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Love, Hope, Optimism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

Love, Hope, Optimism

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-08-20
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  • Publisher: Lorimer

An Ottawa Citizen Notable Book for 2012 When Jack Layton died unexpectedly in the summer of 2011, millions of people mourned the loss of a man who had emerged as a much-loved political leader. They saw him as someone who combined values they shared with a personal style they admired. In this book, co-editors James L. Turk and Charis Wahl have gathered stories and anecdotes about Jack Layton from a wide range of people who knew him at different stages during his life and career. These contributions offer an engaging and informal biographical portrait of Jack as a young man in Hudson, Quebec, as a lecturer at Ryerson University, as a Toronto city councillor, and as the leader of the NDP. The c...

The Devil the Banshee and Me
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 196

The Devil the Banshee and Me

Strange people and happenings are taking place in the cemetery across the road from Will Trenom's house.

Who's Got Gertie? And How Can We Get Her Back!
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 180

Who's Got Gertie? And How Can We Get Her Back!

In this Stevie Diamond Mystery, Stevie's 72-year-old neighbor goes missing.

How Can I Be a Detective If I Have to Baby-Sit?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 164

How Can I Be a Detective If I Have to Baby-Sit?

In this Stevie Diamond Mystery, Stevie and her partner match wits with an international smuggler.

Last Stop, Paris
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 344

Last Stop, Paris

On March 29, 1971, a Canadian was found brutally murdered in a small Paris apartment. The victim, François Mario Bachand, was a radical member of the separatist Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ), the terrorist group that had been causing havoc in Canada, planting bombs and carrying out kidnappings. Bachand served a jail term in the early 1960s, and after his release he was considered a loose cannon, heartily despised by many associates. It was widely believed that the FLQ had killed one of its own. Twenty years after Bachand died in Paris, author Michael McLoughlin came across a single document in the National Archives of Canada that shed an eerie new light on the circumstances of Bacha...

Murder on the Ridge
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

Murder on the Ridge

When the widow of Wolfleg, a Blackfoot warrior who supposedly died on Vimy Ridge during WWI, receives a mysterious letter claiming that Wolfleg was murdered, Will and Arthur vow to find the truth.

Seeing Red
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 226

Seeing Red

Frankie is totally normal until he discovers he can dream the future -- and the future doesn't look good.

How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 170

How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?

In this Stevie Diamond Mystery, Stevie and Jesse need to crack a case before Winnipeg puts them in the deep freeze.

Doris McCarthy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 254

Doris McCarthy

A wonderfully frank look at a life lived within beauty and without regret. McCarthy‰'s sense of artistry, transmitted over a sixty-year painting career, celebrates multiple beauties of everyday life.

Girlfriend on Mars
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 394

Girlfriend on Mars

'Every detail is sharply placed ... a scorching sense of humor and a soft spot for humanity down here on Earth' The New York Times 'Fleishman Is In Trouble, but in space' Bobby Palmer A NEW YORK TIMES READERS' FAVOURITE OF 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE Kevin is a thirtysomething homebody, happily committed to his hydroponics-expert girlfriend, Amber, as they grow weed in their basement in Vancouver. Out of the blue, Amber announces that she has been selected for a reality show where she will compete for one of two seats on the first human-led mission to Mars. If selected, she must stay on Mars for good, because the technology to come home doesn't exist yet. Is this a suicide mission or a bold new frontier? Girlfriend on Mars is the story of love unravelling in a world where truth is dictated by Facebook ads and 'reality TV' is as scripted as any politician's speech. With rapt viewers voting for Amber to stay on the show and crates of Mars-mission branded protein shakes arriving at his door, is it any wonder Kevin wants to stay in the basement forever?