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Anthony Fokker: the Flying Dutchman who shaped American aviation
Par Marc Dierikx. 2018
Comprehensive biography of Anthony Fokker, the famed Dutch pilot and daredevil aviator. Fokker came from an affluent Dutch family and…
developed a gift for tinkering with mechanics. Despite not receiving a traditional education, he stumbled his way into aviation as a young stunt pilot in Germany in 1910. He survived a series of spectacular airplane crashes and rose to fame within a few years. A combination of industrial espionage, luck, and deception then propelled him to become Germany's leading aircraft manufacturer during World War I, making him a multimillionaire by his midtwenties. When the German Revolution swept the country in 1918 and 1919, Fokker made a spectacular escape to the United States. He set up business in New York and New Jersey in 1921, and shortly thereafter became the world's largest aircraft manufacturer. The U.S. Army and Navy acquired his machines, and his factories equipped legendary carriers such as Pan American and TWA at the dawn of commercial air transport. Yet despite his astounding success, his empire collapsed in the late 1920s after a series of ill-conceived business decisions and deeply upsetting personal dramas. 2018. Uniform title: Anthony Fokker.Lowe profiles what some call the prototypical 21st-century company, Internet giant Google. In less than 15 years, creators Sergey Brin…
and Larry Page built what was supposed to be a simple search engine into a megaprofitable operation with over $16 billion in annual revenues. 2009.Funny, you don't look like one: observations from a blue-eyed Ojibway
Par Drew Hayden Taylor. 1996
Half Ojibway and half Caucasian - and hoping to found a nation called Occasions, dubbing himself a Special Occasion for…
founding it - Drew Hayden Taylor presents his own take on Native affairs. Using humour to give a different perspective on contentious issues, he talks about Native life and culture, and relations with government and non-Natives. 1996.Hart Massey (Canadians)
Par Paul Collins. 1977
For king and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War
Par Timothy C Winegard. 2012
At the outbreak of the First World War, Canada’s First Nations pledged their men to the Crown to honour their…
long-standing tradition of forming military alliances with Europeans during times of war, and as a means of resisting cultural assimilation and attaining equality through shared service and sacrifice. Initially, the Canadian government rejected their offer, but in 1915, Britain intervened and demanded Canada actively recruit Indian soldiers. Winegard reveals how national and international forces directly influenced the more than 4,000 status Indians who voluntarily served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force between 1914 and 1919, and how subsequent administrative policies profoundly affected their experiences at home, on the battlefield, and as returning veterans. 2012.Howard Hughes: the secret life
Par Charles Higham. 2004
Howard Hughes had various personas: aviator, film producer, entrepreneur and recluse. Revealing the private scandals, his affairs with Hollywood stars…
and his involvement in Watergate, this book ties in with the release of a film about Hughes' early life - 'The Aviator' starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Includes strong language. 2004.Howard Hughes: the untold story
Par Peter H Brown, Pat H Broeske. 1996
Drawing on interviews and recently-revealed documents, this biography of the billionaire, aviator and Hollywood mogul spans seven decades. It provides…
insight on his secretive life, his love affairs, his bizarre behaviour and his eventual descent into madness. 1996.Helpless: Caledonia's nightmare of fear and anarchy, and how the law failed all of us
Par Christie Blatchford. 2010
February 28, 2006. A handful of protesters from the nearby Six Nations reserve walked onto Douglas Creek Estates, then a…
residential subdivision under construction, and blocked workers from entering. The occupiers, now in their fifth year, have been destructive, threatening, and violent, harassing the residents who live nearby and doing everything under the noses of the Ontario Provincial Police, who, often against their own best instincts, stood by and watched. Strong language and descriptions of violence. c2010.Harvests of joy: my passion for excellence
Par Robert Mondavi, Paul Chutkow. 1998
Autobiography of a California wine maker who changed the industry in the United States. Recalls how in 1965, at fifty-two,…
Mondavi bitterly broke away from the family firm and established his own vineyard. His innovations helped Napa Valley wines challenge those of France. 1998.For Joshua: an Ojibway father teaches his son
Par Richard Wagamese. 2002
Richard Wagamese had a life-long struggle for self-knowledge and self-respect. He turned to the Native doctrine of the Medicine Wheel,…
which teaches balance, introspection, sensitivity to others and, above all, responsibility to one's inner self. It is this learning process that he hoped to pass on to his son, Joshua. 2002.Canadian Tire was founded by A.J. and John Billes in 1922 and grew to become a national institution. In 1986,…
