interference
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
“An immaculately constructed page-turner that is also, miraculously, a redemptive meditation on loneliness and community” (Carrie Snyder, author of Girl Runner).
The inhabitants of Edgewood Drive in the small Canadian town of Parkville seem to live simple, peaceful lives, but as the children...
by Rob Myers, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Join Dr. Myers in his quest for unusual case studies as he unravels medical mysteries.
Depressed and lonely, a man decides that pills and alcohol are too gentle an exit. How did he end up in the drivers seat without his head?
Drunken neighbours decide that beautifying the hedges on their property...
by Dr. Neil MacKinnon and Dr. Rhonda Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Take As Directed gives Canadians a much-needed guidebook to safely navigate our encounters with health-care providers and optimize the management of our own health. In recent years evidence indicating that our health-care system can be made safer has emerged. Here a family physician and a pharmacy...
by Marc Vachon with François Bugingo,translated by Charles Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
This is a true story. Marc Vachon was born in Montreal in 1963. He went from one foster home to another. He knows the injustices that the weak must suffer in any society. He knows the violence, the abuse, and the emptiness that life can offer in so-called developed countries. He dealt with it the...
by Malka Marom
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Does one honor one’s country or one’s heart? Malka Marom explores this classic dilemma in her stunningly powerful first novel, an extraordinary tale of people caught up in a violent and seemingly endless historical conflict, compelled by love and grief to transcend it.
Sulha tells the story...
The Bourgeois Empire
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
“A carnivalesque romp through middle age, addressing the menace of mortality while lampooning comic stereotypes . . . Pulses with life” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto).
In this sharp-witted tale of desperation and decadence, a middle-aged man tries to escape the anxieties of failure and grueling...
by Barbara Barnett
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2006
“I look for zebras because other doctors have ruled out all the horses.” — Dr. Gregory House Medical students are taught that when they hear hoofbeats they should think horses not zebras but Dr. House’s unique talent of diagnosing unusual illnesses has made House M.D. one of the most popular...
Concussion Inc.
The End of Football As We Know It
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Traumatic brain injury in football is not incidental, but an inevitable and central aspect of the sport. Starting in high school, through college, and into the NFL, young players face repeated head trauma, and those sustained injuries create lifelong cognitive and functional difficulties.
Concussion...
by John Manasso
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
Dan Snyder narrowly escaped being cut from his junior hockey team for two years in a row. That’s hardly the stuff that nhl careers are made of. But Snyder earned his spot on the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers roster through sheer force of will and strength of character, even though scouts thought the...
Hidden Harvest
The Rise and Fall of North America's Biggest Cannabis Grow-Op
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
A thoroughly researched and authoritative page-turner about this unprecedented operation — and bust
Mark Coakley lifts the veil on the riveting story of a group of criminals — Ontario police would call them “a gang with no name” — whose most famous exploit was turning an abandoned...
Wait For It
The Legendary Story of How I Met Your Mother
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
As the record-breaking run of the CBS hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother draws to an end, new fans of the epic romantic comedy are still appearing in droves, thanks to the joy of binge-watching on demand. What better way for old fans and new to reminisce about all the friendships and fun than by looking...
Life Real Loud
John Lefebvre, Neteller and the Revolution in Online Gambling
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
At age 50, when some people start planning for retirement, John Lefebvre hit the digital motherlode. Neteller, a tiny Canadian internet start-up that processed payments between players and online gambling arenas, rocketed into the stock market. In its early years, Neteller had been a cowboy operation,...
The Urban Cycling Survival Guide
Need-to-Know Skills and Strategies for Biking in the City
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
City cycling made simple
North America’s cities have long been the domain of the car, but thanks to the undeniable benefits of active transport, bicycles have an increasing presence in the urban landscape. Yet our cities weren’t designed for bicycles, making for intimidating, and sometimes...