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Holiday fiction, Mysteries and crime stories, Women sleuths
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"Strong prose and a bevy of plausible suspects keep things intriguing. Readers willing to embrace this Christmas story's jagged edges…
are in for a ripping mystery."— Publishers WeeklyAll aboard, but beware! Passengers who sleep on this train may never wake up.In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train from London to the Highlands derails, along with the festive plans of its travelers. With the train buried in snow in the middle of nowhere, the passengers have only each other, and not all of them will reach their holiday celebrations.As a killer tries to pick passengers off one by one, former Met Detective Roz Parker can't resist one last investigation, but murder in a locked room is a formidable puzzle for even the most seasoned investigator. As accusations begin to fly, the group of travelers fractures and unexpected alliances form. Can Roz find the culprit before anyone else is lost?
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Family stories, General fiction, LGBTQ+ fiction
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In his first ever picture book, New York Times-bestselling author Randy Rainbow tells a fun, powerful story about embracing who…
you really are - even when it's easier to blend in. Randy Rainbow is uniquely himself. He loves painting his nails and listening to old Broadway albums. But when some kids at school tease Randy for being who he is, he goes to his beloved granny for a solution. And she has just the thing - a pair of sparkly pink glasses. The moment Randy puts the glasses on, the drab world around him turns Technicolor in a blink! The town swimming pool? It's full of mermaids, including a mer-Randy! Everything is more fun with the glasses - including Randy himself - and Randy's confidence grows and grows. But is the magic inside the glasses... or inside Randy. Perfect for readers who live bright colors, pink sparkles and unforgettable main characters, Randy Rainbow and the Marvelously Magical Pink Glasses is destined to become a favorite.
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Mysteries and crime stories
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When a severed arm is discovered by a couple on honeymoon in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now…
reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn't add up. Determined to get his badge back, he undertakes an unofficial investigation of his own.Andrew's search for the truth takes him to the Bahamas, where a local man, with the help of a very bad monkey (who allegedly worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies) is doing everything in his power to prevent a developer from building a new tourist resort on the island, with deadly consequences . . .Outrageous, hilarious and addictive, this is the unique Carl Hiaasen at his absolute best. Bad Monkey will have you on the edge of your seat and laughing out loud.
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General non-fiction, Social issues
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Focusing on the English- and French-language networks of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Kyle Conway draws on the CBC/Radio Canada rich…
print and video archive as well as journalists' accounts of their reporting to revisit the story of the accords and the furor they stirred in both French and English Canada. He shows that CBC/Radio Canada attempts to translate language and culture and encourage understanding among Canadians actually confirmed viewers' pre-existing assumptions rather than challenging them. The first book to examine translation in Canadian news, Everyone Says No also provides insight into Canada's constitutional history and the challenges faced by contemporary public service broadcasters in increasingly multilingual and multicultural communities.
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Criticism
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The first decade of the twenty-first century was noteworthy for war, terror, religious revival, economic collapse, and a technological revolution…
that prompted countless critical responses and gave rise to a paradox: writing flourished, but reading declined. Reading the 21st Century investigates the urgent themes, major works, and crisis of reading in an era of instant communication.
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General non-fiction, Social issues
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Forced migration shaped the creation of Canada as a settler state and is a defining feature of our contemporary national…
and global contexts. Many people in Canada have direct or indirect experiences of refugee resettlement and protection, trafficking, and environmental displacement.Offering a comprehensive resource in the growing field of migration studies, Forced Migration in/to Canada is a critical primer from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Researchers, practitioners, and knowledge keepers draw on documentary evidence and analysis to foreground lived experiences of displacement and migration policies at the municipal, provincial, territorial, and federal levels. From the earliest instances of Indigenous displacement and settler colonialism, through Black enslavement, to statelessness, trafficking, and climate migration in today’s world, contributors show how migration, as a human phenomenon, is differentially shaped by intersecting identities and structures. Particularly novel are the specific insights into disability, race, class, social age, and gender identity.Situating Canada within broader international trends, norms, and structures – both today and historically – Forced Migration in/to Canada provides the tools we need to evaluate information we encounter in the news and from government officials, colleagues, and non-governmental organizations. It also proposes new areas for enquiry, discussion, research, advocacy, and action.
