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The Canadaland Guide to Canada

The Canadaland Guide to Canada

Jesse Brown

“Jimmy Pattison” That sounds madeup, right? That's because Jimmy Pattison is essentially a cartoon business person. Close your eyes and imagine a self-made billionaire person named “Jimmy Pattison.” That's pretty much Jimmy Pattison.
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Author of A New Life to Live: The Story of Jimmy Putman You are known for your success in tracing sensational stories to their sources. How did you come upon the story of Jimmy Putman? A Jimmy's mother came to me in 1946 with one of the  ...
A New Life to Live: Jimmy Putman's Story

A New Life to Live: Jimmy Putman's Story

Jimmy Putman

The rebirth of the illegitimate son of one of the most powerful men in American politics.
Meet Jimmy Strange

Meet Jimmy Strange

Ernest Dudley

Jimmy Strange is a mysterious young man who turns up when he is least expected.
Forsaking All Others: A Novel

Forsaking All Others: A Novel

Jimmy Breslin

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
Table Money: A Novel

Table Money: A Novel

Jimmy Breslin

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
Jimmy Moran, Regular

Jimmy Moran, Regular

Ken Catran

Jimmy is a regular soldier like his father, Robert.
World Without End, Amen: A Novel

World Without End, Amen: A Novel

Jimmy Breslin

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
Sunny Jim: The Life of America's Most Beloved Horseman, ...

Sunny Jim: The Life of America's Most Beloved Horseman, ...

Jimmy Breslin

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
Are We There Yet?: Tales from the Never-Ending Travels of ...

Are We There Yet?: Tales from the Never-Ending Travels of ...

Robert Caprio

I play with Jimmy Korderas, the referee, and we're the best. Something happened to Jimmy and I through the summer of 2003, though. We hit a rough patch. Our play was off for a few rounds. It got so bad, we actually lost the championship for  ...
I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me: A Memoir

I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me: A Memoir

Jimmy Breslin

Call it a miracle, fate, pure luck, or just another day in the city where nothing is usual, but in 1991 Jimmy Breslin narrowly escaped death - which inspired him to write this book about his life.
A Glass of Water

A Glass of Water

Jimmy Santiago Baca

The first novel from award-winning memoirist, poet, and activist, Jimmy Santiago Baca, it is a passionate and galvanizing addition to Chicano literature.
He Got Hungry and Forgot His Manners: A Fable

He Got Hungry and Forgot His Manners: A Fable

Jimmy Breslin

They’re determined to save New York—as long as it doesn’t corrupt them first. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
My Fourth Husband and Me

My Fourth Husband and Me

Margaret Kathleen Armatage

Jimmy Pattison, a well-known local business man, masterminded the whole affair and from the opening day celebrations to the final fireworks display, it never failed to live up to our expectations. Everyone said that Jimmy Pattison put ...
The World of Jimmy Breslin

The World of Jimmy Breslin

Jimmy Breslin

Whether covering the five boroughs, Vietnam, or the death of John F. Kennedy, Breslin managed to find great characters wherever he went. This collection includes some of Breslin’s most famous early writing.
The World According to Breslin

The World According to Breslin

Jimmy Breslin

These are average people who see big things, and Breslin is their herald. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
The Secret Footballer: Access All Areas

The Secret Footballer: Access All Areas

Anon

If you thought that Jimmy Bullard was bullying people then you'd have no chance as a youth team player in a changing room. Think of that before you send your darling son to work down the football pits. When Jimmy began telling people that  ...
Straight to the Head

Straight to the Head

Fraser Nixon

The little man was Jimmy Pattison, richest man in British Columbia, CEO and president of Expo 86. It seemed the room held its collective breath until the two sat down together. Jimmy talked a mile for every sixty seconds, a used car salesman ...
Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat

Upbeat: Nine Lives of a Musical Cat

David Amram

I know they planned on having Lyle Lovett, Jimmy Ibbotson from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Dave Abrams.” “Great,” I said. “Then since Lyle has sung and I just played with Jimmy, I'll stay on and invite the other musicians to join me.” “Are you  ...
The New Greenmarket Cookbook: Recipes and Tips from Today's ...

The New Greenmarket Cookbook: Recipes and Tips from Today's ...

Gabrielle Langholtz

... BOLTON • Restaurant Saul, The Vanderbilt, and Red Gravy DANIEL BOULUD • DBGB Kitchen and Bar SHARON BURNSLEADER • Bread Alone JOE CAMPANALE • dell'anima MARCO CANORA • Hearth JIMMY CARBONE • Jimmy's No.
Saving Farmland: The Fight for Real Food

Saving Farmland: The Fight for Real Food

Nathalie Chambers

“Of course, I'm searching for Jimmy Pattison [a Canadian philanthropist, who in 2013, with $9.5 billion, was considered the richest man in the country350]. I have this idea that I want to create the Jimmy Pattison Corridor of protected farmland ...
Prophet from Plains: Jimmy Carter and His Legacy

Prophet from Plains: Jimmy Carter and His Legacy

Frye Gaillard

Jimmy Carter's major achievements and setbacks in light of his stubborn, faith-driven integrity is covered in a biography that places Carter in the tradition of the Old Testament prophets who took uncompromising stands for peace and justice ...
Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religions, ...

Sanctity and Self-Inflicted Violence in Chinese Religions, ...

Jimmy Yu

Jimmy Yu reveals that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, self-inflicted violence was an essential and sanctioned part of Chinese culture.
Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot

Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot

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. . . He would feel honored by this book." --Kelly Stewart Harcourt, daughter of Jimmy Stewart "Smith's clear admiration for Stewart comes through on every page, but with an understatement that even George Bailey could have lived with.
The Face

The Face

Jimmy Santiago Baca

In this beautiful, boisterous account, by turns soul-searching and erotic, acclaimed Chicano and Native-American poet Jimmy Santiago Baca reveals the story of his life as told through his face.
De grote boekenroof: een zoektocht naar Europa's verdwenen ...

De grote boekenroof: een zoektocht naar Europa's verdwenen ...

Anders Rydell

6 Jimmy Koppen, The Conspiracy of Freemasons, Jews and Communists. An Analysis of the French and German Nationalist Discourse (1918-1940), Free University Brussels, 2009. 7 Jimmy Koppen, The Anti-Masonic Writings of General ...
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy ...

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy ...

Carter, Jimmy

Minister of External Affairs Ishaya Audu and Ambassador to the United States Olujimi Jolaoso were among those who accompanied President Shagari. In reviewing bilateral relations, the Presidents discussed the U.S.-Nigerian Joint ...
The Good Rat: A True Story

The Good Rat: A True Story

Jimmy Breslin

In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia—characters like John Gotti, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (named ...
Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book

Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book

Leon Schuster

'Heng ou Jimmy,' said Mike, 'how'd you do that?' 'Aag it's easy,' said Jimmy. 'l had a silicon chip inserted in my ear and another in my tooth. Now l don't even need to lift a hand when l'm taking a call.' Suddenly, Mike grabbed his tummy, made ...

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