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Deadly Donation

by Lorne Tepperman ...

Series Book 1 - Rachel Tile Mysteries
One of the richest men in Canada is shot dead in his Toronto mansion. The police are baffled. The victim's family call on Rachel Tile, head of the school of criminology at a Toronto university, to conduct an investigation. As the dead man's ex-wife, Rachel knows enough about his unethical business practices and callous cruelty to shed no tears over his murder, but reluctantly takes on the role. ... Read more

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One of the richest men in Canada is shot dead in his Toronto mansion. The police are baffled. The victim's family call on Rachel Tile, head of the school of criminology at a Toronto university, to conduct an investigation. As the dead man's ex-wife, Rachel knows enough about his unethical business practices and callous cruelty to shed no tears over his murder, but reluctantly takes on the role.
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Making Sense in the Social Sciences

A Student's Guide to Research and Writing

by Margot Northey, Lorne Tepperman, Patrizia Albanese ...

Series series Making Sense
Part of the bestselling Making Sense series, this sixth edition of Making Sense in the Social Sciences is an indispensable guide for students in any area of the discipline. Maintaining the signature straightforward style of the series, this book offers up-to-date, detailed information on proper documentation guidelines, essay and report writing, different methods of qualitative and quantitative ... Read more

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Part of the bestselling Making Sense series, this sixth edition of Making Sense in the Social Sciences is an indispensable guide for students in any area of the discipline. Maintaining the signature straightforward style of the series, this book offers up-to-date, detailed information on proper documentation guidelines, essay and report writing, different methods of qualitative and quantitative
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Down Country

by Lorne Tepperman ...

Series Book 2 - Rachel Tile Mysteries
Criminologist and amateur detective Rachel Tile---described by Rick Blechta, award-winning author of the Pratt & Ellis Mysteries, as "an out-of-the-ordinary protagonist who thinks too much . . . and not enough"---is back! This time she's investigating a university colleague who's wildly successful in securing research grants to study organized crime, but who may be doing a little bit more than ... Read more

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Criminologist and amateur detective Rachel Tile---described by Rick Blechta, award-winning author of the Pratt & Ellis Mysteries, as "an out-of-the-ordinary protagonist who thinks too much . . . and not enough"---is back! This time she's investigating a university colleague who's wildly successful in securing research grants to study organized crime, but who may be doing a little bit more than
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Choices And Chances

Sociology For Everyday Life, Second Edition

by Lorne Tepperman ...

Choices and Chances is an ideal supplement to introductory textbooks. By showing how theories can apply to everyday life, it demonstrates the ways sociology—a living, growing discipline—can shed light on issues of immense personal and social importance. ... Read more

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Choices and Chances is an ideal supplement to introductory textbooks. By showing how theories can apply to everyday life, it demonstrates the ways sociology—a living, growing discipline—can shed light on issues of immense personal and social importance.
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The Sense of Sociability

How People Overcome the Forces Pulling Them Apart

by Lorne Tepperman ...

Are human beings a species in constant need of firm, aggressive government to save us from ourselves? Or are we fundamentally sociable beings, woven together in a complex array of networks, interdependent and willing to work together? The Sense of Sociability is a modern, highly readable, and often idiosyncratic look at human sociability by one of Canada's top sociologists. Lorne Tepperman ... Read more

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Are human beings a species in constant need of firm, aggressive government to save us from ourselves? Or are we fundamentally sociable beings, woven together in a complex array of networks, interdependent and willing to work together? The Sense of Sociability is a modern, highly readable, and often idiosyncratic look at human sociability by one of Canada's top sociologists. Lorne Tepperman
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Minetown, Milltown, Railtown

Life in Canadian Communities of Single Industry

by Rex Lucas ...

Series series The Wynford Project
The company town, source of so much of Canada's wealth, was-and is-a place with nowhere to hide. First published in 1971, Rex Lucas's Minetown, Milltown, Railtown is a groundbreaking study of what it's like to live in such communities. Today, with the oil-sands boom and rising commodity prices affecting everything from the value of the Canadian dollar to the balance of power within Confederation, ... Read more

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The company town, source of so much of Canada's wealth, was-and is-a place with nowhere to hide. First published in 1971, Rex Lucas's Minetown, Milltown, Railtown is a groundbreaking study of what it's like to live in such communities. Today, with the oil-sands boom and rising commodity prices affecting everything from the value of the Canadian dollar to the balance of power within Confederation,
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Problem Gambling in Canada

by Lorne Tepperman & Kristy Wanner ...

