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Le neveu (Dossiers, documents)
Par Michel Vastel, Réal Simard. 1987
Plutôt que de continuer à risquer de mourir pour Frank Cotroni, Réal Simard, le "neveu", a décidé de vivre pour…
lui-même. Mais avant de disparaitre, il a pensé que vous aviez droit à la vérité : sur lui, sur les prisonniers, sur les policiers et surtout sur cette face cachée de "l'honorable société." 1987.No one to tell: breaking my silence on life in the RCMP
Par Janet Merlo, Leslie Vryenhoek. 2013
Janet Merlo was among the first female RCMP officers to publicly allege she had experienced sexual harassment and gender discrimination…
while serving in Canada`s national police force. The women kept silent for so long, she says, because there was no one to tell. Janet recalls how her love of policing was soured by covert and overt sexism within the ranks and by an institutional culture that valued toughness and silence over ethics and accountability. Tracing her twenty years in uniform, Merlo’s story details the highs and lows of her career in the RCMP – while her mental health and personal life disintegrated. 2013.Ninety percent mental: an all-star player turned mental skills coach reveals the hidden game of baseball
Par Scott Miller, Bob Tewksbury. 2018
Bob Tewksbury shows listeners a side of baseball only he can provide, given his singular background as both a longtime…
MLB pitcher and a mental skills coach for two of the sport's most fabled franchises, the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants. 2018.Nasty business: one biker gang's bloody war against the Hells Angels
Par Peter Paradis. 2002
The 1990s biker war on the streets of Montreal pitted the established Hells Angels against upstarts the Rock Machine in…
a battle for the drug trade. After being shot by a Hells hit squad, Rock Machine boss Peter Paradis watched as the police closed in and the Hells begin winning the war, spurring a penniless and ostracized Paradis to turn informant. Descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2002.My father and Atticus Finch: a lawyer's fight for justice in 1930s Alabama (ITK audio)
Par Joseph Madison Beck. 2016
A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defense in a 1938 Alabama trial of a black man accused of…
raping a white woman calls to mind "To Kill a Mockingbird". 2016.My fair junkie: a memoir of getting dirty and staying clean
Par Amy Dresner. 2017
In 2011 Amy Dresner was high on OxyContin, stupidly pulled a knife on her then-husband, and was promptly arrested. Within…
months, she found herself in a psych ward, penniless, and looking at 240 hours of community service. For the next two years she would sweep up syringes on Hollywood Boulevard as she bounced from rehabs to halfway houses, all while struggling with sobriety and starting life over in her forties. 2017.Mrs. Grace Humiston was an amazing lawyer and a traveling detective during a time when no women were practicing those…
professions. She focused on solving cases no one else wanted and advocating for innocents. The first female U.S. District Attorney, she made groundbreaking investigations into modern-day slavery, and the papers gave her the nickname of fiction's famous sleuth. One of her greatest accomplishments was solving the cold case of a missing eighteen-year-old girl, Ruth Cruger. Her work changed how the country viewed the problem of missing girls, but it came with a price: she learned all too well what happens when one woman upstages the entire NYPD. 2018.Murder without borders: dying for the story in the world's most dangerous places
Par Terry Gould. 2009
Over four years, Terry Gould has travelled to Colombia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Russia and Iraq - the countries in which…
journalists are most likely to be murdered on the job. Through conversations with their colleagues, their families and in some cases their murderers, he uncovers the lives of local reporters and broadcasters who stayed on a story to the point of death, and discovers the complex reasons for their bravery. Explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.Mort ou vif: les chasses à l'homme les plus extraordinaires
Par Pierre Bellemare, Jean-François Nahmias. 2007
Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game
Par Michael Lewis. 2003
Author of "The New New Thing" describes how Billy Beane, general manager of baseball's Oakland Athletics, came in first place…
in the American League West in 2002. Examines Beane's use of computers, statistics, and scouting to achieve success despite a minor league budget. Strong language. Bestseller. 2003.Missing Sarah: a Vancouver woman remembers her vanished sister
