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Judy Conner refers to her former husband simply as "That X," which is perfectly understandable considering some of the antics…
he pulled. Inseparable from the family's brown dog, Conner's X performed naked synchronized swimming at the 1984 World's Fair - with the canine as his partner. And one fine spring day, while buzzing on bourbon, he delivered an especially touching gift to his wife - a .38 revolver. 2005.Starting out in the afternoon: a mid-life journey into wild land
Par Jill Frayne. 2002
After Jill Frayne's long-term relationship with her lover ended and her daughter left home, she packed up her life and…
headed for the Yukon. Sleeping in her car or pitching a tent by the road, she became a solitary traveller and lived close to the natural world. What started out as a three-month trip became a personal journey that lasted several years. 2002.St. Paul Island: the story of a little known Nova Scotia island
Par Carle A Rigby. 1979
So we bought the town: a Los Angeles family's flight from the city into a jade treasure trove
Par Margaret Owen. 1977
A Los Angeles family, weary of city living, found a satisfactory alternative in northern British Columbia. The years in the…
wilderness, highlighted by the discovery of an important jade deposit, are humourously described. c1977.Sniffing the coast: an Acadian voyage
Par Silver Donald Cameron. 1993
An account of the cruise which Silver Donald Cameron and his wife and son took in 1992 around the Maritimes…
in their home-built wooden sloop. He talks about the places they visited - from Green Gables to the Magdalen Islands and the people they met, like a man who publishes a newsletter for potato growers. c1993.Social studies: the best of the Globe and Mail's daily miscellany of information
Par Michael Kesterton. 1996
A collection of trivia taken from the "Social studies" section of "The Globe and Mail." Organized according to day and…
month, Kesterton provides strange statistics, anecdotes, and odd bits of history on subjects ranging from Godzilla and attack rabbits to income tax and tabloids headlines. 1996. Uniform title: Globe and mail.Social studies
Par Fran Lebowitz. 1981
Collection of 26 humorous essays on apartment hunting in the city, cigarette smoking, diets, pet owning, and other behaviour of…
the American species near the end of the 20th century. c1981.Sinc, Betty, and the morning man: the story of CFRB
Par Donald Lamont Jack. 1977
Sh*t my dad says
Par Justin Halpern. 2010
Expanded version of the Twitter site the screenwriter started after moving back in with his outspoken seventy-three-year-old father, a retired…
nuclear-medicine doctor. Compiles profanity-laden comments and advice the author received from childhood to the present. Basis of a 2010 TV sitcom. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010.Shoot low, boys--they're ridin' Shetland ponies: in search of true grit
Par Lewis Grizzard. 1985
Seven-knot summers
Par Beth Hill. 1994
The author, an anthropologist, history buff and boater, has spent many summers combing the coastline of B.C. with her husband.…
Here she fondly looks back on 30 years of living on the coast. 1996.Sex wars: a humorous look at sexism down through history
Par Mark M Orkin. 1978
Sentimental journey: an oral history of train travel in Canada
Par Ted Ferguson. 1985
SEND: the essential guide to email for office and home
Par David Shipley, Will Schwalbe. 2007
When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up? What is the crucial - and…
most often overlooked - line in an email? What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? This guide shows how to write the perfect email, and also points out the numerous times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!). 2007.See it my way
Par Peter White. 1999
Unsentimental and humorous autobiography by the BBC's disability affairs correspondent, the second blind son born to sighted parents. The text…
covers Peter White's childhood, his experiences at special schools, the shock of `real life' - of the problems of coping with seemingly ordinary, everyday living away from home or a special school, his career with the BBC, marriage and parenthood, his love of sport, his occasional rage at the attitudes of `normal' people, and his sometimes volatile relationship with his father. 1999.Saskatchewan (Discover Canada)
Par Dave Margoshes. 1992
This introduction to Saskatchewan and its people covers its residents, beginning with its original native residents and later European settlement,…
the government, economy, tourism, and the arts. Also included is a section of "Facts at a glance" which highlists information from the text, such as population statistics, important dates, and important people. Junior high and older. c1992.Rire avec Rufi
Par André Rufiange. 1979
Avec ce livre, le chroniqueur du Journal de Montréal et du Journal de Québec, André Rufiange, nous donne ici un…
pot-pourri de ses textes humoristiques sur mille et un sujets de notre vie de tous les jours. Détente garantie. 1979.Sacrés Américains!: nous, les Yankees, on est comme ça
Par Ted Stanger. 2004
Sacré blues: an unsentimental journey through Quebec
Par Taras Grescoe. 2000
For referendum-weary English Canadians, Quebec is an enigma wrapped in a yawn, so Grescoe explores a francophone country-and-western festival in…
rural Mauricie, deconstructs a Montreal Canadiens hockey game, covers the stunning diversity of Quebec's newspapers, and dismantles Bombardier snowmobiles, all while meeting Mohawk Warriors, Yiddish-speaking French Canadians, and the UFO-obsessed followers of Raël. He describes Quebec's love-hate relationship with France and the United States; the dance, theatre, and literary productions celebrated in Europe but little known here; and its fears about distinctness on an increasingly uniform continent. 2000.Sailing back in time: a nostalgic voyage on Canada's West Coast
Par Maria Coffey. 1996
Travel writer Maria Coffey and her husband, photographer Dag Goering, embark on a 3-month journey by wooden boat along Canada's…
western shores. Leading the way are legendary boat builders and sailors Allen and Sharie Farrell aboard China Cloud; they visit their old haunts along the coast, where they homesteaded, fished and built boats. 1996.