NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of Canada’s most beloved performing artists comes an audacious work of non-fiction that explores the stories that shape us and the reach that the past can have across generations • "Thomson makes visible the ghosts of the Great War, untangling themes of loss and longing, service, and grief." —Tim CookGrowing up north of Toronto, R.H. Thomson’s imagination was captured by romantic notions of war. He spent his days playing with toy sold...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of Canada’s most beloved performing artists comes an audacious work of non-fiction that explores the stories that shape us and the reach that the past can have across generations • "Thomson makes visible the ghosts of the Great War, untangling themes of loss and longing, service, and grief." —Tim CookGrowing up north of Toronto, R.H. Thomson’s imagination was captured by romantic notions of war. He spent his days playing with toy sold...

In this dream-like tale, Fred is visiting his grandfather when time suddenly stops. Setting out to discover why, Fred meets Maestro Orpheus and his magical lyre. Together they begin a musical adventure along The Corridor of Time, on their way to wind The World Clock.Drawing on a broad range of classical music, by composers from Bach and Haydn to Chopin and Strauss, Maestro Orpheus and The World Clock explores the intimate relationship between time, memory ...

"Updates in Colo-Proctology" covers the proceedings of the Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting held in St Moritz in 1990. The book contains the papers which were presented and dis cussed there by physicians of the various specialties concerned with the care of patients with diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. The authors, each distinguished in a particular field, have contributed across a wide range of subjects and different dis ciplines. The topics covered include surgical and investi...