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Sisterhood of spies: the women of the OSS
Par Elizabeth P McIntosh. 1998
During World War II, the author, a war reporter, was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)--later the CIA--to…
work in the propaganda division. She describes other female operatives, some of whom were spies with hair-raising duties behind enemy lines. Concludes with the role women play in intelligence, including uncovering the Soviet mole Aldrich Ames. 1998.Storms and rainbows
Par Wilma D Abriel. 2001
Stolen sisters: the story of two missing girls, their families, and how Canada has failed indigenous women
Par Emmanuelle Walter. 2015
Since 1980, 1,200 Canadian aboriginal women have been murdered or have gone missing. This alarming figure reveals a national tragedy…
and the systemic failure of law enforcement and of all levels of government to address the issue. Journalist Emmanuelle Walter spent two years investigating this crisis and has crafted a moving representative account of the disappearance of two young women, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, teenagers from western Quebec, who have been missing since September 2008. Via personal testimonies, interviews, press clippings and official documents, Walter pieces together the disappearance and loss of these two young lives, revealing these young women to us through the voices of family members and witnesses. 2015. Uniform title: Soeurs volées : enquête sur un féminicide au Canada.Smart medicine for your eyes: a guide to natural, effective, and safe relief of common eye disorders
Par Jeffrey Anshel. 2011
Information about the eyes; sections on nutrition, herbal therapies, and homeopathic remedies. Discusses disorders of the eye and visual system,…
conventional treatments and self-treatments, eye care techniques, and refractive surgeries and vision therapies. c2011.Stalker
Par John Stalker. 1988
In 1984, the author, a deputy chief constable in England, was sent to Northern Ireland to investigate the murder of…
six Ulster Catholics. He writes about the policies of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and the British government's decision not to prosecute the killers. Stalker was dismissed from his job because of his investigation, but later reinstated. 1988.Sound off!: American military women speak out
Par Dorothy Schneider, Carl J Schneider. 1988
The authors, who interviewed over 300 women serving in the United States Navy, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines,…
offer information for those thinking of joining and those already in the service. Topics discussed include discrimination, sexual harassment, training, education and benefits. c1988.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.Searching for God knows what
Par Donald Miller. 2004
What if the deepest longings of your heart were there for a reason? Small-minded, boxed-in formulas weren't the Truth? The…
gospel of Jesus was not safe after all, but full of intrigue, passion and romance? 2004.Scapegoat!: famous court martials
Par John Harris. 1988
In documented accounts ranging from the mid-18th century through World War II, Harris presents nine cases from British, French and…
American military history of scapegoats made to face a court martial. Through these controversial cases Harris paints a disturbing picture of the abuse of the court martial system. 1988.Sanctuary: a story of American conscience and the law in collision
Par Ann Crittenden. 1988
A history of the sanctuary movement to aid political refugees from Central American wars. Chronicles its origin in the early…
1980s through the 1986 court trial that convicted many of its leaders of smuggling and harbouring illegal aliens. c1988.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.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.Robert Latimer: a story of justice and mercy
Par Gary Bauslaugh. 2010
In 1993, Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan farmer, decided to end the life of his chronically ill daughter rather than subject…
her to another painful surgery. Tracy, who had the mental capacity of a five-month-old infant, was twelve at the time of her death. Tracy's death and the charge of murder laid against Robert Latimer set in motion Canada's most famous and controversial case of "mercy killing." The case sparked a national debate about euthanasia and the rights of the severely disabled that continues today. Includes violence and strong language. 2010.Relentless pursuit: a true story of family, murder, and the prosecutor who wouldn't quit
Par Kevin Flynn. 2007
Federal homicide prosecutor chronicles the investigation of the 1993 murder of African American mother-of-six Diane Hawkins and her teenaged daughter…
