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The Waterfall and other Stories

By: Allan Wargon

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The Waterfall and other Stories

By: Allan Wargon

Short stories ranging from historical to contemporary times, mixing adventure, romance, humour, insight, irony and compassion.

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1456631225

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9781456631222

Showbiz, and More

By: Allan Wargon

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This novella, poetry and these short stories cover the entire range of human emotion. The novella, Showbiz, tells the story of an unusual man's great achievements and reach for an ideal, only to have everything he is and has accomplished defeated by the nature of his inner being and those who prey on it. His close friend experiences, in tandem, his own fulfillment and loss. Both are engulfed by the shallowness and cynicism of politics. The poems -- the 150 sonnets of Affairs -- deal with yearning, love, illusion and despair; they are a human cry against the complexities and restrictions of the real world. The short tales of Three Stories are tender and dark, observing the hopes and brutalities of men and women.

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0986567167

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9780986567162

My Sister, My Bride

By: Allan Wargon

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My Sister, My Bride

By: Allan Wargon

Inspired by the world's supreme love poem, this account of loneliness and love, passion, joy, gratitude, illusion, despair, disagreement, quarrel, parting and concord expresses all the shades of feeling between a man and the mercurial woman he is mad about. In a style both lucid and lyric, with a richness of sight and sound befitting the biblical psalms, this highly original story makes each mood of the mind and heart suspenseful and revealing. Also informed by philosophical musings about life, nature and the human condition, it is an extraordinary portrait of a tempestuous love affair. It's an absolute delight.

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0986567132

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9780986567131

Nia

By: Allan Wargon

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Nia

By: Allan Wargon

This is the story of a man and woman in love, with all the doubt, hesitation, delusion, jealousy, desire, passion, ecstasy and pain of people thus enthralled. The man, Robert, is every joy, every fear, every terrible thought and high-minded aspiration, every conceit, every strength and weakness of mind and body that any man has ever felt and known but only reluctantly acknowledged in himself. Nia reflects the tenderness, hope, fear, suffering, attempted dignity and primordial rage of all women. The story is written so intimately and boldly, yet so subtly and nakedly, that the reader comes to Nia and Robert's ultimate and final humanity with a chastened heart.

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0986567159

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9780986567155

The Birth of Hollywood North

Nice Idea, but Nothing Good Ever Came out of Canada

By: Allan Wargon

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The Birth of Hollywood North

Nice Idea, but Nothing Good Ever Came out of Canada

By: Allan Wargon

This is the story of a man whose struggle with poverty, artistic and moral issues inadvertently starts an industry. Allan Wargon's pioneering efforts take us from the infancy of Canadian film and television to its grand unfolding. Often at odds with the holders of purse strings, and despite obstacles and deprecation, he perseveres. Following many awards, he devises and makes "Mr. Piper", Canada's first weekly colour television show, which sparks the surge of Canadian and American production that becomes Hollywood North. Much later, he writes and publishes books. From painter to film director to writer, the author’s journey is marked by a consistent refusal to compromise his vision and creative integrity. From Varley and Lismer to Paul Anka, from John Diefenbaker to Pierre Elliot Trudeau, from Lou Applebaum to Jack Warner, he works with and crosses paths with many artists, musicians and public figures. "Hollywood North" is a frank, intensely personal, sometimes gut-wrenching and always engrossing inside story.

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1456628690

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9781456628697

David

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David

By: Allan Boone's Wargon

A biographical novel of the biblical King David. It follows the Bible very closely, but imagines the motivations the Bible only hints at. Few stories have had such an effect on the world. The lonely shepherd boy, singing his songs in the wilderness to his one intimate friend, God, said what no one before had even dared to contemplate: "I" . In using the first person in "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want," he formed a personal relationship with God. From that moment on the world was changed. David composed psalms, or songs, had wives and loves, led his army in mighty battles, dispensed justice, and was politically cunning. He saw the development of democracy and the ideal of decency and forged a kingdom of lasting influence. He was followed as king by his son Solomon, and generations later, it is said, by Jesus, the Christ. The young shepherd boy's, then the king's, thoughts and actions continue to reverberate now, 3000 years later. The story's issues are immediate and current.

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0986567140

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9780986567148

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The Waterfall and other Stories

The Waterfall and other Stories

Showbiz, and More

Showbiz, and More

My Sister, My Bride

My Sister, My Bride

Nia

Nia

The Birth of Hollywood North

The Birth of Hollywood North

David

David

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