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In 1987, Roy Orbison was enjoying one of the biggest comebacks of the year. Along with an all-star band featuring Bruce Springsteen and Bonnie Raitt, Orbison performs some of his greatest hits.
"Halloween Mouse is the long-awaited fifth book in the Happy the Pocket Mouse series. Gifting fans with this new and delicious treat for the eyes, artist Lisa Ferguson's rich and nuanced illustrations express all the fun and humour of 'All Hallows' Eve,' while giving voice to the...
A 1987 televised concert featuring rock legend, Roy Orbison, and many other famous performers, including Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, K.D. Lang, Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, and Jennifer Warnes.
"Traveling to the stars will be difficult, but not, perhaps, the most difficult part. What about when we get to another star? What then? Will the planets be immediately habitable? Not likely. Will those who undertook the journey be able to easily turn around and come home if they...
A resource for Grade 4 designed to help you differentiate instruction and meet the diverse literacy needs of students in your classroom. The components are relevant because they connect how students are learning and accessing information in the classroom to how they function in t...
A Latino boxer must navigate the path between his newfound fame, with all its seductive trappings, and his humble yet proud roots growing up on the hard, mean streets of Jackson Heights, Queens. Surrounded by his childhood friends and an old-school trainer, Lex Vargas endures a d...
"In a small town where everyone is friendly, it's unusual to have a mystery. But private investigator Roy McAfee and his wife, Corrie, have been receiving anonymous postcards with cryptic messages, and no one can figure out what they mean. It feels as though someone from their pa...
Lizzie doesn't mean to do the wrong thing ... she's just misunderstood. Lizzie has a history of misunderstandings, but the latest one is bad enough to get her expelled from Our Lady of the Sacred Wimple College. So now she's going to be homeschooled. That's right - from now on he...
"As Europe wrangles over questions of national identity, nativism and immigration, Olivier Roy interrogates the place of Christianity, foundation of Western identity. Do secularism and Islam really pose threats to the continent's 'Christian values'? What will be the fate of Chris...
"No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies is a collection of soulful ruminations about love, loss, struggle, resilience and power. Part memoir, part manifesto, the book is both a coming-of-age story and a call for justice -- for everyone but, in particular, for indigenous peoples --...
Five hours of great jazz and instrumentals, including classic, and historic recordings from the Clef, Norgran and Verve catalogs.
"Outlaw Trail" - Based on actual events, sixteen year old Roy Parker and his friends have set out to find the lost treasure of the notorious bank robber Butch Cassidy. Along the way, Roy discovers that he alone holds the key to unlocking the truth about his infamous great-uncle's...