Star Dispatches imprint: 82 books
RUSH
An Oral History, Uncensored
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Few bands have dominated the music industry like RUSH: 20 studio albums, eight live discs, more than 43 million records sold. Creative, prolific and fiercely independent, RUSH ranks third for most consecutive gold or platinum studio albums by a rock band, behind only The Beatles and The Rolling Stones....
The Francis Effect
How the Pope is Changing the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
No one expected the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, to be elected pontiff last March. But in the months since, Pope Francis has become one of the most talked-about people in the world. As Toronto Star journalist and longtime Vatican watcher Sandro Contenta writes in his new...
Royal Babies
What Will and Kate Have Learned From the Past
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
What does the future hold for Britain's new royal baby, child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate. It's impossible to say. But in her eRead Royal Babies: What Will and Kate Have Learned from the Past, veteran Toronto Star journalist Rosie DiManno a self-declared monarchist explores...
Raccoons
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Them but Were Too Busy Cleaning Up Their Mess to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The cute-as-a-button babies grow up in the city, at least to be not-so-cute nocturnal marauders that find their way into garbage bins and nest in our attics, where they cause unspeakable mayhem. Raccoons will, and do, eat anything and everything except, so far, humans. In Raccoons: Everything You Always...
Niagara Falls
Seeing Canada Through a Window of Water
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Ask a foreigner what he or she thinks about when Canada is mentioned, and the answer is likely to be Niagara Falls. It's the image that most defines us, for better or for worse, and no matter how inaccurately. But what does the place say about this country? Not all of the answers to that question are...
Leslie's Stamps
A Saga of the Holocaust and Escape to Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
He had an idyllic childhood in a small Hungarian town where, it seemed, there was no animosity between the Christian majority and Jews like him. But with the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, Leslie Meisels ended up in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with his family. In Leslie's Stamps: A Saga of the Holocaust...
by Oakland Ross
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As the snow flies and the bitter winds blow, more and more Canadians are escaping winter by flocking to the glorious beaches of Cuba. And, as Cuba opens up, increasing numbers of Canadians are venturing beyond the resort boundaries to experience firsthand the cultural lifeblood of this beautiful island....
Ai Weiwei
The Life and Earth-Shattering Times of China’s Most Famous Artist
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
China's Ai Weiwei has been called the most influential and important artist of our time. Yet his daring art and outspoken activism has also earned him the wrath of his government: he has been threatened, beaten and jailed. As the Art Gallery of Ontario prepares to open a major exhibition of his work...
by Catherine Porter
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Meet Stella, an amazing toddler whose life and death brought together a community in love, laughter and grace. Stella's parents welcomed Star journalist Catherine Porter into their lives at this shattering time to chronicle how one remarkable family and their community grappled with issues of deep...
The Butler Did It
Why Private Service is Back in Vogue
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
For most of us, the domestic servant seems a relic of a bygone era, a concept confined to history, historical fiction and the imaginings of popular culture. But, in fact, the butler is back, and he or she is in ever-increasing demand as the ranks of the super-rich skyrocket. The job is much more fluid...
That Polio Season
Lt-Gov David Onley and the epidemic of 1953
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Sixty years ago this summer, the most severe polio epidemic on record claimed more than 8,000 victims across the country. About a quarter of those stricken with so-called infantile paralysis were in Ontario. Three-year-old Davie Onley, who would grow up to be the province's lieutenant-governor, was one....
Shock
An Investigation into the Startling Comeback of Electroconvulsive Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Few medical treatments are as fraught with fear, misunderstanding and controversy as electroshock, or electroconvulsive therapy. Most of us consider it a treatment of the 1950s and 60s, an option medicine and society have left behind. Yet ECT is experiencing a startling resurgence and is seen as especially...
by Donovan Vincent, Diana Zlomislic
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A seemingly normal child, Ashley Smith fell into an abyss as a teen. Locked up at 15, the New Brunswick girl spent most of her youth in solitary confinement until, at age 19, she choked herself to death while on suicide watch in a federal prison, with guards standing by as she took her last breaths....
Sex, Scandal and Secularism
Crisis in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As the cardinals converge on the Vatican City to select a new pope, they face a church in steep decline in the Western world. Empty pews are indicative of a community that has lost faith with its church, a church that has been consistently conservative and has failed to address either the modern issues...