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For Your Reading PleasureIn celebration of the WSO’s 60th Anniversary this new book is filled with personal recollections, and colourful stories about famous artists who have performed with the WSO. Some of those artists have included Itzhak Perlman, Glenn Gould, Victor Borgé, and Mel Tormé. The hardcover book is $39.99 and includes 300 photographs, personnel roster, discography, index, and other special features. The book is available through the WSO, and at McNally Robinson booksellers. This book tells of the Manitoba Theatre Centre’s history over the past 50 years. It features photographs, posters, sketches and stories from those who have graced the MTC stage. The hardcover book sells for $29.99 and is available at McNally Robinson. Encyclopaedia of Manitoba by Ingeborg Boyens and published by Great Plains Publications, was four years in the making. The 800 page book is filled with information that runs the gambit from history and arts, to politics and geography, to business and sports. For instance, did you know the first helicopter in Canada was invented by the Froebe brothers of Homeview, Manitoba, in 1937? Or how about the fact that Oscar-winning actor Clark Gable (Gone With The Wind) used to hunt ducks on a regular basis on Lake Manitoba’s Delta Marsh? The book retails $99.95 and is available at McNally Robinson. This commemorative book illustrates the primary countryscapes that influenced Gabrielle Roy’s work, such as Meadow-Portage, Somerset, the Waterhen district, Dauphin, Camperville, Altamont, Marchand, Cardinal, and of course, the family house on Deschambault Street, which is now the Gabrielle Roy House museum. Gabrielle Roy, the internationally renowned author from St. Boniface, was the recipient of many prestigious literary awards for her works, which were translated in 15 languages. These included the Governor General’s Award, France’s Prix Femina, the Canada Arts Council Award, and the New York’s Literary Guild Award for her novel The Tin Flute. She was also the first woman to become a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1947), and was made the Companion of the Order of Canada in 1967. Gabrielle Roy drew heavily on the landscapes and places that characterized her childhood and young adulthood in Manitoba. Joanne Therrien is Past President of the Gabrielle Roy House Corporation in St. Boniface. Author, lecturer and entrepreneur, Joanne shares family ties with Gabrielle Roy, through their grandmothers who came to Manitoba from Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan and Saint-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez, Quebec. The book is available in the bookshop, at the Riel tourism office, at Gabrielle-Roy House, or order it by calling 204-231-3274. The book retails for $19.99.  Gabrielle Roy - Manitoba Countryscapes book cover This book deals with marketing today’s Canadian museums. If you ‘d like to know more about Mathieu’s book, and how to order it, go to the High Traffic Marketing Institute website at www.htmi.ca. Richard would also love an opportunity to present his book to AMM members in person in a course called Strategic Alliances. Basically Strategic Alliances is a way of building up relationships with other organizations and businesses in order to promote your museum and create interest for your museum in your community. If you’d be interested in having Mathieu conduct a course in this area, give me a call, drop me a line, and we’ll set it up.
Visit the Windsock Shop to purchase your own, signed copy of this recently released book about men who came to Canada to train for World War II - and who fell in love in the process and became war grooms. Recently reviewed by the Manitoba Library Association, the book is highly recommended reading for Grades 8 (Ages 13) and up. New in the gift shop for $19.95.
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Hong Kong Veterans Association - In conjunction with the Hong Kong Veteran's Association and Minto Armouries, a tribute in pictures, text and artifacts to armed forces men and women who contributed their time, talent and their lives during times of conflict. Canada's War Grooms and the Girls who Stole their Hearts.