John Mackinnon Books

We can't stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives and our future. What would happen if we did?0We are using up the planet at almost double the rate it can regenerate. To support our economies, we're told we must shop now like we've never shopped before, yet the scale of our consumption remains the biggest factor in the ruination of the world. 0 But what would life look like if we stopped? Visiting places where economies have experienced temporary shut-downs, artisan producers, zero-consumption societies and bringing together a host of expert views, this is both a history of our relationship with consumption and a story about the future.0'Lays out a wealth of knowledge and wisdom' Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress

The Margo Chronicles is a playful romp through the first year of retirement for Margo and Michael, suburbanites who have unwittingly dropped themselves into a tiny, rural community in British Columbia. Their dream of escaping the city to pursue a simpler way of life in the country meets the reality of living in Wannatoka Springs, a remote community in the Kootenays. CJ has created a delightfully quirky cast of characters seen through the eyes of Margo, a newly retired teacher who finds her identity and her assumptions about retirement challenged at every turn. Tales of unlikely interactions with neighbours and unforeseen predicaments keep the reader chuckling at how this conventional couple handles the curve balls that come their way. Wannatoka Springs is a fictitious village in the Kootenays, but bears a distinct resemblance to the tiny, rural community in the Kootenays where the author and her partner retired. The adventures are based on the author's embellishments of (nearly) true-life experiences.

Kniha je určena pro každého, kdo se jen trochu zajímá o hokej.

Kniha s podtitulem kluby, osobnosti, historie přináší komplexní a zároveň kompaktní pohled na nejslavnější hokejovou ligu světa s přihlédnutím k datu vydání v roce 1996. Na relativně malém prostoru 128 stran se o NHL dozvíte vše podstatné včetně historie, statistik a hokejové hantýrky.