Mcclelland Stewart: 456 books
Stung
The Incredible Obsession of Brian Molony
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
He was one of the brightest stars at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, a brilliant young banker on his way to the top. But Brian Molony had a secret obsession: he loved to gamble. The unsuspecting bank was soon fuelling that obsession, as Molony helped himself to hundreds of thousands, then...
The Follow-Through Factor
Getting from Doubt to Done
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
A practical guide to achieving your goals - from starting a business to running a marathon - despite anything and everything life throws at you.
We all have an idea or project that we'd like to pursue, and countless reasons why we can't: it may be that it's too expensive, or we lack the time,...
Consumer Republic
Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Consumer Republic dares you to consider this: The power to save the world lies with the consumer. The foundation of Bruce Philp's message is this single, inarguable truth: Brands make corporations accountable. They are the only leverage the average consumer has with which to make a company behave...
Creeping Failure
How We Broke the Internet and What We Can Do to Fix It
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
The Internet is often called a superhighway, but it may be more analogous to a city: an immense tangle of streets, highways, and interchanges, lined with homes and businesses, playgrounds and theatres. We may not physically live in this city, but most of us spend a lot of time there, and even pay...
by Brian Patton
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Take a breath of fresh mountain air and feel the magic of an historical Canadian landmark in Tales from the Canadian Rockies. You'll meet a host of unforgettable characters like botanist David Douglas, after whom the Douglas fir is named, and geologist James Hector, whose unruly horse is forever commemorated...
Leafs '65
The Lost Toronto Maple Leafs Photographs
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
From celebrated author and sports journalist Stephen Brunt comes a beautifully illustrated, elegiac tribute to the Toronto Maple Leafs of yesteryear.
In 2006, Lewis Parker, an artist and illustrator, was disposing of some of his belongings from years before in preparation of a move. He and...
Don't Be Interesting
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
An acclaimed finalist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize -- and one of our most galvanizing poets -- takes on The Future in a sharply perceptive and provocative new collection of poetry.
Don’t Be Interesting is a collection that grapples with The Future – as public morality-keeper...
Future Babble
Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
In 2008, as the price of oil surged above $140 a barrel, experts said it would soon hit $200; a few months later it plunged to $30. In 1967, they said the USSR would have one of the fastest-growing economies in the year 2000; in 2000, the USSR did not exist. In 1911, it was pronounced that there would...
Our Way Out
Principles for a Post-apocalyptic World
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
Global warming, energy shortages, overpopulation — it's no wonder that as a society, we're in an apocalyptic mood. Out of an endless stream of gloomy prognoses for humanity's future, we have emerged with little inspiration and few concrete ideas for change. Our Way Out is the first time that our...
Speaking Out Louder
Ideas That Work for Canadians
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
The only book written by Jack Layton (1950-2011) on his political life and vision, this is the former NDP leader's passionate call to action and will inspire all Canadians to embrace a better future.
On August 22, 2011, Jack Layton, Official Opposition Leader, died as he lived, with dignity,...
Canadian Whisky
The Portable Expert
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Davin de Kergommeaux takes readers on a journey through the first systematic presentation of Canadian whisky: how it's made, who makes it, why it tastes the way it does, its history, and the rich, centuries-old folklore surrounding it.
Join whisky authority Davin de Kergommeaux on a pan-Canadian...
Bourinot's Rules of Order
A Manual on the Practices and Usages of the House of Commons of Canada and on the Procedure at Public Assemblies, Including Meetings of Shareholders
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2011
Nervous about chairing a meeting? Puzzled by the lingo of quorums and motions and adjournments? Wondering how to prevent someone from monopolizing the discussion?
Bourinot’s Rules of Order is the definitive guide to conducting meetings, large and small, formal and relaxed. Based on the procedures...
Profit Is Not the Cure
A Citizen's Guide to Saving Medicare
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
On July 12, 1966, the Medical Care Insurance Act was passed by the federal House of Commons after a ferocious public debate that pitted the vast majority of Canadians against a powerful alliance of business, insurance companies, and doctors.
More than thirty years later, the same battle is...
Lament for an Ocean
The Collapse of the Atlantic Cod Fishery
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
The northern cod have been almost wiped out. Once the most plentiful fish on the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland, the cod is now on the brink of extinction, and tens of thousands of people in Atlantic Canada have been left without work by a 1992 moratorium on fishing the stock. Today, the...