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Guilt About the Past
Internationally acclaimed author Bernhard Schlink (The Reader) explores the phenomenon of guilt in the aftermath of war.
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Hack Attack
The definitive, inside story about the behind-the-scenes phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World and News International.
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{"id":7168143949883,"title":"Halfway Home","handle":"halfway-home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAward-winning author Christina Myers navigates the uncharted territory of midlife in a time of rapid social, cultural, and environmental change.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern midlife is finding oneself halfway home but without any reliable maps for the route ahead. With wit and warmth, these personal essays move from a first bra to first hot flashes to consider the lessons we learn through media and culture––and from each other––about bodies, sexuality, fatphobia, gender roles, and what we should want in life. 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Halfway Home
Award-winning author Christina Myers navigates the uncharted territory of midlife in a time of rapid social, cultural, and environmental change.
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Yet Auschwitz-as-metaphor masks what Rudolf Höss, its overseer, speedily and savagely achieved: the industrialized annihilation of living Jewish families — children, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents — even as in the very pit of atrocity he gaudily sentimentalized his own family. 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Hanns and Rudolf
The untold story of the Jewish investigator who pursued and captured one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious war criminals.
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Hard Core Logo
A graphic novel about a legendary Canadian punk band, based on the feature film by Bruce McDonald and the novel by Michael Turner.
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{"id":6815472910395,"title":"Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place?","handle":"has-obama-made-the-world-a-more-dangerous-place","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourteenth semi-annual Munk Debate, which will be held in Toronto on November 5, 2014, pits Bret Stephens and Robert Kagan against Fareed Zakaria and Anne-Marie Slaughter to debate the legacy of President Obama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Ukraine to the Middle East to China, the United States is redefining its role in international affairs. Alliance building, public diplomacy, and eschewing traditional warfare in favour of the focused use of hard power such as drones and special forces are all hallmarks of the so-called Obama Doctrine. Is this a farsighted foreign policy for the United States and the world in the twenty-first century — one that acknowledges and embraces the increasing diffusion of power among states and non-state actors? 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Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place?
The fourteenth semi-annual Munk Debate discusses the legacy of President Obama.
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Has the European Experiment Failed?
The ninth semi-annual Munk Debate pits high-profile Euro skeptics against believers.
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Heroes in My Head
The incredible story of renowned feminist activist Judy Rebick’s struggle with depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
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MacMillan has proven that her love of gossip only adds to her credentials as an historian, and one can only hope that she continues to find further subjects to write about for a long time to come.","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"Qull and Quire, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_11":"[History’s People] very enjoyably explores how individuals not only make history, but also record it.","OtherText_Review_11_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_12":"MacMillan’s passion for the subject is clear and will certainly be passed on to anyone who reads this book.","OtherText_Review_12_Src":"Parry Sound North Star","OtherText_Review_13":"History comes alive when Margaret MacMillan writes it, and here she gives readers her own selection of people of the past, ranging from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Samuel de Champlain.","OtherText_Review_13_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_Review_14":"It’s a rare history book that makes it to the top of the charts, and this collection of profiles is definitely in its own class… MacMillan is a friendly but intelligent writer. Her profiles are interesting and they keep you reading, but they’re also chock full of details and historical information that place these personalities in history.","OtherText_Review_14_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_2":"She is one of those rare scholars who can write for a larger audience without becoming bogged down in academic jargon. In her latest book, MacMillan shows this talent again in five absorbing lectures about a wide range of historical actors—from Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin to Samuel Champlain and Elizabeth Simcoe—offering insight into their personal motivations and historical significance… With the federal election campaign underway, the party leaders could help themselves by heeding MacMillan’s words of wisdom.","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Allan Levine","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_3":"MacMillan draws on an astonishing well of scholarship…The house of history is vast, and as the Massey Lectures come to a close, two voices sound a very different, and more urgent, note: the observers Harry Kessler, born in 1868, the wealthy son of a German banker, and Viktor Klemperer, born in 1881, a German-Jewish professor in Dresden. Through their diaries, Kessler and Klemperer attempt to keep hold of their particular way of observing and thinking, which is to say, their souls. MacMillan powerfully recreates the era; she brings to life not simply their personalities, but their personhood.