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Silent witness: the Karla Brown murder case (Onyx Ser.)
Par Don W Weber, Charles Bosworth. 1993
In 1978, twenty-two-year-old Karla Brown was raped and brutally murdered in the basement of her newly purchased Wood River, Illinois,…
home. Prosecuting attorney Weber and reporter Bosworth discuss the years-long investigation, the lack of evidence to tie the crime to either of the two main suspects, and the out-of-town experts who provided the instructions to finally crack the case. Bestseller 1994. 1993.Scorched earth: restoring the country after Obama
Par Michael Savage. 2016
For the past eight years there has been a retrovirus in the White House, and the last Presidential term has…
infected the body politic with hateful anti-American views and nation-destructive ideas. The entire Democratic Party, plus many Republicans, have been invaded and infected by these ideas. They just repeat them over and over to the detriment of the United States. The bad news? It is very difficult to detect that we have been infected until it is too late. This virus may force us to learn to live with our currently infected political system indefinitely. But, Savage knows what needs to be done in order to bring the government and country back to health. Bestseller. 2016.Shift work
Par Tie Domi. 2015
Raised by immigrant parents in Belle River, Tie Domi found success from an early age on the field and the…
rink. A gifted athlete in whatever sport he played, Tie eventually focused his sights on hockey. As he moved up the junior ranks, he made a name for himself as a player who was always ready to take on anyone who dared to cross his teammates. Tie's reputation followed him into the NHL, and it wasn't long before he ranked among the game's most feared - and fearless - enforcers. From New York to Winnipeg to Toronto, Tie quickly became a fan favourite. As he went about working his name into the record books, Tie surrounded himself with people from every walk of life, learning from each one. Bestseller. 2015.Shrunk: crime and disorders of the mind (True cases series (Durvile Publications) #2)
Par J. Thomas Dalby, Lorene Shyba. 2016
A collection of powerful chapters by eminent forensic psychologists and psychiatrists who write about mental health issues they face and…
what they are doing about it. The first book that delves deeply into the disturbed human psyche to help build a solution to the problem of understanding mental illness within the criminal justice system. 2016.Sh*t my dad says
Par Justin Halpern. 2010
Expanded version of the Twitter site the screenwriter started after moving back in with his outspoken seventy-three-year-old father, a retired…
nuclear-medicine doctor. Compiles profanity-laden comments and advice the author received from childhood to the present. Basis of a 2010 TV sitcom. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010.Service: a Navy SEAL at war
Par Marcus Luttrell, James D Hornfischer. 2012
Following the account of his tour in Afghanistan in “Lone Survivor”, Navy SEAL Luttrell recounts his deployment to Ramadi, Iraq.…
He reflects on the sacrifices servicemen and women make for their family, country, and freedom. Sequel to “Lone Survivor”. c2012.Settle for more
Par Megyn Kelly. 2016
Megyn Kelly, one of the most respected, hardest-hitting TV journalists in America, speaks candidly about her decision to "settle for…
more" -- a motto she credits as having changed her life, and the reason she abandoned a thriving legal career to follow her dream in the news business. She opens up about Donald Trump's feud with her, and the challenges she has faced as a professional woman and working mother. A deeply personal and surprising account, one that will inspire men and women of all ages and political persuasions to embrace the values of determination, honesty, and courage in the face of fear. Bestseller. 2016. Tough questions -- No false praise -- Mean girls -- Silent night, holy night -- Who's getting hit first? -- Trial team Barbie -- Legally blond -- Self-pity is not attractive -- Calling and calling; nobody's home -- "Who's here?" "Me!" -- Lawyer, broadcaster, journalist -- So long, Little Miss Perfect -- Nights of fear -- Writing the wrong things -- All the days of my life -- The best line -- Now everyone's here -- Ready for prime time -- On "having it all" -- Election season -- The first debate -- Fallout -- Relentless -- The Trump Tower accords -- Paying it forward -- Settling for more today.Plus de 120 délicieuses recettes sans gluten, sans produits laitiers (sans caséine) et hypotoxiques. Mais plus qu’un livre de recettes,…
ce livre comporte un volet éducatif permettant de faire la lumière sur vos choix nutritionnels et de les adapter à vos besoins. Elle y fait appel à de nombreuses connaissances en naturopathie et en nutrition acquises au fil des ans et des rencontres extraordinaires qui ont ponctué son parcours entamé en 1999. 2014.Saving capitalism: for the many, not the few
Par Robert B Reich. 2015
Reich outlines how the American economic system is failing, with increasing income inequality and a shrinking middle class, and reveals…
how a market designed for broad prosperity can reverse the trend toward diminished opportunity. Bestseller. 2015.Savage messiah: the untold story of Roch Thériault and his cult of horror
Par Paul Kaihla, Ross Laver. 1993
Kaihla chronicles the abuse and terrors to which Rock Theriault, a self-proclaimed Moses, subjected the followers of his cult --…
two men, eight wives, and 26 children. Living in a commune, first in rural Quebec, then in Ontario's cottage country, Theriault's followers were submitted to acts of torture, even murder, while he retained the status of folk hero by the local media. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and extremely graphic descriptions of violence. 1993.Rizzuto, l'ascension et la chute d'un parrain: L'ascension Et La Chute D'un Parrain
