Биографии и Мемуары
35106 кн.
Ian Dickens is the great, great grandson of Charles Dickens. He has started the Cresta Run 50 times, successfully completing it on 49 occasions. He learned to fly, taking up a Tiger Moth solo, raced his MG Midget to the Arctic Circle and back for charity and has tried a couple of skydives for good measure.
| Автор | Ian Dickens |
Steeped in the chaotic swirl of the Manchester music scene, David Nolan is the critically acclaimed author of Bernard Sumner: Confusion and I Swear I Was There: The Gig That Changed The World. He's also an award-winning former Granada TV producer with 150 television credits to his name including documentaries on the Sex Pistols, The Smiths and Echo and the Bunneymen.
| Автор | David Nolan |
A Time to Remember offers a behind the scenes look inside the iconic Black Panther Party and rare insights from a founding memberHighly personal, Time to Remember is also a fascinating, political coming of age storyRevolving around the story of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party, one of the strongest and most active chapters in the country, Time to Remember offers a unique version of Seattle historyBlack and white photos throughout
| Автор | Aaron Dixon |
This book pays tribute to 14 women who donated millions of dollars to causes close to their hearts. Iris Nowell is the author of five books. Writing her 1996 book, Women Who Give Away Millions, has given her a solid foundation of philanthropy, the not-for-profit sector, and the wealthy. She has also written a memoir of Canadian artist Harold Town, and a biography of artist, filmmaker, and impassioned feminist, Joyce Wieland.
| Автор | Iris Nowell |
Beautifully illustrated, this book looks at the nine women who have been Princesses of Wales. From Joan, the «Fair Maid of Kent,» through the tragic Katharine of Aragon, Henry’s VIII’s first wife, and the tempestuous Caroline of Brunswick, the mistreated wife of George IV, to the present fairy-tale, headline-catching Princess, their stories are told with insight and compassion.
| Автор | Mary Beacock Fryer |
Dawson worked for the International Boundary Commission and the Geological Survey of Canada. He surveyed the 49th parallel, vast tracts of land in British Columbias Interior, and many rivers in the Yukon. He knew the value of the Klondike gold fields ten years before the rush of 1898.
| Автор | William Chalmers |
Frederick Banting was a surgeon and a decorated war hero when he had the idea to develop insulin in 1920, This achievement earned him the 1923 Nobel Prize for medicine, a knighthood, and the gratitude of diabetics around the world.
| Автор | Stephen Eaton Hume |
A fast-paced account by a soldier who was twice decorated. Charlie Martin, company sergeant-major in the Queen’s Own, was with his beloved A Company in all of the significant Normandy actions.
| Автор | Charles Cromwell Martin |
Captain Ernest Hartling, born in Spanish Ship Bay, Nova Scotia, in 1906, takes us on a voyage through a life crammed with adventure, colour, and excitement.
| Автор | Ernest K. Hartling |
The diaries, letters, and sketches of Elizabeth Simcoe are drawn upon as sources in this portrayal of the energetic and remarkable woman who came to Upper Canada with her husband when he was appointed lieutenant governor.
| Автор | Mary Beacock Fryer |
From Pioneer Public Health Nurse to Advocate for the Aged: Eunice Henrietta Dyke. A dynamic personality whose determination improved public health care and nurses’ education, and began the recognition of senior citizens’ needs; yet she was fired at the height of her nursing career. A woman described as «ahead of her time.»
| Автор | Marion Royce |
Co-winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Awards 1997 By either folly or design, Gabrielle Bauer finds herself on a plane bound for Tokyo, leaving her career, home, and husband behind.
| Автор | Gabrielle Bauer |
In his eightieth year, Lord Rowallan has finally completed this autobiography. This is a book both moving and modest. He shares with us his joys and sorrows alike, keeping nothing back, yet never causing us embarrassment. He has inspired many people, especially the young, by his life, his unswerving standards, and his indomitable faith; and this, his testament, will surely do the same.
| Автор | Lord K.T. Rowallan |
Terrifying memoir of a teenage refugee fleeing the Sri Lankan Civil War and eventually settling in Canada A story of courage, perseverance, wit, and occasional good luck Portrays the realities of living in a refugee camp, being smuggled across borders, being imprisoned, and more
| Автор | Logathasan Tharmathurai |
Author is a documentary producer and former CBC journalist Author of Citizens of Nowhere: From Refugee Camp to Canadian Campus About gardening as a way of coping with and healing from the loss of a spouse Author continues to maintain her victory garden and participates in the annual garden tours in Niagara-on-the-Lake
| Автор | Debi Goodwin |
A small-town success story based in Newfoundland[/i] The story of one of Canada's most successful entrepreneurs, from humble beginnings in an isolated area of Newfoundland to a highly successful investor Author is a previous host of CBC nightly business news, and has written for The Economist , the Daily Telegraph , the Christian Science Monitor , and the Globe and Mail
| Автор | Fred Langan |
Together for the the 1st time the acclaimed comic book series Final Death Race! Foreign intervention comes at a price but with rioting in the streets, natural resources running low and the economic horizon bleak America is forced to accept international entries to the Death Race. The president’s only hope of regaining national pride is by Frankenstein Junior becoming king of the road!
| Автор | Mel Smith |