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In defiance
Par Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. 2015
In 2012, more than 300,000 students across Quebec protested a tuition fee hike by striking from their classes. The author…
takes readers step-by-step through the strike, recounting the confrontations with journalists, ministers, judges, and police. Along the way he exposes the moral and intellectual poverty of the Quebec elite and celebrates the remarkable energy of the students who opposed the mercenary attitude of the austerity agenda. 2015. Uniform title: Tenir tête.Indian school road: legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School
Par Chris Benjamin. 2014
Journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting…
effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the school’s nearly forty years of operation (1930–1967) and beyond. A comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the Maritime school that uneducated hundreds of aboriginal children. 2014.Indian Arm
Par Henrik Ibsen, Hiro Kanagawa. 2016
Rita and Alfred Allmers live in an isolated family cabin on native leasehold land overlooking Indian Arm, a still untamed…
glacial fjord just north of Vancouver, BC. With Alfred now struggling with his latest work, Rita has been tasked with caring for their adopted son Wolfie, a sensitive First Nations teen who has been designated as 'special needs' for much of his life. Rita's resentments and frustrations are further embittered by her younger half-sister, Asta, a constant reminder of the innocence, idealism and sexual allure Rita once had and yearns for again. Winner of the 2017 Governor General’s Award for Drama. 2016.Jack (Pandanus Poetry)
Par Judy Johnson. 2006
One-eyed Jack Falconer is a man with many secrets. It's 1938, the eve of World War II, and a pearling…
lugger in the Torres Strait is the place he chooses to hide. But Jack's demons follow him out to sea and rise to the surface just as surely as the pearl shell his divers collect from the dangers of the deep. Embittered, intelligent and self-destructive, Jack's only way to prove himself is to compete with, defeat and destroy the very weaknesses he fears. 2006.I, Michael Bennett (Michael Bennett series. #7.)
Par James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge. 2012
Detective Michael Bennett arrests an infamous Mexican crime lord in a deadly chase that leaves Bennett's lifelong friend Hughie McDonough…
dead. From jail, the prisoner vows to rain epic violence down upon New York City and get revenge on Bennett. Sequel to "Tick tock", followed by "Gone". 2012.I, monster: serial killers in their own chilling words
Par Tom Philbin. 2010
What goes through the dark minds of notorious killers such as Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz ('Son of Sam'),…
John Wayne Gacey, and Dennis Rader (the 'BTK Killer')? In this book, you'll read exactly what they were thinking as they committed their horrible crimes. Using court transcripts and police interviews, veteran crime writer Tom Philbin has compiled the testimony of twenty of the world's most infamous serial killers - nineteen men and one woman. In each case, Philbin provides readers with a background profile of the killer and their crimes, offering a macabre glimpse into the most awful side of human nature. Includes strong language, sex and violence. 2010.iPod, therefore I am: thinking inside the white box
Par Dylan Jones. 2005
Jones tells the story of his entrée into the cult of the iPod, describing his lifelong addiction to all genres…
of music. He also gives a behind-the-scenes look at the genesis of the iPod, from its original conception by Apple's Steve Jobs to the landmark design of Jonathan Ive. Behind it all, we get an insight into the way the iPod has radically transformed the way we approach music, listen to music, and possess music. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2005.Into the deep (Rock Harbor series. #3.)
