Lorimer imprint: 307 books
by Beatrice Vandervelde
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Fast-paced sports action novels that get kids reading.
Tori is staying with family near Toronto while her parents deal with troubles back home. To keep a sense of normalcy, this talented hockey player joins the Rangers -- the worst team in the league. The only girl on her team, Tori, befriends...
The Canadian Fuhrer
The Life of Adrien Arcand
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The Canadian Fuhrer is the story the emergence of prominent fascist leader Adrien Arcand and a dark chapter in Canada's past.
During the 1930s, when the misery of hunger, unemployment and the threat of war shadowed life for many, Canadians were drawn to a wide range of new political ideas....
Hey Malarek!
The True Story of a Street Kid Who Made It
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Victor Malarek is known to most Canadians as a tough investigative journalist who is willing to delve into stories revealing the worst side of human nature. His previous books investigate the clients of prostitutes, and the women who break the hearts of Canadians whom they marry only to gain citizenship.
In...
Gay Marriage
The Story of a Canadian Social Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
A history of the fight for same-sex marriage in Canada.
Few issues have dominated recent Canadian politics like the legalization of same-sex marriage.
As a political correspondent for The Canadian Press, Sylvain Larocque had a front-row seat for this battle in the fight for gay rights in Canada....
Ontario Murders
Mysteries, Scandals, and Dangerous Criminals
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
"From an early age, lying came easily to her. Everything she did was a performance, a role she played to create an illusion." - From the story of Evelyn Dick. Six chilling stories of notorious Ontario murders are recounted in this spine-tingling collection. From the pretty but dangerous...
by Camilla Reghelini Rivers
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
David dreams of soccer glory, and is willing to suffer hours of monotonous practice drills to achieve it. His asthma might slow him down a little, but he works every day to be a better player.
The coach of his Winnipeg team has a different formula for success: play the best players, and let...
Power Trap
How fear and loathing between New Democrats and Liberals keep Stephen Harper in power--and what can be done about it
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
In 2011 the Harper Conservatives won a majority government with a minority of votes. If the opposition parties were willing to work together, they would have an excellent chance of defeating the Conservatives in the next election. Yet a merger doesn't seem to be in the cards any time soon.
In...
The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
In The Canadian Labour Movement, historian Craig Heron tells the story of Canada's workers from the mid-nineteenth century through to today, painting a vivid picture of key developments such as the birth of craft unionism, the breakthroughs of the fifties and sixties, and the setbacks of the early...
Oil's Deep State
How the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming - in Alberta, and in Ottawa
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Why have democratic governments failed to take serious steps to reduce carbon emissions despite dire warnings and compelling evidence of the profound and growing threat posed by global warming?
Most of the writing on global warming is by scientists, academics, environmentalists, and journalists....
Honest Politics Now
What ethical conduct means in Canadian public life
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
There have been enormous changes in Canadian public life in the past two decades. More and more, politicians and officials are expected to act honestly and in the public interest. Yet, for many, honest politics is still an oxymoron.
Using high-profile political scandals as case studies, this...
The Golden Age of Liberalism
A Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
This book explores the life and times of Roméo LeBlanc, one of Canada's most popular and successful politicians and statesmen. Probably best known as the long-standing fisheries minister in Pierre Trudeau's cabinet from 1974 to 1982, LeBlanc's career spanned the golden era of Liberalism in Canada....
by Alvin Finkel, Clement Leibovitz
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Was Neville Chamberlain merely naïve, a man of peace who was blind to Hitler's warlike intentions in the late 1930s? Or did he, with the backing of much of Britain's ruling elite, positively prefer Nazism to the threat of Communism in a politically charged era?
Alvin Finkel and Clement Leibovitz...
Our Lives: Canada after 1945
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
This book offers a short, comprehensive history of post-war Canada. All the major events and developments in Canadian history are discussed: the evolution of the welfare state; the growth of economic domination by the United States; the halcyon days as a Middle Power; the Quiet Revolution; the First...
Debts to Pay
English Canada and Quebec from the Conquest to the Referendum
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Since the resignation of Lucien Bouchard and Jean Charest's resounding win in the recent provincial election, many in English Canada have come to believe that Quebec separatism has finally been defeated. But polls show that sovereignty is still strongly supported by many Quebeckers, and by young people...