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September 2020Ross Mackay, The Saga of a Brilliant Criminal Lawyer
And His Big Losses and Bigger Wins in Court and in Life
by Jack Batten
For people who love Perry Mason courtroom dramas and the criminal subculture of Better Call Saul, this book, Ross Mackay, The Saga of a Brilliant Criminal Lawyer is great fit. Two murder trials were held in Toronto in the spring of 1962, only nineteen days apart. The accused man in each trial, one a pimp accused of stabbing a fellow pimp to death, the other a thief who killed a policeman in a shootout, were the last two men to be hanged in Canada. Toronto criminal lawyer Ross Mackay was the counsel for the accused in both trials, a mere thirty years old when he lost them both to the gallows. But the trials were far from the last times that Mackay defended accused murderers in the most horrendous circumstances. Author Jack Batten tells the story of Mackay’s dedication to the maxim that every man is entitled to a defence — a story of Mackay’s courage and the harsh penalties he paid for the daring and controversial choices he made in life and in the courtroom.
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October 2020Go Ahead and Shoot Me!
And other True Cases About Ordinary Criminals
by Doug Heckbert
Go Ahead and Shoot Me is a collection of stories written by former probation officer Doug Heckbert about real people who have been convicted of real crimes and who have been on probation, on parole, or in prison. The title story is of a woman who shot her husband upon his insistence and who, like many other subjects in the book, have come to see their offences as being “pretty stupid.” Some stories might be described as ordinary crimes and some are stunningly extraordinary, but all stories show the human side of criminals that Heckbert worked with and came to know, not just the nature of the crimes they committed. By getting inside glimpses of offender’s backstories, motivations, and personalities, Go Ahead and Shoot Me shows there is much more to an offender than their criminal behavior. Says Heckbert, “I have always been guided by the mantra, “The criminal is not the crime.”
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January 2021Chasia's Enchantment
Guided Meditation and Spoken Word Inspirations
by Hilda Chasia Smith
Drawing upon wisdom and teachings of the Torah, Pranayama yoga, and her own virtuosity for living a peaceful life, Hilda Chasia Smith's guided meditations and inspirational words take us on journeys of calmness and joy. From Pranayama come essences of breath, mindfulness, and inner peace. From teachings of the Torah and Kabbala come kindness, compassion, humility, and self-respect. These motifs work together with love to immerse us into the enchanted world of Hilda Chasia Smith. Follow links to a guided meditation at https://durvile.com/books/Chasias_Enchantment.html
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2019Lillian & Kokomis
The Spirit of Dance
by Edited by Spirit of Nature Illustrated by Dave Nicholson
Lillian is a girl of mixed Indigenous and white ancestry who is in the process of being shuffled to her seventh foster home. At school, she doesn’t fit in with the white kids, and she doesn’t fit in with the Indigenous kids either. Lillian is a complex and not-always-lovable heroine. She eventually finds a sense of peace and belonging from a surprising spirit—Indigenous legends and pow wow dancing that returns her to traditional ways.To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/2K5ggNl
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2019Florence Kinrade
Lizzie Borden of the North
by Frank Jones
This is a thrilling 1909 true crime story! Florence Kinrade, dutiful daughter of a wealthy, upper-crust Canadian family, lives a secret double life as a vaudeville showgirl in Virginia, USA. Then sister Ethel shows up dead, with Florence being, apparently, the only one at the scene at the time. Next up, a coroner’s inquest, a mental diagnosis, more vaudeville show business, and a good hard investigative look by journalist Frank Jones. Do you think she did it?To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/2K5ggNl