one of A.J.'s sons decided to sell his company shares to a group of Canadian Tire dealers, sparking a feud with his sister, Martha. 1990 winner of the National Business Book Award. Strong language.Flowers on my grave: how an Ojibwa boy's death helped break the silence on child abuse
Par Ruth Teichroeb. 1997
In 1988, a 13-year-old Ojibwa boy named Lester Desjarlais committed suicide. Journalist Ruth Teichroeb covered the inquest into his death,…
which was scheduled for one day, but which lasted three months. She relates what happened to Lester as he left the Sandy Bay First Nations reserve and found himself in a maze of foster homes, mental hospitals, and treatment centres. Sexual content and descriptions of violence. 1997.Flint & feather: the life and times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake
Par Charlotte Gray. 2002
An exploration of the many dimensions of Pauline Johnson's life. Complex and talented, she was a native rights advocate ahead…
of her time; a lyric poet who performed vaudevillian skits; a New Woman who wrote for The Mother's Magazine; and an incurable romantic who never married. 2002.Fireworks and folly: how we killed Minnie Sutherland
Par John Nihmey. 1998
On New Year's Eve 1988, Minnie Sutherland, a 40-year-old mother of two was hit by a car in Hull, Quebec.…
Two police officers dragged her to the side of the road, referred to her as a "squaw" and left her. Later that night, after being misdiagnosed as a drunk by two ambulance attendants, Minnie died while in hospital. A coroner's inquest into her death revealed startling facts about the perception of native people in Canada, and how those perceptions may have contributed to the death of Minnie Sutherland. c1998.Entering the war zone: a Mohawk perspective on resisting invasions (Entering The Warzone Ser.)
Par Donna K Goodleaf. 1995
A Mohawk who was born and raised in the Kahnawake Territory, Goodleaf provides a Mohawk perspective on the issues surrounding…
the Oka Crisis of 1990, as well as an in-depth discussion of Mohawk sovereignty. 1995.Far off Metal River: Inuit lands, settler stories, and the makings of the contemporary Arctic
Par Emilie Cameron. 2015
Drawing on Samuel Hearne's gruesome account of an alleged massacre at Bloody Falls in 1771, Cameron reveals how Qablunaat (non-Inuit,…
non-Indigenous people) have used stories about the Arctic for over two centuries as a tool to justify ongoing colonization and economic exploitation of the North. Rather than expecting Inuit to counter these narratives with their own stories about their homeland, Cameron argues that it is the responsibility of Qablunaat to develop new relationships with northerners – ones grounded in the political, cultural, economic, environmental, and social landscapes of the contemporary Arctic. 2015.Financier, the biography of André Meyer: a story of money, power, and the reshaping of American business
Par Cary Reich, André Meyer. 1983
Portrait of the legendary financial wizard and art connoisseur. Meyer emigrated from France to New York during World War II…
and established himself as one of the most successful capitalists of the post-war era. 1983.Fayed: the unauthorized biography
Par Tom Bower. 1998
Mohamed Al Fayed has become Britain's most controversial tycoon. Few men enjoy so much publicity and provoke so many questions…
about themselves as the Egyptian owner of Harrods, bereaved father of Dodi, and instigator of the "cash for questions" row that ocurred during the last Tory government. 1998.Dark genius of Wall Street: the misunderstood life of Jay Gould, king of the robber barons
Par Edward Renehan. 2006
Edward J. Renehan, Jr. presents a biography of one of the most hated and most admired American entrepreneurs of all…
time. Here, he sheds light on Wall Street magnate Jay Gould and his frequently overshadowed creativity. Gould was the quintessential robber baron and the original modern businessman whose financial examples persist even today. 2006.Distilled: a memoir of family, Seagram, baseball, and philanthropy
Par Howard Green, Charles Bronfman. 2016
Born in 1931 to the fabulously wealthy Bronfmans, Charles grew up in a 20-room mansion with many staff. Via their…
control of the distilling giant Seagram, the Bronfman family dominated the liquor business with brands such as Crown Royal, V.O. and Chivas Regal. By the 1980s, Seagram was also the biggest shareholder of DuPont and by the 1990s, the family’s wealth was in the billions, culminating in the $35-billion sale of Seagram to France’s Vivendi, which turned into a financial and family disaster. Charles reflects on his relationship with his parents, his brother Edgar, working in the family business, landing Canada’s first big league baseball franchise (the Montreal Expos), leading a philanthropic life by promoting Canadian identity through Heritage Minutes and supporting Israel through countless innovative initiatives including the globally respected Birthright Israel - and to how the Bronfman family splintered over the sale of Seagram. 2016.