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From Canada's much-missed, nationally bestselling storyteller, a must-have collection featuring ten never-before-published stories and ten classic favourites, perfect for old fans and Vinyl Cafe newcomers alike.From the unforgettable Christmas classic "Dave Cooks the Turkey" to the tender tribute to ice-cream-loving, potato-sitting Arthur the dog in "Morte d'Arthur", from the joys and challenges of marriage in "The Canoe Trip" to the celebrati...

JINN is an action packed adventure novel set in BenghaziLibya and Houston Texas. A young Texas Tool Push working in Libya stumbles on a lost treasure of Nazi gold coins believed to be protected by evil jinn spirits putting the young man's life in mortal danger.Romance, treachery, betrayal, actual historical events and the clash between Arab and American cultures play out in this pot boiler of a book. If you are a fan of Wilbur Smiths' African ...

JINN is an action packed adventure novel set in BenghaziLibya and Houston Texas. A young Texas Tool Push working in Libya stumbles on a lost treasure of Nazi gold coins believed to be protected by evil jinn spirits putting the young man's life in mortal danger.Romance, treachery, betrayal, actual historical events and the clash between Arab and American cultures play out in this pot boiler of a book. If you are a fan of Wilbur Smiths' African ...

Including five new, never before published Christmas stories and the classic "Dave Cooks the Turkey, " this special collection from the Vinyl Cafe is Stuart McLean at his finest.Christmas has always been a special time at the Vinyl Cafe. For two decades, Stuart McLean travelled across the country every December with The Vinyl Cafe Christmas tour, bringing the gift of laughter and light during the darkest days of the year. The hilarious world o...

Come share Christmas with your friends at the Vinyl CafeChristmas has always been a special time at the Vinyl Cafe. For two decades, Stuart McLean travelled across the country every December with The Vinyl Cafe Christmas tour, bringing the gift of laughter and light during the darkest days of the year. The hilarious world of Dave and Morley was even more real-more vibrant-during the holidays. For many, the Vinyl Cafe Christmas stories became b...

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Tom Roberts was an Australian horseman ahead of his time. He dedicated his lifetime to find out how horses learn and in turn, was able to share his knowledge about a more sympathetic way to train. This book is in two parts, the first part, written by Nicki Stuart, provides insights into how Tom influenced people's lives with horses. In the second part, Dr Andrew McLean gives readers an understanding of why Tom's methods worked with horses, and...

More hilarious tales set in and around the Vinyl Cafe, from the master storyteller Stuart Maclean. Dave and Morley would tell you that life is what you make it. Unfortunately for them, that means a compilation tape of mistakes, miscues, misunderstandings and muddle. That's not to say there's anything particularly unusual about them. Like the rest of us, they're just doing their best to respond to the challenges of modern life.

Stuart McLean is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota. He is author of The Event and Its Terrors: Ireland, Famine, Modernity and coeditor of Crumpled Paper Boat: Experiments in Ethnographic Writing.

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The Event and its Terrors" undertakes a critical reimagining of one of the major events of Irish history--the Great Famine of the 1840s--and of its subsequent legacies.

Oilman is a historical fiction based on the people and events from the Alberta oil patch. Author Robert Mclean worked on oil rigs while attending university and he draws on the characters he knew or heard about to write a gripping fast paced novel. If you want to step back in time to 1948 Alberta, you must read this book. Follow Billy Cochrane from the day he quit school in grade 11 to find work in the Leduc oil discovery, to eventually fight,...

Oilman is a historical fiction based on the people and events from the Alberta oil patch. Author Robert Mclean worked on oil rigs while attending university and he draws on the characters he knew or heard about to write a gripping fast paced novel. If you want to step back in time to 1948 Alberta, you must read this book. Follow Billy Cochrane from the day he quit school in grade 11 to find work in the Leduc oil discovery, to eventually fight,...

Bestselling author and radio storytelling sensation Stuart McLean revisits the heartwarming and hilarious friends from his iconic Vinyl Cafe.Dave and his wife Morley would no doubt tell you that life is what you make it. Unfortunately for them, that means a compilation tape of mistakes, miscues, misunderstandings, and muddle. That's not to say that there is anything particularly unusual about the family and friends at the Vinyl Cafe. After all...

The heartwarming and award-winning humorist is back. Another delightful collection from Stuart McLean, "a natural storyeller...in the modern line of Peter DeVries [and] Garrison Keillor" (Billy Collins). Here, the international bestselling author and hit radio personality explores the misdemeanors and transgressions, as well as clandestine matters of the heart, concerning the variety of characters (and their secrets) who populate the Vinyl Cafe.

The Event and its Terrors" undertakes a critical reimagining of one of the major events of Irish history--the Great Famine of the 1840s--and of its subsequent legacies.