A Gentle Cause of Chaos

A Gentle Cause of Chaos
Author: Emily Delacote
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1412050901

We follow Janie Thwaite from her mother's apron strings to a passionate love affair in the sexually tense atmosphere of Mr. Williams' Institute of Education.

New York Magazine

New York Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1981-10-12
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ISBN:

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Made-in-Canada Humour

Made-in-Canada Humour
Author: Beverly J. Rasporich
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027268177

Made-in-Canada-Humour is an interdisciplinary survey and analysis of Canadian humour and humorists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book focuses on a variety of genres. It includes celebrated Canadian writers and poets with ironic and satiric perspectives; oral storytellers of tall tales in the country and the city; newspaper print humorists; representative national and regional cartoonists; and comedians of stage, radio and television. The humour gives voice to Canadian values and experiences, and consequently, techniques and styles of humour particular to the country. While a persistent comic theme has been joking at the expense of the United States, both countries have influenced one another’s humour. Canada’s unique humorous tradition also reflects its emergence from a colonial country to a postcolonial and postmodern nation with contemporary humour that addresses gender and racial issues.

The Lost Resort

The Lost Resort
Author: Toni James
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2011-12-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1471031039

When Eve Harper finds her lover in the arms of another woman, she's forced to face up to some uncomfortable truths; she's single, the wrong side of forty and she's running out of wine! There's nothing else for it, but to sell everything and take an extended holiday in Greece. With her unruly younger sister in tow, Eve embarks on a tumultuous journey of self-discovery and en-route she meets Annie, a troubled teacher from England, Heidi, an ambitious hotelier and JJ, a cute bartender, with an uncanny gift for cocktails. When she arrives at The Lost Resort, a women-only hotel on the Greek Island of Lesbos, Eve finds her own slice of paradise and, with temperatures rising and passion in the air, she wonders where it will all end. But this is only the beginning. The Lost Resort is the first in a series of funny, romantic novels set on the Greek island of Lesbos. It is a story about friendship, family and the restorative power of love.

Murder in the Vineyard

Murder in the Vineyard
Author: Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Publisher: Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Total Pages: 366
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Life in Provence was just settling down for American ex-pat Maggie Newberry when a dead body shows up in her vineyard…with a knife in its back. Curious to learn about who the victim is, Maggie’s motivation skyrockets when her husband Laurent is arrested for the murder. With the evidence piling up against Laurent and witness after witness coming forward to swear he is the killer, can Maggie find the real murderer and will she find the cabal behind the campaign to send Laurent to prison for life? And can she do it before her life and those of her dear ones come crashing down around her?

Growing Up Canadian, Volume 2

Growing Up Canadian, Volume 2
Author: Clyde Woolman
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2024-07-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1038313732

Read it for nostalgia, for memories of pop culture, for history, or for pure entertainment. Growing Up Canadian, Volume 2 will shed a spotlight on the astonishing degree to which Canada changed in a mere twenty years from 1960 to 1980. Rolling out in a series of fast-paced entries are TV shows and personalities, rock and pop music, fads and fashion, the stars of stage and screen, the high and low lights of sports, and much more. The reader will be guided along a compelling journey through the Canadiana of the recent past. The stereotypes about Canada and Canadians being dull, and history being boring, are decisively laid to rest through wit and humour.

The Broken Blade

The Broken Blade
Author: William Durbin
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2010-07-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307756734

In 1800, 13-year-old Pierre La Page never imagined he'd be leaving Montreal to paddle 2,400 miles. It was something older men, like his father, did. But when Pierre's father has an accident, Pierre quits school to become a voyageur for the North West Company, so his family can survive the winter. It's hard for Pierre as the youngest in the brigade. From the treacherous waters and cruel teasing to his aching and bloodied hands, Pierre is miserable. Still he has no choice but to endure the trip to Grand Portage and back.

Golden Relic

Golden Relic
Author: Lindy Cameron
Publisher: Clan Destine Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2018-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0992492521

A rollicking good yarn that mixes detective fiction with Indiana Jones-style adventure. When Professor Lloyd Marsden is found murdered in the Museum of Victoria, Special Detective Sam Diamond is assigned to catch the killer. Thrown into a world of obsessive collectors, strange poisons, funerary rites and ancient artefacts, Sam's photographic memory and cryptic crossword skills are invaluable tools in her investigation. But when archaeologist Dr Maggie Tremaine whisks her halfway round the world in pursuit of the truth, Sam finds way more questions than answers. From Australia to Egypt to Peru Sam and Maggie hunt down the clues to a strange pact and a legendary relic. This novel was originally written for ICOM '98, the International Council of Museums' triennial conference, hosted by the Museum of Victoria in 1998. The ICOM '98 committee had the novel idea of promoting the prestigious conference, and its host city Melbourne, by commissioning a crime novel set in the museum world. Under its original title, Stolen Property, Golden Relic was serialised on the Internet - one chapter a month - from February to September 1998 on the ICOM '98 homepage. Golden Relic was launched at the Melbourne Convention Centre on the opening night of the ICOM '98 conference by Magistrate Jennifer Coate and Senator John Button.

Sergio and Ingrid - Pioneers to Mars

Sergio and Ingrid - Pioneers to Mars
Author: François Le Roy
Publisher: Authors On Line Ltd
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2004-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780755201341

Fiction or anticipation? The action unfolds in the near future when Man has decided to set up a permanent colony on Mars. Sergio and Ingrid are among the first humans to settle on the red planet. It takes into account what we know about Mars. The author is a member of the Mars Society.