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From oral to written : a celebration of Indigenous literature in Canada, 1980-2010 / by Highway, Tomson,1951-;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Author Tomson Highway surveys Indigenous literature published in Canada between 1980 and 2010, highlighting gifted authors and the best stories they have told.LSC
Subjects: Canadian literature; Indian literature;
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Inside comedy : the soul, wit, and bite of comedy and comedians of the last five decades / by Steinberg, David,1942 August 9-author.;
"A personal history of comedy from the 1950s to the present, with interviews conducted by the author"--
Subjects: Comedians; Comedy;
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The ultimate guide to martial arts movies of the 1970s : 500+ films loaded with action, weapons and warriors / by Reid, Craig D.,1956-; Dzida, Sarah.;
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Subjects: Martial arts films; Martial arts films.;
© c2010., Black Belt Books,
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Star Wars year by year : a visual history. by Baver, Kristin,author.; Hidalgo, Pablo,author.; Wallace, Daniel,1970-author.; Windham, Ryder,author.;
The definitive history of "Star Wars" chronicling four decades of the world of "Star Wars"; decade by decade, year-by-year, month-by-month. Everything is covered, from the influences and creation of all six "Star Wars" movies, to the toys, books and video games that have shaped the "Star Wars" dynasty. The month-by-month format is brought to life by images from the movies, TV series, comic books and more.
Subjects: Star Wars films.; Star Wars films;
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First things first : hip-hop ladies who changed the game / by Simmons, Nadirah,author.;
This enlightening book reframes the history of hip-hop-and this time, women are given credit for all their trailblazing achievements that have left an undeniable impact on music. Hip-hop is not just the music, and women have played a big role in shaping the way it looks today. FIRST THINGS FIRST takes readers on a journey through some notable firsts by women in hip-hop history and their importance. Factual firsts like Queen Latifah becoming the first rapper to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Lauryn Hill making history as the first rapper to win the coveted Album of the Year Award at the GRAMMYs, April Walker being the first woman to dominate in the hip-hop fashion game, and Da Brat being the first solo woman rapper to have an album go platinum, and metaphorical firsts like Missy Elliott being the first woman rapper to go to the future. (Trust me, she really did.) Altogether, FIRST THINGS FIRST is a celebration of the achievements of women in hip-hop who broke down barriers and broke the mold. So the next time someone doesn't have their facts straight on the ladies in hip-hop, you can hit them with "first things first" ...
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Women rap musicians; Hip-hop; Rap (Music);
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One foot on the platform : a rock 'n' roll journey : writings on music / by Goddard, Peter,author.; Wainwright, J. A.,1946-editor.;
"In the summer of 2020, acclaimed music critic and journalist Peter Goddard began work on a new book that would take readers on a journey back through his fifty-plus years spent writing professionally about rock music and the musical styles circling it -- everything from blues and jazz to country and classical. His plan was to revisit his old haunts and their habitués, scenes and figures he first wrote about starting in the mid-1960s when he became Canada's first on-staff popular music critic, to show how ongoing revisions continually reframe first impressions. Tragically, Goddard died in 2022 before work on the manuscript was complete. But many of the core essays -- on Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the Who, k.d. lang, David Bowie, Liza Minelli, the Band, Neil Diamond, and others -- are here. Accompanying these new essays is a collection of some of the best writing of Goddard's career -- ranging from interviews with B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, and Janis Joplin to reviews of classic albums by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Neil Young to close readings of Leonard Cohen, Anne Murray, Led Zeppelin, and Gordon Lightfoot. Taken as a whole, One Foot on the Platform represents more than fifty years of thought and writing by one of Canada's foremost cultural critics."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Rock musicians; Popular music; Rock music;
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Hearts on fire : six years that changed Canadian music 2000-2005 / by Barclay, Michael,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.An authoritative, unprecedented account of how in the early 2000s Canadian music finally became cool. Featuring more than 100 exclusive interviews and two decades of research, 'Hearts on Fire' is the music book every Canadian music fan will want on their shelf. Michael Barclay lives in Toronto, ON. From the author of 'The Never-Ending Present'.
Subjects: Popular music; Popular music;
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Renaissance literature /
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: European literature;
© 2001, Greenhaven
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Folk & fairy tales / by Hallett, Martin,1944-; Karasek, Barbara,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-404) and Internet addresses.LSC
Subjects: Fairy tales.; Tales.; Folk literature;
© c2009., Broadview Press,
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The lost art of Scripture : rescuing the sacred texts / by Armstrong, Karen,1944-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture--the holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions--may not be immediately obvious in our secular world but its misunderstanding is perhaps the root cause of most of today's controversies over religion. In this timely and important book, one of the world's leading commentators on religious affairs examines the meaning of Scripture. Today holy texts are not only used selectively to underwrite sometimes arbitrary and subjective views: they are seen to prescribe ethical norms and codes of behaviour that are divinely ordained--they are believed to contain eternal truths. But as Karen Armstrong shows in this fascinating trawl through millennia of religious history, this peculiar reading of Scripture is a relatively recent, modern phenomenon--and in many ways, a reaction to a hostile secular world. For most of their history, the world's religious traditions have regarded these texts as tools for the individual to connect with the divine, to transcend their physical existence, and to experience a higher level of consciousness that helped them to engage with the world in more meaningful and compassionate ways. Scripture was not a 'truth' that had to be 'believed.' Armstrong argues that only if the world's religious faiths rediscover such an open and spiritual engagement with their holy texts can they curtail the arrogance, intolerance and violence that flows from a narrow reading of Scripture as truth."--
Subjects: Religion and culture.; Religions.; Sacred books;
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