The essays and reportage in 'How to Breathe Underwater' offer a panoramic overview of this age of radical change from the online gambling boom in the Caribbean to Cyberjaya, the Malaysian governmen
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Author:Turner, Chris
Summary:Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Social scienceAvailable Formats:
Author:Glenn, Joshua
Summary:"Dawdler." "Layabout." "Shit-heel." "Loser." For as long as mankind has had to work for a living, which is to say ever since the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, people who work h
Genre: HumourAvailable Formats:
Author:Foran, Charles
Summary:In Join the Revolution, Comrade, Charles Foran brings to the essay form the same restlessness and originality that mark his novels and non-fiction.
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Travel writing, EssaysAvailable Formats:
Author:Friedman, Bruce Jay
Summary:For decades Bruce Jay Friedman has charmed the glitziest industries of American golden-age culture. He's been in publishing. He's been in theater. He's been in film.
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Author:Pronovost, Marcel
Summary:Between his time with the Detroit Red Wings in the 1950s, the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1960s, and his days as a scout with the New Jersey Devils, Marcel Pronovost has earned eight Stanley Cup rin
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Author:Gervais, Marty
Summary:My Town brings together more than 70 snapshots of the people and places that have called Windsor home. More than this, they have made Windsor, for better and for worse, the city it is today.
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Author:Kociejowski, Marius
Summary:In the game of bocce, no matter how intensely you study the world's surface, there is always a chance an unseen pebble will knock your ball in an unexpected direction.
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Creative nonfiction, EssaysAvailable Formats:
Author:Couto, Mia
Summary:What would Obama's 2004 campaign have looked like if it unfolded in an African nation? What does it mean to be an African writer today?
Genre: Essays, Social scienceAvailable Formats:
Author:Kociejowski, Marius
Summary:Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic 'The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool' with 'The Pigeon Wars of Damascus'.
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Author:Ganev, Robin
Summary:In the twenty-first century, Canada has a reputation for being one of the most gay-friendly nations on earth, a pioneer in legalizing same-sex marriage, and home to enormously popular Pride parades
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Author:Henighan, Stephen
Summary:In this essay collection, Henighan ranges across continents, centuries and linguistic traditions to examine how literary culture and our perception of history are changing as the world grows smalle
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Author:Vasey, Paul
Summary:The River is Paul Vasey's tribute to Windsor, a place he discovered by accident and loved over a lifetime.
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Author:Gervais, Marty
Summary:An illustrated history of bootlegging along the Great Lakes, Rumrunners gives us a sense of Prohibition and the larger-than-life rumrunners and bootleggers who thrived during it in a way that no do
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Author:Blaise, Clark
Summary:Clark Blaise is a North American treasure, one of a handful of the truly important short story writers in the last 50 years.
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Literary artsAvailable Formats:
Author:Metcalf, John
Summary:John Metcalf's Shut Up He Explained defies expectations and strict definition.
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