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Tempted: My Story
by Rick Campanelli
A nostalgic, fast-paced ride through the world of music and entertainment, Tempted is the story of Campanelli's lost years, wandering through the temporary highs and crushing lows of a gambler's secret life. Campanelli's journey from an idyllic childhood in Hamilton to his complicated life in front of the camera during the peak years of MuchMusic and Entertainment Tonight Canada. Rich in nostalgia for the 1990s and early 2000s, Campanelli chronicles his career in the spotlight and, for the first time, reveals the secret gambling addiction he battled behind the scenes that nearly destroyed his life. Dragged down by the unrelenting pull of wagering money he did not have, Campanelli found himself drawn into a shadowy world of bookies and criminals, as he pursued bigger payouts that offered only fleeting satisfaction and larger debts. It was only when was he was arrested in Las Vegas that he knew he needed help.
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Secrets: A Reporter's Memoir
by Bob Woodward
From two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Bob Woodword comes the definitive memoir of the man with more #1 bestsellers than any journalist of our time, offering an unprecedented inside look at some of the most newsworthy stories. Bob Woodward has reported on every American president from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. His books have penetrated government institutions, informed the national conversation, and shaped our culture. In Secrets, Woodward tells his story from his Illinois youth to his Navy service during the Vietnam War to his tenure at The Washington Post, where his reporting with Carl Bernstein on Watergate captivated the world and became the book, All the President's Men. Woodward takes readers inside his reporting on the White House, Supreme Court, CIA operations, and the Pentagon. Woodward's one-of-a-kind reporter's memoir lifts the lid on his historic reporting relationships and secret sources, and he explains why now he can reveal some long-time sources.
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A Noble Profession: Inspiring Stories of the Teachers Who Shape Our World
by Peter Mansbridge
From Bestselling authors Peter Mansbridge and Mark Bulgutch comes a collection of Canadian stories inviting us to celebrate the impact and influence of teachers, and the students whose lives they have changed forever. Few people make more of an impact on young people's lives than teachers. Parents, of course, are vital for a child's future, but it is our teachers who choose to devote their daily lives to illuminating the world around them, selflessly spending their careers changing the trajectories of the young people in their charge. Teaching can be a thankless job, but these homeroom heroes dedicate themselves not only to following the curriculum but to protecting their students, recognizing their struggles, and intervening when necessary, helping to shape them into productive members of society and the leaders of our future. Through dozens of profiles of teachers, and some students, Canada's most authoritative news voice, Peter Mansbridge, along with veteran journalist Mark Bulgutch, recount true stories of teachers on the front lines of this vital profession as they contend with students' challenges with their course material, mental health, language skills, sexuality, and many other matters.
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| Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline BicksShakespeare scholar, Caroline Bicks, occupies the University of Maine’s inaugural Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, a fortuitous position that quickly led to a dialogue and friendship with Mr. King. In an accessible voice, Bicks reveals creepy parallels between the works of the Bard and those of the Master of Scares, Stephen King. If this interests you, seek out King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. |
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Strange, Spooky and Supernatural: Curious Tales of Fascinating People, Places and Things
by Mike Browne
Spooky and Supernatural consists of three sections and recounts stories of unusual and enigmatic people, places, and things. The first section explores strange people in history, including the death of escape artist and occult debunker Harry Houdini; BC resident Granger Taylor, who left a note saying he was leaving on a spaceship and disappeared; and a man known only as Jerome, who was discovered on a Nova Scotia beach in 1863 and was unable to communicate anything about his past. The second section, about strange places, embarks on a journey around the world, touching down in locations cloaked in mystery and steeped in spine-chilling stories of hauntings, unexplained deaths, and lost civilizations. This chapter includes stories about the Borley Rectory, which has been labelled the most haunted house in England; Nahanni National Park in the Northwest Territories, which is referred to by many as the Valley of Headless Men; and the unexplained occurrences at Old MacDonald's Farm in Caledonia Mills, Nova Scotia. In the final section, Browne explores mysterious things including the Van Meter Visitor, an unidentified nocturnal creature that terrorized citizens of the small town of Van Meter, Iowa, in 1903; the Vampire of Highgate Cemetery, an entity that allegedly haunted the famous cemetery in London during the 1970s; and the Philip Experiment, a 1970 era parapsychological experiment conducted in Toronto. Strange, Spooky and Supernatural includes a foreword by paranormal researcher Morgan Knudsen, who is also a co-host of the podcast Supernatural Circumstances.
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| Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World by Daniel KrausCelebrated author and screenwriter Daniel Kraus comes clean about the immense influence that George A. Romero’s 1968 zombie classic Night of the Living Dead had on him as a film fan and writer. Kraus does not just discuss the film, he vivisects it, guiding the reader in an engrossing thesis that casts the redefining of horror cinema as a metaphor for the grisly death of modern culture. |
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Unexplained: Real-Life Supernatural Stories for Uncertain Times
by Richard MacLean Smith
In every corner of this earth there are secrets, hidden in the dark edge of the woods, nestled in the cold stars, and staring out from a stranger's eyes. Whether they be a demonic possession or an unsolved murder, the unknown has always haunted our dreams. From the hit podcast Unexplained, comes a volume perfectly crafted for the curious, the cynical, and the not-easily-frightened. Richard Maclean Smith is the expert in the unknown and humbly offers up ten tales of real-life events that continue to evade explanation. With these chilling stories comes the missing key: a connection to our own beliefs in science, superstition, and perception.
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True Tales of the Paranormal: Spirits, Ghosts and the Hidden World
by Neil Ward
In True Tales of the Paranormal, author Neil Ward, dives into mystifying occurrences that cannot be explained by modern science. Ranging from ghostly apparitions and mysterious premonitions to UFOs and extra-dimensional beings, the tales in this book will make you doubt everything you knew to be true and wonder what is out there. These spine-tingling stories reveal a hidden world of spooky goings on that lie just beneath the surface of our mundane lives. Are these stories delusions or hoaxes or could there be an unsettling truth behind them? At times terrifying, uplifting, and bizarre, these tales shed light on a world you never knew existed.
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