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"Another line of duty death" is a chilling headline that serves as an obituary for too many "first responders." In 2002 Fort Worth joined the ranks of other communities across the nation in building a memorial to its fallen heroes, an elaborate, million-dollar Police...

In August of 2002 four 20-something friends from Victoria packed a motor home and embarked upon a three-month non-profit marathon known coast to coast as The Extreme Kindness Tour. Their mission: to commit as many random acts of kindness in as many Canadian communities...

Does drug addiction exist? Do we have a right to use drugs? Is personal responsibility achieved at the cost of individual liberty? Can drugs ever be controlled? Would a free market in drugs reduce social problems? This rich and diverse collection assembles a wide...

In this moving and entertaining work, drawn from the memories of family, friends, and colleagues who knew her best, Dorothy Day emerges as a woman of courage, humor, and love, who left an unforgettable mark on the lives of all she touched.Author: Rosalie G....

The 9 Ways of Working introduces the nine personality styles of the Enneagram, a classic, highly powerful approach to work and life. Each of the Enneagram's nine types has a distinct worldview which determines how they think, what they want, and why they act...

The fishery, the seal cull, the settlement, the culture--the history of Newfoundland and Labrador has been shaped and witnessed from the deck of sea-going vessels, and those vessels were sparred with local timbers, planked and rigged by the hands of our master shipbuilders. In...

For many years, lean initiatives have generated staggering improvements on the shop floor. Currently, however, many managers and business leaders want these lean benefits incorporated into non-traditional environments such as service and transactions. This bookshows you how to efficiently translate and transition lean manufacturing...

This important collection addresses the current state of curriculum studies in Canada. It is divided into three parts, focusing respectively on social identities, cultural perspectives, and Indigenous and environmental perspectives. With contributors from universities across Canada, and with topics ranging from the incorporation of...

Abstracts of the only surviving court records for the early years of Monongalia County derived from the District Court which served Monongalia, Harrison, Randolph, and Ohio counties, and the surrounding counties. The cases deal predominantly with civil matters such as bad debts, slander, trespass,...

CANDID LOVE is Book 2 in the new Alexandra's Love & Romance Series, by Denise Daniella Darcy, or Triple D as she is affectionately called. This follows her successful 1st series, Samantha's Love and Romance Series. Alexandra (Alex): In Hawaii on assignment, she falls...

The ANIE (Assessment of Numeracy for Education) is a teacher-developed assessment tool that uses numeracy and common core performance standards to assess student understanding of math concepts. This simple diagnostic tool helps teachers identify gaps in learning so they can plan intervention. It takes...

Traveling the roads and highways through the islands, mountains, and plateaus of British Columbia, Rosemary Neering talks to a fascinating cross-section of people in the small towns she visits. In coffee shops, post offices and living rooms, she gathers their stories with the inquisitive...

The move by the federal government in 1968 to auomate and de-staff Nova Scotia's lighthouses--those icons of the province's seafaring tradition--sent shockwaves through the community of lighthouse conservationists. Concerned that lighthouses would disappear form the landscape forever, author Rip Irwin, a retired naval cheif...

Writing Our Way Home is an important contribution to literary studies. ?talian-Canadian writers are not just Canadian writers, but world writers, ?states literary critic Elena Lamberti in the introduction to Writing Our Way Home. ?hey write from Canada with an original point of view...

A taut psychological thriller, this novel explores the glamour of Hollywood and the dangers of role-playing. Liz is a budding actress waiting for her big debut when she is approached by Naomi Baum, the bestselling author and recluse, who asks Liz to impersonate her...

James Deahl has been called one of the ten or twenty finest poets writing in the English language. His poetry has been described as precise articulations of landscape ... producing a highly charged evocation of place ... that it is as if the reader...

The term arrangiarsi is normally defined as "making do" or "getting by." This book marks the first attempt to provide a comprehensive treatment of the Italian presence in Canada, and to capture the experience of the Italian immigrants who helped to build this country....

The book is about how to become rich through an attitude adjustment, by owning your own business and how to master your finances. It includes general tips for investments, tax savings, insurance, estate planning and etc. Plus, it actually gives the names of companies...

Taking inspiration from John Glassco's Memoirs of Montparnasse, Young Hunting is both a story of discovery and transformation. While Toronto changes around him, from a puritanical British colonial outpost to a mixing bowl filled with colourful cultural components, a young boy emerges from his...

Tim Moore's summer job in the moving business led to the creation of the largest, coast-to-coast moving company in Canada - AMJ Campbell Van Lines. With 48 offices, Tim's company generated $125 million in sales. Today, as one of Canada's most successful businessmen, Tim...

After 40 weeks on the Gazette best-seller list, Lesley Chesterman's guide to dining out in Montreal is back on the culinary map, in a completely updated and revised edition. With 50 new restaurants, Flavourville keeps pace with Montreal's evolving restaurant scene. Chesterman continues to...

Cash, booze, drugs, and sex: to the victor go the spoils. In The Rip, Bret Aita offers a candid insider's look into the corrupt and decadent culture of boiler-room brokerage. These are the all-too-true accounts of the coked-up winners and tragically conned losers in...

Secret(TM) Providence & Newport is a new travel book that reveals the best-kept secrets of two cities steeped in American history. Providence's consuming passion is food. One of the most prestigious training grounds for American chefs -- Johnson and Wales -- is in Downcity...

There is a side of Boston hidden behind the Newbury Street and Harvard Square, the Public Gardens and Chinatown. It is here where you'll find authentic Venetian gondolas and the best Irish music west of Limerick, perfect croissants and luxurious tearooms. You'll also encounter...

