James Lorimer Company Ltd Publishers: 361 books
Early Intervention
How Canada's social programs can work better, save lives, and often save money
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Governments and social agencies tackle the toughest social problems their citizens face -- poverty, homelessness, mental and physical illness, violence, abuse, and more. Yet these problems persist in Canada -- in many cases, they are worsening -- and the costs of the social safety net continue to...
Love, Hope, Optimism
An informal portrait of Jack Layton by those who knew him
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
An Ottawa Citizen Notable Book for 2012
When Jack Layton died unexpectedly in the summer of 2011, millions of people mourned the loss of a man who had emerged as a much-loved political leader. They saw him as someone who combined values they shared with a personal style they admired.
In...
Canada Since 1960: A People's History
A Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
When Winnipeg's Cy Gonick started the magazine Canadian Dimension in 1963 to provide a home for the thinking and analysis of mostly young leftists engaged in Canadian economic, social, cultural, artistic and political issues, he had no grand plan. But Canadian Dimension was welcomed by intellectuals,...
by David Skuy
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Cody and the Lions are playing great soccer, even if their team has only eleven players. But the arrival of an international company to build a factory on a nearby lake splits the team in two: Cody and his teammates who are worried the factory will pollute the lake vs. the players whose families will...
by David Starr
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Fourteen-year-old Madeline Snow is the star goalie and captain of her girls rep hockey team in Burnaby, British Columbia. So when her RCMP sergeant father moves the family to his new posting in Fort St. James, a remote town in northern BC, she feels like she is losing a lot.
In her new town...
Voyage of the Iceberg
The Story of the Iceberg that Sank the Titanic
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
This is the story of the most famous iceberg of all time--the iceberg that has gripped the imagination of the world, that humbled human technology and dramatized the wonders and dangers of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Author Richard Brown uses the iceberg's story to present the natural history...
The Secret Power of Juries
What jurors in Canada aren't being told about their rights -- and what we can do about it
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Canadians know that the jurors at a trial decide the defendant's guilt or innocence according to the law of the land. What they don't know is how far that right actually goes, and what the real power of juries is.
Sometimes people -- even jurors -- wonder if a law or a judgment in a particular...
by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Aboriginal snowboarder Jax has it made. He's in his last year at Podium Sports Academy and he's got a sponsorship from a big snowboarding company in the bag. But then his older brother, always the troublemaker in the family, shows up in Calgary unexpectedly. Suddenly Jax's sponsorship is threatened...
by Brigitte Alepin
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Bill Gates and other wealthy individuals around the world do pay taxes--but usually at rates far below what most taxpayers pay. As Warren Buffet says, his secretary pays a higher tax rate than he does on his multi-million dollar income. And most big corporations have mastered the art of paying next...
by Tony Correia
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
At seventeen, Adam has suspected for a while that he might be gay. His sketchbook has become full of images of good-looking men, and he isn't attracted to any of the girls he knows. When he reveals his feelings to his devout parents, they send him to a Christian camp, warning him that there will be...
by Laura Peetoom
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Alex gets a paper route, dreaming of the money he will make and how he will spend it. But it's more work than he bargained for. Not only does he have to figure out how much money he gets to keep, but he also has to face dangers like the savage Yapper Snapper and the dreaded Four-Headed Gargantuan.
Illustrated...
by Peter McPhee
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Edgy and suspenseful young adult fiction that explores topics teens want to read about.
It begins with a chance encounter: teenage Emily and her friends come to the aid of a stranger who is being bullied by a gang. Emily forgets about the incident, but the young man she helped becomes fixated...
Choice of Colours
The pioneering African-American quarterbacks who changed the face of football
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Until a mere generation ago, black football players were largely unproven as quarterbacks since they were excluded from a position that demanded strategic thinking instead of brute force. So, talented players headed north, rising to stardom in Canada. John Danakas profiles the pioneering athletes who donned new team colours and changed their sport.
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Jordin Tootoo
The highs and lows in the journey of the first Inuk to play in the NHL
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Hockey is a relatively new sport in Canada's North. It wasn't until 2003 that Jordin Kudluk "Thunder" Tootoo became the first Inuk to play in an NHL game. Although hockey is a rough sport to begin with, Jordin Tootoo is known for having to "fight his way through." Jordin has had...