An Officer of the Order of Canada, Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, and recipient of the Order of Ontario, painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, and author, Charles Pachter is one of Canada’s best-loved and most celebrated artists.Pachter is an artist with an astonishing range. His work is witty, thoughtful, moving, and personal. Many works, like Queen on Moose, The Painted Flag, and Hockey Knights in Canada, have achie...

TOUGH. SMART. DANGEROUS. SEXY AS HELL. AND ALL WOMAN…When Lee Schonfeld meets Tony Fortuluni, she figures the handsome young Mob runner is her ticket out of poverty. Loony Tony, as he's known, works as a fence for small-time Italian, Jewish and Black Mobs. A good natured guy, everyone likes Tony. But when Harlem thug Russell Barnes rips off all three gangs, Lee and Tony are stuck in the middle. Barnes comes to Lee and Tony and entrusts them with the loot—including an enormous 10 ca...

During the 1990s in New York City, there was a battle for the rackets of Manhattan. The deadly war was between the Italian Mafia and the Irish Westies. The Mafia had control until Kevin Gerrard decided to put his life on the line to find peace, only to be foiled by a gorgeous East Side call girl and a friend, who happened to be a Priest.

Young, handsome Jimmy Two-shoes' parents were indifferent to him from the moment he was born, but they selfishly adored each other. So it was left up to his loving and intellectual grandmother to raise him. An accident kills the parents, cripples Grandma, and puts Jimmy in a temporary coma. Once Jimmy recovers, he and Grandma decide to move out of the cold of Lake Tahoe and down to the warm weather of Culver City in Southern California. It's a struggle for them moneywise, but then somethin...

After doing 2 years in a Georgia jail for a big rip-off, Cal Landon invents an idea to repay the town. Chesterfield is a wealthy, prep school in Orange County, CA, whose football team had only 3 wins in 10 years. Cal guarantees an undefeated, untied, and un-scored on season. After hassles, violent attacks, and a romance, the intricate scam comes down to an exciting conclusion that is fun to read.

Philly Joe is the country's top Conman. He's hired by a poker player to make certain the latter wins LA's Junior Tournament so he can take part in The Ultimate Game in London. The Masters Organization, fearing Philly, sends 2 of their best to stop any possible scams. It becomes a battle of wits and intricate moves, and anyone's game between the 4 men and one beautiful woman to the very last word.

JAKE MOSS was born on an East Texas ranch-plantation. The owner, Hiram Jenkins, took a liking to the intelligent, good-natured youth and taught him to read, write and speak properly. In trusting Jake so completely, Hiram also taught him to shoot and made him the family's personal bodyguard.When Hiram died, the estate was inherited by a nephew from Houston. Jake, who was married by this time and the father of a ten-year-old son, was stripped of his gun and placed back into manual lab...

Everywhere you go you see vanity plates. The best of them are those that make you think and then reward you with a good laugh. Now there is a book that captures all the fun and excitement of vanity plates from across North America.Inside The Way Cool License Plate Book you'll find plates that show how their owners feel about the cars they drive (or wish they drove!), the work they do, the sports they play and the dreams they have.This book is the perfect co...

All hell breaks loose when two unforgettable people discover love, laughter, passion — and a match that can only be made in Heaven.Come heck or high water, Gracie Snow is determined to drag the legendary ex-jock Bobby Tom Denton back home to Heaven, Texas, to begin shooting his first motion picture. Despite his dazzling good looks and killer charm, Bobby Tom has reservations about being a movie star — and no plans to cooperate with a prim and bossy Ohio wallflower ...

From the author of the New York Times-bestselling Robert B. Parker's Blind SpotWalking the Perfect Square introduced Moe Prager - retired New York City cop-turned-wine shop owner - to much acclaim and an enthusiastic readership. Still possessed of his vintage police savvy, and perhaps the only Jewish licensed PI in the five boroughs, Moe wonders if he’s really meant to be a merchant and not a cop. Redemption Street finds him in 1981, lured into t...

The legendary Canadian book editor presents this "remarkable, four-decade romp through the back rooms of publishing" ( Toronto Sun).Scottish-born Douglas Gibson was drawn to Canada by the writing of Stephen Leacock—and eventually made his way across the Atlantic to find a job in book publishing, where he edited a biography of none other than Leacock. But over the decades, his stellar career would lead him to work with many more of the country's leading lit...

Secrets. Lies. Murder. In this pulse-pounding Women's Murder Club novel from the world's #1 bestselling author, mysteries and lives unravel.Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby has been kidnapped. As her marriage begins to suffer from the pressures of work and her n...