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How to play poker: and other gambling card games
Par Peter Arnold. 2003
A beginner's guide to how to play poker and win. The rules to every variety of the game are explained…
using simple, jargon-free language and easy-to-follow instructions. Learn how to bid, bet and bluff like a regular cardsharp. Includes other popular gambling games such as Baccarat and Blackjack. 2003.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.Eight World Cups: my journey through the beauty and dark side of soccer
Par George Vecsey. 2014
George Vecsey of The New York Times offers an eye-opening, globetrotting account of the last eight World Cups. Vecsey immerses…
himself in the great national leagues, historic clubs, devoted fans, and passionate rivalries and gives us his up-close impressions of charismatic stars like Socrates, Maradona, Baggio, and Zidane, while also chronicling the rise of the U.S. men's and women's teams. c2014.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.Dynasty: the Astors and their times
Par David Sinclair. 1984
The bold, unscrupulous ventures of John Jacob Astor into fur trading and Manhattan real estate made him wealthy. The author…
follows the rise of the family's fortune and influence in the 19th century to the decline of the Astors in the 20th century. 1984.Dispersed but not destroyed: a history of the seventeenth-century Wendat people
Par Kathryn Magee Labelle. 2013
Situated within the area stretching from Georgian Bay in the north to Lake Simcoe in the east, the Wendat Confederacy…
flourished for two hundred years. By the mid-seventeenth century, however, Wendat society was threatened by European disease and Iroquois attacks. This book depicts the creation of a powerful Wendat diaspora in the wake of their dispersal and throughout the latter half of the century. Turning the story of the Wendat conquest on its head, the author demonstrates the resiliency of the Wendat Confederacy and its people. 2013.E. P. Taylor: the biography of Edward Plunket Taylor
Par Richard H Rohmer. 1978
An account of Taylor's first business ventures, his major role in World War II, financial dealings, vast interests in real…
estate, and his leadership in international horse racing and breeding. 1978.Driving force: the McLaughlin family and the age of the car
Par Heather Robertson. 1995
Robertson presents the story of the McLaughlin family, entrepreneurs who began as poor immigrants and went on to create General…
Motors of Canada. The family members are portrayed, as well as the major events in the life of their company. 1995.