Star Dispatches imprint: 82 books
Justice on Trial
Inside Guantanamo's Divisive 9/11 Prosecution
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Some have called it the "trial of the century," saying it will rival Nuremberg for historical significance. Others decry the Guantanamo prosecution of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others as a "show trial," tainted by torture and secrecy. Toronto Star national security correspondent...
Train of Dreams
Heading West from Toronto on Via Rail
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
There are many reasons why people cross Canada by train. For some, it's a cheap way to get to the booming west to look for work. Others ride the rails in the hope of reconciling with family. And then there are those who want to cross off an item on their bucket list, to see the Prairies and the western...
Maple Leafs
Catching Up With the Past
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Maple Leafs are in the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade. With that success an accomplishment once considered routine in Toronto - they are restoring a city's sense of pride in a team that has wallowed without a Stanley Cup since 1967. The current players are well aware that it is up...
Amber Gold
Maple Syrup Wars and a Huge Canadian Heist
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Nothing conjures up images of folksy Canadiana as vividly as maple syrup pancake breakfasts, horse-drawn rides through sugar bushes, buckets hanging from maple trees. But little about the industry is quaint in 21st-century Quebec. In Amber Gold: Maple Syrup Wars and a Huge Canadian Heist, Star feature...
Superman
Everyone Wants a Piece of His Legend
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
It's difficult to overstate Superman's impact. First created in 1934 by Toronto-born Joe Shuster and Cleveland native Jerry Siegel, the original superhero burst into the public consciousness 75 years ago. He continues to awe and inspire with this year's Man of Steel. In Superman: Everyone Wants a Piece...
Escorts
Love for Sale in Toronto
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Prostitution has always been with us. The world's oldest profession has sometimes been celebrated, other times censured, almost always stigmatized. Even while elite courtesans moved among royalty, less fortunate women scrabbled for a living in the streets. Today is not much different. But what we know...
They're Back
Why the 2013 Blue Jays Might Win It All
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Will 2013 be the season that brings Toronto's Blue Jays back to glory and ignites the fevers of a sports-mad town that needs some heroes? Alex Anthopoulos and his team have brought some exciting new talent to town, adding to the strength already on the team. To coincide with the season opener, self-confessed...
The Outsider
How Douglas Cardinal Draws Architectural Genius from Native Roots
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
He was a superstar of Canadian architecture in the 1980s and early 1990s, creator of the iconic, curvilinear Canadian Museum of Civilization (now called the Canadian Museum of History) and a household name. Now 80, Douglas Cardinal is still creating, though the big commissions have dried up. In The Outsider:...
Lost Boy
The Death of Darcy Allan Sheppard
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The death of bicycle courier Darcy Allan Sheppard during an altercation on Bloor St. W. with Michael Bryant, the former attorney general, galvanized the city. Criminal charges against Bryant were ultimately dismissed, but even now, four years later, questions about what happened on the evening of Aug....
by Hamida Ghafour
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
No one, it seems, was expecting a massive war that, by the end of the year, would kill or wound five million. In the winter of 1914, Britain was preoccupied with the possibility of civil war over home rule in Ireland. Kaiser Wilhem of Germany wanted to boost his naval power but wasn't keen on fighting....
The 9th of November Gale
Death on the Great Lakes in 1913
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A century ago, one of the deadliest storms to hit the Great Lakes sank 10 freighters and tossed several others ashore, killing at least 250 people. Now, veteran Star journalist John Spears recreates the "white hurricane" of blinding snow and wind in his new ebook, The 9th of November Gale: Death on...
The Quiet Evolution
How Dalton McGuinty Changed Ontario--and Why He Resigned
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
On Oct. 15, 2012, Ontario's 24th premier, Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr., stunned political friends and foes alike with the announcement he was resigning. Mired in accumulating scandal within the government and bogged down in labour strife with teachers, he abruptly decided it was time to return to...
What I Know
Lessons from my 30 years of Quadriplegia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
At 11:15 p.m. on Friday, September 23, 1983, the life of 18-year-old Barbara Turnbull changed drastically. Three armed robbers burst into the Mississauga Becker's store where she was working the late shift, shooting her and severing her spinal cord. Turnbull almost lost her life, but survived a quadriplegic....
Best Job Ever
Ellie Tesher on Life as an Advice Columnist
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Ellie Tesher spent many childhood hours at her father's Harbord St. drugstore, listening as he advised patrons on personal as well as health issues. Decades later, after she had studied sociology, worked with foster children, married, divorced, raised a family, remarried and won accolades as a journalist,...