Richard S Gwyn

John A. Macdald

…early 1860s, Canada enjoyed a period of great prosperity. The railroad and telegraph improved communications. According to Macdonald biographer Richard Gwyn, "In short, Canadians began to become a single community."[52] At the same time, the provincial government became increasingly difficul...

Richard Gwyn

Richard John Philip Jermy Gwyn, OC (born May 26, 1934) is a Canadian civil servant, journalist and author. Contents. 1 Early life; 2 Education; 3 Jobs; 4 Later ...

Richard Gwyn (martyr)

Saint Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 15 October 1584), also known by his ...

Communicating Health and Illness

In this book Richard Gwyn demonstrates the centrality of discourse analysis to an understanding of health and communication. Focusing on language and communication issues he demonstrates that it is possible to observe and analyze patterns in the ways in which health and illness are represented and a...

Smallwood: The Unlikely Revolutionary

The extraordinary life of Joey Smallwood is the stuff of fictionliterally: Wayne Johnston’s acclaimed novel, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, draws heavily on this definitive biography. And no wonder! Set against a colorful background in stirring times it has, as its hero, a character whose career d...

The Other Tiger: Recent Poetry from Latin America

Who Was Canada's Best Prime Minister? (A Maclean's Big Read)

Sir John A. Macdonald and William Lyon Mackenzie King—30 years separated their terms as prime minister, but the argument over which was Canada’s greatest leader continues to this day. Was it Macdonald, whose vision and single-mindedness gave birth to the nation, but whose weakness for alcohol and br...

Psalms in Haiku: Meditative Songs of Prayer

Beautifully packaged with wood block illustrations, this collection of Psalms is presented in the ancient Japanese form of haiku poetry. Here are praises to a spiritual power presented in a stark and clear fashion. These readings will challenge those familiar with the Psalms to look for new meaning ...

The Vagabond's Breakfast: My lost years to vagrancy and alcoholism in the Mediterranean

"Best book I have read so far this year. On a par with Hilary Mantel or Joan Didion. Utterly terrifying, funny, thought provoking and seemingly without an ounce of self-pity. A masterpiece". --Scott PackIn 2006, Richard Gwyn was given a year to live. He had lost nine years of his life to vagrancy an...

Nationalism Without Walls: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Canadian

Featuring a new epilogue bringing various aspects of Gwyn’s analysis up-to-date – in particular a new section on Quebec – Gwyn explores the various options available to post-referendum Canada. Nationalism Without Walls, a profound examination of Canadian nationhood by one of our leading political co...

The Northern Magus: Pierre Trudeau and Canadians

Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000) was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April, 1968 to June, 1979 and from March, 1980 to June, 1984. Richard Gwyn describes what kind of a person Trudeau was and what kind of a Prime Minister he was--his person and his politics and how they affected Canada. 398 pages i...