Books from James Lorimer & Company

  • Water Fight!
    By Michele Martin Bossley

    A surge of adrenalin pumped through me , and I looked for Dale to share the good news . He was watching Melissa with a thoughtful look on his face . She was doing freestyle . It looked kind of sloppy to me , but Dale seemed interested .

  • Taking a Dive
    By Michele Martin Bossley

    In the last ten minutes , Dale had focused on her and ignored me . I felt ashamed , even as the thought flew through my mind . Ten minutes of Dale's time was nothing . I was being babyish and selfish and stupid . I knew that .

  • J.B. McLachlan: A Biography: The Story of a Legendary Labour Leader and the Cape Breton Coal Miners
    By David Frank

    There was more to this visitor than first met the eye , for Knight was a veteran labour radical who had helped organize the OBU in 1919. An English immigrant , he was an Alberta carpenter who was active in Edmonton labour politics and ...

  • Hamilton: A People's History
    By Bill Freeman

    Michael B. Katz , The People of Hamilton , Canada West ( Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 1975 ) , p . 187 . 13. Gustaveus Myers , A History of Canadian Wealth ( Toronto : James , Lewis and Samuel Publishers , 1972 ) , p .

  • William Irvine: The Life of a Prairie Radical
    By Anthony Mardiros

    The members of the national council were : Angus MacInnis ( British Columbia ) ; William Irvine ( Alberta ) ; George H. Williams ( Saskatchewan ) ; John Queen ( Manitoba ) and A.R. Mosher ( Ontario ) . Agnes Macphail was not at the ...

  • Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq: The story of Donald Marshall Jr.
    By Bill Swan

    forces that saw another young man lose a significant part of his life — that many Canadians have forgotten or do not know Mr. Marshall's harrowing story Mr. Marshall, of course, did not have the luxury of forgetting what was done to him ...

  • Lost in Cyberspace?: Canada and the Information Revolution
    By Robert Chodos, Rae Murphy, Eric Hamovitch

    Cherny , Lynn , and Weise , Elizabeth Reba , eds . Wired_women : Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace . Seattle : Seal Press , 1996 . Crane , David . The Next Canadian Century . Toronto : Stoddart , 1992 . Gates , Bill .

  • The First Canadians: A Profile of Canada's Native People Today
    By James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers

    McLeod is a 1989 graduate of the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology with a diploma in Fashion Design . In southwestern Ontario , Rhonda Longboat wanted to start a riding stable operation , but she lacked the funds .

  • Voyage of the Iceberg: The Story of the Iceberg that Sank the Titanic
    By Richard Brown

    Thomas Andrews is in charge of this part of the work. He is the managing director, the man who actually runs the shipyard. Lord Pirrie's nephew, right—hand man and destined heir, Andrews is every bit as good an engineer as his uncle, ...

  • Six Darn Cows
    By Margaret Laurence, Ann Blades

    When siblings Jen and Tod realize their family's six cows have escaped from the pasture, they set out to find them before night falls.

  • Nothing But Net
    By Michael Coldwell

    “Hey, Morrison, quick game of pickup?” Jim Morrison was a tall, dark-haired boy with a perfect smile and easy manner. He was sitting on the curb of the parking lot slowly picking out a rock ballad on his guitar. “Can't, man,” Morrison ...

  • Fast Break
    By Michael Coldwell

    He soon learns that he can't solve every problem with fast moves on the court. Fast Break shows how the challenges of sport equip us for the challenges of life. [Fry Reading Level - 3.9]

  • Camp All-Star: Second Edition
    By Michael Coldwell

    When Jeff goes to an elite basketball camp he expects two weeks of serious, hard practice, but when he arrives he finds that his roommate Chip has different ideas about their stay.

  • Camp All-Star: Second Edition
    By Michael Coldwell

    Second Edition Michael Coldwell. from Flash, and presto — the best summer vacation I could ask for. Ijust hope my folks don't figure it out. They'd kill me if they knew.” “Don't worry. I doubt the FBI could figure that plan out.

  • Homo
    By Michael Harris

    When Will's best friend outs him on Facebook and his small-town life starts to spin out of control, Will starts to question his identity and his friendship with Daniel, who is openly gay and bullied for it at high school.

  • The Monetarist Counter-Revolution: A Critique of Canadian Monetary Policy 1975-1979
    By Douglas, Peters, Arthur

    D652 339.5'3'0971 C79-094662-9 Additional copies of this book may be purchased from : James Lorimer & Company , Publishers Egerton Ryerson Memorial Building 35 Britain Street , Toronto M5A 1R7 , Ontario Printed ...

  • The Ultimate Evil: The Fight to Ban Nuclear Weapons
    By Douglas Roche

    1. Nuclear disarmament . I. Title . JX1974.73.R62 1997 327.1'747 C97-931878-5 James Lorimer & Company Ltd. , Publishers Egerton Ryerson Memorial Building 35 Britain Street Toronto , Ontario M5A 1R7 Printed and bound in Canada ...

  • Ottawa: An Illustrated History
    By John H. Taylor

    Bell was a surveyor, editor of the Packet — which became the railway's most ardent advocate—and the business associate of McKay. By 1851, Bell was also on city council as one of three representatives of East Ward, in the Lower Town, ...

  • Ambush in the Foothills
    By Bill Freeman

    Lee and Billy were riding up on the chuck wagon . Jamie and the others rode over to them . “ I want you to take the wagon across first , Lee , " he told the cook . " You sure it's safe , Mister Jamie ? " " You can do it , Lee .

  • Houses and Homes: Housing for Canadians
    By John Sewell

    Frank Clayton's study of the period 1986—1991 confirms this perception. He found that in Canada only one-third of all new homes were purchased by first-time buyers, and that only one in five home-builders even saw the first-time buyer ...