Bøger udgivet af ECW Press,Canada

In the 1990s, Arezzi hosted the pioneering radio talk show Pro Wrestling Spotlight. He also ran the first major conventions, assembling a wrestling who''s who to meet with fans. He promoted shows, both at home and abroad, and was a key figure behind importing lucha libre into America. Mat Memories is Arezzi''s chance to hold the mic, and he holds nothing back - he names names and tells the untold behind-the-scenes stories: from the ring, the stage, and the diamond.

This book explores how decision-making is changing in the digital economy. The role of data and intuition will continue to rebalance as analytics take on a more significant role in how companies develop and execute strategy. Case studies explore best-in-class organisations from various sectors including pro sports, media, and finance.

Goodbye, Guns '' Roses transports the reader into a mindaltering trip through the colors, scandals, nihilism, and mythology that make Guns N'' Roses so much more than another ''hair metal'' band.

One of the world''s foremost acting teachers - who taught such actors as Rachel McAdams, Tatiana Maslany, Scott Speedman, and Sarah Gadon to name but a few - shares 30-plus years of insight into the art of acting.

In the 21st century, disengaging, even briefly, is seen by many as self-indulgent, unproductive, and antisocial. Yet to retreat is as basic a human need as being social, and everyone can benefit, whether it''s for a weekend, a month, or a lifetime. Retreat is an uncertain adventure with as many peaks and valleys as any mountain expedition, except we head inward, to recharge and find fresh energy and brave new ideas to bring back into our everyday lives.

Austin 3:16 is a book of 316 fun facts about Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Welsh takes readers across North America and into Europe on a whirlwind tour of facilities with novel approaches to community living, including a day program in a fake town out of the 1950s, a residence where seniors school their student roommates in beer pong, and an aging-in-place community in a forest where everyone seems to have a pet or a garden or both. The COVID-19 pandemic cruelly showed us that social isolation is debilitating, and Welsh tells stories of elders living with friendship, new and old, in their later years.

A charming, upmarket commercial novel about the true nature of love and song, with an adorable parrot named Tulip and a competitive whistling group called The Warbles.

"Candas Jane Dorsey's mysteries are what would happen if Raymond Chandler and Frank N. Furter collaborated on cozies and the heroine were a pansexual private detective with heart, smarts, and a T-shirt saying MASCARA IS THE NEW NOIR." -- Sarah Smith, author of The New York Times notable book The Vanished Child "A little Hammett, a little Hiaasen, a little Lot 49, this is the first book in a series that demands to be read with writerly intention. Dorsey doesn't want to destroy the detective novel with her postmodern take on the form. She seeks instead to shake the reader out of submission and into a clearer vision of the genre -- the real crime and grime and meanness of the streets. The laughs are thrown in for free." -- Janice Macdonald, author of the Randy Craig Mystery series "When Candas Jane Dorsey takes on a new genre, readers would do well to sit up and take notice. The Adventures of Isabel is smart and razor-sharp, with unforgettable characters and a plot that won't let you go until the last page. You're going to love it!" -- E.C. Bell, author of the Marie Jenner Mystery series Rescued from torpor and poverty by the need to help a good friend deal with the murder of her beloved granddaughter, our downsized-social-worker protagonist and her cat, Bunnywit, are jolted into a harsh, street-wise world of sex, lies, and betrayal. With judicious use of the Oxford comma, pop culture trivia, common mystery tropes, and a keen eye for deceit, our protagonist swaggers through the mean streets of -- yes, a Canadian city! -- and discovers that what seems at first to be just a grotty little street killing is actually the surface of a grandiose and glittering set of criminal schemes.

Part autobiography and part investigation, the book describes the wackiness, the fraudulence, and the cycle of Bitcoin boom and bust and boom. We begin with scandal and conflict in Canada's cryptocurrency Wild West and spiral outward.

Memphis Mayhem weaves the tale of the racial collision that led to a cultural, sociological, and musical revolution. Beginning with the 1870s yellow fever epidemics that created racial imbalance as wealthy whites fled his hometown, David Less moves beyond W.C. Handy''s codification of the blues in 1909 to the mid-century advent of interracial music, the birth of punk, and finally to the growth of a music tourism industry.

Canada is a small but mighty power in space exploration. After providing the Canadarm robotic arm for the space shuttle in 1981, Canada received an invitation to start an astronaut program a program that quickly let its people accumulate skill and prestige. Canadian astronauts have since commanded the International Space Station, flown as co-pilots on spacecraft, and even held senior roles within NASA.

Thriving at work and in life doesn''t happen by accident: there are teachable skills that can help you unleash your full potential. Mental performance coach Jean Fran§ois Menard will give you exclusive access to techniques and strategies that he uses to help Cirque du Soleil artists, Olympians, and pro athletes become the best in the world. With Train (Your Brain) Like an Olympian you''ll find the tools you need to discover the Olympian within you.

