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by Mitch Potter
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
On May 16, 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, along with his glamorous wife, Jacqueline, arrived in Ottawa for a fateful meeting with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. With 50,000 people lining the streets to get a glimpse of the inspirational Kennedys, the acrimony to come was almost unimaginable....
Glory Hunters
Quarterbacks and their Grey Cup Journey
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
From the pen of Star veteran sports writer Bob Mitchell comes a fresh treat for the Grey Cup fan looking to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canada's football classic. In The Glory Hunters, Mitchell tracks down seven of the Cup's greatest living quarterbacks and interviews them as they recall their...
by Susan Diane Howell MBA
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Singers, get ready for success! Learn how to become “Strictly Professional”. Master vocal coach and industry singer, Susan Diane Howell, MBA unravels the mysteries of a successful singing career. How do talented singers work their way into industry circles? What choices do singers have in today’s...
by Hamida Ghafour
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
When spring arrived on March 21, 1914, just 139 days before the first battle of World War I, no one knew that the turn of the seasons would bring catastrophe. The signposts to Armageddon have been debated by historians ever since. Europe was divided into two armed and hostile camps at the time, but most...
Divine Interventions
Where Faith and Politics Intersect
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Religion and politics has always been a risky, combustible mix. Faiths like Judaism, Christianity and Islam were all born in poltical crises: the Hebrew slaves' flight from Egypt, Jesus's crucifixion by Roman authorities, Muhammad's expulsion from Mecca. Religions have regularly made merciless war on...
Heart in Darkness
The Genetic Defect That Could Kill Me
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
At 39, Russell Cobb may have a time bomb ticking away in his chest. For two generations, all the men in his family have developed heart disease in the prime of life -- his father and grandfather both died before the age of 50. In his Star Dispatches ebook, Heart in Darkness: The Genetic Defect that Could...
Linda's Story
An Investigation into the Mysterious World of Amnesia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In early September a woman known only as 'Linda' walked into a Toronto homeless shelter. She was well-dressed, without identification and completely lost to herself. Within weeks, police launched a continent-wide search to find out who she was. Toronto Star reporter Sandro Contenta stumbled onto Linda's...
Great Teachers
Life-Changing Encounters in the Classroom and the Gym
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Often, all it takes is one special teacher or coach to set a teenager on the right course. Sometimes they'll slide a book over (Just read this) or say the right words at the right time or dole out some well-deserved tough love. With luck, they'll reveal to a student the enormous potential hidden beneath...
Marching In
John Paul II and the Nature of Sainthood
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
With the canonization of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII upon us, the Roman Catholic tradition of sainthood is in the news again. But in our increasingly secular, science-focused times, doesn't the very notion of someone being a saint, residing in heaven with God and capable of securing miracles,...
Vanishing Man
In Search of My Grandfather, the Dogsledding Fur Trader
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As a boy growing up in southern Ontario,Oakland Ross had little knowledge of his paternal grandfather. Eventually, he learned that William Oliver Kennedy Ross was among the last of Canada’s independent fur traders, toughened adventurers who beat their way by dogsled through the wilds of Quebec and...
Haunted Texas
Famous Phantoms, Sinister Sites, and Lingering Legends
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Texas history buffs and travelers have an eerie need for this book, which offers an unusual twist to seeing the “sights” in the Lone Star state. Organized by region—Gulf Coast, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, Central Texas, North Texas, and West Texas—this book is the complete guide for both...
by Dayanara Blue Star
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
For hundreds of years, pagans and witches have used spell casting as a means of changing their lives and expressing their spirituality. Learning to cast spells is an artful meditation, a valuable way to get in touch with your true desires, gain personal insight and magnetize the wealth of positivity...
by L.E. Bross
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
L. E. Bross’s contemporary romance debut is a fun and sexy tale of unlikely lovers struggling to leave the past where it belongs—behind them—and embrace a bright future.
Melanie McAllister’s brand new copy of Home Improvement for Dummies doesn’t even begin to cover the DIY advice...
Tales with a Texas Twist
Original Stories And Enduring Folklore From The Lone Star State
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
With this compilation of Texas--and Texanized--favorite myths and legends, award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to traverse her home state through such stories as:
"The Coming of the Bluebonnet"--an oft-collected Commanche myth about love and sacrifice...