"A good friend of ours, Steve Halls (www.stevehalls.co.uk) has a wonderful way of
making this point about the importance of focusing on where you do want to steer
things. He likens our human system to a search engine. It 'searches' according to
key words. For example, if you put in a search engine 'no Spanish holiday villas'
you would get thousands or even millions of listings that were about Spanish
holiday villas even though you h ..."
Pontypool by TonyBurgess Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2016 by Playwrights Canada Press ISBN-13: 978-1-77091-442-1, ISBN: 1-77091-442-0
"A new play from acclaimed writer Tony Burgess, author of the wildly successful novel, Pontypool Changes Everything. In the sleepy town of Pontypool, Ontario, no one is safe from an epidemic so devastating it will leave you literally speechless."
Idaho Winter(1st Edition) Landscape with Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle by TonyBurgess Paperback, 149 Pages, Published 2011 by Ecw Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55022-934-9, ISBN: 1-55022-934-6
"?Idaho Winter begins as the story of a boy with an extraordinarily painful existence. He is, through no fault of his own, loathed by everyone in the town where he lives. His father, Early Winter, feeds him roadkill for breakfast. The crossing guard steers cars toward him as he crosses the road. Parents encourage their children to plot cruelly against him. One morning Idaho finds it too much to bear and hides down by the river where he m ..."
Taking the Guidon(1st Edition) Exceptional Leadership at the Company Level by Nate Allen, TonyBurgess Paperback, 167 Pages, Published 2001 by The Center For Company-Level Leadership ISBN-13: 978-0-9678292-1-0, ISBN: 0-9678292-1-6
"Significance of the title: The unit guidon serves to identify the unit, is a symbol of the commander's authority and presence, and represents the collective pride and spirit of all soldiers--past and present--who have served under it. Historically, the guidon accompanied the commander into battle where, in the heat and confusion of the close fight, it emboldened and rallied the soldiers to accomplish the mission. Today, the unit guidon ..."
Ravenna Gets by TonyBurgess Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2010 by Anvil Press ISBN-13: 978-1-897535-32-5, ISBN: 1-897535-32-5
"Fiction. Winner of the 2011 ReLit Award (Canada) From the author of Pontypool Changes Everything, RAVENNA GETS is a new collection of "wheeled" stories that continue the author's exploration of "apocalypse fiction." In a single convulsion of homicide, the population of Ravenna tries to erase the population of Collingwood. The innocent, standing in their living rooms, cooking in their kitchens, and playing in their yards, are simply che ..."
"The dark side of humanity is explored in this electrifying science fiction thriller in which an epidemic virus terrorizes the earth. Causing its inhabitants to strike out on murderous rampages, the virus is caught through conversation and, once contracted, leads its host on a strange journey—into another world where the undead roam the streets of the smallest towns and largest cities, hungry for human flesh. Describing in chilling detai ..."
Pink Bucket Thinking A Guide to Choosing Your Day-to-Day Thoughts So That You Get More of What You Want in Life! (Paperback) by TonyBurgess, Julie French 96 Pages, Published 2014 by Sra Books ISBN-13: 978-1-909116-41-2, ISBN: 1-909116-41-6
"Start to choose your thinking more often and you'll be more empowered and in control of what you experience and achieve. Pink bucket thinking is the particular blend of mental activity that works most effectively for you at any given time."
The n-Body Problem by TonyBurgess Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2013 by Chizine Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-77148-163-2, ISBN: 1-77148-163-3
"In the end, the zombie apocalypse was nothing more than a waste disposal problem. Burn them in giant ovens? Bad optics. Bury them in landfill sites? The first attempt created acres of twitching, roiling mud. The acceptable answer is to jettison the millions of immortal automatons into orbit. Room enough and a view. Soon, earth's near space is a mesh of bodies interfering with the sunlight, having an effect on our minds that we never saw ..."
Caesarea by TonyBurgess Paperback, 246 Pages, Published 1999 by Ecw Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55022-381-1, ISBN: 1-55022-381-X
"The Mayor of Caesarea has been working hard. Too hard. And yes, he looks tired. Very, very tired. With a little help from council he's been trying to get everyone in town hooked up. But when you're talking water, when you're talking sewage, interests conflict and tempers flare. And don't overlook the fact that your deputy gleefully indulges in frequent micro-psychotic episodes. Or that your chairwoman believes her husband is controlling ..."
""It is what it is. That's her car out there and, well, that's her right there." Jeremy looks at the woman again. There's a few flies dipping in and out of the back of her skull. "What happened to her?" I feel a little uncomfortable. I wasn't really planning to lay it all out like this. "Well, I hate to say this but I killed her." Jeremy nods slowly. He's starting to take this in and I'm relieved. "Don't ask me why. Anything I say is jus ..."
The Bewdley Mayhem Hellmouths of Bewdley, Pontypool Changes Everything, Caesarea by TonyBurgess Paperback, 728 Pages, Published 2014 by Ecw Press ISBN-13: 978-1-77041-216-3, ISBN: 1-77041-216-6
"Three celebrated books all of which harbour a twisted ambition to physically alter your imagination together for the first time.The Hellmouths of Bewdley is a series of 16 stories hiding in a novel about a small town in Ontario’s cottage country. Navigating through drunk and dead men, prisons and suicides and mad doctors, these short stories act as a halfway house for literary delinquents. Pontypool Changes Everything is the terrify ..."
Idaho Winter by TonyBurgess 152 Pages, Published 2011 by Ecw Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55490-953-7, ISBN: 1-55490-953-8
"Idaho slipped off the rock he sat on and held a long white stick out to the
caterpillar. ... A child so monstrous that even kindly old men train beasts to tear
the boy apart should he ever pass by? ... Killed by what? Revulsion? Fear?
Hatred? How could this happen? Poor, innocent Idaho stares, curious, at the stiff
little body."
"Les looks at the baby drowsing peacefully on the seat, its small feet pressed
against the barrel of a handgun and the bulk jar of Dilaudid sitting on the floor
mat. The arrangement makes Les think of pieces gathered at the start square of a
board game. He moves the handgun onto the floor and ... to him, his son's warm
belly, and decides, while there's time, barely perhaps, to imagine yet another life
for him and little Ern. 23 Yet ..."
"This book provides the lessons learned from setting up the U.S. Army's premier community of practice, CompanyCommand. Written by the developers of the community it tells inspirational stories of knowledge sharing across the U.S. Army and provides a step-by-step "how to" in creating an community."
"In The Hellmouths of Bewdley there are always some murdered men and some gay men. A baby man, a sexy man, and a drunk man. An insane doctor. A wonderful doctor. Twenty guys named Jesus. Men who wonder about women and women who don't care. A lot of dogs: some of them supernatural. More drunk and dead men. A number of cranes, no herons. A real ninja turtle. A jail, a detox, a fire, and a suicide or two. An agoraphobic with crabs, a bunny ..."
A day in the life of South Africa(1st Edition) by TonyBurgess Hardcover, Published 1982 by A Day In The Life Of South Africa (Pty.) ISBN-13: 978-0-620-06360-9, ISBN: 0-620-06360-2
"Dust Jacket some wear. Excellent condition. Same day shipping. A Day in the Life of South Africa. Oversized book, magnificent photographs. One inscription."
Things (The English Project) by TonyBurgess, Carol Burgess Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1979 by Ward Lock Educational ISBN-13: 978-0-7062-3627-9, ISBN: 0-7062-3627-0