Ecw Press imprint: 239 books
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A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide
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...
Wild Years
The Music and Myth of Tom Waits
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...
by Johnny Weissmuller Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
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...
So Long, Marianne
A Love Story —includes rare material by Leonard Cohen
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...
American Demon An
A Memoir
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...
Whenever You’re Ready
Nora Polley on Life as a Stratford Festival Stage Manager
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...
When Variety Was King
Memoir of a TV Pioneer
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...
Stories About Storytellers
Publishing Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Alistair MacLeod, Pierre Trudeau and Others
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,...
Kid Rex
The Inspiring True Account of a Life Salvaged from Despair, Anorexia and Dark Days in New York City
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...
Quiver Trees, Phantom Orchids & Rock Splitters
The Remarkable Survival Strategies of Plants
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...
Rogue Rabbi
A Spiritual Quest—From Seminary to Ashram and Beyond
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...
Careergasm
Find Your Way to Feel-Good Work
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...
Hardcore Truth, The
The Bob Holly Story
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...
Three Count, The
My Life in Stripes as a WWE Referee
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The Three Counthighlights the triumphs and tragedies Jimmy Korderas experienced over his storied career as a WWE ref, from humble beginnings with Jack Tunney in Toronto to being a part of the main event at WrestleMania. For the first time, Korderas talks about the harrowing experience of being in...