The Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Biographies & Memoirs

Symons. Julian

Arts & Literature

Sutherland House Books

<p><p>"This could be a great work of fiction. The damndest thing is it's all fact." - Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated</p> <p>It was a time of Prohibition, jazz, and gangland murder, and it was baseball's age of magic, when even Hall of Fame players believed that rubbing the hump of a hunchback guaranteed a hit.</p> <p>Broken and deformed by a childhood fall from a seesaw, Hughie McLoon never grew taller than forty-nine inches but he made himself one of the lucky ones. He was chosen as the batboy and mascot of the Philadelphia Athletics. Although the team finished last in each of the three seasons that the A's rubbed his hump and Hughie tended their bats, he became a local celebrity. He loved the crowds and they loved him back.</p> <p>Graduating from batboy to boxing manager, and running his own speakeasy while serving as a secret agent for the Chief of Police, Hughie was the toast of Philly until one summer night in 1928 he was caught in a murderous crossfire outside his tavern. Twenty-six years old, he bled to death on Cuthbert Street. The next day, 15,000 admirers lined up to see his four-foot corpse. The age of magic was now over.<br /></p> <p>The Short Life of Hughie McLoon is Allen Abel's haunting and stylish biography of the most remarkable and beloved of the baseball mascots, and a new chapter in the complicated mythology of the American dream.<br /></p></p>

The Short Life of Hughie McLoon: A True Story of Baseball, Magic and Murder

Abel, Allen

Community & Culture

<p>Few things are more precious in a democratic society than individual freedom, and few things are easier to take for granted. In this timely, provocative essay, Philip Slayton argues that Canada, in ways large and small, is frittering away the liberties on which a free and open society depends. We give too much power to our politicians and unelected judges. We paper over our divisions and stifle voices that challenge conventional wisdom. We tolerate inaction on the most pressing issues of the day. It is time, writes Slayton, for Canadians to throw off their self-imposed chains, to stand up and fight for what we believe in before we lose our ability to do so--a prospect, he warns, that is far more likely than we realize.</p>

Nothing Left to Lose: An Impolite Report on the State of Freedom in Canada

Politics & Social Sciences

Slayton, Philip

Social Sciences

<p><strong>Misbehaviour, </strong><i><strong>a major motion picture based on the author’s life, and starring Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (as Jennifer Hosten), will be released globally in 2020.</strong> </i></p> <p>1970 was the last year of the Beatles and the first year of the supersonic Concorde―a time of new possibilities and social upheaval, and Jennifer Hosten, a young airline hostess from the Caribbean island of Grenada, was as surprised as anyone to find herself in the midst of it. </p> <p>After winning a Miss Grenada contest, she travelled to London for the 1970 Miss World pageant and arrived at Royal Albert Hall determined to make her mark. So, too, did members of the fledgling Women’s Liberation movement. They chose that globally-televised moment to protest the exploitation of women. They planted bombs, stormed the hall, and chased comedian Bob Hope from the stage. </p> <p>By the end of the night, the world had been introduced to both radical feminism and a new ideal of feminine beauty. Ms. Hosten was the first woman of color crowned Miss World. </p> <p><i>Miss World 1970</i> is the story of the craziest and most meaningful pageant ever, an inspiring account of Ms. Hosten’s barrier-breaking win and her subsequent globe-trotting career as a development worker and diplomat. </p>

Miss World 1970: How I Entered A Pageant And Wound Up Making History

Hosten, Jennifer

Humor & Entertainment

<p>Politicians, legislatures and parliament are widely mistrusted. Canadians do not see their issues and concerns reflected in the priorities of the people elected to serve them. The rise of populism is one symptom of discontent. Others are low voter turnouts and an increasingly vicious public sphere. It is time for Canadians to repair and strengthen their democracy. It is time to Do Something!In this riveting and inspirational book, author and parliamentarian Preston Manning calls on Canadians of all beliefs and allegiances to renew their nation's democracy and the ideas, processes, and institutions that support it. Drawing on a lifetime of public service, he offers 365 practical ways that people can get involved and make a difference, in their communities and on the national stage."There is an old saying," writes Manning, "that a Canadian optimist is someone who believes things could be worse. But I am an optimist who believes the future can be better if enough of us resolve to make it so."</p>

