Lorimer imprint: 307 books
Honest Politics
Seeking Integrity in Canadian Political Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Honest Politics provides a framework for distinguishing right from wrong in politics and supplies some ideas for ensuring that ethical decision-making can be enforced.
Greene and Shugarman look at the ethical issues raised by conflicts of interest, patronage, party financing, and lobbyists....
by Lori Weber
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
After her mother suddenly leaves her family for good, Sandra is left behind with her alcoholic father -- and a lot of anger. At first, Sandra is more concerned with getting a job and getting on with her life, but then the people around her start pushing Sandra to at least try to find her missing mother....
Cultural Industries.ca
Making Sense of Canadian Media in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Canada's creative industries encompass book, periodical, and newspaper publishing; radio and television broadcasting; the music industry; video game production; filmmaking and video production; telecommunications; and the new media. These industries represent a major sector in the Canadian economy...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
This book offers a critical assessment of the experiences of African Canadian students, exploring strategies that will serve to enhance their academic success.
Writing from their respective locations as students, parents, teachers, counsellors, professors and researchers, the contributors to...
Doctors in Denial
Why Big Pharma and the Canadian medical profession are too close for comfort
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Doctors in Denial examines the relationship between the Canadian medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry, and explains how doctors have become dependents of the drug companies instead of champions of patients' health. Big Pharma plays a role in every aspect of doctors' work. These giant,...
Knockout
How "Little Giant" Tommy Burns Became the World Heavyweight Champion
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Noah Brusso was small in size, but feisty. After winning a bare-knuckle boxing tournament at age ten, he found his way out of poverty. Noah changed his name to Tommy Burns, a tough Irish fighting name, and boxed his way to the top. In 1906, he won both the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship and...
Real Justice: Young, Innocent and In Prison
The story of Robert Baltovich
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
At twenty-five, Rob Baltovich lost the love of his life, Elizabeth Bain. That was bad enough. Then he was arrested, jailed, sent to trial for murder, convicted, and sent to prison -- for life.
Throughout his years in prison, Rob maintained that he was innocent, refusing to admit to a crime...
Heat
A Firefighter's Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
The human story behind Canada's worst chemical fire
"Why you leaving Stelco?" the friend asked the rookie firefighter.
"'Cause it's hot and dirty and I don't like shifts."
Enter the world of Hamilton's firefighters. Theirs is a smouldering, combustible workplace, and in the effort...
Star Power
The Legend and Lore of Cyclone Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Nicknamed "Cyclone" for his breathtaking speed, Fred Taylor was hockey's first superstar. Though known for his squeaky clean game, Taylor was often caught up in the politics and turmoil of hockey's early professional years. Star Power is the story of one of Canada's greatest athletes and a game in transition.
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by Beverly Scudamore
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Mel's best friend Dustin is her dream guy, but she lost her chance with him last year and now he's seeing someone else. Enter Colter, the handsome new guy in school who is definitely interested in her. It's just the thing Mel needs to get her mind off Dustin. Before Mel realizes it, she's spending...
Summit Series '72
Eight games that put Canada on top of world hockey
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
It wasn't until Canadian teams started losing in international tournaments in the mid 1950s that an epic hockey rivalry between Canada and the Soviet Union began. Canadians believed hockey was "their game." So Canadians were in for a rude awakening when they lost Game One of the 1972 Summit...
by Steven Barwin
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Hockey is all Tyler ever wanted to do. But when he finally makes the Select team, things aren't how he imagined it. Tyler divides his time between playing for fun in house league and playing high-stakes hockey in Select. But trying to succeed at both is wearing him down: the house league team accuses...
by Steven Sandor
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Hockey rules in Branko Stimac's new hometown, where its star players get the royal treatment. Any other sport -- like soccer, where Branko excels -- is considered second-rate. This means the sacrifices Branko's Croatian immigrant father made so he can play in Canada go unnoticed, as does Branko's...
Long Shot
How the Winnipeg Falcons won the first Olympic hockey gold
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
The sons of Icelandic immigrants and friends since boyhood, the Winnipeg Falcons were a superbly talented team of just eight players who brought home Canada's first Olympic gold medal in hockey in 1920. But before they became world champions, the Falcons endured years of prejudice on and off the ice.
Author...