A short overview shows how many aspects of gambling have remained constant throughout history. More recently, however, the Internet has expanded the range of ways people can gamble, and has drawn many younger people into online betting. The book also evaluates the role social and cultural forces play in gambling, often glamorizing and encouraging risk-taking. As gambling increases, so do its ... Read more

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A short overview shows how many aspects of gambling have remained constant throughout history. More recently, however, the Internet has expanded the range of ways people can gamble, and has drawn many younger people into online betting. The book also evaluates the role social and cultural forces play in gambling, often glamorizing and encouraging risk-taking. As gambling increases, so do its
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Habits of Inequality

by Lorne Tepperman, Nina Gheihman ...

British social reformer Robert Owen once declared that "man is the creature of circumstances." A century and a half later, his famous words still ring true. While many adopt a fatalist approach, believing that their lot in life is inevitable, in fact a number of highly complex social factors determine the outcome of our socioeconomic status and integration into society. It may seem unfair, but the ... Read more

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British social reformer Robert Owen once declared that "man is the creature of circumstances." A century and a half later, his famous words still ring true. While many adopt a fatalist approach, believing that their lot in life is inevitable, in fact a number of highly complex social factors determine the outcome of our socioeconomic status and integration into society. It may seem unfair, but the
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Betting Their Lives

The Close Relations of Problem Gamblers

Edited by Lorne Tepperman ...

There are now more ways than ever to gamble-casinos, corner stores, the internet-and as a result, there are also ever more "problem gamblers," individuals who gamble compulsively to their own detriment. While gambling is promoted as fun and glamorous, the reality is usually very different. Studies suggest that some 1 in 50 adults, or roughly 480,000 Canadians, have a gambling problem. So it is ... Read more

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There are now more ways than ever to gamble-casinos, corner stores, the internet-and as a result, there are also ever more "problem gamblers," individuals who gamble compulsively to their own detriment. While gambling is promoted as fun and glamorous, the reality is usually very different. Studies suggest that some 1 in 50 adults, or roughly 480,000 Canadians, have a gambling problem. So it is
... Read more

The Dark Net

Inside the Digital Underworld

by Jamie Bartlett ...

An NPR Best Book of the YearIncluded in The Washington Post's Notable Nonfiction of the YearAn Independent and New Statesman Book of the YearBeyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabit—a world of Google, Facebook, and Twitter—lies a vast and often hidden network of sites, communities, and cultures where freedom is pushed to its limits, and where people can be anyone, or do anything, ... Read more

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An NPR Best Book of the YearIncluded in The Washington Post's Notable Nonfiction of the YearAn Independent and New Statesman Book of the YearBeyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabit—a world of Google, Facebook, and Twitter—lies a vast and often hidden network of sites, communities, and cultures where freedom is pushed to its limits, and where people can be anyone, or do anything,
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Bad Feminist

Essays

by Roxane Gay ...

“Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always careful, always right there.” — Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?A New York Times BestsellerBest Book of the Year: NPR • Boston Globe • Newsweek • Time Out New York • Oprah.com • <... ... Read more

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“Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always careful, always right there.” — Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?A New York Times BestsellerBest Book of the Year: NPR • Boston Globe • Newsweek • Time Out New York • Oprah.com • <...
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Before I Go To Sleep

A Novel

by S. J. Watson ...

New York Times Bestseller“An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page.” –Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Shutter Island“Imagine drifting off every night knowing that your memories will be wiped away by morning. That’s the fate of Christine Lucas, whose bewildering internal world is rendered with chilling intimacy in this debut ... Read more

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New York Times Bestseller“An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I finished the last page.” –Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Shutter Island“Imagine drifting off every night knowing that your memories will be wiped away by morning. That’s the fate of Christine Lucas, whose bewildering internal world is rendered with chilling intimacy in this debut
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