Do Something!: 365 Ways You Can Strengthen Canada

Manning, Preston

Politics & Government

<p><p>"A welcome new bright spot in the vast literature of World War II." - DAVID SHRIBMAN</p> <p>The relationship between Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt was among the most momentous - and mysterious - in history. The story of how these fiercely independent leaders worked together to defeat Hitler's Germany has been divined mainly from their cautious letters and the comments of staffers. Meanwhile, the detailed record of their fellow head of government, Canadian Prime Minister William L. Mackenzie King, who knew each of them better than they knew each other, has been largely overlooked.<br /></p> <p>A sublime diplomat, King was determined, as leader of the largest British Dominion and America's closest neighbour, to serve as a lynchpin between the great powers. Churchill and Roosevelt both came to rely upon him as their next most important ally, routinely confiding in him and never suspecting that he was meticulously recording every word, prayer, slight, and tic from their countless interactions in his voluminous unpublished diary.<br /></p> <p>The Third Man offers us a truly unique look at the personalities, the strategies, and the epic relationship that won WWII.</p></p>

The Third Man: Churchill, Roosevelt, Mackenzie King, and the Untold Friendships that Won WWII

History

Thompson, Neville

Americas

<p><p>"Kat is a storyteller extraordinaire...Read this book with glee. It's a revelation." -CHARLES PACHTER</p> <p><br /></p> <p>So you want to make it as a singer-songwriter? Kat Goldman has been there, almost to the very top, and now she's back with sage advice and hilarious behind-the-scenes stories from a lifetime of toil in the dive bars and legendary venues of the contemporary music scene.<br /></p> <p>Learn what it's like to meet your first fan, date a rock star (never again!), perform in a grocery store, and rebuild your career after getting hit by a car in a bagel shop. Feel the sting of rejection and rampant sexism, and the thrill of writing a hit song and performing with your idols...<br /></p> <p>Off the Charts is a whimsical, uproarious tour through a fickle business that never seems to repay what performers put into it, and one woman's highly intimate account of how she made the best of almost making it. Featuring a sparkling set of original illustrations by the award-winning Nina Berkson.</p></p>

Off the Charts: What I Learned From My Almost Fabulous Life In Music

Goldman, Kat

<p><div><b>"A chilling portrait of the ways that abuse can be hidden behind a glittering façade. It's also a compelling story of a woman learning to navigate pain, mental illness, and trauma, until finally becoming an advocate for her own strength and healing."</b> -ELIZABETH RENZETTI, author of <i>Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls</i></div> <div><i><br /></i></div> <div>Karen Gosbee had it all: a successful husband, three beautiful children, the homes, the cars, the jewelery, the A-list invitations. Her life looked perfect and as her husband, George, liked to say, appearances are everything. But at the height of his success as an owner of a major American sports franchise, cracks appeared in George's carefully constructed façade.<br /></div> <div><br /></div> <div>Karen could not ignore his increasingly erratic and self-destructive behaviour, which spiralled from affairs and hard-drinking to prostitutes and drug abuse. Nor could she escape his abuse as emotional bullying escalated into dangerous beatings. A Perfect Nightmare is the story of a woman's awakening to the realities of her failing marriage and her desperate struggle - one that would end in headlines and tragedy - to bring herself and her children to safety.</div></p>

A Perfect Nightmare: My Glittering Marriage and How It Almost Cost Me My Life

Gosbee, Karen

<p><div>"Gentlemen! Put your hands together and welcome Cassidy to the stage!"</div> <div><br /></div> <div>It wasn't the life Marci Warhaft envisioned for herself. A good student who had been accepted into a prestigious theatre school, a doting mother with two young sons, and there she was taking it all off in front of paying customers to "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child.<br /></div> <div><br /></div> <div><i>The Good Stripper</i> is an eye-popping journey: Warhaft reveals the punishing circumstances and self-destructive behaviors that shaped her early adulthood, including a bank-robbing stepfather, the loss of her beloved brother, eating disorders, and sexual misadventures during a dysfunctional marriage. She describes, in honest, raw, and intimate detail, her struggles to recognize what was happening to her, and her sometimes misguided fight to regain control of her destiny. Above all, it is the story of how one woman, after years of living a double life, packing school lunches by day and giving lapdances by night, finally became the inspirational leader she was.</div> <div><br /></div> <div><b>Wow! From the first line to the last, I was hooked. A mesmerizing, often shocking memoir for everyone out there who might be afraid to share their own struggles. A powerful and candid read!</b> - REBECCA ECKLER, author of <i>Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-Be</i><br /></div></p>

The Good Stripper: A Soccer Mom's Memoir of Lies, Loss and Lapdances

Warhaft, Marci

Gardeners vs. Designers: Understanding the Great Fault Line in Canadian Politics

Business & Money

Lee Crowley, Brian

Economics

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