Author: David McGee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781777415334
Category : Ottawa (Ont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 133

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"This is the third book in the popular Lost Ottawa series, containing 60 more of the funniest and most popular stories about life the Nations's Capital in the second half of 20th century. We've got stories about life in the neighbourhood, life in school, life in the streets, life in the summer and life after dark. Each story is told in that unique Lost Ottawa style by the people of Ottawa themselves.If you were a safety patrol, delivered the papers, rode a bicycle, waited for a bus in the snow, went drinking in Hull, snuck into the Auto-Sky Drive-in, or scared yourself silly by seeing the Exorcist at the Nelson -- you'll enjoy the fabulous photos and stories in this new book."--

Author: Pun Plamondon
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412022657
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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The story of a Native boy born in a mental hospital 1945, and adopted into a white world. Details his epic journey around the world, through drugs and prison and being the FBI's most-wanted fugitive as he searched for family and tribe.

Author: Jim Hurcomb
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525593366
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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The music world exploded into Technicolor on February 9, 1964, when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and ignited the music phenomenon dubbed “The British Invasion”. In the weeks and months to come, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Ottawa teenagers put away their hockey sticks and picked up guitars, starting up bands in basements and garages, with visions of screaming girls and stardom dancing in their heads. For some, that dream came true, in packed High School Gymnasiums, Church basements, bowling alleys and every other venue they could find. Groups were working three or four nights a week on both sides of the Ottawa River. The Esquires, The Staccatos, The Townsmen, Don Norman and the Other Four and many others cut records that were as good as anything coming out of Britain or the States. DJ's Gord Atkinson, Nelson Davis and Al "Pussycat" Pascal make them stars by playing their records. Sandy Gardiner followed their exploits in his weekly "teen" column in the Ottawa Journal, and we checked out the weekly "Swing Set" to get the lowdown on the newest groups. From the day Elvis Presley came to town in 1957, to the release of The Five Man Electrical Band’s mega-hit “Signs”, we relive those memories with the bands, the clubs, the concerts and the colorful cast of characters who made it happen. Pull back the curtain on the magic of "Ottawa’s Golden Age of Rock and Roll”,

Author: Steve Moretti
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 812

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"Embedded in my soul forever." A time-travel adventure powered by the mysterious musical forces that connect two women across time through their cello. The two gifted composers are transposed into each other's world and find their souls have somehow intertwined. In 2018, an aspiring young cellist dreams of joining the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. But after a crushing rejection, a new hope emerges in the form of a long lost music score from her dying grandmother in Scotland. In Book I of the Song for a Lost Kingdom series, Adeena Stuart plays this music on the oldest surviving cello made in the United Kingdom, and she's connected to another woman from the past, Katharine Carnegie. Katharine living in 18th century Scotland is also a cellist and a composer. Their connection is augmented by the love of the same man doomed to die after the Battle of Culloden in 1746. In Book II, James Drummond fights alongside Prince Charles Edward Stuart in the 1746 Jacobite uprising. Though their cause is doomed, and James is destined to die shortly after the Battle of Culloden, Adeena's determination to save him never wavers. Left behind in the present, Adeena's friends and families are equally determined to return her to 2019 before the expanding growth in her head becomes fatal. But even they are deceived by the truth of what is about to unfold. In Book III, the final instalment of the series, Adeena and Katharine Carnegie search for the music that neither can complete on their own. Finding themselves living three centuries apart and each assuming the identity of the other, they must overcome their own unique challenges, all the while hiding the truth of who they really are from those around them. The box set is specially priced and also includes the Prequel to the series plus bonus goodies such as the sheet music and lyrics to three original songs featured in the books. (Song for a Lost Kingdom, The Heart Beats in Time and A Foolish Man). Other bonus features include character profiles and a forward by series editor Lara Clouden. The Song for a Lost Kingdom boxset includes: Book I: Music is Not Bound by Time Book II: Love Never Surrenders Book III: The Heart Beats in Time The Prequel: A Kingdom is Lost, A Song is Born. Get swept away in this historical time-slip fantasy-adventure powered by classical music that refuses to be bound by time - and an impossible love that defies the tragic fate already determined by history.

