Greystone Books Ltd : 167 books
The Riverton Rifle
My Story—Straight Shooting on Hockey and on Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Hockey hero Reggie Leach’s tumultuous and inspirational life story, told by the man himself.
“It all comes down to making the right life choices,” says the NHL’s legendary Reggie Leach, and this intimate biography lays bare the decisions that led him to become one of the best snipers...
by Don Weekes
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2010
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Thrilling, amusing and mind-bending quizzes for hockey fans of all ages.
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Tar Sands [Revised and Updated]
Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
The book that put the tar sands -- and their devastating environmental impact -- on the map, for better or worse.
Andrew Nikiforuk's Tar Sands is a critical expose of the world's largest energy project -- the Alberta oil sands -- that has made Canada one of the worst environmental offenders...
Frozen in Time
The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2017
The international bestseller revealing the fate of the doomed Franklin Expedition—now with a new afterword on the discovery of Erebus and Terror, and a new section of color photos.
In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his men set out to “penetrate the icy vastness of the north, and to circumnavigate...
Addicted
Notes from the Belly of the Beast
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2001
With new material from Susan Cheever, Molly Jong-Fast, and Rick Whitaker. What is this craving that overpowers all else? What is it like to be addicted, and what does it take to get straight or sober? In this new and expanded edition of a widely praised collection, an outstanding roster of courageous...
Hockey's Original 6
Great Players of the Golden Era
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
An electrifying collection of rarely seen hockey photos highlighting the greatest heroes of the Original 6 era.
The hockey stars of the fifties and sixties -- Rocket Richard, Gordie Howe, Dave Keon, Bobby Hull, Jean BÈliveau, Terry Sawchuk, Tim Horton, and others -- were some of the most passionate...
Cow
A Bovine Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
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In Cow: A Bovine Biography, German musician and author Florian Werner delivers an in-depth and surprisingly thoughtful piece of non-fiction...Werner reminds us that bovines are inextricably linked to humans, and that thinking more deeply about our relationship with them can give us a...
Way of a Gardener, The
A Life's Journey
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
A personal and revealing exploration of a life lived close to the earth, from one of Canada's best-loved gardeners.
Called "a green-thumb rogue" (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), accomplished novelist, satirist, and garden writer Des Kennedy describes his life journey from a childhood...
War in the Country
How the Fight to Save Rural Life Will Shape Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
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An award-winning writer's provocative look at rural communities and a passionate call to arms to save them.
Rural life in North America has changed dramatically over the past fifty years. The few remaining family farms now struggle to survive. They have been replaced by corporate-backed...
Who We Are
Reflections on My Life and Canada
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2014
In this marriage of memoir and manifesto, Elizabeth May reflects on her extraordinary life and the people and experiences that have formed her and informed her beliefs. The book traces her development from daughter of activist parents, to waitress and cook on Cape Breton Island, to law student, lawyer,...
Gordie
A Hockey Legend
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Praised by reviewers, Gordie: A Hockey Legend has been a best seller in both hardcover and paperback, and it remains the only full-length biography to cover Gordie Howe's entire playing career. In the introduction, author Roy MacSkimming recounts Gordie and Colleen Howe's reactions to this unauthorized...
Cigar Box Banjo
A Life in Music and Words
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
"A layered, rambling, deceptively casual mixture of music history, coming-of-age inarrative and reflection on mortality." -- Globe and Mail
A musician and writer's memoir looks death in the face and reminisces about a life in song.
As a kid, Paul Quarrington had a favourite...
Gold Medal Diary
Inside the World's Greatest Sports Event
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
"[Hayley Wickenheiser's] memories are more than just an array of hockey games, shifts good and bad and practices filled with the drudgery of constant drills. Wickenheiser is more than just a hockey player, and that's a good thing, because her complicated life outside the rink is more fascinating."...
Ballerina
Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
A Globe and Mail top 100 book of 2012
"A fascinating, well-researched, and insightful book...this is an important story to tell." -- Sabina Allemann, former principal ballerina, San Francisco Ballet
"A literary dance of narrative and emotion that pirouettes between rage...