“Reading the Riot Act” is a phrase that has entered the popular lexicon, meaning the action taken by authority figures when they perceive that their “charges” are getting out of hand. The act itself is a seldom-used piece of legislation...
British Columbia--Vancouver
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Author:Barnholden, Michael DornSummary: -
Author:Blennerhassett, PatrickSummary:A rookie novelist faces infamy and fortune when a young boy mimics the suicidal protagonist in his book. After close to five years covering trials, a court reporter suddenly finds his life entangled with the outcome of a manslaughter...
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Author:Kalteis, DietrichSummary:Jeff Nichols ' a man strong of conviction but weak of character ' is fresh out of the Don Jail, looking for work ' any kind of work ' and a way back into Ann Ryan's good graces. She waited for his return from prison but is quickly...
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Author:Smith, Lisa Anne, Rogers, BarbaraSummary:When a young black man named Seraphim “Joe” Fortes arrived in Vancouver in 1885, with little to his name, no one could have possibly suspected that one hundred years later he would be voted “Citizen of the Century.” Our Friend Joe is...
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Author:Brooks, CarellinSummary:Did she say, at the beginning, that it rained every day? She was wrong. She misspoke. She didn’t mean it.... No. It did not rain every day. But it rained for a hundred days, that year, which was enough—more than enough, even.In prose by...
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Author:Cameron, StevieSummary:Looks at a series of missing women cases in Vancouver in 1998, focusing on the victims' families' and friends' pleas to start criminal investigations and describing how they led to the arrest of Robert William Pickton.
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Author:Mitchell, MargaretSummary:The woman who first brought the issue of spousal abuse to the forefront in Canada presents her memoirs in this interesting, informative, entertaining and often humourous book. Margaret Mitchell is a social activist who pioneered...
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This book will be a significant reference for social work researchers, educators, and students, and for local, national, and international policy practitioners, urban planners, community developers, and community service providers.
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Author:Deverell, WilliamSummary:Lawyer Foster Cobb prosecutes the mysterious Dr. Au, the West Coast’s primary drug trafficker. But Cobb — under pressure of a failing practice and a disintegrating marriage — has himself taken up a long-abandoned heroin habit. With a...
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Author:Leavitt, MartineSummary:Winner of the CLA Young Adult Book Award, selected for the CCBC Choices List, selected for the Bankstreet College of Education's Best Children’s Books of the Year 2013, and honoured with the Horn Book Fanfare. It starts when Call sees...
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Author:Blennerhassett, PatrickSummary:A penetrating and unflinching examination of the modern male, Monument is told through the eyes of Seth Wilhelm, a talented young hockey player whose career is cut short by injury, sending him spiralling out of control. A failed stint...
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Author:Buday, GrantSummary:Finalist, City of Vancouver Book Award.
Monday Night Man is a back alley view of East Vancouver netherworlds. Horst Nunn, Ray Bunce, and Boyle Rupp are a trio of middle-aged, underemployed, intelligent “plungers” striving for...
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Author:Hauka, Donald J.Summary:This double edition of the Mister Jinnah Mysteries series presents Donald J. Hauka's Mister Jinnah Securities and She Demons. Hakeem Jinnah is a politically incorrect but relentless crime reporter for the Vancouver Tribune who finds...
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Author:Bowering, GeorgeSummary:Reissued as part of Anvil Press's Lost BC Literature series.
Set in Vancouver in the mid-1960s, Mirror on the Floor focuses on one summer in the life of UBC grad student Bob Small and his roommate, George Delsing. They spend...
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Author:Wallace, JessicaSummary:Robin Kent doesn’t understand how everyone around her, including her husband, is so certain of everything. The only explanation is that they’re all following the same Guidebook—a copy of which Robin has yet to receive. When a co-worker...
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When Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri walked out of a Vancouver courtroom as free men in March 2005, the nation gasped in disbelief. The prime suspects for the murder of 331 people in the 1985 Air India bombings had been...
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From the glittering high-rise condos to the desperate streets of Vancouver, powerful stories told by women reveal the fraying social fabric among the wealthy and hangers-on in the city's Asian Canadian community. Lady Sunrise introduces...
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Author:Bolen, Dennis E.Summary:Kaspoit! puts speculative illustration to the most profuse series of crimes ever to take place on Canadian soil. Set in the lower mainland of Vancouver, the time is now—criminals are brazen, cops are cynical—and no one is trying to...
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Author:Blair, MichaelSummary:This double edition of the Joe Shoe Mystery series presents Michael Blair's The Dells and A Hard Winter Rain.
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Lors d'une visite au zoo de Vancouver, Isabelle croise le regard d'un loup en captivité. Elle est bouleversée par la rancoeur qu'elle y lit. Elle cherchera donc à s'informer pour mieux comprendre et aider ce loup...
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