In his first book, Prosserman breaks down his 6-steps to discovering ''responsible impact'', his process to building a successful non-profit or charitable organisation. Through personal storytelling, he takes the reader through the pressure points of growing a social purpose organisation.

Keith Elliot Greenberg chronicles the growth of indie wrestling from bingo halls to a viable alternative to the WWE and speaks to those involved in the Alternative Wrestling League with remarkable candour, gaining behind-the-scenes knowledge of this growing enterprise.

The Brilliant Dark is the final, thrilling chapter in this series about gods, monsters, and the people who must decide if they re willing to pay the ultimate price to protect the family they found - in a world that may not be worthy of saving.

A revolutionary look at creativity, innovation, and how we structure businesses.

Is modern capitalism capable of solving the unfolding climate crisis? Is a stable climate compatible with the voracious growth demanded by the modern capitalist global economy? The answer isn't obvious. In The Case for Climate Capitalism, author Tom Rand provides a pragmatic, economic response to the world's foremost issue.

A new unofficial companion featuring the latest episodes from Doctor Who experts Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?. Features the three Peter Capaldi seasons, one Matt Smith season, and brand-new Doctor Jodie Whittaker's season.

For readers of Sharp Objects comes a thrilling modern noir with a fresh narrative voice that explores coming of age, desire, and the lengths we''ll go to for love.

Belfast, 1995: the IRA has called a ceasefire. Monty Collins and Father Brennan Burke visit the city: Monty to do a short gig in a law firm, and Brennan to reconnect with family. But then a man goes off a bridge; a rogue IRA enforcer is shot; and a series of car bombs remains an unsolved crime. With a smoking gun at the centre of it all, Brennan and Monty are on a collision course and will learn more than they ever wanted to know about what passes for law in 1995 Belfast. An inscription on a building south of the Irish border says it all: ''Let justice be done though the heavens fall.''

The author of "I'm Afraid Of Men" considers the digital slant on female friendships. A musician on the rise and a musician with a stagnant career become friends, and then the subtweet destabilises everything. Second novel from the celebrated multidisciplinary artist.

A trip from Canada to Ireland in search of genealogical data and documents also amounts to a bittersweet father-daughter pilgrimage. A humorous memoir about appreciating the limited time parents are ultimately around for.

The childhood jazz phenomenon who went on to become a producer and discover the Doobie Brothers tells all to Gregg Renoff. A lively array of figures pass through, including Eric Clapton, Steven Tyler, Carly Simon and David Lee Roth.

"Cynthea Masson's writing is fluid and poetic even when she's building metaphysical worlds, and her dialogue is light, witty, and always natural." -- Apple Books "This series is well-constructed and original. Cynthea Masson does an excellent job of balancing the good and evil of her flawed characters."-- CM Magazine In Book Three of The Alchemists' Council trilogy, eternal conflicts between the Council and Rebel Branch escalate. Secrets about time-travel manipulation are revealed, uncomfortable truths about alchemical children are discovered, and Council dimension itself begins to disintegrate. Amidst this fallout, the Amber Garden dissolves, conjoined pairs separate, alchemists die, and Cedar is banished to the outside world. Efforts of both alchemists and rebels to resolve the dissolution of Council and Flaw dimensions prove futile. People of the outside world experience ever-increasing political turmoil and the risk of environmental collapse. Mercifully, the alchemists have woven a thread of hope into an alchemically inscribed book, which they release into the outside world with the purpose of attracting new Initiates to Council. At first, Initiate Virginia appears to be a disrespectful interloper with whom Jaden loathes to work. However, their combined scribal efforts prove astoundingly powerful -- so much so that they are sent through time, tasked with saving both Cedar and the dimensions.

Seventeen-year-old Kateiko doesn''t want to be Rin anymore - not if it means sacrificing lives to protect the dead. Her only way out is to join another tribe, a one-way trek through the coastal rainforest. In a region tainted by prejudice and on the brink of civil war, she has to decide what''s worth dying - or killing - for.

In the second installment of S.M. Beiko''s Realms of Ancient series, Roan and her four friends, scattered to the corners of the globe, continue resolute in their battle against world-imperiling evil. Children of the Bloodlands brings the clash of titanic powers unforgettably to life.

Amateur sleuth and longtime London, Ontario, resident Vanessa Brown starts investigating the fifty-year-old disappearance of Jackie English and discovers there may have been a serial killer prowling the Forest City all those years ago.

Bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz is sure to satisfy his fans with more debunking! In this collection, he separates fact from fiction about what to eat, what not to eat, and how to recognize when the purported science of food chemistry is sound.