"Stone Barrington takes down old and new enemies in the latest thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods. After a rocky jaunt in Maine, Stone Barrington is settling back in New York City when an old client reaches out for help with a delicate matter. A feud they thought was put to rest long ago has reemerged with a vengeance, and reputations--and money--are now on the line. As Stone sets out to unravel a tangled web of crime and secrets, his...

Biggsy is an idealistic 50-year-old English teacher in a West London boys' secondary school. A maverick head of department who battled against the educational establishment for twenty-five years, he's beginning to crack. His departmental colleagues love him, but he suspects that the school's management team is out to get rid of him. His wife, Myra, a medical secretary, is his mainstay. She patiently endures his total commitment to his calling without...

Cholly Atkins's career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. He began performing during Prohibition and continued his apprenticeship in vaudeville, in nightclubs, and in the army during World War II. With his partner, Honi Coles, Cholly toured the country, performing with such jazz masters as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie. As tap reached a nadir in the fifties, Cholly created the new specialization of "vocal choreography,"...

Class Acts examines two often-neglected aspects of Jacques Derrida's work as a philosopher, his public presentations at lectures and conferences and his teaching, along with the question of the "speech act" that links them. What, Michael Naas asks, is one doing when one speaks in public in these ways? The book follows Derrida's itinerary with regard to speech act theory across three public lectures, from 1971 to 1997, all given, for reasons the book...

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In this inspiring history of a union, labour historian Andy Hanson delves deep into the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and how it evolved from two deeply divided unions to one of the province's most united and powerful voices for educators. Today's teacher is under constant pressure to raise students' test scores, while the rise of neoliberalism in Canada has systematically stripped our education system of funding and support. But,...

When Lois Jenson, a single mother on welfare, accepted a job at the local iron mine in 1975, she hadn't considered that she would be entering a male-dominated society that would fiercely resist the inclusion of women. This prejudice was born out in the relentless, brutal harassment of every female miner, until Lois, devastated by the abuse, found the courage to sue the company. This is the thrilling true story of how one woman pioneered and won the...

Jane is shy and new in school. Barbie feels concern and suggests a science fair project that will involve the whole 5th grade class.

Aristocratic Kate Swift has always lived the champagne lifestyle, until her unsavory husband disappears, leaving her in trouble and in debt. She forms an unlikely alliance with a young burglar and a cowardly wreck of a journalist. Wit, instinct, theft, and sex are the dubious tools as they try to stay out of jail, and the poorhouse.