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Politics and government
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In an increasingly interconnected environment, shocks, crises, cascading failures, and surprising breakthroughs are features of our age. The ability to…
anticipate, intervene, innovate, and adapt is now seen as essential for governments. Public officials serve in an expanded public space that is being reshaped by the rise of social networking and modern information and communication technologies. The desired results on many public issues exceed the reach and resources of government.
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General fiction
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In the 1980s the Bureaucracy eliminated all knowledge of the past in the wake of a nuclear holocaust. In 2030…
André Gervais discovers two metal boxes containing manuscripts, diaries, and other personal papers that have somehow survived and asks an old man, John Wellfleet, to use these documents to discover the past. In doing so, Wellfleet learns the truth about two relatives: his older cousin Timothy Wellfleet, a Montreal TV journalist at the time of the 1970 War Measures Act, and his stepfather, Conrad Dehmel, a German scholar struggling to keep his Jewish fiancée and himself safe from Hitler's Gestapo. Hugh MacLennan skillfully juxtaposes the insanity of life in Nazi Germany, the political climate of Montreal in the 1960s, and the perspective of an old man looking back on the conditions that led to world destruction as the background to an unforgettable love story.
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Food and drink, Nutrition, Medicine
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With so many people worldwide affected by irritable bowel syndrome, it is important that we all know the details behind…
recognising and curing this affliction. IBS: Food, Facts and Recipes offers expert, easy-to-follow information about exactly what IBS is and its symptoms and causes. This practical book also provides detailed advice on what to eat and what to avoid with 50 delicious, nutritious recipes that make eating right easy. Includes constructive ideas for simple lifestyle changes that will help to ease symptoms and answers to all the questions that you might be too embarrassed to ask.
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Poetry
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Blinded by a grenade in Lebanon as a teenager, poet John Asfour came to Canada armed with James Joyce's words,…
"For the eyes, they bring us nothing. I have a hundred worlds to create and I am only losing one of them." Blindfold investigates the ways in which disability influences our lives and is magnified in our minds. In a series of thematically linked poems, Asfour draws the metaphor of the blindfold across the eyes of sighted citizens who are impaired by estrangement, emotional complexity, and social pressures.
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Nutrition, Medicine
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Get trustworthy answers to all your questions about irritable bowel syndrome IBS For Dummies is a much-needed resource that covers…
all aspects of this common gastrointestinal disorder, from a basic understanding of how the digestive tract works to managing the difficult and often unpredictable symptoms that come with the condition. This essential guide also gives those with IBS and IBS-like symptoms key tips on how to adapt their lifestyle and live life to the fullest. Packed with up-to-date scientific information, IBS For Dummies takes you through the different subtypes of IBS and their symptoms, covers treatment options, and provides helpful tips in a clear and approachable way. The compassionate Dummies approach makes coping with IBS easier, so you won't be held back by your symptoms. Discover the role of the gut microbiome and the gut-brain axis in IBS Learn how you can get an IBS diagnosis and find the treatment that works for you Find IBS-friendly recipes, current research findings, and new management options If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with IBS—or struggles with IBS symptoms without a diagnosis—this book will help you uncover new avenues for relief. Healthcare professionals looking to educate patients will also love this approachable reference.
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Business and economics
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Peter Cundill, a philanthropist and investor whose work has been praised by the likes of Warren Buffett, found his life…
changed forever when he discovered the value investment principles of Benjamin Graham and began to put them into action. There's Always Something to Do tells the story of Cundill's voyage of discovery, with all its ups and downs, as he developed his immensely successful investment strategies.
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Medicine
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This book is an essential reference for anyone suffering from IBS. It describes the experiences of sufferers, assesses the whole…
range of treatment options, from conventional medicine to self-help and support groups, and offers practical help in coping with IBS from day to day. Among the many topics included are: Medical tests and investigations, Physical and emotional problems, Coming to terms with IBS, Regaining your quality of life, IBS and diet, Complementary treatments, Hypnotherapy, Lifestyle and IBS, Self-help methods, Useful contacts and addresses.
