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The Fabulous Song
Published in Paperback by Kane/Miller Book Pub (2003)
Authors: Don Gillmor and Marie-Louise Gay
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A great book!
This story of a young boy who finds music in his imagination is wonderful. I read it to my students and they loved it! It has humor and is beautifully illustrated.


When Vegetables Go Bad
Published in Paperback by Doubleday (1994)
Authors: Gillmor, Gay, and Don Gilmor
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When Vegetables Go Bad
Touches upon imaginations of all young children. My children love to read this story time after time. The illustrations are special and are a great accompaniment to the story!


Canada: A People's History
Published in Hardcover by McClelland & Stewart (2001)
Authors: Don Gillmor, Pierre Turgeon, Don Gilmor, and Gene Allen
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Hmmmm
Hmmmm, well, a comme-çi-comme-ça kind of book. A lot of good stuff here, but also a lot of stuff missing. Yes, the book was done by a committee, which doesn't help. But it's surprisingly good for a book done by committee, but that doesn't mean it's a surprisingly good book, because, unfortunately, it isn't. It's an OK book, which is too bad, since it would be really nice to have a Canadian history book which not only was easy to read, but provided good history. It's drawbacks? It's biggest drawback — remember, this is supposed to be a history book — is it's lack of maps. The maps provided are few and far between, and even those provided are small and pathetic. All good history books need maps. From Francis Parkman to Fred Anderson (Crucible of War), they all have plenty of good, detailed maps. Secondly, for a book billed as "A book for every Canadian home", it is way over-priced. Sixty bucks?! Give me a break. Thirdly, from an editorial point of view, there are many holes. Just to mention one, the book mentions the corruption of the English officials in the early nineteenth century which basically, led to the impetus for confederation (although the example provided by the U.S. is given way too short shrift), and then glosses over the corruption that was running rampant among the ‘fathers' of Canadian confederation. The sad reality is that the corrupt English officials were replaced by corrupt Canadian politicians, and this tradition has continued down to this day. But it's probably expecting too much from a book produced by the CBC to highlight this fact. [what happened to louis riel?]

It's good points? Fairly good organization of events, although there is some disconcerting jumping around from time to time. As a summary, it's a decent summary for the time period covered (basically, the three hundred years up to and including confederation). Good side-bars throughout the book as well, and good and plentiful pictures/illustrations.

In the end, I guess the book gets three out of five stars. But if the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) is prepared to put it's money where it's mouth is, and provide a real book for ALL Canadian homes, they've got to do two things. First, produce a paperback edition that sells for $...(Canadian $, please, as Canadians only get paid in Canadian dollars) or less. Secondly, the number and size of the maps has to be quadrupled. Without better maps, all you really have is a coffee-table book. If you want a real history book, add bigger, better, and more maps. There's a challenge for, you, CBC!


Mass Communication Law: Cases and Comment
Published in Personal Computers by Wadsworth Publishing (14 November, 1997)
Authors: Donald M. Gillmor, Jerome A. Barron, Todd F. Simon, and Don Gillmor
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Not for the weak
This book contains verbatim case decisions from Supreme Court cases, District level cases and Appellate court cases. Each case is followed by a detailed comment section written by the editors which explains in plain English what the Justices are talking about. All the way from the First Amendment and Marketplace of Ideas theory to broadcast regulation, this book covers all major cases that have developed media law into the beast it is today. Good for the classroom, but better without a time limit.


Canada: A People's History
Published in Paperback by McClelland & Stewart (2002)
Authors: Don Gillmor Pierre Turgeon, Pierre Turgeon, Don Gillmor, and CBC
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The Christmas Orange
Published in Hardcover by Stoddart Kids (1999)
Authors: Don Gillmor, Marie-Louise Gay, and Don Gillmore
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The Desire of Every Living Thing
Published in Hardcover by Random House of Canada Ltd (1999)
Author: Don Gillmor
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The Desire of Every Living Thing: A Memoir
Published in Paperback by Vintage Books Canada (2000)
Author: Don Gillmor
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I swear by Apollo : Dr. Ewen Cameron and the CIA-brainwashing experiments
Published in Unknown Binding by Eden Press ()
Author: Don Gillmor
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A People's History
Published in Hardcover by McClelland & Stewart (2001)
Authors: Cbc and Don Gillmor
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