Son of a Critch

Son of a Critch
Author: Mark Critch
Publsiher: Penguin
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780735235076

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NOW A CBC TELEVISION SERIES WINNER OF THE MARGARET AND JOHN SAVAGE FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE RBC TAYLOR PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE STEPHEN LEACOCK MEMORIAL MEDAL FOR HUMOUR A hilarious story of family, getting into trouble, and finding one's place in the world. What could be better than growing up in the 1980s? How about growing up in 1980s Newfoundland, which—as Mark Critch will tell you—was more like the 1960s. Take a trip to where it all began in this funny and warm look back on his formative years. Here we find a young Mark trick-or-treating at a used car lot, getting locked out of school on a fourth-floor window ledge, faking an asthma attack to avoid being arrested by military police, trying to buy beer from an untrustworthy cab driver, shocking his parents by appearing naked onstage—and much more. Best known as the "roving reporter" for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Mark Critch has photo-bombed Justin Trudeau, interviewed Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle (while impersonating Alan Doyle), offered Pamela Anderson a million dollars to stop acting, and crashed White House briefings. But, as we see in this playful debut, he's been causing trouble his whole life. Son of a Critch captures the wonder and cluelessness of a kid trying to figure things out, but with the clever observations of an adult, and the combination is perfect.

The ONE Book

The ONE Book
Author: Kristen Edmiston
Publsiher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2021-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781039116481

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The ONE Book is an all-in-one tool and virtual coach for business owners, entrepreneurs, and leaders. This 365-page book guides users through a full year of planning, goal-setting, reflection and more. The ONE Book takes the most effective business management practices and blends them with concepts like creativity and mindset into a single, interactive book that replaces ALL other tools and books like day-timers, planners, journals, and notepads. This is the ONE Book that will help keep you organized, improve your productivity, sharpen your focus, and encourage you to tap into your creative side. This is the ONE Book where you’ll capture everything you need to excel in your professional career while maintaining balance with your personal life too. You’ll also find hundreds of tips, time management strategies, cognitive and creative exercises, and motivating ideas to help you gain more personal insight and learning with every page turn. This book will help you build new practices to help you balance your “Most Valuable Resources” (your MVR) – your time, your money, and your energy. It incorporates six “Excellence Potential Habits” (EX-P Habits): organization, prioritization, creativity, storytelling, reflection, and visualization to help busy people avoid the overwhelm, stay focused, and find greater efficiency in their lives. The power of one is the secret to achieving greater success and fulfillment overall. The ONE Book is unlike any “planner” out there. It has been artfully and strategically designed to be engaging, easy to use, and beautiful in its simplicity. You will be guided to add colour and drawings and more to make this book your own masterpiece over a full year. And once completed, you can begin again with a new ONE Book and continue to capture your journey – your legacy as it unfolds, one chapter at a time. Learn more at www.theonebook.ca and follow along on Instagram @the.one.book

Ready Player One

Ready Player One
Author: Ernest Cline
Publsiher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2011-08-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780307887450

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. “Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times • iO9 • The AV Club “Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost “An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN “A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe “Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR “[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9

Shadow Life

Shadow Life
Author: Hiromi Goto
Publsiher: First Second
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781250831347

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Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life, with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu. When Kumiko’s well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it’s not where she wants to be. She goes on the lam and finds a cozy bachelor apartment, keeping the location secret even while communicating online with her eldest daughter. Kumiko revels in the small, daily pleasures: decorating as she pleases, eating what she wants, and swimming in the community pool. But something has followed her from her former residence—Death’s shadow. Kumiko’s sweet life is shattered when Death’s shadow swoops in to collect her. With her quick mind and sense of humor, Kumiko, with the help of friends new and old, is prepared for the fight of her life. But how long can an old woman thwart fate?

Adult Piano Adventures

Adult Piano Adventures
Author: Nancy Faber,Randall Faber
Publsiher: Ingram
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2001-06
Genre: Piano
ISBN: 1569392382

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Adult Piano Adventures is a comprehensive course in reading, playing, and listening to music. With its logical and effective approach to note-reading, Book One gives you the basic skills to play hundreds of melodies by the completion of the book. The enjoyment of familiar songs is a hallmark of Piano Adventures. You will find world-famous classic and popular melodies, as well as folk songs from around the world, jazz and blues favorites, and beloved spirituals. You will learn to play chords and gain an understanding of basic harmony while developing reading skills. - Publisher.

The Story of More

The Story of More
Author: Hope Jahren
Publsiher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780735275126

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From the bestselling author of Lab Girl comes a slim, urgent missive on the defining issue of our time: here is Hope Jahren on climate change, our timeless pursuit of more, and how the same human ambition that got us here can also be our salvation. Hope Jahren is an award-winning geobiologist, a brilliant writer, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. The Story of More is her impassioned open letter to humanity as we stand at the crossroads of survival and extinction. Jahren celebrates the long history of our enterprising spirit--which has tamed wild crops, cured diseases, and sent us to the moon--but also shows how that spirit has created excesses that are quickly warming our planet to dangerous levels. In short, highly readable chapters, she takes us through the science behind the key inventions--from electric power to large-scale farming and automobiles--that, even as they help us, release untenable amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. She explains the current and projected consequences of greenhouse gases--from superstorms to rising sea levels--and shares the science-based tools that could help us fight back. At once an explainer on the mechanisms of warming and a capsule history of human development, The Story of More illuminates the link between our consumption habits and our endangered earth. It is the essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it.

Moira s Birthday

Moira s Birthday
Author: Robert Munsch
Publsiher: Annick Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2019-10-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781773211879

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Moira’s afraid her parents might get upset if they find out she invited the whole school to her birthday party... so she just doesn’t tell them. The big day arrives, and grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, annnnd kindergarten all come knocking down her door. Before long, the house is a total disaster and Moira’s parents are going crazy trying to figure out how to get enough pizzas and birthday cake to feed everyone. Just leave it to Moira—she’ll figure it all out, and even get the house cleaned up in the process! A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this charming tale of the world’s most boisterous birthday to a new generation of young readers.

The One One One Diet

The One One One Diet
Author: Rania Batayneh,Eve Adamson
Publsiher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2013-12-24
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781623360337

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The easiest, most effective weight loss plan—ever! The concept is simple: Have one protein, one carbohydrate, and one fat at every meal and snack. The results: Nothing short of amazing and delicious. Nutritionist Rania Batayneh, MPH, shares the 1:1:1 formula she’s used with hundreds of clients who lost the weight they never thought they could lose, did it easily (no forbidden foods, no deprivation, no complicated rules), and kept it off for good! On this plan, as long as you adhere to the formula, you naturally keep your body balanced, your metabolism strong, your cravings at bay, and your weight down. The best part? No food is off limits—not even chocolate, pizza, burgers, or fries. With dozens of perfectly balanced meal ideas and 75 easy, tasty recipes, The One One One Diet isn’t a drop-pounds-fast fad. It’s a strategy you can use to eat healthfully and stay slim for life. Praise for The One One One Diet “A customized approach for individuals who want to start up or maintain healthy eating habits and achieve weight loss without deprivation.” —Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD “A simple, straightforward, easy to follow plan to help anyone get on the right track to eating well!” —Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN, author of The New You and Improved Diet