Par Colleen Coble. 2004
In the untamed beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a local scientist misses his son's birthday party and turns up dead…
in Lake Superior. A radical environmental group blames a mysterious lab for the dead fish found in a remote stream. Then an Alzheimer's patient goes missing and his home is ransacked. 2004.Iron marshal: a Western duo
Par Lauran Paine. 2011
Two westerns. When homesteaders arrive to farm on third-generation rancher Hyland's land, Sheriff Hatfield must prevent a range war in…
'Lost Valley'. New Mexico lawman Texas Jim and cattleman John Setter face off after twenty-five years of rivalry in the title story. 2011.IT governance: how top performers manage IT decision rights for superior results
Par Peter Weill, Jeanne W Ross. 2004
Firms with superior IT governance have higher profits than firms with poor governance given the same strategic objectives. These top…
performers have custom designed IT governance for their strategies. Just as corporate governance aims to ensure quality decisions about all corporate assets, IT governance links IT decisions with company objectives and monitors performance and accountability. Based on a study of 250 enterprises worldwide, IT Governance shows how to design and implement a system of decision rights that will transform IT from an expense to a profitable investment. 2004.Impulse
Par Frederick Ramsay. 2006
Partly to escape scrutiny by police, who suspect him of murdering his disappeared wife, mystery writer Frank Smith decides to…
attend the fiftieth reunion of Scott Academy - the place where his father taught and he attended school, and where his younger brother committed suicide. He's challenged to solve a real-life mystery - the 25-year-old disappearance of four students who were last seen in a wooded area on school grounds. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2006.Invasion of privacy (A Nina Reilly mystery)
Par Perri O'Shaughnessy. 1996
Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly is defending her son's birth father, Kurt Scott, against a homicide charge. Coincidentally, Nina once…
worked for Kurt's first wife, filmmaker Terry London. Now Kurt is the main suspect in Terry's murder. 1996. (A Nina Reilly mystery)I is for infidel: from holy war to holy terror: 18 years inside Afghanistan
Par Kathy Gannon. 2005
In 1986 Kathy Gannon headed to Afghanistan as a foreign correspondent, and for the next eighteen years she witnessed its…
tragic opera: the final collapse of communism followed by bitterly feuding warlords being driven from power by the Taliban; the subsequent arrival of Arabs and exiles, among them Osama bin Laden; and the transformation of the country into the staging post for a global jihad. She also observed the terrible, unforeseen consequences of Western intervention, the ongoing suffering of ordinary Afghans, and the ability of the most corrupt of the warlords to reinvent and reinsert themselves into successive governments. Some descriptions of violence. c2005.It's my life: a novel (Diary of a teenage girl. #2.)
Par Melody Carlson. 2001
Sixteen-year-old Caitlin struggles with her feelings about her best friend's pregnancy, boys who tempt her to break her vow not…
to date, non-Christian friends, and what God may be calling her to do with her life. Senior High. c2001.It had to be you
Par Linda Windsor. 2001
Sunny and Dan are two eligible Texans who meet on a Thanksgiving cruise. Having booked the cruise for purely family…
centred, self-sacrificial reasons neither is expecting the screwball romantic comedy that ensues. 2001.Island of refuge: a novel of suspense
Par Linda Hall. 1999
The lives of five homeless people living in a church on an island are shattered when one of them is…
murdered. Meanwhile, two states over, another investigation is begun, a seemingly unrelated one. But what is discovered shatters the island dwellers to the very core and intertwines the lives of the island dwellers as they seek to make peace with themselves, their lives, and God. c1999.In plain sight
Par Barbara Block. 1996
Pet store owner and amateur sleuth Robin Light is asked by her former neighbour Marsha Pennington to dig up dirt…
on Marsha's soon-to-be ex-husband so he won't win custody of their two dogs. Robin is reluctant to take the case, but when Marsha turns up missing and then dead, Robin begins to investigate. Strong language. 1996.I should have stayed home: the worst trips of great writers
Par Roger Rapoport, Marguerita Castanera. 1994
An anthology by 51 novelists, travel writers, and journalists which recounts their greatest travel disasters. Included are accounts of Isabel…
Allende freezing in a battered camper in Paris, Joe Gores caught in a Sudanese border town while a war was breaking out, and Paul Theroux running off a hangover in Zambia. 1994.If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy: Making The Choice To Rejoice
Par Lindsey O'Connor. 1996
With stories that will encourage you, this book uncovers the hidden struggles women meet on their way to joy, and…
shows how to find balance in the process and contentment where you are. 1996.In search of Bernabé
Par Graciela Limón. 1993
Since Luz Delcano's son, Lucio, was taken from her, she is especially protective of Bernabé. Lucio becomes head of state…
security, the Salvadoran equivalent of a death squad, while Bernabé, destined for the priesthood, disappears after the assassination of the archbishop. Luz looks for Bernabé, who has joined the guerillas, but finds him too late to save him from his brother. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 1993.