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With malice aforethought: six spectacular Canadian trials
Par David R Williams. 1993
Beginning with the 1868 shooting of politician Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Williams chronologically examines it and the trials of Louis Riel…
in 1885, Ernest Chenoweth in 1900, Wilbert Coffin in 1953, Steven Truscott in 1959, and Peter Demeter in 1974. Williams concludes that there is no reason to doubt the justice of the verdict in any of the six cases. 1993.Without reservations: the travels of an independent woman
Par Alice Steinbach. 2000
Travel memoir by a Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore journalist, who recalls feeling too narrowly defined by her roles as a newspaper…
columnist and mother of grown sons. In 1993, to rediscover herself, Steinbach spent a year living in Europe and sent herself postcards recording her impressions of the adventure. 2000.When freedoms collide: the case for our civil liberties
Par A. Alan Borovoy. 1988
Discusses some of the civil liberty and human rights issues with which Canadians are faced, including pornography, hate literature, affirmative…
action employment practices, police powers, right to privacy, the protection of minorities, and the rights of strikers, welfare recipients, and the mentally ill. 1988.For her 50th birthday, Jane Christmas finds herself leading fourteen women along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a centuries-old…
European pilgrimage route. Before she leaves, Christmas consults with a psychic, who warns of catfights, lost jewelry, encounters with celebrities, a visit from Death, and a fair-haired man. After less than a week, Christmas sets out on her own, battling loneliness, hunger, and exhaustion while encountering charming villages, forests, more compatible pilgrims - and a fair-haired man. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2007.We bought a country pub
Par Alistair Keith Campsie. 1984
After years working as a journalist, the author looked forward to a tranquil life as the owner of a country…
pub in Scotland. However, the locals and staff conspired to create uproarious chaos.Walking to the saints: A Little Pilgrimage In France
Par Anne McPherson. 2000
A visit to the time-honoured sites along France's medieval pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela. With reflections on the architecture,…
the spiritual universe of medieval people, and the connections and contradictions between earlier theology and contemporary feminist thought. 2000.Vroom with a view
Par Peter Moore. 2003
Stirred by his approaching fortieth birthday, the author decides to pursue a dream, to explore Italy from the seat of…
a 1961 Vespa. Once the perfect motor scooter is found, and finally made as road worthy as possible, he is off, travelling the back roads from Milan to Rome. 2003.Voices in Ireland: a traveller's literary companion
Par P. J Kavanagh. 1994
A literary tour of Ireland with a focus on its history and legends. Reveals the unique language and culture that…
evolved on the uninvaded island, so alien to Romanized Europe. Along the way from the north down to Dublin, the author depicts the sound and character of a singular people. 1995, c1994.Vodka, tears and Lenin's angel: my adventures in the wild and woolly FSU (Former Soviet Union)
Par Jennifer Gould. 1997
Gould lived and worked in Russia from 1992 to 1994, travelling extensively through the former Soviet Union and recording her…
observations. Chronicling Russia as it re-creates itself, she interviewed new millionaires, soldiers in Chechnya, people just struggling to get by, and even Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of Russia's far right. 1997.Virgin trails: a secular pilgrimage
Par Robert Ward. 2002
In Medieval and Renaissance Europe, humble journeyman painters would depict the Virgin Mary on city walls and cobblestones. The most…
beloved figure in Catholic theology has little to say in the Bible itself. It is through a look into history that we may understand how she is viewed today and how that view was formed. 2002.Until you are dead: Steven Truscott's long ride into history
Par Julian Sher. 2001
In 1959, 14-year-old Steven Truscott was arrested for the murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper near Clinton, Ontario. Though sentenced to…
death, Truscott's sentence was eventually commuted and he was released ten years later, all the while maintaining his innocence. This account details the case, trial, and Truscott's new appeal to have the case reopened. 2001.Une année en Espagne (Partis pris actuels ; #51)
Par Joseph Facal. 2011
A l'occasion d'une année sabbatique où il a enseigné à l'université Carolo III de Madrid, Joseph Facal s'est installé avec…
toute sa famille en Espagne. L'auteur y note des réflexions très libres, inspirées par l'actualité et par sa découverte de la vie espagnole. Il s'intéresse aussi bien à la tauromachie qu'au nationalisme catalan, aussi bien au renouveau urbain de Barcelone et de Bilbao qu'aux conséquences de la crise financière sur la vie des Espagnols. Agréable à lire, comme un journal de voyage, cet ouvrage donne aussi sur la réflexion de la société québécoise à partir d'un point de vue extérieur. 2011.Two towns in Provence
Par M. F. K Fisher. 1983
The day-to-day adventures of the author in Aix-en-Provence and Marseilles. This is a study of customs and manners, and could…
serve as a guide on how and how not to behave when living abroad. 1983.Tropic of hockey: my search for the game in unlikely places
Par Dave Bidini. 2000
Author, musician, and hockey fan Bidini decided to seek out Canada's export sport in the far corners of the world.…
His quest led him to a rink on the eighth floor of a Hong Kong shopping mall, the gritty city of Harbin in northern China, to Dubai and even Transylvania. He discovers that hockey is a powerful connector around the world, and glories in its exhilaration and moments of grace. Some strong language. 2000.Trieste and the meaning of nowhere
Par Jan Morris. 2001
Jan Morris has crafted a meditation on a most unusual city. James (as she was then) first visited Trieste as…
a soldier at the end of World War II. Since then, the city has come to represent her own life, with all its hopes, disillusionments, loves and memories. 2001.Transsibérien
Par Dominique Fernandez. 2012
Récit de trois semaines de traversée de la Russie à bord du Transsibérien. Au fil du voyage, l'auteur poursuit sa…
méditation sur les paysages et les lieux, sur l'art et la littérature russes, avec en toile de fond le passé soviétique.Travels in a donkey trap
Par Daisy Baker, Pamela Mara. 1974
Trailing Pythagoras
Par George Galt. 1982
Galt recounts his personal experiences traveling through the Aegean islands. In addition to a host of incredible characters, Galt has…
to contend with the ghost of his own ancestor, John Galt, who explored the same terrain early in the 19th century. c1982.The sun climbs slow: the International Criminal Court and the search for justice
Par Erna Paris. 2009
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent tribunal of its kind, mandated to challenge criminal impunity on the…
part of national leaders and to promote accountability in world affairs. Independent and transnational, its indictments cannot be vetoed in the Security Council. Paris explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and the implications for the world at large. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.The Sophisticated traveler: beloved cities, Europe
Par Arthur Gelb, A. M Rosenthal. 1984