Kirjahaku

Meet Lennie Brandack, a true loser. A textbook sociopath, he suffers through a dead-end postal job, but never loses sight of his dreams of fame and fortune. Amoral and dangerously clever, he violates the trust he accepted a decade ago when getting this first paying job. And while he never gives up on his quest to be a published author, he eventually comes to terms with the realization that he won't make it on his own merits, so devises a scheme to steal the works of others.Enter Jack Nickels, who is throwing away an enormous talent, and seems destined to die in the exile he's created. A widower, he enjoyed a brilliant career in journalism, writing prodigiously right up until his wife's death. As a catharsis, he writes about that, then loses himself to his weakness for alcohol. Trying to numb himself from his pain, and speed his own end, he is well on the way to succeeding - that is until his path crosses with Lennie. Unable to escape from the suffocating presence of his work now claimed by another, he crawls out of the stupor to wreak the revenge needed to quiet his rage.The Author explores the consequences of blind ambition driven by what is rationalized by Lennie as a small crime. It delves into the subsequent retaliation of a man pulling back from the brink. It tells how quickly anything can get so out of control that the trail of deceit takes on a life of its own. A government employee, entrusted to serve, steals what he needs to weave the kind of life he wants for himself, but cannot achieve. A gifted former journalist, swimming in the bottom of a bottle of escape, falls victim, and the house-of-cards comes tumbling down, as he seeks to crawl out of his misery and extract justice.It's a story that pulls innocent lives into the vortex of violence, and turns quiet people into murderous avengers. No one goes untouched in this suspenseful thriller that begins with the simplest premise, and ends with a shocking twist.

An entire North American culture doesn't just come apart at the seams. Not in these modern times it doesn't. . .. . .but that is exactly what happens when politicians cease to care, when corporate greed takes over, when responsible stewardship is absent.For half a millennium, the wealth of the sea supported the people of Newfoundland. It's a resource seemingly without end. No single catastrophic incident, natural or man-made, could possibly undo what nature has built since the beginning of time. But the small, reckless acts of individuals can. And in the aftermath, they change forever lives, families, and even the culture itself.The Price of Men's Lives tracks the lives of two fishermen, their families and community as they wage their battle against devastating occurrences. It reflects on their past and doomed hopes for a future. The drama of the north seas lends to suspense as it places our fragile earth, and even more fragile societies, in a unique perspective.

As recently as the 1960s, a North American society was faced with just this challenge when a government, more concerned with economy and efficiency, forced the resettlement of centuries-old communities on outlying islands of Newfoundland. Then, a scant three-decades later, that same government shut down the resettled people's only industry: cod fishing.A prodigal son, Paddy Quinn, returns to his native Placentia Bay region, having lived on the mainland most of his adult life. Now an older man, he seeks to resurrect his past life, and love, and becomes deeply involved in a move to strike out to capture the lost culture of one of the now deserted outlying islands. Sharing the story's lead is Jim Clarey, a disenfranchised fisherman on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. Jim, the surviving and weaker brother in what had been a powerful fishing partnership, now gains the strength to lead a loosely knit band of hopefuls toward a new life on Red Island. He's motivated to act by the failing health and likely demise of a friend, whose wife is Paddy's childhood sweetheart.The fleet of small fishing boats sets out on this unlikely enterprise, manned by a diverse group of the town's population, each with an unresolved history and individually compelling goal. Thwarted by initially unsympathetic bureaucrats, together they discover their lost lives, their individual weaknesses and fears, and become the society that was lost forty years before.Home to Red Island is a fictional account of the resettlement program and fishing moratorium that has wiped out a way of life and nearly decimated an entire culture.

A true-life and detailed account of Donna West and her struggle with cancer. A memoir of hope and understanding, a loving testimony, and a intimate reflection on patient care.

The Native American had, for eons, relied on their precious buffalo resource for food, clothing, and shelter. Closely guarding and carefully harvesting the herds to ensure they would thrive into the future; until the white man came.First Nations People in Canada, the Inuit, have been hunting seals for at least 4,000 years. The meat is an important source of fat, protein, vitamin A, vitamin B12 and iron, and the pelts are prized for their warmth. The Inuit diet is rich in fish, whale, and seal. The seal is not just a source of cash through fur sales, but the keystone of their culture.They've carefully guarded and harvested their seal resource; until the white man came.