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Highly charged and profoundly important, Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul is a new masterpiece from one of Canada’s greatest writers. On a bright morning in June 1985, a young Micmac man starts his first day of work—but by noon he is dead, killed mysteriously in the fourth hold of the cargo ship Lutheran. Hector Penniac had been planning to go to university, perhaps to study medicine. Roger Savage, a loner who has had to make his own way since his youth, comes under suspicion of killing Hector over a union card and a morning’s work.

The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the Indian and save the man."

Moving backwards from the murders they committed through their adult lives, relationship histories, and childhoods, the author sought to understand what motivates the men to kill. The patterns he found reveal that the murders were neither impulsive crimes of passion nor were they indiscriminate. Why Do They Kill? is the first audiobook to profile different types of wife killers and to examine the courtship patterns of abusive men. The author shows that wife murders are not, for the most part, "crimes of passion".

A new adventure begins for Elliot and Uchenna when Professor Fauna bursts into their classroom with a frightening report from the Texas-Mexico border: Something has completely drained the blood from a cow’s body! The team must fly to Laredo, where tempers are running high. Teaming up with local kids Lupita and Mateo - plus their brilliant mother, Dr. Alejandra Cervantes, and her curandero husband, Israel - can the Unicorn Rescue Society save the region’s animals and help bring a divided community together once more? And what is that spiny, bloodsucking, adorable little creature?

Human rights capture what people need to live minimally decent lives. Recognized dimensions of this minimum include physical security, due process, political participation, and freedom of movement, speech, and belief, as well as subsistence, shelter, health, education, culture, and community. Far less attention has been paid to the interpersonal, social dimensions of a minimally decent life. This collection of essays aims to remedy the neglect of social needs and rights in human rights theory and practice by exploring the social dimensions of the human-rights minimum.

Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh - these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom.

Writing with the same mastery that has won him praise for his fiction, Richards takes us - even those unfamiliar with days spent in chilly waters - on an unforgettable journey to the famed Miramichi River. Casting new light on the mysterious and elegant world of fly fishing, it teems with lore and wisdom, humor, and most of all, passion.

Nine brand-new tales of pulp heroes vs. monsters! The Green Lama, Richard Knight, Captain Future, Green Ghost, Moon Man, and more battle demons and monstrosities from out of this world!

In the chilling town of Wealdstone, where darkness seeps into every corner, evil takes on a far more insidious form than the supernatural. Unveiling a twisted narrative that explores the depths of human depravity, "The Game" delves into the unsettling mind of a twisted serial killer. Armand Jellico, a man consumed by an insatiable bloodlust from a young age, has devised a malevolent game like no other.

When an unknown vessel destroys Earth without warning, only one human woman survives. The vessel is feared to belong to a people known only as 'The Decimators' who are rumored to destroy all those they deem to be lesser species, before retreating to their own space on the edge of the galaxy. However, 200 years later when the woman is unfrozen, she sets out to uncover the truth about The Decimators, her rescuers, and pursue a technology called the 'Resurrection Chamber,' which she believes can bring back humanity.

The town of Crossroads. 1886.Reginald T. Fox is the town's resident gravedigger. He's their only gravedigger. But when he gets into an altercation with the Sheriff, he decides to head for the grander location of San Francisco. Reginald is given a job on the cemetery maintenance team which is a big city phrase for gravedigger, by the person in charge of such things - Samuel Seacroft. He is even given his own room in a building designated for city workers.

Jasmine is coming… When a powerful entity breaks free from the Realm of Screams, she has only one target in mind… her daughter. Banished by Ariella years earlier, her mother is now out for revenge and she is willing to take down the entire town of Wealdstone to do it. Energy surrounding Jasmine’s arrival has stirred up more and more cases of supernatural possession, out of character behaviour for vampire clans and violent acts of atrocity.

The third and final instalment of Little Nightmares delves into three tales of terror unique to the holidays.

Inspiring interviews with creative people who have rebelled against the 9-5 (..And advice on how you can too) Hosted by David Speed and Adam Brazier, co-founders of Graffiti Life and Parlour Tattoo. Instagram: @rebelscreate

How would you feel if you invested years of your life: your time, energy, money, blood, sweat, and tears...only to give up and toss it away? If you continuously transfer your attention from one thing to another and dabble in several pursuits, you will fail and give up on your ambitions when things become tough. Isn't it life-changing to be able to finally focus on your most essential goals, work on them attentively on a daily basis, and see them through? You can break free from the vicious cycle. Everyone aspires to live their ideal life, but only a few actually do it.

David Kohn, author of the new book Best and Worst of the Olympics, talks to Adam Batstone about some of the highs and lows of Olympic history.

Take a seat in the darkest corner of the library and devour these short haunting tales. Welcome to the Dark Corner Universe. Here, there are tales of ghosts, serial killers, demons, wraiths, pirates and more. There is also a twist or two for the keenest listener amongst you.

The dirt shifted beneath the heavy footsteps sending clouds of dust up into the night sky, shimmering in the light of the full moon. A shot rang out and echoed across the valley, bats bursting from the trees circling wildly unsure of which direction to go. Several other sets of footfalls now joined that of the first man, increasing in speed.

Exchanging Western values for far-off Thailand, Gunnar Ray plans to teach in the countryside and absorb the country's ancient wisdom. When monsoon rains flood the lands above his adopted village, catastrophe strikes. Gunnar's innocence is swept downstream along with hundreds of Thai lives. Spiritually adrift, he washes up in the offices of the Bangkok Times, a crusading reporter hell bent on derailing corrupt officials at war with the Thai environment. He is not alone.

Jasmine is coming… When a powerful entity breaks free from the Realm of Screams, she has only one target in mind… her daughter. Banished by Ariella years earlier, her mother is now out for revenge and she is willing to take down the entire town of Wealdstone to do it. Energy surrounding Jasmine’s arrival has stirred up more and more cases of supernatural possession, out of character behaviour for vampire clans and violent acts of atrocity.