The tales of Canadian soldiers and airmen survivors of World War II in Hong Kong, Normandy and Europe.

The valour and the horror: The untold story of Canadians in the Second World War

History

Weisbord, Merrily

Americas

HARPER/COLLINS

Our Future Selves

Random House Canada

From the creators of the upcoming thirteen-part television series Dogs with Jobs, this beautifully illustrated volume offers a delightful portrayal of the world's amazing working dogs, who accomplish incredible tasks in ways humans never could. Award-winning author Merrily Weisbord and veterinarian Kim Kachanoff (a mother-daughter team) profile the vital, heartwarming lives of these remarkable creatures in this ultimate treasure trove for dog lovers everywhere. Brimming with color and black-and-white photos, Dogs With Jobs tells the true stories of those who rescue, detect, entertain, herd, protect, and serve for a living -- including Star -- the Black Lab arson dog who sniffs out fire-starting chemicals better than any known detection equipment Yanka and King -- a German Shepherd team that clears Bosnian land mines 100 times faster than any human Honey Hurricane -- a Cocker Spaniel who coaxes nursing-home patients to smile and laugh againElmer -- an Alaskan Husky who leads the team in Alaska's famous sled dog race, the Iditarod Snooper -- the eco-Beagle who locates infestations of wood-destroying termites ...and many more. From exotic locales around the globe to our everyday homes and workplaces, get to know the wonder dogs who track and capture fugitives * sense the warning signs of epileptic seizures in their owners * rescue earthquake victims * dive from water-rescue helicopters * assist the physically disabled * compete internationally *locate missing pets *safeguard forests and endangered species and more. You will be amazed by the brave, dedicated, and loving acts of these astounding Dogs With Jobs.

Dogs with Jobs

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Kachanoff, Kim

Pets & Animal Care

Pocket_Books

Kamala Das (1934-2009) is one of India's most beloved and controversial literary figures. She was hailed and reviled as the first Indian woman to write an autobiographical cult classic about love and desire. Admirers dubbed her, "The First Feminist Emotional Revolutionary of Our Time." The tabloid press called her "The Love Queen of Malabar." Merrily Weisbord found Das's work so compelling that she flew to South India to meet her. The Love Queen of Malabar is the story of their decade-long friendship, an experiment in mutual revelation. Recounting the development of their relationship, Weisbord relates the dramatic events of Das's life, including her transition from celibacy to sexual awakening at age sixty-seven when, provoking the greatest scandal of her notorious life, she converted to Islam for love and renewal. Both observer and direct participant, Weisbord elegantly presents new biographical insights and cultural details about Kerala and India without exoticisation or stereotyping. The Love Queen of Malabar is an evocative and beautifully crafted work, as seamless as the finest novel, and will captivate readers across the globe.

The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

McGill-Queen's University Press

The strangest dream: Canadian communists, the spy trials, and the cold war

Lester, Orpen Dennys

From the creators of the upcoming thirteen-part television series Dogs with Jobs, this beautifully illustrated volume offers a delightful portrayal of the world's amazing working dogs, who accomplish incredible tasks in ways humans never could. Award-winning author Merrily Weisbord and veterinarian Kim Kachanoff (a mother-daughter team) profile the vital, heartwarming lives of these remarkable creatures in this ultimate treasure trove for dog lovers everywhere. Brimming with color and black-and-white photos, Dogs With Jobs tells the true stories of those who rescue, detect, entertain, herd, protect, and serve for a living - including Star - the Black Lab arson dog who sniffs out fire-starting chemicals better than any known detection equipment Yanka and King - a German Shepherd team that clears Bosnian land mines 100 times faster than any human Honey Hurricane - a Cocker Spaniel who coaxes nursing-home patients to smile and laugh again Elmer - an Alaskan Husky who leads the team in Alaska's famous sled dog race, the Iditarod Snooper - the eco-Beagle who locates infestations of wood-destroying termites . . . and many more. From exotic locales around the globe to our everyday homes and workplaces, get to know the wonder dogs who track and capture fugitives * sense the warning signs of epileptic seizures in their owners * rescue earthquake victims * dive from water-rescue helicopters * assist the physically disabled * compete internationally *locate missing pets *safeguard forests and endangered species and more. You will be amazed by the brave, dedicated, and loving acts of these astounding Dogs With Jobs.

GALLERY BOOKS

Describing a generation of radicals, this is a book about Canadian communists.

The Strangest Dream: Canadian Communists, the Spy Trials, and the Cold War

Véhicule Press

Lauded as the most eloquent book about Canadian communists and written like drama, The Strangest Dream animates the history and life of militants from the 1930's to the 1956 Khruschev revelations about Stalin. Published originally in 1983, this Third Edition contains a new preface by the author, additional photographs, and previously unpublished letters. An antidote to recurrent anti-communist vitriol, The Strangest Dream evokes not only the struggle "to make a better world," but the warmth, generosity, songs, theatre, art, and exhilaration of party members for whom comradeship meant a way of life. Merrily Weisbord's research and contacts unearth historical documents and rare testimonies, including that of Canada's only communist MP, and of the accused in the Cold War spy trials. The Strangest Dream is witness to the heyday and legacy of Canadian communists' courage and social conscience, and to the forces that destroyed their dreams.

Community & Culture

This is a book for women and men about what it means to be old. Investigative journalist and author Merrily Weisbord takes us on her journey through the literature, science and everyday experience of aging, conducting personal discussions with sociologist Betty Friedan, biochemist Linus Pauling, Gray Panther Maggie Kuhn, Norman Cousins, Joan and Erik Erickson, M.F.K. Fisher, her own father, and Uncle Joe, Aunt Sue and their friends at the Seminole Trailer Park in Florida. Examining research on the cutting edge of the sciences and humanities, Weisbord asks the questions that worry her about growing older. What happens to sex? What seems beautiful when one is older? How does one’s identity change? What happens to one’s memory? What values become important? For the many of us thinking about what lies ahead after middle age, Our Future Selves is a surprising journey into taboo territory.

Our Future Selves: Love, Life, Sex, and Aging

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

North Atlantic Books

Pranayathinte Rajakumari (Malayalam Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Green Books

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