Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted a legendary daily radio show in Chicago, presenting listeners with his inimitable take on an eclectic range of music, from c
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Author:Terkel, Studs
Summary:Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, MusicAvailable Formats:
Author:Lebo, Lauri
Summary:Local newspaper reporter Lauri Lebo was handed the story of a lifetime when the Dover (Pennsylvania) School Board adopted a measure to require its ninth-grade biology students to learn about intell
Genre: Social scienceAvailable Formats:
Author:Mauer, Marc
Summary:In this revised edition of his seminal book on race, class, and the criminal justice system, Marc Mauer, executive director of one of the United States' leading criminal justice reform organiz
Genre: Law materials, Social scienceAvailable Formats:
Author:Rose, David
Summary:Over eight bloody months in the mid-1970s, a serial rapist and murderer terrorized Columbus, Georgia, killing seven affluent, elderly white women by strangling them in their beds.
Genre: True crime storiesAvailable Formats:
Author:Montrose, David
Summary:By the author of The Crime on Cotes des Neiges, this is the second title in the Véhicule Press Ricochet series of hard-boiled detective novels set in Montreal.
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Author:Garner, Hugh
,Harris, Amy Lavender
Summary:This story with its shocking expose of social evils, holds a forceful message for both sexes.
Genre: General fiction, Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Montrose, David
Summary:Véhicule Press launches its Ricochet Series of vintage mysteries with The Crime on Cotes des Neiges—a hardboiled detective novel set in Montreal originally published in 1951.
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Author:Palmer, Al
Summary:One of the earliest Canadian noir novels, Sugar-Puss on Dorchester Street tells the story of Gisele Lepine, beautiful farmer’s daughter who leaves her sleepy faming community for the neon lights of
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction), Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Haugland, Bill
Summary:In 1969, a call for revolution and an explosion at the home of Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau draws Ty Davis, a young television reporter, into the realm of underworld chaos and violence.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction), Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Kindellan-Sheehan, Sheila
Summary:Literary agent Madison Holmes is brutally attacked in her condo and left for dead, days after she sent rejection letters to four would-be authors.
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Author:Marston, Missy
Summary:The Love Monster is the tall tale of one woman’s struggle with mid-life issues. The main character, Margaret H. Atwood, has psoriasis, a boring job and a bad attitude.
Genre: Humorous fiction, Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Kuby, Lolette
Summary:Wanted: One man of average height, well-muscled but not ironclad, neither overly or underly handsome, with more body hair than a baby's behind but less than a gorilla, hefty penis, charge not too e
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Author:Cooke, Ronald
,Busby, Brian
Summary:A novel about Montreal during the not-so-halcyon era of a couple of decades ago when gangs and girls made rum-running and slot machines big business.from the 1950 editionRonald J.
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Author:Morissette, Guillaume
Summary:Set in Montreal, New Tab spans a year in the life of a twenty-six year old videogame designer as he attempts to reset his life, in the process chronicling with humor disillusion, boredom, self-dest
Genre: General fiction, Canadian fictionAvailable Formats:
Author:Haugland, Bill
Summary:A Ty Davis Mystery. A bloody battle between rival motorcycle gangs leads television reporter Ty Davis into yet another dangerous encounter with a big-city’s underworld.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction), Canadian fictionAvailable Formats: