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Don’t Call Me Goon
$22.95A fresh, analytical, and entertaining take on hockey’s tough guys
In professional hockey, enforcers are often as popular with fans as the stars who cash the big paycheques. Called upon to duke it out with a fellow troublemaker, or to shadow (and bruise) an opponent’s top scorer, these men get the crowds out of their seats, the sports-radio shows buzzing, and the TV audience spilling their beers in excitement. Don’t Call Me Goon gives the mayhem-makers their due by sharing their overlooked stories and contributions to the game. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge, research, and interviews, Oliver and Kamchen highlight the players who have perfected the art of on-ice enforcing from old timers like Joe Hall and Red Horner; to legendary heavy-hitters like Tiger Williams, Stu Grimson, and Bob Probert; to fan favourites like Tie Domi and Georges Laraque; and contemporaries like Arron Asham and Brian McGrattan. Don’t Call Me Goon also explores the issues that plague the NHL’s bad boys — suspensions, concussions, controversy — and looks ahead to the future of tough guys in the fastest game on ice.
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Don’t Let It End Like This Tell Them I Said Something
$18.95Don’t Let It End Like This Tell Them I Said Something — Paul Vermeersch’s fifth collection of poetry — is, as its title suggests, a lyrical meditation on written language and the end of civilization. It combines centos, glosas, erasures, text collage, and other forms to imagine a post-apocalyptic literature built, or rebuilt, from the rubble of the texts that came before.
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Don’t Stop Believin’
$26.95“The ultimate resource for truly dedicated fans.” — School Library Journal
The kids in McKinley High School’s glee club, New Directions, might not be the most popular, but for six years Glee was unquestionably a runaway hit. During its spectacular run from 2009–2015, Glee exploded as one of the most popular hours on TV, and earned an astounding 19 Emmy nominations in its first season. In addition to the show’s staggering success, Glee’s songs heated up the music charts, with 25 tracks on the 2009 hot 100 list, a hit-rate topped only by the Beatles when they had 31 hits in 1964.
Don’t Stop Believin’ pays tribute to the glorious mash-up of music, comedy, drama and social commentary that keeps Glee and its band of misfits in the spotlight, even after the final curtain fell on the show. Written by gleeks extraordinaire Erin Balser and Suzanne Gardner, the book is jam-packed with:
- an in-depth episode-by-episode exploration of the first season of the show, focusing on themes, storylines and main characters
- all the details on the hit songs in every episode, behind-the-scenes happenings and the show’s entertainment and cultural references
- exclusive interviews with Glee actors including Stephen Tobolowsky (Sandy Ryerson), Heather Morris (Brittany), and Ken Avenido (Howard Bamboo)
- personal stories from fellow gleeks about what the show means to them
- biographies of the principal players and guest stars
- the story of the making of Glee and how it was brought to life by creator Ryan Murphy
- fun and informative sidebars
- terrific on- and off-set photos of the cast
Capturing all the highs and lows of this ground-breaking series, Don’t Stop Believin’ is a show-stopping guide to Glee’s journey — the perfect companion for fans who need an encore of the show.
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Donald Andrus
$45.00The art of Donald Andrus defies categorization. Although principally known for his abstract paintings, Andrus has, throughout his career, combined his first love — drawing — with a deep engagement with colour, a desire for experimentation, a keen interest in the physical qualities of his materials, and the sensory experience of the viewer.
Donald Andrus: The Shape of Desire brings together four major essays, including one by the artist, and more than eighty full-colour reproductions to assess a body of work that extends from abstract paintings to portraits. Roslyn Rosenfeld writes about Andrus’s early abstract work, Ihor Holubizky considers Andrus’s portraits, and Pan Wendt revisits Andrus’s contemporary abstract paintings. Taken together, the essays and images take full measure of the entirety of Andrus’s career and influences — from the landscapes of Greece and the poetry of George Seferis to the cinematic works of Andrei Tarkovsky and the pioneering work of contemporary German artists Gerhard Richter and Anselm Kiefer.
