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The healthy boomer: a no-nonsense midlife health guide for women and men
Par Miroslava Lhotsky, Peggy Edwards, Judy Turner. 1999
Provides information and practical advice on such topics as: the male and female menopause; how to make a decision about…
hormone replacement therapy; alternative health care; preventing heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis; prostate health and impotence; healthy relationships and sex in midlife; weight control, exercise, and healthy eating; handling midlife stress. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.Suddenly they heard footsteps: storytelling for the twenty-first century
Par Dan Yashinsky. 2004
The art of storytelling is very much alive in today's world. Yashinsky has lived with storytelling all his life, first…
listening to storytellers and then becoming one himself. It's the traveler who stops to hear the voice of the dusty little mouse on the road who is rewarded with the treasure. 2004.Negotiating with the dead: a writer on writing (The empson Lectures)
Par Margaret Atwood. 2002
Margaret Atwood looks back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career and examines the metaphors which…
writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain their activities. Her wide and eclectic reference to other writers, living and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer, both in Canada and on the international scene. 2002.Exploded view: observations on reading, writing and life
Par Jean McKay. 2001
The exploded view is a diagram which shows how each component of an object relates to the whole, and is…
usually applied to machinery. McKay uses it to explode everything from macaroons to metaphors. In her alphabetical essays she explodes language and her world view, taking a variety of things apart, from babies and crabapples to funerals and acorns, and putting them back together in unexpected ways. Some strong language.Holy writ: a writer reflects on creation and inspiration
Par K. D Miller. 2001
An author's examination of the creative and spiritual sides of her life, and how the two relate to each other.…
Includes reflections on writing as a form of worship, selfishness as a virtue and church-going as a necessary evil. In several of the essays, Miller is joined by colleagues from the writing community, including practising Catholic Philip Marchand, one-time Quaker Elizabeth Hay and atheist Russell Smith. Some strong language. 2001.The merry heart: selections 1980-1995
Par Robertson Davies. 1996
A collection of Robertson Davies' reflections on books, reading, and writing. These essays, book reviews, and other writings, taken from…
a selection which he had planned to publish before his death, reveal Davies at his vintage best. 1996.Ego and ink: the inside story of Canada's national newspaper war
Par Chris Cobb. 2004
The inside story of the newspaper war instigated by the arrival of Conrad Black's National Post, as well as a…
chronicle of the paper's rise and fall, told by the people who were there. The questionable measures the Post's rivals took to defend their market share are documented, as is a complete history of the Post's creation. The ambition, hubris, intrigue, and even absurdity of the Post's initial owners and policies took it from the most adventurous media project ever undertaken in Canada to perhaps the industry's most spectacular failure. 2004.A way of being free
Par Ben Okri. 1998
"A way of being free" brings together twelve of Ben Okri's most controversial non-fiction pieces in this beautifully crafted collection…
on the theme of freedom. Lyrical, imaginative and provocative, it confirms Okri's status as one of the most inspiring of contemporary writers.The myth of Sisyphus, and other essays: And Other Essays (Vintage international)
Par Albert Camus. 1991
In the title essay, the French philosopher and writer develops an affirmative attitude towards life, even though life is regarded…
as meaningless and absurd. The other essays also deal with the theme of affirmation in the face of absurdity. 1991. Uniform title: Mythe de Sisyphe.With every mistake
Par Gwynne Dyer. 2005
A collection of Dyer's writings on the post-September 11 world. He examines how the media skews fact and opinion, provides…
incorrect information, and prefers short-term news over the longer perspectives needed to understand what is going on. Combines an examination of how powerful owners mould the agendas of the press with a self-critique of his columns. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.Typing: a life in 26 keys
Par Matt Cohen. 2000
Matt Cohen's last book, a memoir, describes his life as a writer. Also dealing with the Canadian literary scene of…
his time, he includes portraits of such figures as Margaret Laurence and Morley Callaghan. He charts his progress as a writer, and the inspiration he received by moving from Toronto to a farm near Kingston.The Morningside world of Stuart McLean
Par Stuart McLean. 1989
This collection of McLean's humourous essays, originally broadcast on the CBC radio program "Morningside", looks at the extraordinary things in…
everyday life, including popsicles, the neighbourhood barber shop, dust balls and wooden pencils. Uniform title: Morningside (Radio program)The book of life: one man's search for the wisdom of age
Par Andrew Jackson. 2000
Jackson quit his job to travel the world with his wife, meet the oldest people alive and imbibe some of…
their knowledge. He describes nonagenarians and centenarians in Slovakia, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, America, Ecuador and Bolivia. In their meetings with the aged, they explore the changing world and the peaceful demeanour which has helped these survivors to live into their dotage. 2000.Spirituality and ageing
Par Albert Jewell. 1999
This work presents the experience of ageing as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and affirmation of life. The contributors are…
religious and spiritual leaders and ethical thinkers from a range of backgrounds. They define "spirituality" not just as a religious concept but as an answer to the natural human need for purpose, values and relationships - a sense of wholeness in life.The Canadian style: a guide to writing and editing
Par Secretary of State Staff, Dundurn Press Staff, Translation Bureau Staff, Public Works and Government Services Canada Staff. 1997
Writers talking
Par John Metcalf, Claire Wilkshire. 2003
Includes interviews with and commentaries from eight Canadian writers. Listen in to Terry Griggs on where stories come from, Michael…
Winter on writing Newfoundland, and K.D. Miller on being 'an actor who writes'. Also features short stories by these authors. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003.Say yes to God: Mary and the revealing of the word made flesh
Par Martin Warner. 1999
These essays offer reflection on the process of revelation and response. The title essay points not only to Mary's experience,…
but also to our own progress along the pilgrimage of faith, to our aptitude for reception of God's self-disclosure, and the many different levels, ways, and contexts in which we recognise and receive it. (Given by Guild of Church Braillists) 1999.The Canadian writer's workplace: building writing skills
Par John A Roberts. 2007
A complete grammar and composition text designed as a flexible resource for writers who need to improve their writing skills.…
It provides instructors with a wealth of grammar exercises and writing opportunities, and gives students a solid foundation for grammar mastery and the development of different styles and approaches to writing. 2007.The joy of writing: a guide for writers, disguised as a literary memoir
Par Pierre Berton. 2003
Pierre Berton shares his own experiences in learning to write and in improving during his writing career. Includes information about…
editors, tips for writer's block, and story development through many drafts. 2003.Things no longer there: a memoir of losing sight and finding vision
Par Susan Krieger. 2005
Krieger, a sociologist and writer who is also losing her vision to a rare eye disease, goes bird watching in…
New Mexico, learns to use a white cane, revisits an old love, and returns to the summer camp of her youth, while reflecting on the nature of blindness and sight. She explains that that while outer landscapes may change, the inner visions persist, giving meaning and jarring the senses with a very different picture from what appears before the eyes. Some descriptions of sex. 2005.