For many, being a Toronto Maple Leafs fan has become a curse from cradle to grave. False hope, hollow promises, and a mind-numbing lack of success - these words describe the Toronto Maple Leafs...
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Author: Robinson, PeterSummary:
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Author: Conyers, BeverlySummary:
For families of addicts, feelings of fear, shame, and confusion over a loved one's addiction can cause deep anxiety, sleepless nights, and even physical illness. And the emotional distress...
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Author: Mahon, AnneSummary:
Why do people join gangs? Once entrenched in a life of crime with its realities of incarceration, addiction, power, and money, is it possible to ever walk away? This triumphant collection of ten...
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Author: Bernier, Suzanne, Davis, Candice L.Summary:
Helpers and heroes shine brightest in darkness. Disaster Heroes recounts the stories of ordinary men, women, and children who have done extraordinary things to help respond, rebuild, and recover...
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Author: Aldunate, EduardoSummary:
Backpacks Full of Hope: The UN Mission in Haiti describes the experience of a Chilean general as Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) during the...
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Author: Mukwege, DenisSummary:
From Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor, and noted human rights activist Dr. Denis Mukwege comes an inspiring clarion call-to-action to confront the scourge of sexual violence and better learn...
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Author: HAMLIN, CatherineSummary:
Catherine and Reg Hamlin left Australia in 1959 on a short contract to establish a midwifery school in Ethiopia. Over 40 years later, Catherine is still there, running one of the most outstanding...
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Author: Flynn, RobertSummary:
World War II pilot Greg Wallace is shot down over the Pacific. Luckily, he bails out and makes his way to land to await rescue. But with each day that passes, it grows less likely that a rescuer...
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Author: Kingsbury, KarenSummary:
John and Abby Reynolds are back together and feeling like newlyweds after 21 years of marriage. They're convinced that together they can tackle anything, even the high school politics draining the...
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Author: Jackson, NetaSummary:
When her husband locks her out of their Chicago penthouse and disappears with her sons, Gabby is left homeless and stunned. Taking refuge at the women's shelter where she works, she tries to...
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Author: Johnson, PeterSummary:
Gleeful and noisy celebrations greeted several dozen nervous young women when they stepped ashore in Victoria in September 1862, through a jostling crowd of boisterous, eager men. The hardships...
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Author: Turner, ChrisSummary:
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Author: Goodman, AmySummary:
The Silenced Majority pulls back the veil of corporate media reporting to dig deep into the politics of "climate apartheid," the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the movement to...
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Author: Ivey, Donna M., Boyer, J. PatrickSummary:
This is the story of Rene M. Caisse of Bracebridge, Canada and describes her extraordinary perseverance to obtain official recognition of her herbal cancer remedy she called Essiac, her name...
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Author: Levine, TamaraSummary:
When Tamara Levine received her breast cancer diagnosis, in a state of shock, she decided to inform her friends and colleagues by writing to them. That letter was the first of thirteen...