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The automatic millionaire homeowner: a powerful plan to finish rich in real estate
Par David Bach. 2006
Bestselling author Bach provides a user-friendly, motivational book designed to help build wealth through homeownership and finish rich in any…
market. Whether you already own your home or are renting, Bach gives you a long-term strategy with step-by-step instructions for success. 2006.Start late, finish rich: a no-fail plan for achieving financial freedom at any age
Par David Bach. 2005
The author of "The Automatic Millionaire" and "Smart Women Finish Rich" (DC27884) advises people who have neglected to manage money.…
Outlines saving, cutting credit card debt, budgeting, creating a self-directed retirement account, investing in the stock market, owning a home, getting a raise, and more. Bestseller. 2005.Jack, a life with writers: the story of Jack McClelland
Par James King. 1999
Though officially a biography of the head of publishing house McClelland & Stewart, this book is equally about business and…
the Canadian literary scene. Jack McClelland was credited with introducing many well-known authors to Canada and the rest of the world, including Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Irving Layton, Mordecai Richler and Margaret Laurence. The book reveals him to also be a fervent nationalist, devoted family man and perpetrator of often wild stunts that brought attention to his company's books. Some strong language.In the blood: battles to succeed in Canada's family business
Par Gordon Pitts. 2000
Dramatic stories of twelve business families and the trials and triumphs each has faced in trying to maintain their dynasty.…
Some of Canada's most prominent business families describe the successes and failures of their empires at the hands of family members. 2000.Book of longing
Par Leonard Cohen. 2006
A collection of musings, jottings, quatrains, lyrics, prose meditations and offhand epigrams, including previously unpublished poems dating as far back…
as 1970. Cohen displays both a surface humility and an underlying self-confidence as he reflects on women, Zen doctrine, his own advancing age, and the legacy of the '60s. Descriptions of sex and strong language. 2006.Always fresh: the untold story of Tim Hortons by the man who created the Canadian cultural and business icon
Par Robert Thompson, Ron Joyce. 2006
Ron Joyce tells the story of how he built the Tim Hortons empire before and after the death of the…
hockey star who started the franchise. Explains some of the key strategic decisions that fuelled the company's growth, celebrates the importance of hard work and discipline, and argues Mr. Joyce made a terrible mistake when he handed the operation over to the Wendy's restaurant chain and its founder Dave Thomas, rather than going public with an IPO. 2006.A wild peculiar joy: selected poems, 1945-89 (The Modern Canadian poets)
Par Irving Layton. 1989
19 varieties of gazelle: poems of the Middle East
Par Naomi Shihab Nye. 2002
Over four dozen of her own poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the…
United States. Nye writes of figs and olives, fathers' blessings and grandmothers' hands. She writes of Palestinians, living and dead, of war, and of peace. 2002.The tent
Par Margaret Atwood. 2006
A collection of short stories, including parodies of fairy tales and fables, a tale which encapsulates the divide between men…
and women, and an account of the remarkably thuggish population of a small, out-of-the-way island. Atwood dissects our habit of seeing the world in terms of "we" and "them," and our refusal to face the facts of environmental degradation. 2006.Introduces 5 Laws of Money, which operate without exception -- at all times, in every culture -- and apply to…
everyone. The author uses stories adapted from real-life situations to illustrate her points. The universal truths and lessons contained within each law help the reader learn how to keep what they have and create what they deserve. Orman strongly advises putting these laws to use, in order to survive and thrive in these times of constant upheaval and financial turmoil. 2003.Thanks and giving all year long: Marlo Thomas and friends
Par Marlo Thomas, Christopher Cerf. 2004
The Penelopiad: The Myth Of Penelope And Odysseus (The myths series)
Par Margaret Atwood. 2005
For Penelope, wife of Odysseus, maintaining a kingdom while her husband fights in the Trojan War is not easy -…
already aggrieved by the shocking behaviour of her cousin Helen, she must bring up her wayward son, face down scandalous rumours, and keep over a hundred lusty, greedy and bloodthirsty suitors at bay. When Odysseus finally returns home and slaughters the suitors, he also brutally hangs Penelope's twelve beloved maids. What were his motives, and what was Penelope herself really up to? 2005.Everyday eclipses
Par Roger McGough. 2002
These poems contain Roger McGough's own spin on innocence and experience. Poems about his docker father and his new daughter;…
poems about how, in his dreams, he gave the idea of "Hey Jude" to McCartney and advised Dylan to go electric; and poems about sad music and the sad eclipses of everyday life. 2002.Blackbird singing: poems and lyrics 1965-1999
Par Adrian Mitchell, Paul McCartney. 2001
A highly personal collection from one of the major cultural figures of the last 50 years, containing the lyrics to…
many of the best-loved Paul McCartney songs, and also poems that have never before been seen, including moving elegies to his late wife, Linda.Kid (Faber Pocket Poetry Ser.)
Par Simon Armitage. 1999
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
Par Seamus Heaney. 1999
A translation of the 10th-century Anglo-Saxon poem relating Beowulf's triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a…
defender of his people. Heaney has aimed to produce a work true both to the original, which is one of the classics of European literature, and to his own creativity. 1999.The annals of Chile
Par Paul Muldoon. 1994
Translations from the natural world
Par Les Murray. 1993
Ravens, cuttlefish, sunflowers and a shell-back tick are among those non-verbal members of our natural world which find distinctive voices…
in this new collection of poems by Les Murray. Few poets could achieve such variety of approach to express character and feelings and to give us their vision of the universe. 1993.The brazen serpent
Par Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin. 1994
"Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin employs a poetic point of view that is displaced, unspecified, and often enigmatic; her poetry resonates with…
ancient rites and presences from a spiritual otherworld. She is a unique poet who has influenced younger writers, broadened the scope of Irish poetry, and earned her place among the very best poets of her generation."