On 31st October 1517, Martin Luther pinned ninety-five theses on the Castle Church door, Wittenberg, criticizing the Church of Rome; they were printed and published by Lucas Cranach and caused a storm. Nine young nuns, intoxicated by Luther's subversive writings, became restless and longed to leave their convent. On Good Friday 1523 a haulier smuggled them out hidden in empty herring barrels. Five of them settled in Wittenberg, the very eye of the storm, and one of them - Katharina von Bor...

In a rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are rethinking how they invest in employee development. The Power of Fractional Learning and Development Services offers a practical and visionary look at how businesses—especially small and mid-sized enterprises—can leverage the power of fractional Learning & Development (L&D) leadership to drive real results.Drawing on real-world case studies and firsthand experience, author Kirsten Boileau introduces the role of th...

More than half the children aboard Titanic died in the sinking, calling into question the notion of "women and children first." In The Lucky and the Lost: The Lives of Titanic's Children, historian John Boileau tells the stories of the children who fortunately escaped in lifeboats and those who tragically did not. It also examines the heart-breaking circumstances of the victims' deaths as well as the fascinating stories of survivors' lives. Uniquely, The Lucky and the Lost tells the storie...

As Violet's final week alive ensues without the knowledge of her friends and family, she attempts to complete a list of tasks. Will She accomplish everything she wants? Or will she die with unfinished business?

Nicolas Boileau-Despr√©aux's "Le Lutrin'ÄîAn Heroick Poem" is a masterful blend of wit and literary critique, embodying the spirit of 17th-century French classicism. Written in heroic couplets, the poem artfully critiques the emerging literary pretensions of the time while celebrating the nobility of poetic form. Utilizing allegorical characters and rich imagery, Boileau navigates themes of vanity, ambition, and the transformative power of art, all framed within a mock-heroic narrative tha...

Between 15,000 and 20,000 underage youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canada's armed forces in the First World War. They served in the trenches alongside their elders, and fought in all the major battles: Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, and the rest. Many were injured or suffered psychological wounds. Many died. This is the first book to tell their story.Some boys joined up to escape unhappy homes and workplaces. Others went with their parents' blessin...

A classic French puzzle mystery—featuring not 1 but 6 locked room murders—from the influential suspense writer who inspired Hitchcock’s Vertigo.How can you catch a killer who doesn’t exist?It seems like an impossible crime. A husband and wife shot by an intruder in their elegant Paris apartment, in full view of the crowds gathered on the street below. The apartment door is bolted from the inside. And now no murderer is in sight, th...

The original breath-taking psychological thriller behind Hitchcock’s legendary film—the story of a man tormented by his search for the truth, and ultimately destroyed by a terrible secretIt could have happened to any of us, but it happened to a man named Flavieres. His days as a detective were over, and everyone knew he had his reasons. But when an old friend appeared out of nowhere with concerns about his withdrawn and mysterious wife, Flavieres didn't have the he...

John Boileau and Dan Black tell the stories of some of the 30,000 underage youths -- some as young as fourteen -- who joined the Canadian Armed Forces in the Second World War. This is the companion volume to the authors' popular 2013 book Old Enough to Fight about boy soldiers in the First World War. Like their predecessors a generation before, these boys managed to enlist despite their youth. Most went on to face action overseas in what would become the deadliest military conflic...

In 1899 a thousand Canadian soldiers went to war--in South Africa.They were fighting white farmers who defied the mighty British empire by setting up their own, independent state.This South African or Boer War of 1899-1902 marked the first time Canadian troops went abroad to fight alongside Britain.Like other conflicts, the Boer War was controversial in Canada. Sir Wilfrid Laurier's liberal government, reluctantly responded to sentiment in much of English Canada and ev...

A couple's murderous plot goes horribly awry in this French noir classic that later inspired the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece PsychoEvery Saturday evening, travelling salesman Ferdinand Ravinel returns to his wife, Mireille, who waits patiently for him at home. But Ferdinand has another lover, Lucienne—an ambitious doctor—and together the adulterers have devised a murderous plan.Drugging Mireille, the pair drown her in a bathtub. But before the "ac...

Sustainability education has typically centered the human-focusing on the changes and paradigm shifts needed to ensure a sustainable future for humans. Yet nonhuman beings, specifically plants and animals, are and have always been central to our lives, prompting wonder, curiosity, sensitivity and awe, as well as being important in their own right. In Multispecies Thinking in the Classroom and Beyond: Teaching for a Sustainable Future the contributors discuss the importance of seek...