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_4":"Through this series of lectures, MacMillan demonstrates in rich and provocative detail, how history is an important tool for understanding our own world - as well as the world of others.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"The History Eduation Network","OtherText_Review_5":"this book is an inspiring one, and the lives of the people included have lessons for all of us.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Dave Obee","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Victoria Times Colonist","OtherText_Review_6":"Margaret MacMillan rightly is a darling of Canadian letters, an acclaimed historian of international stature, a superb writer and author of several award-winning bestsellers. Her talents and intellect are so formidable she can do no professional wrong -- if she writes something it is worth reading, no question. This has been true of everything she has turned her mind to, and it is true of her latest work, History's People…the stories -- in the end is what is so richly rewarding about reading History's People. If the personal stories command MacMillan's interest, it goes without saying that they will command the attention of her readers, too.","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Gerald Flood","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_7":"wonderful… History’s People urges us to see the past in another way. MacMillan has provided us with a brilliantly guided tour through a dramatic and emotionally penetrating account of the human beings who by accident or design (and often through the luck of good timing) created the world we live in. She encourages us to see the human qualities, the frailties and passions of men and women who make history… Many readers of MacMillan’s book will want to give a copy to young people whose brains have been deadened by textbooks.","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Robert Fulford","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_8":"Margaret MacMillan doesn’t just document the past; she brings it to life","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Readers' Digest","OtherText_Review_9":"Avoiding arid timelines, MacMillan, an Oxford professor , instead provides intimate human encounters. She seems to love sifting through the revealing details. “I want to gossip,” she confesses — and so do we.","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"New York Times Book Review","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of the great figures of the past, who have changed the course of history.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover jacket","PublicationDate":"2015-09-08","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","Series":"The CBC Massey Lectures","ShortDescription":"Acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of the great figures of the past, who have changed the course of history.","Subtitle":"Personalities and the Past","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
History's People
Acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of the great figures of the past, who have changed the course of history.
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Hitchens vs. Blair
Two formidable minds, one powerfully charged debate: is religion a force for good in this world?
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{"id":6582738419771,"title":"Hollywood Eden","handle":"hollywood-eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e brings the lost humanity of the record business vividly back to life … [Selvin’s] style is blunt, unpretentious and brisk; he knows how to move things along entertainingly … Songs about surfboards and convertibles had turned quaint, but in this book, their coolness is restored.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom surf music to hot-rod records to the sunny pop of the Beach Boys, Jan \u0026amp; Dean, the Byrds, and the Mama’s \u0026amp; the Papa’s, \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e captures the fresh blossom of a young generation who came together in the epic spring of the 1960s to invent the myth of the California Paradise.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCentral to the story is a group of sun-kissed teens from the University High School class of 1959 — a class that included Jan \u0026amp; Dean, Nancy Sinatra, and future members of the Beach Boys — who came of age in Los Angeles at the dawn of a new golden era when anything seemed possible. 