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Five Ring Circus
The shiny rings of the Olympic Games have grown tarnished over the years as doping, corruption and other scandals rise to the surface. Those scandals are the tip of the iceberg, according to author Christopher Shaw, the lead spokesperson for several anti-Games groups. Five Ring Circus details the history of how Vancouver won the bid for the 2010 Games, who was involved, and what the real motives were. It describes the role of corporate media in promoting the Games, the machinations of government and business, and the opposition that emerged. Disturbing questions come to light: Why does the IOC pay no taxes? Who are the real estate developers behind the Vancouver bid? Why are mega projects pa...
BLACK BREAD I
1809 Sussex."It was in an age when pirates ranged the seas, wildly and ruthlessly. And the wise hid terrified, concealed in the interior..."Jack Doyle has a fiancée, Loera Stone. It is five years now since they were together. And he takes a tremendous journey to go for her. And this is how it goes:Autumn of 1809, strange things start to happen at Bree. And Jack finds his destiny spun in the web of the intricate on-goings of a peculiar wiseman: Griffiths Stone Makinson. The wiseman eventually takes him to Loera. And the couple is married. The wedding is decorated with decorative fantasy in the plains of Salisbury.Griffiths wants to make Jack a wiseman, but Jack has other plans. Jack finds he shuns the culture, he prefers to be a pirate instead -definitely- and proceeds to be one in Black Bread II.This book is pieced together with fantastic fiction drawn from the land of imagination and wonderland.
The Developers
Based on detailed investigation of development in 14 Canadian cities supplemented by material from interviews, financial reports, newspaper files and trade publications, The Developers offers a comprehensive picture of a complex industry. Portraits of developers like Ottawa's Robert Campeau and Toronto's Bruce McLaughlin are coupled with stories of huge corporations such as Genstar and Cadillac Fairview. Lorimer looks at each in turn, explaining exactly how the developers are able to make enormous profits building the new corporate city. The Developers is a revealing account of the men and the companies behind the amazing growth of Canadian cities since the Second World War.
Patriot Hearts
When John Furlong and his family emigrated from Ireland in 1974, the customs officer greeted them with "Welcome to Canada. Make us better," an imperative that has defined Furlong's life ever since. A passionate athlete with a track record of community service, he was roped into acting as spokesperson for Vancouver's incipient Olympic bid movement back in 1996, and then spent the next fourteen years living and breathing the Olympics. Furlong and his organizing team, including some 25,000 volunteers, orchestrated a remarkable Winter Games. Patriot Hearts is the story of how they did it.
The Pottleton Legacy
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