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Saul examines Canadian myths - real, false, and denied - and reconciles them with the reality of today's politics, culture…
and economics. Using the words of Canadian novelists, poets, historians, songwriters, philosophers, painters and political figures, Saul uncovers the shape of the Canadian experiment. c1997.
Psychiatrist Gaylin reinforces his message that one must give love, not merely want to be loved. He argues for responsibility…
and shared love that, he insists, must be extended to include caring for all people and the physical world. Gaylin believes that "our survival depends on rediscovering our need for community and, ultimately, to rediscovering love." 1986.
René Lévesque was born into a Quebec dominated by the Catholic Church, rural values, and Anglophone control of business. He…
was part of the 1960s Quiet Revolution that saw the province become a secular society bent on economic success and, for some, political independence. A journalist, war reporter, and television host, Lévesque channeled his communication skills into politics, founded the Parti Québecois, and permanently altered Canada's political landscape. 2009.
We regret the error - it's a phrase that appears in newspapers almost daily, the standard notice that something went…
wrong in the reporting, editing, or printing of an article. This collection of funny, shocking, and sometimes disturbing journalistic slip-ups and corrections includes all types of media inaccuracy - from 'fuzzy math' to 'obiticide' (printing the obituary of a person very much alive) to complete and utter ethical lapses. Explicit strong language, and some descriptions of sex. c2007.
In the year 2130, a mysterious and apparently unoccupied alien spaceship, Rama, enters our solar system. The first product of…
an alien civilization to be encountered by humans, it reveals a world of technological marvels and an unparalleled artificial ecology. But what is its purpose? Followed by "Rama II" (DC15105). 1973. (Rama ; 1)
The authors draw on the breakthrough principles of cognitive therapy to help the readers recognise and change negative thought patterns,…
without the aid of drugs or long-term traditional therapy. They describe eleven of the most common lifetraps, provide a diagnostic test for each and offer step-by-step suggestions to help break free of the traps. 1994.
Carl Reinhart, a large and sensitive man, has always been fascinated by women and cooking. When, to his delight, he…
suddenly achieves celebrity status as a TV chef, all sorts of women surround him - desiring, imposing, accusing, or seeking his reassurances. Sequel to "Vital Parts". Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1981. (Reinhart saga ; 4)
"In Flanders Fields the poppies blow..."Every Canadian student, teacher and parent can recite these powerful words. But behind every poem…
is a poet, who lived, breathed, and in this case, led an extraordinary life. Despite John McCrae reaching Canadian icon status, his life has been largely unknown. This books is a beautiful tribute to this man. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2009.
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.
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.
Four VIPs are being held hostage by terrorists at the Beaumont, Manhattan's top luxury hotel. Brainy Pierre Chambrun, the hotel's…
legendary manager, is given the terms of their release. Eight political prisoners held in Central America must be freed and flown to safety, or the four hostages will be thrown out the window of the hotel room. As the deadline approaches, Chambrun plays a hunch. 1984.
The lively story of baseball's "superduperstar" as he approaches the end of his dramatic career on the diamond. Jackson describes…
his childhood and college years, his stint in the minor leagues in the Deep South, and his legendary career as a feisty slugger. Strong language. Bestseller 1984.
The author's quest to find her sister Catherine, a schizophrenic, in Catherine's home, in her last hospital room, her paintings,…
her letters, her clothes. But in facing the truths about Catherine's life and death, she asks hard questions about sanity, family responsibility, love, and about what it means to say that a life is - or is not - worth living. 2006.
Since World War II, mass immigration has been made possible by European secularism, tolerance, and equality, but when immigrants arrive,…
they are not required to adopt those values. Describes faulty asylum policies, anti-Americanism that connects European natives and Muslim newcomers, and the issues that drive them apart. Considers the appeal of sharia and jihad to a second generation that is more alienated from Europe than the first, and addresses how native Europeans confront the claims of newcomers. c2009.
Three friends share all their time together; they don't seem to need anyone else. But when one of the three…
begins to find the future too great a threat to deal with, the other two are left to wonder how well they really knew their friend. Junior high. "Laurel Leaf books." 1985.
A Pulitzer Prize winner and master story teller presents eight stories. "Man in the drawer" pits a free-lance writer against…
the will of a Russian, and an art historian and sculptor disagree in "Rembrandt's hat." Some descriptions of sex. 1973.
Serena, Principessa di San Tibaldo has lost her family and her home to Mussolini's fascists, but when she meets American…
Major Brad Fullerton after the war her dejection is transformed to contentment. After his death she becomes a top model, and marries a second time, shadowing the destinies of her two daughters, and dying before they grow up. Separated in childhood, and brought together by love, the sisters must free themselves of the past before their future can be assured. 1982.
The author was John Kennedy's chief advisor on Latin America and, after Kennedy's death, became Lyndon Johnson's chief speechwriter. His…
memoirs tell the story of a decade's politics and provide revealing and emotional glimpses of John and Bobby Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Some strong language. 1968.
1826, Fort Vancouver. Barnaby Skye, an impressed seaman for seven years, escapes from a brutal British warship. Slipping into the…
frigid water, Skye hides in the vast woods where he endures rain, hunger, and fear. Encountering natives and mountain men, he learns to survive and finds love with a girl he calls Victoria. Some strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 1997. (Skye's West)
Professor Hengist Embry plans to spend a year in England testing his hypothesis of transpsychic reality. He hopes to discover…
whether there were any relationships among the four killed by an IRA bomb at a seaside hotel in England's Great Yarmouth. Ray and Ruby Tebbutt were a poor couple in their middle fifties, Petr Petrik was a filmmaker, and Dominic Mayor was a man with a hidden identity. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1993.