Greystone Books imprint: 184 books

Who We Are

Reflections on My Life and Canada

by Elizabeth May
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2014

In this marriage of memoir and manifesto, Elizabeth May reflects on her extraordinary life and the people and experiences that have formed her and informed her beliefs. The book traces her development from daughter of activist parents, to waitress and cook on Cape Breton Island, to law student, lawyer,...

Gordie

A Hockey Legend

by Roy MacSkimming
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012

Praised by reviewers, Gordie: A Hockey Legend has been a best seller in both hardcover and paperback, and it remains the only full-length biography to cover Gordie Howe's entire playing career. In the introduction, author Roy MacSkimming recounts Gordie and Colleen Howe's reactions to this unauthorized...

Cigar Box Banjo

A Life in Music and Words

by Paul Quarrington
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010

"A layered, rambling, deceptively casual mixture of music history, coming-of-age inarrative and reflection on mortality." -- Globe and Mail A musician and writer's memoir looks death in the face and reminisces about a life in song. As a kid, Paul Quarrington had a favourite...

Gold Medal Diary

Inside the World's Greatest Sports Event

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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010

"[Hayley Wickenheiser's] memories are more than just an array of hockey games, shifts good and bad and practices filled with the drudgery of constant drills. Wickenheiser is more than just a hockey player, and that's a good thing, because her complicated life outside the rink is more fascinating."...

Ballerina

Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection

by Deirdre Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012

A Globe and Mail top 100 book of 2012 "A fascinating, well-researched, and insightful book...this is an important story to tell." -- Sabina Allemann, former principal ballerina, San Francisco Ballet "A literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage...

Wasted

An Alcoholic Therapist's Fight for Recovery in a Flawed Treatment System

by Michael Pond, Maureen Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016

A harrowing, wry, and riveting account of a therapist's struggle with alcohol and his quest to find a better way of treating addiction “With tactile intimacy and surgical wit, Pond invites us to share the tragedy of his addiction with a sad smile. And then reveals a singular truth about how...

That Lonely Section of Hell

The Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Away

by Lorimer Shenher
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2015

An ex-police detective’s searing personal account of sexism, racism, and mishandling in the investigation of missing and murdered women. In That Lonely Section of Hell, police detective Lori Shenher describes her role in Vancouver’s infamous Missing and Murdered Women Investigation and...

Who Killed Mom?

A Delinquent Son's Meditation on Family, Mortality, and Very Tacky Candles

by Steve Burgess
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011

"A touching -- if decidedly and deliberately offbeat -- family memoir...Expect to encounter laughs and tugs on the heartstrings in pretty much equal amounts." -- Booklist "Burgess has written not only the funniest book published this year, but one of the most moving memoirs Canada's...

Erebus

One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time

by Michael Palin
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018

Driven by a passion for travel and history and a love of ships and the sea, former Monty Python stalwart and beloved television globe-trotter Michael Palin explores the world of HMS Erebus, last seen on an ill-fated voyage to chart the Northwest Passage. Michael Palin brings the fascinating...

Barle's Story

One Polar Bear's Amazing Recover from Life as a Circus Act

by Else Poulsen
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014

In this inspiring and moving story, world-renowned zookeeper Else Poulsen describes how a female polar bear named Bärle was rescued from the filthy, inhumane conditions of a circus in the Caribbean and flown to the safety of the Detroit Zoo, where Poulsen helped her recover. There Bärle feels dirt...

Paris Times Eight

Finding Myself in the City of Dreams

by Deirdre Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009

"Erudite, charming, and yet sharply appraising, Kelly's ode to Paris evokes the spirit of the city itself. A lovely book." -- Patricia Pearson "Paris Times Eight is a fast-paced, breezy read, its substance subtly woven into a tale of a city whose glamour and beauty never fades."...

Geography of Blood, A

Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape

by Candace Savage
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

A Globe and Mail top 100 book of 2012 Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction A bestselling author embarks on a profound and dramatic journey through the eloquent landscape of southwestern Saskatchewan. When Candace Savage and her partner buy a house in...

Arthur

The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to find a Home

by Mikael Lindnord
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017

The epic true story of one man, a dog, and how they found each other As seen on an ESPN SC Featured documentary When you're racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael...

My Journey into the Heart of Terror

Ten Days in the Islamic State

by Jürgen Todenhöfer
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016

An alarming and enlightening first-hand account of what’s really going on behind the borders of the Islamic State. ISIS, IS, the ISLAMIC State. It's an organization that has taken on chilling associations due to the horrific deeds committed in its name. ISIS beheads journalists—and yet...
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