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Type : True Crime
Number of pages : 320 (including 16 pages of photos)
ISBN : 0-88890-245X
Price : $27.95
Northern Connection follows the Cotronis, their friends, their allies and their rivals as they fight for control of the illegal drug trade, gambling, prostitution and other lucrative criminal enterprises. The New York mob, the French Connection, corrupt politicians — all played their roles in the rise of the Cotronis. But the empire’s fall would come at the hands of the Hells Angels, the Bandidos and the Rock Machine — the biker gangs whose members have proved to be just as eager as the mob to murder anyone who stands in their way.
Northern Connection is the shocking and definitive account of the Canadian mafia from its earliest days to the present.
Type : Autobiography
Number of pages : 344
ISBN : 0-88890-247-6
Price : 27.95 $
Don Boudria has seen it all. And now he’s telling his story. The veteran Liberal Member of Parliament for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell has teamed up with Optimum Publishing International to produce his autobiography – Busboy: From Kitchen to Cabinet.
Boudria began his career on Parliament Hill as a busboy in the cafeteria. Through hard work, dogged determination and a conviction that public service is the highest calling, he worked his way up to a seat in the cabinet. Over the year’s he’s seen everything there is to see and known everyone worth knowing on the Hill. Trudeau, Mulroney, Princess Diana, Copps, Gagliano, Mother Teresa – these are just some of the people you’ll meet in Busboy.
From his humble roots in Eastern Ontario, Boudria first shot to national prominence as a member of the famous (or “infamous” if you happen to be a Conservative) Rat Pack – a group of Liberal MPs whose flamboyant and pit bull style of attack was the bane of Brian Mulroney’s Tory government. He later went on to hold several Cabinet portfolios under Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
"A central figure in the wartime Ottawa spy network exposed by Russian cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko has reached from beyond the grave to provide – for the first time – full details of his role in the affair."
– Ottawa Citizen
Author
: Gordon Lunan
Type : Espionage/Autobiography
Number of pages : 300
ISBN : 0-9735491-1-4
Price : 24.95$
A page-turner that will have many re-examining Canada’s role in the Cold War!
On September 5th 1945, Igor Gouzenko – a cipher clerk at the Soviet legation in Ottawa – walked out of the building never to return. At first, few recognized the significance of his defection. But that changed two days later when military officials at the Soviet diplomatic mission launched a failed attempt to capture Gouzenko and drag him back to Soviet soil. Why would Moscow risk the diplomatic consequences of such a blatant violation of international law? The Royal Canadian Mounted Police decided to take a closer look at the documents. What they found would lead to one of the great spy scandals of modern times – one that would spark the Cold War and change the world forever. And for Gordon Lunan, the cost would be his freedom.
An officer in the Canadian military and a speechwriter for Paul Martin (father of the future prime minister of Canada), Lunan was tried and convicted of helping the Soviets. For his crimes, he would spend five years in one of Canada’s toughest prisons. Was he really guilty? Did he—as charged—pass secrets to the Soviets? For the first time ever Lunan reveals the truth.
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Author : George Tombs
Type : Biography
Number of pages : 380
ISBN : 0-973-4822-0-6
Price : 39.95 $
“I want to make money,” said Black. “I can do so much more with money…”
And make money he did. From his not-so-humble beginnings, Conrad Black built a media empire that stretched around the globe. The Daily Telegraph of London, the Jerusalem Post, Canada’s National Post, the Chicago Sun-Times and scores of others—all these were Black newspapers.
In this remarkable book, journalist and author George Tombs tracks the rise and fall of one of Canada’s most colorful figures. Lord Black paints a portrait of a brilliant, complex and driven man. Here is Black as the angry and rebellious student who is expelled from the country’s top school. Here, too, is Black as the future staunch supporter of Israel cultivating ties with one of Quebec’s leading pro-Vichy, anti-Jewish personalities. We find a man who embraced liberalism before becoming one of the key voices of conservatism on the world stage. And we see Black fall hopelessly in love with the beautiful and brilliant journalist Barbara Amiel.
by Barbara McIntyre
“The most remarkable thing about this story is that I am alive and able to tell it.”