Katrina Harris in their Washington, D.C., home. Details the prosecutor's efforts and those of police and forensic specialists to bring Diane's ex-boyfriend Norman Harrell to justice. Violence and some strong language. 2007.Real justice: sentenced to life at seventeen : the story of David Milgaard (Real justice)
Par Cynthia J Faryon. 2009
David Milgaard was a kid who got into lots of trouble. Unfortunately, that made it easy for the Saskatoon police…
to brand him as a murderer. At seventeen, David was arrested, jailed, and convicted for the rape and murder of a young nursing assistant, Gail Miller. Throughout his twenty-three years in prison, David maintained that he was innocent and refused to admit to the crime, even though it meant he was never granted parole. Finally, through the incredible determination of his mother and new lawyers who believed in him, David was released and proven not guilty. This is the true story of how bad decisions, tunnel vision, poor representation, and outright lying and coercion by those within the justice system caused a tragic miscarriage of justice. For junior high and older readers. 2009.Reader's digest guide to eye care: common vision problems, from dry eye to macular degeneration
Par Jennifer S Weizer, Joshua D Stein. 2009
Ophthalmologists describe the way the eye works and its common afflictions and related health matters, including macular degeneration and diabetic…
retinopathy. They discuss treatments such as Lasik surgery; provide tips on living with visual impairments; and answer common questions about sight, surgery, and medications. 2009.Ready for the people: my most chilling cases as a prosecutor
Par Marissa N Batt. 2005
L.A. deputy district attorney Batt draws on more than 25 years of experience in recalling her most challenging cases, also…
describing those involved, including biased judges, hardworking police, sleazy lawyers and expert witnesses. Batt's compassion toward crime victims and good case preparation are contrasted with rulings that reflect the fragility of the US criminal justice system. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence and explicit strong language. 2004.Real justice: guilty of being weird : the story of Guy Paul Morin (Real justice)
Par Cynthia J Faryon. 2012
The story of Guy Paul Morin, who was wrongly convicted of a little girl's murder. It took ten years and…
the just-developed science of DNA testing to finally clear his name. This book tells his story, showing how the justice system not only failed to help an innocent young man, but conspired to convict him. For junior high readers and older. 2013, c2012.Putting trials on trial: sexual assault and the failure of the legal profession
Par Elaine Craig. 2018
In this thorough evaluation of the legal culture and courtroom practices prevalent in sexual assault litigation, the author provides an…
even-handed account of the ways in which the legal profession unnecessarily--and sometimes unlawfully--contributes to the trauma and re-victimization experienced by those who testify as sexual assault complainants. Gathering conclusive evidence from interviews with experienced lawyers across Canada, reported case law, lawyer memoirs, recent trial transcripts, and defence lawyers' public statements and commercial advertisements, the book demonstrates that--despite prominent contestations--complainants are regularly subjected to abusive, humiliating, and discriminatory treatment when they turn to the law to respond to violations of their sexual integrity, and further examines how the legal profession can better respond to, and remedy, some of the factors that make sexual assault proceedings distressing for complainants. 2018.1871. A police constable walking one of London’s remotest beats stumbled upon a brutalized young woman kneeling on a muddy…
road - gashes were cloven into her skull, her left cheek was slashed open and smashed in, her right eye was destroyed, and above it a chunk of the temporal bone had been bashed out. The policeman gaped in horror as the woman held out her hand before collapsing into the mud, muttering “let me die” and slipping into a coma. Five days later, she died, her identity still unknown. Within hours of her discovery on Kidbrooke Lane, scores of the officers of the Greenwich Division were involved in the investigation, and Scotland Yard had sent one of its top detectives, John Mulvany, to lead it. After five days of gathering evidence, the police discovered the girl’s identity: Jane Maria Clouson, a maid in the house of the renowned Pook family… and she was two months’ pregnant with Edmund Pook’s child when she died. Murphy carefully reviews the evidence in the light of twenty-first-century forensic science in order to identify Jane’s killer. 2016.