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Please don’t change a word!” \u003cstrong \u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong \u003eBruce Johnston of the Beach Boys\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Quote_from_review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“Forget the subtitle, which is its own myth. The book is in stray facts no one else would dig up, yet alone think of publishing … and, in this ten-years-on-the-strip tale of white people coming out of University High in Los Angeles and making records, the way Selvin can cut right down to what really matters, over and over again.” — \u003cstrong\u003eGreil Marcus, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Quote_from_review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem \u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e is a detailed look at the hugely influential California music scene just before the arrival of folk rock and psychedelic music — a vital link in the chronicles of the American popular song. I found it fascinating; I love the book.” \u003cstrong \u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong \u003eLinda Ronstadt, vocalist, songwriter, and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSimple Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Quote_from_review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem \u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e is a keeper! Startlingly moving, it features a cast of somehow sympathetic characters who are all looking for a fast buck, some luck of the draw, or intimations of immortality. I knew full well most of the subjects of this tumultuous time; I was also there in a hedge-row cameo. So I read the book through and through. I warrant every word of it is true.” \u003cstrong \u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong \u003eVan Dyke Parks, composer, songwriter, and lyricist of Brian Wilson’s renowned \u003cem\u003eSmile\u003c\/em\u003e album\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Quote_from_review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“Those of us who grew up in the Darwinian slaughterhouse of New Jersey couldn’t have imagined the paradise so accurately described in \u003cem \u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e. Through the years I became familiar with most of the characters in this book, yet I learned something new on every page. Joel Selvin’s special gift is putting you in the room to witness these unlikely events that became essential Rock History.” \u003cstrong \u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong \u003eStevie Van Zandt, musician, actor, and syndicated radio host of \u003cem\u003eLittle Steven’s Underground Garage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eA jukebox musical of a book … If Altamont marked the premature end of the 1960s, \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e is the decade’s origin story, capturing the lingering 1950s and the transition in Southern California music from surfing and hot rods to the singer-songwriters of the canyons.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"San Francisco Chronicle","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003eFor a tale of dreams, there’s a lot of hustle going on in \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e … For every sonic visionary, be it [Brian] Wilson or Phil Spector, there are a dozen people scraping by … What Selvin does so well is focus on a specific community and what made it work … Selvin took a similar approach in his ’60s Bay Area pop book, \u003cem\u003eSummer of Love\u003c\/em\u003e. Here he zooms in tighter on less trodden ground, with more revelatory results.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Los Angles Times","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003eSelvin tells this inside story as if he were right there … \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden \u003c\/em\u003eis a lively and well-researched book.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003eForget the subtitle, which is its own myth. The book is in stray facts no one else would dig up, yet alone think of publishing … and, in this ten-years-on-the-strip tale of white people coming out of University High in Los Angeles and making records, the way Selvin can cut right down to what really matters, over and over again.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Greil Marcus","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Los Angeles Review of Books","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003eMy life back in those days was truly ‘fun fun fun’ and \u003cem \u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e beautifully captures our Fifties and Sixties California music scene. Please don’t change a word!\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003eThere’s a panoramic sweep to Joel Selvin’s \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e. It’s a story told not as a history, but as a dramatic tale, an adventure, with scenes described so vividly, they become cinematic.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Rock \u0026 Roll Globe","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e doesn’t shy away from the darkness that often boiled under the sun-flecked harmonies, but it ultimately celebrates these audacious young people and the enduring art they created … \u003cem\u003eHollywood Eden\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid and engaging snapshot of California in the 1960s — both the harsh reality and the fantasy world of song.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"The Second Disc","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003eBehind the scenes it wasn’t always fun, fun, fun, but fans of late ’50s and ’60s pop will feel like they’ve caught the perfect wave.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"The story of a group of young artists and musicians who came together at the dawn of the 1960s to create the lasting myth of the California dream.","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2021-04-06","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"The story of a group of young artists and musicians who came together at the dawn of the 1960s to create the lasting myth of the California dream.","Subtitle":"Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of the California Paradise"}
Hollywood Eden
The story of a group of young artists and musicians who came together at the dawn of the 1960s to create the lasting myth of the California dream.