Donald Andrus has been painting for over thirty-five years. His work has been exhibited at galleries and museums throughout Canada and may be found in both private and public collections. He has previously worked as a curator at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, as a lecturer at the University of New Brunswick, and as a professor of art history at Concordia University. Andrus now lives and works in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
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Done Hunting
$19.95The final installment of the critically acclaimed memoir series
Done Hunting brings Martin Hunter’s memoirs to a close, sharing adventures and observations from his sixth to ninth decades. With descriptions of theatrical productions he’s written and directed, it also provides a subtle commentary on Canada and its social and cultural place in the world. Done Hunting also chronicles Hunter’s experiences as a magazine and radio journalist and his unsuccessful attempts to break into film and television as a scriptwriter. Accounts of his travels in Mexico, Sweden, England, France, and Italy include fascinating encounters with Laurier LaPierre, Bill Glassco, David Earle, and Adrienne Clarkson and writers Barry Callaghan, Mavis Gallant, and Gore Vidal. His friendship with Richard Monette and peripheral involvement with the Stratford Festival, as well as his work as a philanthropist as president of the K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation, are highlights of this fascinating and insightful self-examination.
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Donut Shop Lovers
$14.95Winner of the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Writer (Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards).An unflinching look at modern love. A strong new voice in Canadian literature, Melissa Steele follows the likes of David Bergen and Miriam Toews as a John Hirsch Most Promising Writer.”Steele has an ear for the coded language of families.”–The National Post”The blend of sex and family saga gives a sharp edge to these family-oriented stories. . . . it can also be cathartic and affirming, as well as hot and bothered.”–The Vancouver Sun
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Doomed Bridegroom, The
$21.95It is said that one’s first love sets the template for all loves to follow. The Doomed Bridegroom narrates one woman’s attraction to rebel heroes, both real and imagined, in Canada, Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean.
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Door into Faerie
$19.99Ariane, Wally, Flish, and Rex Major are on a collision course. Excalibur is about to be reforged. But who’ll get to the final piece first-and what will happen then?
When Wally uncovers the surprising location of the final piece of Excalibur, far closer to hand than they’d ever guessed, it seems all Ariane and Wally have to do is claim it.
But when the pieces of the sword are at last reunited, and the long-closed door into Faerie swings open wide, who-and what-emerges from it may destroy everything and everyone Wally and Ariane have fought so hard to save-and allow Rex Major to snatch victory from the very jaws of defeat.
Fighting side by side, Ariane and Wally must draw on all their strength, courage, magic, and love to save the world…and there’s no guarantee it will be enough.
Door into Faerie is an exciting modern-day young-adult fantasy by award-winning author Edward Willett, perfect for anyone who thrills to stories of modern-day magic and tales of King Arthur.
From Scottish castles to Saskatchewan settlements to the terrifying knights of Faerie, every moment of the final book of the Shards of Excalibur series is filled with adventure.
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Door is Open, The
$16.00‘The Door Is Open’ is a compassionate, reflective, and informative memoir about three-and-a-half years spent volunteering at a skid row drop-in centre in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. In an area most renowned for its shocking social ills, and the notorious distinction of holding the country’s “very poorest forward sortation area of all 7,000 postal prefixes,” Bart Campbell dismantles our hard-held notions about poverty, the disenfranchised, substance abuse, and the nature of charity.’The Door Is Open’ is one man’s story of a transformative journey into the complicated and complex world of poverty.
Finalist BC Book Prize
Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize
“His narrative reads like a 1930s ‘noir’ journey into the seamier sides of cities once prowled by the likes of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. It is this straight-up style that is both the book’s strength and, on occasion, its only weak link. Readers looking for a sense of hope will find little of it in Campbell’sgritty descriptions. Indeed, some readers might mistake his unrelenting portrayl of skid row inhabitants as representative of the homeless population across Canada, most of whom are not victims of addiction or mental illness, but of an economy that has been stacked against them for most of their lives, if not for generations before.” – Quill & Quire
“What is most refreshing about Campbell’s memoir is that it neither self-aggrandizes nor propagates a misinformed political message. His work has an objective tone and each chapter is well researched…this is one of the best books I’ve read all year.” – Discorder
Finalist City of Vancouver Book Prize
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Dora Borealis
$19.95A great love comes with bells…
Flip is an unemployed writer with a heart of gold and limited social skills — he’s also very much in love. And you? You’re invited to witness the carnage… .
It’s a story we’re all familiar with: just as the right girl finally comes along, Flip’s leg is broken, his roommate has gone nuts, and his father’s threatening to cut him off by cancelling his credit cards… . And then there’s that other small matter — he’s still in love with Belle, the ghost he met when he was eight.
Thank God he’s well taken care of — how does anyone manage this kind of thing alone?
Daccia Bloomfield’s Dora Borealis is a not-quite-coming-of-age novel and a good old-fashioned love letter written in the era of the open relationship. Set against the backdrop of Toronto’s insular art scene (itself haunted by the ghost of meaning), this story about connection (in a town hooked on missed connections) explores what it means to be truly haunted.
