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By 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.By Nicolas Dickner, Dominique Fortier. 2014
Les révolutionnaires français ne se contentèrent pas de guillotiner le roi, de prendre la Bastille et de raccourcir bonne quantité…
d'aristocrates : ils renversèrent aussi le calendrier, créant douze nouveaux mois dont les noms étaient censés évoquer les divers moments de l'année. Deux siècles plus tard, Dominique Fortier et Nicolas Dickner, ont chargé un certain Reginald Jeeves, ingénieux majordome informatique, de leur envoyer quotidiennement le mot du jour qu'ils revisiteraient jusqu'à combler les 366 cases du calendrier. c2014.By Félix Leclerc. 1984
By 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.By 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.By 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.By 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.By 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.By Rudy Wiebe. 1995
These twenty-two pieces by the Governor General's Award winning author Rudy Wiebe include fictional short stories often set in the…
West or the Arctic, as well as memories of his Mennonite childhood and his conflict with the community. c1995.By Sylvie Germain. 2012
près Le monde sans vous qui était une méditation sur l'absence des défunts, S. Germain dévoile sa foi singulière. Elle…
pense que c'est au coeur du silence que peut advenir la possibilité de se mettre à l'écoute d'un écho de cet absolu du loin vers lequel sont partis les défunts. Grand prix de littérature 2012 (SGDL) à l'auteure pour l’ensemble de son oeuvre.By Graham Greene, Judith Adamson. 1990
"Reflections" is a selection of previously uncollected travel reports, essays and reviews. Spanning nearly seven decades, the pieces encompass an…
extraordinary range of subjects. While articles from the twenties and thirties cover trips to many parts of Europe, Greene also found material closer to home. Critical reviews evoke the atmosphere of wartime England; later articles examine events in Indo-China, Cuba, Haiti, Paraguay and Chile. 1990.By Dallas Willard, Randy Frazee. 2005
By Dallas Willard. 2002
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.By 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.By Murray Kempton. 1994
A compendium of articles published over a thirty-year period. Kempton admires defiance, such as that displayed by Lillian Hellman before…
the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He confesses to harboring perverse thoughts about anyone who obtains an interview under false pretenses. And he notes how brief encounters, like sitting on a porch with Martin Luther King, Jr., become life's turning points. 1994.By 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.By 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.By Catherine Malabou. 2004
La question que pose ici Catherine Malabou est la suivante: la description du cerveau aujourd'hui n'est-elle pas l'image du monde…
capitaliste dans lequel nous vivons? Ne décrit-elle pas une autre forme de pouvoir qui ne serait pas centralisé mais n'en resterait pas moins un poste de commande, d'où on encense l'adaptabilité absolue, la flexibilité et d'où on rejette les individus sans mobilité, trop rigides? Ne soyons pas dupes de la façon dont on nous parle de notre cerveau. 2004.By Erik Izraëlewicz. 2005
La Chine s'est éveillée, le monde tremble. Jamais dans l'histoire économique, une nation aussi grande n'avait connu une croissance aussi…
forte pendant une période aussi longue. Cette réussite devrait rassurer : elle inquiète. Par sa démesure, son appétit et ses moyens, par l'hypercapitalisme qui y règne aussi, l'Empire du Milieu déstabilise tous les marchés. Erik Izraelewicz analyse ce tremblement de terre en montrant, exemples à l'appui, comment la Chine change notre vie. Sommes-nous certains que la mondialisation sera heureuse ? 2005.