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One day, as we were driving on a busy Toronto street, I heard a car horn honk and yelped, \"What did I do?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"That honk wasn't for you,\" he said softly. \"You are at a point where you worry too much about what other drivers think about you. You may reach a point where you don't worry enough. Try to find a balance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor me, the only thing that has replicated the experience of learning so much about life from studying a specific skill is the reading of this book. It teaches you how to create a beautiful experience for the people you care about in the context of a dinner party. But since reading it I find myself applying many of the lessons in this book to my relationships and life in general. Be prepared. Be thoughtful. Listen. Watch for clues on how people are feeling and do what you can to make them feel comfortable, taken care of, and well fed!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI first knew Corey Mintz as a teenager, when his idea of cooking came from the back page of our copy of the New Basics Cookbook. The spine of the book was unbroken. On the very last page, in coloured marker, was written \"Call Garlic Pepper on Yonge Street. Get them to bring food.\" It was our only recipe and we used it every night that we didn't eat Alphagetti. Corey and I lived with each other as delinquent teenagers. When I was fifteen I had major spinal surgery and Corey found himself caring for a child while he was still a child himself. He took care of me. Better care than a nurse or relative could have. He learned to cook. I remember lying in bed and hearing the clattering of utensils as he struggled his way through recipes, and the beautiful smells coming from the kitchen as he proudly completed a meal. Corey was and is an eccentric, sometimes brittle person who is capable of great tenderness. Through learning to cook, he developed an eloquent, uncomplicated way of showing love without irony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Corey now hosts dinner parties for a living. For years he has had a weekly column called FED in the Toronto Star, centered around a dinner party he hosts for an interesting, eclectic group of people. I usually read with envy at his lucky guests who sometimes walk in without knowing what a treat they are in for. I've heard at least two FED guests say later that it was the best night of their year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecently Corey invited me over for dinner because it had been awhile and, as he said, \"I've learned a lot about hosting since the last time you were here.\" He wasn't lying. Every dinner party experience I've had in the last ten years at Corey's has been incredible. But practice really does make perfect and I can now honestly say there is nowhere I'd rather be in the world than at his table. The food is always stunning, but that's not what I remember or what is important. What stays with me is the atmosphere he creates, the table and the people around it, and the feeling of being seamlessly taken care and thought of without ever feeling it happen. Somehow joy always arrives at his table, without him seeming to do anything specific to invite it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's possible to leave these gatherings intimidated. There is such a frightening organization and charm to the host that it makes you wonder if you should ever bother to attempt to replicate it at your own home. Even though the night is seemingly perfect, Corey himself always seems to be having a good time. He always seems relaxed, engaged and the night appears effortless for him. I can't begin to express the relief I felt in reading this book and realizing there was a method to his success. What I love most about this book is the way it illustrates that your experience and your guests' experiences are intertwined. This is a guide to creating the maximum joy for your guests with minimum stress to yourself. Since you set the tone for the evening, it is paramount that you feel good about it. After reading the book I found it was possible to go back over the dinner parties I'd attended or hosted in my mind to figure out what went wrong, what could have been done differently, and how to avoid those pitfalls in the future. Moreover, it made me feel excited to host more dinner parties of my own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorey, it turns out, is a skilled alchemist and he is generous enough to share his formulas. This book is a detailed anthropological study of what makes a great social experience over food, combined with a practical how-to manual to create what could be some of the most rewarding nights of your life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you leave a place with Corey, whether it be a party, a movie theater, or a shopping trip, it's always somewhat frightening how he breaks down, analyzes and picks apart what an experience was for him and why. (It was especially unpleasant after he read my last script and left no detail of his utter disdain unarticulated.) He has a ruthless, unblinking eye — which is incredibly helpful in book form. Like the man himself, this book is fun, engaging, hilarious, brutally honest, chock full of truths you don't want to hear but should probably listen to, infuriating, and always entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou may feel you don't need this advice on how to host a dinner party. Maybe you don't. But I guarantee your guests will have a better time if you listen to it. Corey has the key to something ephemeral. He has broken it down and made something mysterious readable. Where we mortals see a mess of food and conversation, Corey sees a glowing map, a series of manageable steps -a recipe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hope you host more dinner parties. I hope this book makes you more excited, confident, and less afraid to do so. I know I myself feel much more assured in my ability to throw a great one after reading it. If more people gathered in environments where they were in great company, well fed, and well cared for, the world would be a much happier place.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"After 150 dinner parties, Mintz is well equipped to dish out advice...with good humour...with a thoughtful introduction by Sarah Polley (a friend of Mintz’s), lively illustrations by Steve Murray and several dinner party-appropriate recipes, the book is beautifully laid out in 10 chapters.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Maclean's","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"This book guides readers through everything they need to know about hosting, featuring recipes, anecdotes, expert analysis, and a bounty of tips.","ProductFormDescription":"hardcover","PublicationDate":"2013-05-25","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"This book guides readers through everything they need to know about hosting, featuring recipes, anecdotes, expert analysis, and a bounty of tips.","Width":"5","WidthCode":"in"}
How to Host a Dinner Party
This book guides readers through everything they need to know about hosting, featuring recipes, anecdotes, expert analysis, and a bounty of tips.