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Dora Mavor Moore
$19.95Winner of the Ann Saddlemyer Book Prize, as awarded by the Association for Canadian Theatre Research. In this first biography of Dora Mavor Moore, Paula Sperdakos examines the life and career of a key figure in the development of the theatre in Canada. This extraordinary woman is best remembered for her work with the New Play Society. But when Dora founded the NPS in 1946, she was already close to 60 years old, and she had been working tirelessly as actress, director, producer, and teacher, for almost 40 years. The story of her remarkable achievements will appeal to anyone with an interest in the arts in Canada.
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Doris and Ivy in the Home
$18.95“A lighthearted story that’ll leave you looking forward to the future.” —Intermission Magazine
Life at Paradise Village Retirement Home is much what you’d expect: bridge nights, the occasional medical emergency, and even a little outdoor hanky-panky in the communal garden. When the spirited Doris Mooney arrives and strikes up an unlikely friendship with the reserved Ivy Hoffbauer, the two quickly become inseparable. Seeking to spice up the place, Doris soon takes it upon herself to play matchmaker between Ivy and Arthur Beech, a charming professor and amateur poet with only two years left to live. As Arthur pursues one last chance at love and Ivy learns to open her heart again, the three discover that life’s great adventures may still lie ahead of them.
Norm Foster is better than ever in this laugh-a-minute buddy comedy about friendship, love, and the courage to embrace new beginnings. Filled with Foster’s trademark wit and warmth, Doris and Ivy in the Home is a touching reminder that some things only get better with age.
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Dorothy Livesay
$14.95This book chronicles the life of the poet Dorothy Livesay. Included in this book are the roots of Livesay’s social activism: her commitment to social work and her involvement with the Communist Party; her vital contributions to the magazines New Frontier, Contemporary Verse, and CV/II; her European and African travels; her lifelong battle with recurring physical illness; and her struggles against barriers to political and sexual freedom and artistic growth.
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Dotted Lines
$24.95Abandoned as a child, Melanie Forsythe seeks stability and belonging after her mom’s boyfriend is left to raise her. Despite her raw deal, Melanie grows up to have a good head on her shoulders and a strong bond with her stepdad. But her dream of having a family of her own is shattered when she suffers tragedy and betrayal. Finding herself at an unexpected crossroads, Melanie must rely on the lessons given to her by someone who owed her nothing but gave her everything.
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Double Bill: Still Desire You & Fire
$17.95Still Desire You (a fresh adaptation of I Love You, Anne Murray, first produced in the 1980s) deals with issues that are central to the growing malaise of celebrity culture in our society. For some fans, innocent fantasies about their connection to the performer behind the song can become real and dangerous obsessions. Such is the story of David Stuart, a fundamentally decent man on trial for “the crime of loving a girl” who happens to be a pop icon. Still Desire You explores the slippery slope of a fan’s delusions and, in the process, indicts the star-making machinery behind our communal obsession with celebrity.
Fire explores the extraordinary relationship between Pentecostal Christianity, the birth of rock and roll, and the rise of right-wing fundamentalism as a force in American politics. Inspired by the lives of Jerry Lee Lewis and Reverend Jimmy Swaggart, who learned how to play on the same piano, Fire traces the rise and fall of Cale and Herschel, the sons of a Southern preacher. In the ’50s Cale becomes a rock and roll star but, convinced he is damned for playing “the devil’s music,” embarks on a self-destructive rampage that nearly destroys him. By the 1980s Herschel has become a famous televangelist and is drawn into a dangerous mix of faith and right-wing politics. Caught between the two brothers is the woman who loves them both, Herschel’s wife, Molly. A play about searching for salvation with your head, your heart, and your groin. -
Double Blue
$34.95?The Toronto Argonauts have been a beloved football team since its beginnings in 1873, when players first donned the double blue uniforms (so popular, blue was adopted by other Toronto sports teams). The oldest professional sports team in North America with the same name since inception, the Boatmen have rewarded their fans with 15 Grey Cup titles.
This is a book for these fans.
Presented in full colour with photos throughout, here are many stories from players, coaches, and other people connected with the team. Dozens of interviews with key Argonauts, past and present, are an integral part of the research being done specifically for this book. Journalists who have followed the Argos will contribute special pieces on important aspects. The fans will tell their stories, show off their photos and memorabilia. A history will highlight the triumphs from each year, as well as the prominent players, the venues, the changes to the game and the league, and so on.
Rounding out the book are profiles of key Argonauts, with photos, stats, and a section on “Where Are They Now?” Plus there will be highlights on turning points — the moments in Argos‘ games that made the difference in a season.
This book is a must for any fan of Canadian football.