Tabloid Trash is a funny, irreverent, wildly entertaining take on the great American subculture of supermarket tabloids, as well as a classic detective novel in its own right. It opens as the infamous U.S. Reporter decides to hold a lavish retirement gala for its...

Take the law into your own hands ... with Les Vandor's help. For the past 9 years, Ottawa lawyer Les Vandor has been dispensing legal advice to 400,000 listeners of CBC Radio's Ontario Today program. His monthly, hour-long segment fields calls about wills, landlord-tenant...

A personal meditation on the wild world that is sexuality now. "'I want you to tell me why you wrote this story, ' my mother said. I had once again written an article about sex. 'I made it all up, none of it is...

Peter Gzowski -- Canada's best-known and most-adored radio personality. Marco Adria traces Gzowski's childhood in Galt, his unusual family history, and his early days at Maclean's, ultimately focusing on Gzowski's radio career. How does Morningside choose its guests? What's the secret behind Gzowski's interview...

Blue flames consumed every inch of my body, but guess what? I didn't die.Next thing I know, I'm marked by a malevolent ancestor hell-bent on returning from her talisman-encased prison. She only needs one thing: My freaking soul. Yeah, she'll have to fight me...

Rats, 16th century poets, and India on 3 bucks a day... Golden Goa recounts Grant Buday's travels in India by paralleling them with those of sixteenth-century Portuguese soldier and poet Luis de Camoens. Camoens, author of the Portuguese national epic The Lusiads, spent fourteen...

Here, in one volume, is noted literary critic George Woodcock's condensed guide to Canada's major fiction writers. From Susanna Moodie and John Richardson to Margaret Laurence and Robertson Davies, Canada's pre-eminent critic considers over sixty of our short story writers and novelists. This one...

SINBAD★ A poor porter stops to take a rest on the bench outside the gate of a rich merchant's house, where he complains to Allah about the injustice of a world which allows the rich to live in ease while he must work hard...

Sexual harassment in the workplace has become a hot-button topic in the lives of most Americans with episodes played out regularly, on an almost daily basis, on television and in the newspapers. Ralph Billings, an innocent man, finds himself the target of malicious gossip...

Sexy size games abound in this collection from Cezar Nix! This group of ten sensual tales is sure to please lovers of shrinking woman erotica with after-hours shenanigans in a toy shop, two nosy reporters getting their comeuppance (come-down-ance?), a long hot weekend with...

Is Your Senior - your Mom or Dad or another relative - reaching that stage in life where you're questioning whether or not they should continue to live on their own?Here are some of the signs: Your Senior has a few unexplained bruises, probably...

In this book I have sought to trace the course of our religious poetry from an early period of our literary history. This could hardly be done without reference to some of the principal phases of the religious history of the nation. To give...

Resentment. Betrayal. Triumph. After Emma Lapp's weight loss surgery, her sister, Barbara, will do anything to make her sister fail. Tempting foods. Too large portions. But with the support of her long-time friend and true love Jacob, Emma perseveres. Seeing Emma's success, Barbara risks...

This about a young woman who has dated several men and it always turns out to be something major wrong in the relationship so decides to give up dating and looking for love.Author: D. Mae WardISBN-10: 1548224391ISBN-13: 9781548224394Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2018Pages:...

Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by the American writer Jean Webster. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, through her college years. She writes the letters to her benefactor, a rich man whom she has never seen.Author: Jean WebsterISBN-10:...

This journal chronicles the thoughts of a woman who is sent to a country home for forced rest by her husband and doctor who think the solitude will cure her from her dislike of marriage and motherhood. She creates her own reality outside of...

Let it Right First Time is a quick guide for the landlord or letting agent to make sure you get the basic steps right when letting property.Author: Robert Bryer MarlaISBN-10: 154698433XISBN-13: 9781546984337Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2017Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

Fantasy coloring book featuring 32 unique images of adorable fairy kitties playing, showing off, and otherwise there to delight adult and child alike. Included in the book are 12 fairy cats, 1 for each month, and a variety of other designs sprinkled throughout. You...

The Voice of the City (1908), short stories: "The Voice of the City", "The Complete Life of John Hopkins", "A Lickpenny Lover", "Dougherty's Eye-opener", "'Little Speck in Garnered Fruit'", "The Harbinger", "While the Auto Waits", "A Comedy in Rubber", "One Thousand Dollars", "The Defeat...

The Bride of Messina (German: Die Braut von Messina) is a tragedy by Friedrich Schiller; it premiered on 19 March 1803 in Weimar. It is one of the most controversial works by Schiller, due to his use of elements from Greek tragedies (which were...

Joachim (Jim) Stark lives with his wife Sylvia and his three adult sons since 2001 in the USA. He was the General Manager in his brothers company from 2002 until February 2013. The last of more than 10 accidents on 09/29/2012 left him with...

An ideal learning activity workbook for building vocabulary and teaching key words to your little one!In this series of coloring books children can learn many new words by coloring a drawing of the objects. With these entertaining books, little kids will have a lot...

How do caring, empathic adults discuss the topic of death with children? The Nonnie Series seeks to open the door to parent or adult/child communication by addressing complex issues with sensitivity and warmth. In Nonnie Talks about Death, Dr. Podgurski looks at the vital,...

Full text."I've had a most amazing time...." So begins the Time Traveller's astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era. With a speculative leap that still fires the imagination, the father of science fiction HG Wells sends his brave explorer...

It is the dark and lonely road. You drive. You're tired and falling asleep behind the wheel. The windows are down, the cool air blowing through your hair as you crank up the stereo. Ac/Dc blares on the radio and you are screaming out...

Edward Verrall Lucas, CH (11/12 June 1868 - 26 June 1938) was an English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor.Born to a Quaker family on the fringes of London, Lucas began work at the age of sixteen, apprenticed...