Toronto Star Newspapers Limited: 82 books
Life After Life
The Story of Wayne Ford, Rehabilitated Teenage Murderer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
He was the perpetrator of the most ghastly murder in Toronto during the 1960s. At 16, Wayne Ford killed his mother with a baseball bat and then hid her body in Lake Couchiching. It remained there for more than three years while police tried to solve the mystery of Minnie Ford's disappearance and a teenaged...
Rob Ford
A Date with Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Toronto has been held hostage to the dysfunction of City Hall under Mayor Rob Ford's watch. Partisan dissension and legal challenges dominate the headlines and have divided the city's inhabitants. It's wild political theatre but it also means that the many vital issues the city needs to address languish....
Star-Struck
My Adventures in Astrology
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Detractors dismiss it as utter folly. Yet roughly one-quarter of Canadians adults, and many more millions around the world, believe the changing position of celestial bodies affects their lives. In Star-struck: My Adventures in Astrology, feature writer Leslie Scrivener explores the practice, meeting...
ORNGE
The Star investigation that broke the story
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In a clandestine meeting at an airport hotel, investigative reporter Kevin Donovan is alerted that there might be problems at ORNGE. From mysterious sources to leaked reports and from intensive interviews to dogged analysis of financial reports, Donovan slowly pieces together the stunning story of a...
Ketchup's Big Moment
Our Top Condiment Goes Upscale
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
For decades, Heinz has dominated the ketchup market. And while the brand has introduced versions tweaked with balsamic vinegar or chili spice, it's the classic version that dominates kitchen tables and children's palates around the world. But as Star feature writer Jennifer Wells reveals in her new Star...
RUSH
An Oral History, Uncensored
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Few bands have dominated the music industry like RUSH: 20 studio albums, eight live discs, more than 43 million records sold. Creative, prolific and fiercely independent, RUSH ranks third for most consecutive gold or platinum studio albums by a rock band, behind only The Beatles and The Rolling Stones....
Raccoons
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Them but Were Too Busy Cleaning Up Their Mess to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The cute-as-a-button babies grow up in the city, at least to be not-so-cute nocturnal marauders that find their way into garbage bins and nest in our attics, where they cause unspeakable mayhem. Raccoons will, and do, eat anything and everything except, so far, humans. In Raccoons: Everything You Always...
Contender
Triumph, Tragedy and Canadian Baseball Player Harry
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
He was a tall, handsome farm boy from Mosa Township, southwest of London, Ont., who grew up in a baseball-loving family. Harry Devereaux Fisher's formidable pitching arm and talent as a hitter took him to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and its minor-league affiliates and then to the Pirates proper...
by Oakland Ross
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As the snow flies and the bitter winds blow, more and more Canadians are escaping winter by flocking to the glorious beaches of Cuba. And, as Cuba opens up, increasing numbers of Canadians are venturing beyond the resort boundaries to experience firsthand the cultural lifeblood of this beautiful island....
by Catherine Porter
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Meet Stella, an amazing toddler whose life and death brought together a community in love, laughter and grace. Stella's parents welcomed Star journalist Catherine Porter into their lives at this shattering time to chronicle how one remarkable family and their community grappled with issues of deep...
by Donovan Vincent, Diana Zlomislic
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A seemingly normal child, Ashley Smith fell into an abyss as a teen. Locked up at 15, the New Brunswick girl spent most of her youth in solitary confinement until, at age 19, she choked herself to death while on suicide watch in a federal prison, with guards standing by as she took her last breaths....
Sex, Scandal and Secularism
Crisis in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As the cardinals converge on the Vatican City to select a new pope, they face a church in steep decline in the Western world. Empty pews are indicative of a community that has lost faith with its church, a church that has been consistently conservative and has failed to address either the modern issues...
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...
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...