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These stories, written and posted during the past few years by an inveterate blogger, are a smorgasbord of memories of fun with family and friends, amusing anecdotes about things that have happened to him---many of which may resonate with you---and a mixed bag of wry observations concerning world events as they roll out around us.Looking back fondly over the years can be beneficial for anyone, and the author hopes these tales will stir recolle...

Excerpt from The Bristol Chess Club: Its History, Chief Players, and 23 Years' Record of Principal Events, 151 Games by 64 Past and Present Members, Including All Correspondence and Consultation Games Played With Some of the Best Clubs in the KingdomBook III Correspondence, Consultation and other games played in The Athenaeum Club, between 1859 and 1871, and Problems composed at that period.Book IV. Games, and End Games, played in the present ...

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A young Indigenous woman is cruelly slain, her battered body left in a back-alley dumpster by her callous killers. Just another statistic in the harrowing history of girls missing and murdered, her death comes under scrutiny by the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Commission, a national inquiry holding local hearings in Port Huntington, a bustling resort town on Georgian Bay. But even as the MMIWG committee begins its work, the ...

In this collection of tales, I've pulled together an assortment of random thoughts and dreams, a smattering of memories and recollections, and a mixed bag of wry (but never cynical) observations of life as it rolls out around me. Many of the stories are whimsical or fanciful, some nostalgic, some just funny...or so they seem to me. Most are current, drawn from events and occasions I'm witnessing now, a few are from bygone years. I make no clai...

In this third novel of the highly-praised Maggie Keiller/Derek Sloan series of thrillers, two armed intruders storm the local high school in Port Huntington, a small-town tourist mecca on Georgian Bay. Intent on taking revenge for the deaths of two of their friends, the men seize a number of hostages, including the school principal, Maggie Keiller, and her husband, Derek Sloan. The school goes into lockdown. In a community already divided over...

a magna opus of sea-going memoires, a autobiography a myth of time, the epitaph of a sailor, the grieving widow the Columbus of a new era, the stagnant plum, the orchid of willow, the weeping of the lost head, the tower of London the effigy of paris, the Van gogh of florence, the nightengale the spring it gathers, the thrust of harpoon, the Sea-going yachts, the reefs over the Rip, the Port Phillip bays the river of paddle, the steamer, the At...

Here is a humorous, reflective, and evocative collection of stories of fatherhood, written from the perspective of a young father. These entertaining and tender tales recall a family's journey together, delving into pursuits that drew them close, even as the growing independence those activities fostered in the children eventually eased them apart. Both parents heeded a wise adage about raising children: hug them close, then let them go. The f...

What's the worst thing you can do to Shakespeare? The answer is simple: don't read him. To that end, Richard Burt and Julian Yates embark on a project of un/reading the Bard, turning the conventional challenges into a roadmap for textual analysis and a thorough reconsideration of the plays in light of their absorption into global culture.

Praise for Zebras and Cheetahs "It's not the big that eat the small. Today, it's the fast that eat the slow. Zebras and Cheetahs teaches you step by step how to run faster, to be agile in the business jungle, and to pounce on opportunity 10x quicker than your competitors." -GRANT CARDONE, New York Times bestselling author of Sell or Be Sold "Business is a game for everyone, and whether you're an entrepreneur, a small business owner, or a cor...

Examines the four programs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operates to target criminal aliens with a focus on the merits of jail enforcement programs and the role of state and localities in immigration enforcement.

A significant number of antipsychotic medications are being surreptitiously administered 'off-label' to residents suffering from dementia in a seniors' home. A local physician comes under suspicion as hospital staff and police investigate the incidents. Maggie Keiller, principal of the local high school, and her husband, Derek Sloan, become involved when one of her students, a patient of that same physician, dies of a drug overdose while in ho...

Excerpt from The Bristol Chess Club: Its History, Chief Players, and 23 Years' Record of Principal Events, 151 Games by 64 Past and Present Members, Including All Correspondence and Consultation Games Played With Some of the Best Clubs in the KingdomBook III Correspondence, Consultation and other games played in The Athenaeum Club, between 1859 and 1871, and Problems composed at that period.Book IV. Games, and End Games, played in the present ...

The Shining Path was one of the most brutal insurgencies ever seen in the Western Hemisphere. Political Violence and the Authoritarian State in Peru explores the devastating effects of insurgent violence and the state's brutal counterinsurgency methods on Peruvian civil society.

Don't miss this wonderful new collection of tales crafted to amuse, entertain, and give you pause for reflection. Enjoy the meanderings of a snowbird in Florida---his comic misadventures, rewarding times with grandchildren, and the learning that comes from living in a retirement community. Nostalgia, humour, and whimsy flourish in a splendid array of stories, suitable for all ages---tales you will recognize and appreciate.

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Mrs. Crosby was always Mickey's favourite teacher, from the time he met her in grade four until he killed her in grade eight. Twenty years later, the crime returns to haunt the residents of Port Huntington, a small Ontario town on Georgian Bay. Two women in their late-twenties publicly accuse Al Dougal, a former teacher, of raping them when they were fifteen years old. Now a vice-principal at Port Huntington High School, he is killed shortly t...