Books published by ECW Press,Canada

In an account based on more than 200 original interviews, historian Greg Renoff tells the untold story of Van Halen's 1970s ascent out of the backyards of Pasadena to international rock superstardom.

Driven covers the last three decades of Rush, including the band''s retirement and Peart''s passing. There is much to celebrate, including a surprise platinum hit record to kick off the decade and a full-blown concept album, Clockwork Angels, to close off what is one of the most remarkable careers in rock history

The second instalment of the unique collaboration, after the #1 bestselling novel "Clockwork Angels". Bestselling author Anderson and Rush drummer and lyricist Peart return to explore more places and characters in their colourful creation.

An insider's look at those most respected by their peers as masters of pro wrestling, in the words of the wrestlers themselves.

The love story of Rosalie and Issy Sharp: love, loss, business, and family.

The story of Shay Rynne, a young Dublin cop not trusted by his peers in turbulent 1970s Ireland. Father Burke helps Shay revisit the suspicious death of a childhood friend. When a politician is killed, the case takes Shay and Burke from Dublin to Hell's Kitchen in New York.

Kamal Gupta chronicles his journey from a professional gambler to a money manager at some of the world''s largest hedge funds. From New Delhi to Las Vegas to New York, Play It Right is a real-life account of the author''s darkly comic struggle for survival in an industry where fear and greed rule the day. Much like Maria Konnikova''s bestseller, The Biggest Bluff, Play It Right isn''t so much about money as it is about the human condition and beating the odds, whether at a casino, on Wall Street, or in life itself.

In Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives, readers met the optimistic young hero Owen Hardy, as well as the more reluctant adventurer Marinda Peake, in an amazing world of airships and alchemy, fantastic carnivals and lost cities. Now Owen Hardy, retired and content, is pulled into one last adventure with his eager grandson Alain that will take them up to the frozen lands of Ultima Thule and the ends of the Earth. While, Marinda undertakes a mission of her own, to compile the true life story of the mysterious Watchmaker and stop a deadly new group of anarchists.

David Bowie's former singer Emm Gryner reveals essential secrets of proper singing and exposes the incredible connection between finding your best voice and living a fearless, joyful life.

It was pro wrestling's most horrific weekend ever in June 2007, when beloved WWE superstar Chris Benoit went crazy -- murdering his wife Nancy and their seven-year-old son Daniel before taking his own life. More than a dozen years later, Irvin Muchnick's meticulous unpacking of the record of this event and its aftermath belongs to American history. Vince McMahon's pop culture franchise is more entrenched than ever, and his pal Donald Trump staged a remarkable populist, demagogic, wrestling-style takeover of politics and public style. "This book should be titled Zen and the Art of Scandal Maintenance. An instant cult classic." -- Larry Matysik, the late wrestling TV announcer, promoter, and historian "Irv Muchnick's magnificent investigative journalism." -- Frank Deford "If you can read what Irv has dug up and continue to turn your head, then your powers of denial exceed mine." -- from the Foreword by Phil Mushnick, New York Post columnist Irvin Muchnick (www.ConcussionInc.net; @irvmuch on Twitter) is the author of Wrestling Babylon: Piledriving Tales of Drugs, Sex, Death, and Scandal. He also authored another ECW Press book, Concussion Inc.: The End of Football As We Know It, and has published extensive investigations of public health hazards and sexual abuse in the youth sports system. A one-time assistant director of the National Writers Union, Muchnick was lead respondent in the landmark 2010 Supreme Court of the United States decision impacting freelance writers' economic rights, Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick.

Dr. Joe provides a framework for coming to grips with the onslaught of COVID-19 information and misinformation. He reminds us that although our daily activities have been hijacked by the pandemic, life does go on. He delves into COVID-19 related science and distracts us with an array of topics such as essential oils, plant protein, and omega-3.

How to Examine a Wolverine is full of heartwarming stories about your favorite pets from the bestselling author of The Accidental Veterinarian.

When Jane''s partner goes missing she needs to find out if he''s in danger while also contending with the politics of a large international film festival: Hollywood power brokers, Russian oil speculators, Chinese propagandists, and a board chair who seemingly has it out for her Jane has been appointed interim director of the Toronto International Film Festival after her boss has been removed for sexual harassment.

In Field Study, award-winning author Helen Humphreys returns to her brilliant illustrated meditations, this time to delve into the lost world of herbarium collections to examine where and how we look to find the solace of nature in a declining natural world.

Billion Dollar Start-Up is the story of how two 29-year-old brothers-in-law took a [35,000 investment and turned it into a billion-dollar cannabis company in five years. From early roadblocks and devastating personal and financial setbacks to explosive growth and some of the biggest cannabis deals in global history, Billion Dollar Start-Up not only recounts the HEXO story but the history of Canada''s momentous road to legalization. In this part fast-paced memoir, part high-octane business book, writer and journalist Julie Beun gives us an intimate look at the life of a start-up and the ferocious entrepreneurial drive it takes to succeed written in real time, as the story unfolded.

Through interviews with famous leaders such as Apollo''s Gene Kranz, the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission''s Joe Rothenberg, ''astronaut maker'' George Abbey, and former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin, this book shows how NASA recovered from tragedy and adversity, and how it developed a culture of competency that continues to attract the best and brightest.

This book explores how decision-making is changing in the digital economy. The role of data and intuition will continue to rebalance as analytics take on a more significant role in how companies develop and execute strategy. Case studies explore best-in-class organisations from various sectors including pro sports, media, and finance.

In the 1990s, Arezzi hosted the pioneering radio talk show Pro Wrestling Spotlight. He also ran the first major conventions, assembling a wrestling who''s who to meet with fans. He promoted shows, both at home and abroad, and was a key figure behind importing lucha libre into America. Mat Memories is Arezzi''s chance to hold the mic, and he holds nothing back - he names names and tells the untold behind-the-scenes stories: from the ring, the stage, and the diamond.

Goodbye, Guns '' Roses transports the reader into a mindaltering trip through the colors, scandals, nihilism, and mythology that make Guns N'' Roses so much more than another ''hair metal'' band.

One of the world''s foremost acting teachers - who taught such actors as Rachel McAdams, Tatiana Maslany, Scott Speedman, and Sarah Gadon to name but a few - shares 30-plus years of insight into the art of acting.

Welsh takes readers across North America and into Europe on a whirlwind tour of facilities with novel approaches to community living, including a day program in a fake town out of the 1950s, a residence where seniors school their student roommates in beer pong, and an aging-in-place community in a forest where everyone seems to have a pet or a garden or both. The COVID-19 pandemic cruelly showed us that social isolation is debilitating, and Welsh tells stories of elders living with friendship, new and old, in their later years.