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Politics and government biography, Canadian non-fiction
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After a tumultuous career as a revolutionary in Ireland and an ultra-conservative Catholic in the United States, Thomas D'Arcy McGee…
moved to Canada in 1857, where he became a force for moderation and the leading Irish Canadian politician in the country. Determined that Canada should avoid the ethno-religious strife that afflicted Ireland, he articulated an inclusive, broad-minded nationalism based on generosity of spirit, a willingness to compromise, and a reasonable balance between order and liberty. To realize his vision, McGee became a strong supporter of the "new northern nationality." A spellbinding orator who emerged as the youngest and most intellectually gifted of the Fathers of Confederation, he fought what he saw as the atavistic and intolerant elements of Canadian life - the Orange Order, with its strident anti-Catholicism; the opponents of separate schools, whom he viewed as enemies of minority rights; and above all the Fenian Brotherhood, with its dreams of revolutionizing Ireland and annexing Canada to the United States. Convinced that compromise with Fenianism was impossible, he set out to destroy the movement through a strategy of confrontation and polarization - channeling his earlier extreme tendencies in the service of moderation and attempting to reduce the influence of Fenianism within his own community. In the process, he alienated many of his former supporters, who came to regard him as a traitor who sacrificed the cause of Irish nationalism on the altar of personal ambition. On 7 April 1868, McGee was assassinated on the doorstep of his Ottawa boarding house. As someone who took an uncompromising stand against militants within his own ethno-religious community, and who attempted to balance core values with minority rights, McGee has become increasingly relevant in today's complex multicultural society.
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Canadian non-fiction, Politics and government
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The bungled demobilization of Canadians returning from the First World War contributed to a period of intense political, social, and…
economic upheaval. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Ottawa - having learned from the previous domestic turmoil - immediately began planning for the return of veterans, who ultimately numbered more than one million, to civilian life. On to Civvy Street tells the story of the development and administration of the resulting program, which shaped an entire generation.
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Literature biography
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John Glassco (1909-1981) holds a unique position in Canadian letters and a somewhat notorious reputation throughout the world. He is…
best known for his Memoirs of Montparnasse, the controversial chronicle of his youthful adventures and encounters with celebrities in the Paris of James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and Ernest Hemingway. Less known are his poetry, his instrumental role in the foundation of modern translation, and his numerous - and widely popular - works of pornography.
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Journals and memoirs, World War II
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Singing from the Darktime is a compelling picture of a rural childhood in Germany at a time when the world…
was about to change. By 1937 Hitler's power was beginning to penetrate the peaceful agricultural village in the Rhine Valley where S. Weilbach lived with her family. Without warning, her carefree life became a scene of bewildering racial abuse, followed by the violent invasion of her home, the arrest of her father, and the disappearance of her beloved grandmother. Weilbach's story of her eventual flight and concealment reveals how children in crisis retreat into imagination, reliving past happiness.
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Politics and government biography, Business and economics
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"Compromise has remained a good thing in the mosaic called Canada, contributing indirectly and in its own mysterious way to…
whatever good humour, proportion, tolerance, judgment, and civility we have achieved. When such fundamental things apply, we can learn more about how best to live together, develop public policy, and cherish the natural environment of which we are the stewards." Roy MacLaren - student of literature and history, sailor, diplomat, businessman, writer, politician, and cabinet minister - has led a good life, and an interesting one, sometimes as a witness, often as an actor. In The Fundamental Things Apply, MacLaren recounts the details of his varied life and career with wit and with charm.
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Science and medicine biography, Canadian non-fiction
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The life and loves of Norman Bethune - Canadian doctor and activist and battlefield surgeon in China during the Japanese invasion of the 1930s.
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Psychology, Self help
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Whether our anxiety arises because of uncertain tough economic times or as a result of our own struggle with workaholism,…
obsession, or depression, too often we lose touch with our feeling side, experience numb flat affect, and gradually become immobilized by fear. Constructive and easy-to-follow strategies offer hope to those who are trying to recover.