The impressionistic memoir of an artist who was blinded in a sudden act of violence.
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- Author:Montalembert, Hugues de.Summary:
- Author:Perkins, Dennis N. T.Summary:
Author and CEO Dennis Perkins is a veteran of the Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race, known as the Everest of offshore ocean racing. With Syncretics Director of Client Services Jillian B. Murphy, Perkins recounts how the AFR Midnight Rambler...
- Author:Rule, AnnSummary:
When 32-two-year-old Ronda Reynolds was found dead by gunshot, her mother Barb Thompson never believed the theory that she committed suicide--and neither did Detective Berry, a ballistics expert, or dozens of others.
- Author:Kenda, JoeSummary:
Are you horrified yet fascinated by abhorrent murders? Do you crave to know the gory details of these crimes, and do you seek comfort in the solving of the most gruesome? In this book, the star of Homicide Hunter, Lt. Joe Kenda, shares...
- Author:Maas, Elizabeth Wiggs, Wiggs, SusanSummary:
Here is the all-too-true tale of a mother and daughter collaborating on life's ultimate celebration, a dream wedding. Join mother and daughter as they wade through piles of flowers and favors, grueling gown decisions, and the cold...
- Author:Sontag, RachelSummary:
Traces the author's journey of recovery after a childhood marked by her mentally ill father, a respected suburban doctor with an obsessive need for control that caused him to torture his wife and children about the most minute details...
- Author:Callaghan, Tonya D.Summary:
In Homophobia in the Hallways, Tonya D. Callaghan interrogates institutionalized homophobia and transphobia in the publicly-funded Catholic school systems of Ontario and Alberta.
- Author:McCain, JohnSummary:
McCain pays tribute to men and women who were important examples of composure, wisdom, and intellect in the face of tough decisions, in a volume that cites the examples of such figures as Henry Ford, Branch Rickey, and Ellen Johnson-...
- Author:Kern, LeslieSummary:
How Gentrification is killing our cities, and what we can do about it. Leslie Kern, author of the best-selling Feminist City, travels from Toronto, New York, London, Paris and San Francisco and scrutinizes the myths and lies that...
- Author:Jones, AdamSummary:
- Author:Ikebuchi, ShellySummary:
For decades, the Chinese Rescue Home was a feature of the landscape of Victoria, British Columbia. Originally a refuge for Chinese prostitutes and slave girls rescued from captivity, it became a residence and school where the Methodist...
- Author:Clapperton, JonathanSummary:
Environmental Activism on the Ground draws upon a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship to examine small scale, local environmental activism, paying particular attention to Indigenous experiences. It illuminates the questions that...
- Author:Atlas, GalitSummary:
Galit Atlas sheds light on the family secrets and emotions that haunt us like ghosts, keep us from living to our full potential, and create gaps between what we want for ourselves and what we are able to have.
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- Author:Rule, AnnSummary:
In Dead by Sunset, Rule uncovers the truth behind Brad Cunningham, a man who conned the women he was supposed to have loved the most. After police find his estranged wife murdered, Cunningham's charms begin to fade and reveal a man with...
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- Author:Diamond, Jared M.Summary:
- Author:Lazarus, EveSummary:
Hundreds of murders remain unsolved in Vancouver, some dating back decades; their victims are now essentially invisible, forgotten by everyone except family and friends. Sometimes their cases are reopened, looked at again with a fresh...
- Author:Bell, Eric, Reder, Deanna, Nest, Michael WallaceSummary:
A small team uncovers new evidence and exposes police failure in one of the North's most enduring missing persons cases. Missing persons. Double murder? Métis leader James Brady was one of the most famous Indigenous activists in Canada...
- Author:Piepenbring, Dan, O'Neill, TomSummary:
In 1999, when Tom O'Neill was assigned a piece by Premiere magazine about the thirtieth anniversary of the Manson murders, he was intrigued by the opportunity to revisit a hallmark of American pop culture. Through extensive...
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