Author: Eric Wilson
Publisher: HarperTrophy
ISBN: 9780006395447
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Was it really the butler who did it? Or maybe it was the snoopymaid? Tom Austen and his sister Liz have just arrived at Casa Loma, the famouscastle in central Toronto. There to solve a mysterious disappearance and find alost treasure, the two young detectives discover that the old castle holds moresecrets than even they had bargained for. With plenty of suspects to keep readers guessing right to theend of this gripping mystery, The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma deliversaction and adventure along with a painless hit of Canadian history.

Author: Jim Hurcomb
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039124348
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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In his first book “Rockin’ on the Rideau: Ottawa’s Golden Age of Rock and Roll”, veteran Ottawa broadcaster and musicologist Jim Hurcomb pulled back the curtain on the first 15 years of Rock and Roll in Ottawa, from 1955-1970. That fascinating story continues in “Rockin’ on the Rideau 2: The 70’s”. It was the decade when Ottawa welcomed some of the biggest bands in the world to town, including Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Queen, Kiss, David Bowie and many, many others. Rock FM radio arrived in Ottawa, and Geoff Winter, Brian Murphy, Shelly Hartman and Delmer and Cecil on CHEZ 106 became household names. We lined up to get into Barrymore’s and the Black Swan, and travelled across the river to enjoy Red Hot and Larkspur at The Ottawa House or the legendary Chaud, run by the mighty Gerry Barber. Midnight showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Towne Cinema were wild, boisterous parties, and Punk Rock burst on the scene when The Rotter’s Club opened on Bank Street. And, of course, we had the great local bands: Octavian, The Cooper Brothers, Heaven’s Radio, Avalon, The Action, Tokyo Rose and Bolt Upright and the Erections, to name a few. Relive the best days and nights of your lives, with “Rockin’ On The Rideau 2: The 70’s".

Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1609170040
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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An absorbing and comprehensive survey, The Eagle Returns: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians shows a group bound by kinship,geography, and language, struggling to reestablish their right to self-governance. Hailing from northwest Lower Michigan, the Grand Traverse Band has become a well-known national leader in advancing Indian treaty rights, gaming, and land rights, while simultaneously creating and developing a nationally honored indigenous tribal justice system. This book will serve as a valuable reference for policymakers, lawyers, and Indian people who want to explore how federal Indian law and policy drove an Anishinaabe community to the brink of legal extinction, how non-Indian economic and political interests conspired to eradicate the community’s self-sufficiency, and how Indian people fought to preserve their culture, laws, traditions, governance, and language.

Author: Jim Ridings
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738588575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Ottawa is a city rich in history going back to the 1820s. It was the site of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate, and even a famous Civil War general was from Ottawa. The city has an enormous heritage in its churches, schools, and neighborhoods and has created impressive strength in its business and industry over the years. Ottawa also has contributed more than its share of service in the defense of the nation. The I&M Canal, Reddick Mansion, the appellate court, the LaSalle County Courthouse, the Tent Colony, the nearby shipyard and glass factories, the rivers, and the area state parks all have been important and unique parts that comprise Ottawa.

Author: Andrew King
Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing
ISBN: 9781988437439
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Where is the world's oldest maple tree? Where was Ottawa's first brewery? And what's up with that little island behind Parliament Hill? Did anyone ever live there? These questions, and a whole lot more just like them will be answered in Ottawa Rewind 2, the sequel to Andrew King's popular debut book Ottawa Rewind. Andrew is described on his Twitter account as "artist and cartoonist." It is a self-deprecating description for someone whose work can indeed be found in some of the finest art collections in the country, and from time to time, on the comics page of the Ottawa Citizen or the Kitchissippi Times. Andrew is also a detective, which doesn't get mentioned as often, a history sleuth who loves to solve old mysteries. What has Andrew found for us this time? Here is a sampling from Ottawa Rewind 2: - A 17th-century French fort submerged in the Ottawa River- The location of Ottawa's once fabled Fountain of Youth.- The Ottawa birthplace of a famous Old West gunfighter. And yes, he found that maple tree. Sit down and enjoy more rollicking road-trip adventures and quests with artist and history "detective" Andrew King.

Author: Charles De Lint
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780142413012
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In his latest novel, de Lint offers a delightful combination of realism, magic, humor, and hope, in a story about a 14-year-old girl who makes a surprising new friend--a six-inch high, punked-out teenage Little who has run away from home.