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Trust Me: Frauds, Schemes, and Scams and How to Avoid Them
Coming June 2010 from Dundurn Press!
Con men, swindlers, snake oil salesmen, carpetbaggers and plain everyday liars and cheats. These names, and the people behind the names, have been around for hundreds of years; although their methods and tricks have developed with the passage of time.
Trust Me – Frauds, Schemes and Scams and How to Avoid Them has been written by Detective Gordon G. Leek to educate readers from all walks of life of the various frauds and schemes that are perpetrated on a daily basis, across Canada and the United States.
Detective Gordon Leek was a member of the Calgary Police Service Commercial Crime Unit/ Fraud Detail. As a fraud investigator and a police officer, with over twenty-five years of experience, he investigated thousands of fraud cases; from the very complex to the basic, resulting in numerous convictions. Now, in this comprehensive volume of stories, tips, and essential information, he's out to protect you and your family from becoming fraud's next victims.
2010-04-05
While You Quit
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Release Date: Available Now!
Smoking doesn't have to leave you at a dead end. This unique book provides insight, whether you are a current or past smoker, on how to reduce your risk for heart attack and stroke before it's too late. Rather than asking you to quit smoking, Dr. Fenske instead asks you to make changes in your life while you quit, by focusing on how the cardiovascular system is susceptible to disease, and how its healthy function can be optimized independent of smoking.
Humorous and informative, While You Quit asks you to take a series of small, intentional steps toward vascular health. Armed with a state-of-the-art perspective on vascular biology, you follow Peter, an overweight, cigarette-addicted patient, as he takes these small strides. You will see clearly how each improvement directly impacts his vital statistics - just as they will for you, even if quitting isn't on your road map yet.
Author
Dr. Theodore Fenske is an associate clinical professor in the division of cardiology at the University of Alberta Medical School and a cardiologist on the frontlines of medicine in a busy downtown Edmonton tertiary care health centre. He lives in Edmonton.
2009-03-23
Against Destiny by Alexander Dolinin
Publisher: Kunati, Inc.
www.kunati.com
Release Date: Spring 2009
Available Now!
Against Destiny is the first fictional account of an escape from the Soviet Gulag. Four Soviet soldiers, imprisoned in a notorious Kolyma labor camp in the far northeast of Russia on trumped up charges of treason, face certain death from malnutrition, disease or exhaustion. With the help of a native Siberian prisoner, they make their escape in winter and
set out through the vast forests of the subarctic region. Traveling by reindeer-drawn sled and on foot, the five men trek hundreds
of miles, escape ambushes and pursuing Red Army soldiers and finally reach the Bering Strait eighteen months later. The escapees form a band of men unlike anything in fiction: a noble minded, highly decorated young man, his irascible and violent friend, a shy and sensitive Jew, a simple, pious peasant—and the wonderfully capable Chukchi man who leads them through blizzards and mountain passes with the greatest of confidence.
How far will men go to be free? As far as they have to.
2008-11-21
Flight of the Wild Geese by T.D. Thompson
Publisher: Pemmican Publications
www.pemmican.mb.ca
Release Date: Spring/Summer 2009
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All my friends call me Dave and teachers call me David, but up until I was three my mother called me Davey. That was a long time ago. I’m nearly sixteen now, practically grown up, but once in a while if I’m really down about something I think I can actually remember her. I can almost feel her. She’s tall and warm and she talks quietly about stuff I can never make out. Dad hasn’t mentioned her name in years.
Dave’s dad was never one for small talk, but when a sudden tragedy struck at the foundation of their two-man family, his brooding silence became almost more than Dave could survive. Leaving all they owned and striking off into the foothills in search of a simpler life was supposed to bring new hope to both of them. What Dave didn’t count on was the nosy intervention of their friends and neighbours, the serious distraction of the mysterious Lisa and the adventures that would help him learn who he really is.
The debut novel from Edmonton author T.D. Thompson is a tough but tender story told by a sixteen-year-old narrator whose hopes, fears and confusion will resonate with young adult readers. As Dave encounters challenges, from hair-raising adventures in Alberta wild country to the equally perilous path of first love, he discovers his inner steel while learning to reconcile his white and Aboriginal bloodlines.
2009-06-22
Hoodoo Sea
Hoodoo Sea by Rolf Hitzer
Available Now!
Publisher: Bluewater Press, LLC.
www.bluewaterpress.com
What does purgatory look like? Where do we find it? And, once found, what will each of us have to face? These are the central questions asked by author, Rolf Hitzer, in his first novel, Hoodoo Sea.
While on a test flight for NASA the four member crew of the SOLT-X1 find themselves drifting without power over the Bermuda Triangle, otherwise known as the Hoodoo Sea.
Hoodoo Sea is a fast-paced adventure that combines the attributes of a great science fiction novel with the fundamental questions of faith and the afterlife.
2008-08-22
A Stone in My Pocket
Released in 2006: A Stone in My Pocket by Matthew Manera
Literary Fiction
Published by Thistledown Press
This beautifully crafted literary work is a story told by a writer, Matthew Manera, who has managed to bring his background as a poet to the novel form. This historical, literary fiction is well deserving of a publishing contract of this caliber and we here at Johanna Bates Literary Consultants are excited to see the rest of Mr. Manera’s books reach the same level of success. A Stone in My Pocket is available on book shelves across the country now.
2006-06-04
The Night Fire by Lori Lukasewich
Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Available Now!
With the sun setting on the quiet neighbourhood and the lights aglow in the old fire hall, it's hard to imagine the noise and activity that wait just one alarm bell away. When that bell sounds, everyone leaps into action. There is a night fire blazing and people must be saved! Now even the smallest firefighter can jump aboard the clanging fire engine and race to the rescue. Simple, rhythmic text gives ample opportunity for chiming in during bedtime readings.
2001-03-01
Victory at Paradise Hill by William Roy Brownridge
Published by Orca Book Publishers
(www.orcabook.com)
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When two hockey-loving brothers can no longer play, they find ways to help each other move on.
Danny, star of William Brownridge's two bestsellers The Moccasin Goalie and The Final Game, is back with his friends Anita and Petou, his dog Bingo, and his brother Bob, who plays for the Maple Leafs. Danny and Anita have been turned out of the league and Bob has come home under mysterious circumstances. On the way back from a local tournament, Bob reveals his secret, and Danny must put aside his own troubles to seek a way to help his brother.
Author and illustrator William Roy Brownridge is a native of Saskatchewan. Like the hero of his Moccasin Goalie titles, Bill lived for hockey and played goal despite being unable to wear skates. In Victory at Paradise Hill, he once again demonstrates the unique artistic style, the flair for storytelling and the feel for prairie life that made the first two volumes perennial favorites. After a successful career as a graphic designer, Bill now devotes himself full time to painting.
2002-10-01