Greystone Books Ltd : 167 books
And Then There Were Nuns
Adventures in a Cloistered Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2013
Bestselling author Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent to discern whether she is, as she puts it, "nun material." But just as she convinces herself to take the plunge, her long-term partner, Colin, surprises her with a marriage proposal. Determined not to let her monastic dreams get...
How Bad Are Bananas?
The Carbon Footprint of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
A smart, practical, and accessible guide to measuring (and reducing) our carbon footprint, from internationally recognized expert, Mike Berners-Lee.
Part green-lifestyle guide, part popular science, How Bad Are Bananas? is the first book to provide the information we need to make carbon-savvy...
Legacy, The
An Elder's Vision of Our Sustainable Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2010
Now available in paperback, The Legacy represents the culmination of David Suzuki's knowledge and wisdom and his legacy for generations to come.
If he had to sum up all that he has learned in one last lecture, what would David Suzuki say? In this expanded version of the lecture that he delivered...
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
“A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement that will make you acknowledge your own entanglement in the ancient and ever-new web of being.”—Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast
Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben...
Climate Cover-Up
The Crusade to Deny Global Warming
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
An insider's view of how the energy industry has fuelled a bogus controversy about climate change.
This book rips the lid off the campaign to discredit scientists, confuse journalists, and deny climate change. The tactics have been slick, but PR expert James Hoggan and investigative journalist...
What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim
A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago de Compostela
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
A wickedly funny account of a woman's pilgrimmage of self-discovery on the infamous "Camino", the ancient road to Santiago de Compostela.
To celebrate her 50th birthday, Jane Christmas joins fourteen other women to hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a centuries-old pilgrimage...
Abundant Beauty
The Adventurous Travels of Marianne North, Botanical Artist
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2001
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A delightful and informative trek across the globe by a witty, intelligent, and courageous Victorian artist and adventurer.
In 1871, at age 41, Marianne North, an artist with a keen interest in botany, decided to travel the world on a quest to paint as many plants and flowers...
Paddlenorth
Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic Wild
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Paddlenorth tells the riveting story of ’s 54 day paddling adventure on the Back River, in the northern wilderness of the subarctic, as she and her five companions battle raging winds, impenetrable sea ice, and treacherous rapids. The perils include rising tensions among the group, but these are...
Incontinent on the Continent
My Mother, Her Walker, and Our Grand Tour of Italy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
"Christmas is a fine travel writer, and the personal journey she shares is one with which more and more of us are dealing as all our lives move, with welcome and enriching detours, down their one-way streets." -- Globe & Mail
Since the beginning of time, mothers and daughters...
City Farmer
Adventures in Urban Food Growing
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
"It's wonderfully soul-nourishing to read a book that's all about impossibilities made possible, and how to plant your dreams and watch them grow." -- Globe & Mail
City Farmer celebrates the new ways that urban dwellers are getting closer to their food. Not only are backyard vegetable...
Ice Storm
The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Vancouver Canucks Team Ever
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2014
An incendiary inside look at the Canucks' meteoric rise to the top of the NHL and their dramatic post-riot fall to mediocrity—all at a time when new efforts are being launched to save the once-great team.
In 2008, the Vancouver Canucks were Team Modern, revolutionizing the NHL under their...
Slow Road to Brownsville
A Journey Through the Heart of the Old West
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
In Slow Road to Brownsville, Englishman David Reynolds embarks on a road trip along Highway 83, a littleknown twolane highway that runs from Swan River, Manitoba, to the Mexican border at Brownsville, Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico.
Enthralled by the myth of the Wild West and the romance of the...
The Flood of 2013
A Summer of Angry Rivers in Southern Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Calgary Foundation's Flood Rebuilding Fund.
The Flood of 2013 chronicles an unforgettable summer of angry rivers, unprecedented flooding and undeniable human spirit. This book looks at how the disaster irrevocably changed...
by Don Weekes
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
It's not only the biggest book on NHL trivia-it's also the best!
Following the successful The Big Book of Hockey Trivia, here's The Biggest Book of Hockey Trivia. Don Weekes has cherry-picked more than eight hundred of the most compelling trivia questions and records.
Irreverent, captivating,...