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The authors use the details of thirteen Mafia murders in Canada to trace the development of the Mafia in this… country. Each murder is examined in the context of the Mafia ethos. Also includes the code of behaviour for the Calabrian Mafia. Strong language and descriptions of violence. 1993.
In 1986, Cheryl Keeton's body is found in an overturned van on Portland's Sunset Highway. It looks like a traffic… accident, but Cheryl has been bludgeoned to death. She left behind a note incriminating her estranged husband, Brad Cunningham, much to the shock of his physician girlfriend. Strong language and violence. 1995.
When Louisiana nun Helen Prejean and death-row inmate Patrick Sonnier become pen pals, Sonnier’s friendly nature and ambiguities about his… crime reinforce Prejean’s feelings against the death penalty. After fighting unsuccessfully to have Sonnier’s sentence commuted, Prejean continues her activism, including work with victims’ groups. Includes violence and strong language. 1992.
Tim Bosma of Hamilton, Ontario, was a successful businessman and happily married young father until he put his truck up… for sale online, went for a test drive with two strangers, and never returned. His disappearance and the murder investigation that followed played out on social media and in the headlines over several weeks in spring 2013. His heartbroken family made futile pleas for his return. Weeks later, two men were arrested for Bosma's murder, a petty criminal named Mark Smich, and Dellen Millard, the heir of an aviation millionaire. Disturbingly, there appeared to be no motive for the gruesome killing of Bosma, whose charred remains were found on Millard's farm. It seemed to be a cold-blooded "thrill kill" carried out by what some would deem a psychopath, and his sidekick. But there was even more to the grisly story. The investigation of Bosma's death would eventually lead to the discovery of two other murders: the pair would be charged with the murder of Laura Babcock, Millard's former girlfriend, who disappeared in 2012, and Millard alone would be charged with the murder of his own father, Wayne Millard. 2016.
For over a decade, Don Cherry hosted the TV show Grapevine, which brought viewers up close and personal with the… biggest names in sports. Presents behind-the-scenes access to some of his most fascinating and revealing interviews with the all-time greats. Includes stories about hockey greats Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe, and athletes and officials from other sports such as boxing, snooker, and baseball. Bestseller. 2016.
Former hockey player and coach Don Cherry's comments on Hockey Night in Canada's "Coach's Corner" routinely make headlines as they… entertain, educate, and often upset some fans throughout North America. Now he presents his favourite stories from his career in hockey. And you can imagine the stories he has to tell. c2008.
Collection of fourteen stories about trout and salmon fishing by an ardent practitioner of the sport. He describes experiences in… Iceland, Ireland, England, Norway, the Alaskan wilderness, Michigan, and the rugged rivers of the American West. 1980.
Kentucky corporate attorney Steve Keeney looks into Deana Robert's cliff-fall death for her mother, a member of Keeney's church. Twenty-year-old… Deana, a high-school drop-out with an I.Q. of 85, was living in California with an older couple. Learning that the couple took out an insurance policy on Deana, Keeney begins to uncover a trail of murders. Some strong language and violence. 1993.
Analyzes the five trials of Curtis Kyles for the 1984 murder of sixty-year-old New Orleans housewife Delores Dye. Discusses political… and legal manoeuvring in the case, reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court, subsequent retrials, and the unsolved status of the crime. 2005.
Investigative journalist Yves Lavigne offers new information on the current state of the illegal drug trade in North America. From… Toronto's Chinatown to L.A.'s mean streets, Lavigne shows how street gangs will go to great lengths to grab their cut of the world's illicit drug market. Strong language, descriptions of violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1999.
Discusses bullfighting as a social institution within the framework of a broader society. Traces modern bullfighting from the eighteenth to… the twentieth century, revealing changes in Spanish attitudes toward entrepreneurship and the bullfighters. Views the sport from the perspectives of business, politics, and gender. 1999.
The God of the universe is crazy about you! His love is the most powerful thing in the world and… He wants to give it to you, so you can live for Him. If you have made a commitment to follow Christ, then read Crazy Love to be reminded and challenged in your walk. Sharing from his own life struggles and sacrifices, author Francis Chan issues a call for selfless, Christ-like living. Let the love you have received from God impact your life like never before. 2008.
Marrs pulls together an enormous number of theories and mountains of information about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He… provides all the data he believes relevant to allow people to draw their own conclusions regarding the slaying. He discusses the shooting scene and eyewitnesses to the event, as well as major persons and organizations that may have been involved. Bestseller 1989. 1989.
Reporters from the "Toronto Star" tell how Selina Shen, a music student from China, was brutally murdered by her rejected… lover in Toronto in 1988. For more than four years, the reporters pursued the case, enabling them to describe in detail the murderer, the relentless police work, and the legal tactics used by both the prosecution and the defense. The transcription of tape recordings and court proceedings offers the reader an inside look at the Canadian court system. 1992.
Seven accounts of murders in which the victims trusted their killers. In the title case, a school counselor was shot… by his estranged wife while he slept. "Monohan's Last Date" recounts the crime of a trucker dispatching a swinger. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009.
The story of a series of murders that occurred in an extremely remote corner of the Arctic in 1941. Those… murders show that senseless violence in the name of religion is not only a contemporary phenomenon, and that a people as seemingly peaceful as the Inuit can become unpeaceful at the drop of a hat or, in this instance, a meteor shower. At the same time, the book is a warning cry against the destruction of what's left of our culture's humanity, along with the destruction of the natural world. Has technology deprived us of our eyes? the author asks. Has it deprived the world of birds, beasts, and flowers? 2017.
The Oleksaks, who lived in the Dominican Republic for ten years, trace the development of baseball in that country, as… well as in Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, and Venezuela. They depict the Latin clubs as a major source of players for U.S. leagues; reveal the language, cultural, and racial barriers that Latin players faced; and profile some of the illustrious players. c1991
More than a dozen stories of crime taken from two centuries of Nova Scotia's history, ranging from opinionated, eccentric judges… to gruesome murders. Although they occurred in Nova Scotia, the themes of these tales -- greed, vengeance, the quest for justice -- are universal. c1993.