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A compilation of 12 cover stories first presented in the pages of the "Vancouver Courier".

Here you will encounter gamblers, adventurers, conmen, and liars. Scalawags, the lot of them. But not all adventurers, conmen, and gamblers are scalawags.

Gabor Mate, a doctor who himself has Attention Deficit Disorder, offers a completely new perspective on ADD, as well as hope and advice for those living with the challenges ADD presents.

The story of a young six-year-old boy, Quy, separated from his family as they are fleeing Vietnam to begin a new life in Canada. Twenty years later his mother still lives in hope of finding him.

Lynn V. Andrews takes the reader with her as she goes on inward journeys with the help of the Sisterhood of the Shields, and relates the stories of others.

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.