Par Maggie De Vries. 2003
Sarah de Vries disappeared in April of 1998. Her sister Maggie searches for clues and answers by reading Sarah's poetry…
and piecing together the collective memory of everyone who knew her. 2003.Monster: A Rapist Father, A Captive Daughter, A Secret Dungeon
Par Allan Hall. 2008
Getting to the heart of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever recorded, Allan Hall reconstructs the…
monstrous personality of Josef Fritzl from interviews with psychologists, neighbours, colleagues and friends. Includes strong language. 2008.Jack l'Éventreur, affaire classée: portrait d'un tueur
Par Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Jean Esch. 2003
Milena Di Maulo: fille et femme de mafiosi
Par Maria Mourani. 2018
Je m'appelle Milena Di Maulo. Avant son assassinat en 2012, mon père, Joseph Joe Di Maulo, était l'un des mafiosi…
les plus influents du Québec. Le père de mes deux enfants se nomme Francesco Frankie Cotroni; il est le fils de Frank Cotroni, l'ancien dirigeant du clan calabrais, qui se trouve être également mon parrain. Quant au frère de ma mère, mon oncle Raynald Desjardins, on l'a reconnu coupable de complot dans l'affaire de l'assassinat du mafioso new-yorkais Salvatore Montagna, et il est actuellement en prison. Croyez-moi, mon nom n'est pas facile à porter. 2018.Merry hell: the story of the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919 (G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects)
Par Robert N Clements, B. D Tennyson. 2013
A complete history of the 25th Canadian infantry battalion, which was recruited in the autumn and winter of 1914–15 and…
served overseas from spring 1915 until spring 1919. The author, who served in the battalion throughout that period and rose from private to captain, wrote the story many years after the war, based on his personal memories and experiences. As such, his story reflects two unique perspectives on Canadian military history – the remarkably fresh recollections and anecdotes of a veteran, and the outlook of a man eager to share what his generation contributed to the nation’s history, character, and identity. 2013.Me Jean-Pierre Rancourt: les confessions d'un criminaliste
Par Bernard Tétrault. 2015
" Avocat criminaliste. Un métier dur et controversé. Pour le commun des mortels, défendre des criminels choque. Me Jean-Pierre Rancourt…
est un avocat populiste qui a plaidé dans d'innombrables procès ayant fait les manchettes. Criminaliste original l'un des plus médiatisés du Québec et plaideur coriace depuis quarante ans, il est parfaitement au fait des polémiques que suscitent ses clients. Sur un ton de confidences biographiques, avec la collaboration du journaliste Bernard Tétrault, il raconte sa vie de criminaliste et les dossiers qui l'ont marqué. Il ne se gêne pas pour décrire les coulisses de notre système judiciaire avec ses travers et son cadre rigide, dont l'application ne manquera pas d'étonner d'une page à l'autre. Une véritable incursion dans le monde d'un avocat réputé qui rêvait de devenir une vedette de la LNH, mais qui a opté pour le droit. " -- 4e de couv.Mata Hari: la poudre aux yeux
Par Anne Bragance. 1995
Member of the family: my story of Charles Manson, life inside his cult, and the darkness that ended the sixties
Par Dianne Lake, Deborah Herman. 2017
At age fourteen Dianne Lake became one of "Charlie's girls." Over the course of two years, the teenager endured manipulation,…
psychological control, and physical abuse as the harsh realities of Charles Manson's true nature were revealed. This account from an actual Family member recreates in vivid detail one of the most horrifying and fascinating chapters in modern American history. 2017.Memoirs of a radical lawyer
Par Michael Mansfield, Yvette Vanson. 2010
Michael Mansfield, QC, is Britain's most high-profile defense lawyer, whose unparalleled commitment to his clients and radical approach to forensics,…
evidence and disclosure have made him a scourge of the establishment and a champion of the individual in many miscarriages of justice cases. Passionate about unveiling corruption and unafraid to challenge received wisdom, he has taken on many of the most controversial cases of our times, including the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, and Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana. Dissecting these cases he offers a fascinating insight into the idiosyncrasies of the English legal system and how it has changed from the late 1960s to the present. Includes strong language. 2010.Matthew Baillie Begbie (The Canadians)
Par David R Williams. 1980