Par Lee Lamothe, Jean-Louis Morgan, Adrian Humphreys. 2008
L'histoire de l'établissement de famille Rizutto au Canada, de l'issue du conflit entre Calabrais et Siciliens à Montréal, et de…
l'émergence de Vito Rizzuto à la tête de l'empire monté par son père. Les corps policiers internationaux finirent par s'attaquer de tous les côtés au crime organisé, pour finalement traduire Vito Rizzuto en justice et obtenir sa condamnation pour sa participation dans l'élimination de trois gangsters. Quelques passages où le langage est grossier et descriptions explicites de violence. 2008. Titre uniforme: The sixth family.Royal murder: the deadly intrigue of ten sovereigns
Par Elizabeth MacLeod, Barbara Pulling, Heather Sangster. 2008
What would you do for absolute power? Step into the world of palatial intrigue, where holding the throne means evading…
death... or causing it. While Cleopatra of Egypt once rolled herself into a rug and was carried out past her enemies' noses, other royals were brutal when dealing with foes. Read the stories of ten sovereigns, including Vlad the Impaler, "Bloody Mary", and The Romanovs of Russia. Descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2009 Red Maple Non-fiction Award. 2008.Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's war against big oil
Par Andrew Nikiforuk. 2002
Dutch-born Wiebo Ludwig, former leader of a Christian Reformed Church in Goderich, Ontario, and his entourage, which consisted of his…
ever-growing family and a few sympathizers, decamped for Alberta in 1985 and bought a place called Trickle Creek - in oil country. What ensued was a long, nasty, and often violent conflict between Ludwig and the oil and gas industry over its legal right to drill on private land, regardless of landowners' concerns over the contamination of air and water by the pollutants that spew out of the wells. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2002 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2002.Russian roulette: the inside story of Putin's war on America and the election of Donald Trump
Par David Corn, Michael Isikoff. 2018
Sacco and Vanzetti: the men, the murders, and the judgment of mankind
Par Bruce Watson. 2007
Forever shackled together by their alleged crimes, Sacco and Vanzetti were contrasting personalities, but both were militants who when arrested…
possessed guns and ammo. Watson quotes their trial record as he dramatizes questionable aspects of the proceeding, such as conflicting witnesses and a prejudicial judge. Still, Sacco and Vanzetti's alibis were not airtight, and questions remain about their knowledge of anarchist terrorism that run parallel to the doubtful justice of their convictions and executions. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.Runaway devil: how forbidden love drove a 12-year-old to murder her family
Par Sherri Zickefoose, Robert Remington. 2009
Marc and Debra seemed to have it all - a lovely home in Medicine Hat, fulfilling careers, a supportive marriage,…
and two beautiful children: eight-year-old Jacob and twelve-year-old JR. But in April 2006, their bloodied dead bodies, along with Jacob's, were discovered. Investigators worried for JR's safety, but unknown to them, the pretty honour roll student had been developing a disturbing alter ego online, and a relationship with a twenty-three-year-old high school dropout. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence and explicit strong language. 2009.Running the Amazon
Par Joe Kane. 1989
An account of the only expedition to negotiate the entire length of the Amazon River. During this six-month adventure which…
began in August, 1985, the ten men and one woman encountered Indians who had never before seen strangers, camped near a cocaine factory, and were beset by cold, heat and hunger. Bestseller 1989. 1989.Run, hide, repeat: a memoir of a fugitive childhood
Par Pauline Dakin. 2017
Pauline Dakin, a CBC journalist, spent her childhood on the run. Without warning or goodbyes, her mother twice uprooted her…
and her brother, moving thousands of miles away from family and friends. Years later her mother revealed they'd been running from the Mafia and were receiving protection from a covert anti-organized crime task force. When her mother decided to go into protective custody, an exhausted Dakin planned to disappear as well. But before that happened, she made a horrifying discovery. Her family's strange existence was based on a bizarre hoax, a web of lies manufactured by trusted loved ones. Bestseller. 2017.Rock-a-bye baby: a death behind bars
Par Anne Kershaw, Mary Lasovich. 1991
In 1988, Marlene Moore, Canada's best-known female prisoner, committed suicide in the federal Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario. The…
authors describe her childhood of abuse and her tragic life behind bars. For many, Marlene is an example of how badly our social and penal system can fail. Violence, strong language and descriptions of sex. 1991.Rise to greatness: the history of Canada from the Vikings to the present
Par Conrad Black. 2014
Spanning 874 to 2014, and beginning from Canada's first inhabitants and the early explorers, the author vividly recounts the story…
of Canada's development from colony to dominion to country. He persuasively reveals that while many would argue that Canada was perhaps never predestined for greatness, the opposite is in fact true: the emergence of a magnificent country, against all odds, was a remarkable achievement. Bestseller. 2014. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.