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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.Seraffyn's Mediterranean adventure
Par Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey. 1981
Account of the authors' journey along the south coast of Spain and Malta, crossing over to Tunisia, then moving on…
to Italy and Yugoslavia. Intersperses tales of unwitting smuggling, military arrests, a collision and a hurricane. 1981.Salut au grand Sud (Documents)
Par Isabelle Autissier, Erik Orsenna. 2007
Sans bagage: un conte d'amour et de voyage : roman
Par Clara Bensen, Fabienne Gondrand. 2016
" Après avoir traversé une phase difficile, Clara Bensen, vingt-cinq ans, décide de s'inscrire sur un site de rencontre. Elle…
y fait la connaissance de Jeff, un professeur d'université débordant d'énergie et réputé pour son rejet des conventions - tout son opposé. À peine se connaissent-ils qu'ils se lancent dans une expérience de voyage unique. La règle du jeu ? Pas de réservation d'hôtel ni de programme, juste les billets aller-retour et, surtout, aucun bagage, rien à part les vêtements qu'ils portent. Comment trouver le courage de sortir de sa zone de confort ? Peut-on aimer en délaissant les schémas habituels ? " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: No baggage : a minimalist tale of love & wandering.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.Sailing through China
Par Paul Theroux. 1983
American novelist and travel writer sails down the Yangtze River in China along with thirty-three Americans, mostly millionaires, on an…
exclusive Lindblad tour. Theroux offers prose pictures of the river's industry-fouled cities and villages, the countless junks and sampans, the spectacular gorges, the endless views of Chinese people tilling the half-dead fields, plus acerbic sketches of his rich companions. Some strong language. 1984, c1983.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.Rowed trip: from Scotland to Syria by oar
Par Colin Angus, Julie Angus. 2009
2006. Adventurers Julie and Colin Angus were checking a map of Europe when Julie noticed an interconnected water route from…
Colin's parents' homeland of Scotland past her mother's homeland, Germany, and on to her father's, Syria. What started as a funny idea of rowing to visit relatives resulted in an odyssey by oar (and bike) where Julie and Colin tested their relationship while exploring their roots. Some strong language. 2010, c2009.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.Reflections in a writer's eye: travel pieces
Par Angus Wilson. 1986
A collection of the author's travel writings dating from 1957 to 1984. Whether visiting South Africa and observing apartheid, or…
glimpsing Khrushchev in the Soviet Union, Wilson reveals his intense pleasure in travel. 1986.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.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.Qui est Dieu?
Par Jean Soler. 2012
" Dans un style clair et accessible à tous, Jean Soler met d'abord en lumière six contresens sur le dieu…
de la Bible, une divinité qui n'est pas le Dieu unique des trois religions monothéistes mais un dieu parmi d'autres, du nom de Iahvé, conçu comme le dieu national des seuls Juifs. Il relate ensuite, sans référence aucune au surnaturel, la généalogie du dieu Dieu, telle qu'il l'a reconstituée à partir des acquis de la recherche scientifique. Il explique enfin pourquoi cette croyance peut porter plus que d'autres à l'extrémisme et à la violence, comme on l'a vu avec les Croisades, l'Inquisition ou les Guerres de religion, et comme on le voit de nos jours avec les conflits du Moyen-Orient, sans compter l'influence, indirecte mais bien réelle, de l'idéologie monothéiste sur le nazisme et le communisme, ces deux fléaux du siècle passé. " -- 4e de couv.Qui a tué Napoléon?
Par David Hapgood, Ben Weider. 1982
À Sainte-Hélène, l'empereur n'est pas mort d'un cancer: il a été empoisonné à l'arsenic... cette révélation est fondée sur les…
recherches d'un médecin suédois, expert en toxicologie, 20 ans d'enquête l'ont conduit à cette certitude. 1982. Titre uniforme: The Murder of Napoleon.Quai des Indes
Par Irène Frain. 1993