In the fall of 1991, Barbara McIntyre was stricken by colorectal cancer. The prognosis was grim – but not hopeless. And with the support of her family and the medical community, Barbara began the battle for her life. Dare to Hope is the story of how she won that battle. McIntyre recovered and was once again able to enjoy all the wonderful gifts that life has to offer – from friendship and a loving marriage to the pleasure of watching her children successfully complete the transition to adulthood. Dare to Hope is a graphic and honest account of one woman’s victory over colorectal cancer. This inspirational story will bring hope to others fighting similar battles (and raise awareness of the importance of screening for this disease). (Click here to order!)
$24.95 cdn
by Cindy Quesnel
It
is Christmas Eve!…and Santa’s tiniest elf is nowhere to be found. Where could
he be? And what is Tiny up to? This heart-warming Christmas tale is easy
enough for young readers to read all on their own. It’s also the perfect book
for the entire family to curl up with in front of the Yuletide fire! Lovingly
written by Cindy Quesnel and illustrated by Jeffrey D.
Fontaine, Santa’s Littlest Helper is a Christmas classic that will be
passed on from generation to generation.
$14.95 cdn
Non-fiction
Children
Poetry
by Gordon Lunan
From Igor Gouzenko to Paul Martin…Redhanded tells the story of Gordon Lunan’s recruitment as a Soviet agent and his capture, arrest and imprisonment following the Gouzenko defection. Whether working as a speechwriter for Paul Martin Sr. or learning to survive inside some of Canada’s toughest prisons, Lunan tells his fascinating tale with wit and insight. A page-turner that will have many re-examining Canada’s role in the Cold War!
Dare to Hope
by Barbara McIntyre
Dare to Hope is a graphic and honest account of one woman’s victory over colorectal cancer. This inspirational story will bring hope to others fighting similar battles. (Click here to order!)
The Man from Glengarry
(Ralph Connor's 1901 Classic!)
Ralph Connor was born Charles Williams Gordon on September 13, 1860 at the Presbyterian manse in the tiny community of St. Elmo, Indian Lands, Glengarry County just north of the current site of the Glengarry Highland Games. His father was a stern and passionate minister, his mother a warm and tender woman devoted to her family and the people of the Indian Lands. (They would become the models for the Reverend and Mrs. Murray – two of the key characters in The Man from Glengarry.) Connor studied at the University of Toronto and the University of Edinburgh before moving out West to become a missionary. Desperately in need of funds for his missionary work, Connor put pen to paper. The results were phenomenal. His first three novels alone – Black Rock (1898), The Sky Pilot (1899) and The Man from Glengarry (1901) – sold more than five million copies. He would go on to write more than 20 other novels as well as several works of non-fiction. But of all his written works, none is better known or more beloved than The Man from Glengarry. It was this book that preserved in print a way of life that had all but disappeared by the dawn of the 20th century. With its humor, its close attention to detail and its vivid descriptions, The Man from Glengarry brought readers into the world of the Scots and their descendants who cleared the bush and first settled this small but colorful corner of the globe. (Click here to order!)
One of North America's most accomplished hypnotherapists reveals how to use modern hypnotic techniques to improve physical and mental health! (Click here to order!)
This Land is Our Land
by Baxendale/Galbraith/MacLaine
One of the world's most celebrated architects presents his study of life and architecture in the city that is holy to Christians, Jews and Muslims alike! (Click here to order!)
The moving first-hand account of a Canadian miner and his struggle to cope with MS. (Recommended by The Multiple Sclerosis Society.) (Click here to order!)
by Cindy Quesnel
It is Christmas Eve!…and Santa’s tiniest elf is nowhere to be found. Where could he be? And what is Tiny up to? This heart-warming Christmas tale is easy enough for young readers to read all on their own. It’s also the perfect book for the entire family to curl up with in front of the Yuletide fire! Lovingly written by Cindy Quesnel and illustrated by Jeffrey D. Fontaine, Santa’s Littlest Helper is a Christmas classic that will be passed on from generation to generation.
by Bryanne Champagne
Poems that tell of the hopes, dreams, loves and fears of a beautiful, young woman who died too soon. Bryanne's poetry was discovered only after her sudden death from heart failure at the age of 17. The spirit of this remarkable young woman lives on in her verse.
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