First published in 1966, the original blurb read: Learning with the help of skilled practitioners is as essential in training for social work as for medicine and teaching. Where do students of social work go for field training and why? What is it hoped that they will learn through their experience? What responsibilities are they given and who guides their learning? Partnership between social workers and academic staff in working out these questions is considered at a critical time in the c...

The Child Under Eight by E. R. Murray and Henrietta Brown Smith is a practical and insightful guide for parents and educators on the early childhood years, specifically focusing on children aged eight and younger. The book combines psychological insights with educational theory to provide advice on how to nurture a child's emotional, intellectual, and social development during these formative years. It discusses the importance of a balanced education that includes both play and study, aimi...

Charming, wealthy Randle Kennedy has a secret: he's British Columbia’s most prolific producer of boutique marijuana. He’s developed strains of B.C. Bud to please the most sophisticated palates and produce any desired effect, from a light contemplative buzz to the most mind-warping stone. His medical varieties offer relief for conditions ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's disease. Come legalization, he'll be the first on the market with marijuana's answer to single-malt Scotch. Until that d...

The Child Under Eight (Illustrated, Refined and Edited) by E.R. Murray & Henrietta Brown Smith is a timeless classic that beautifully captures the essence of early childhood development and child psychology. This thoughtfully crafted edition brings together deep insights and practical wisdom, making it an essential read for parents, educators, and anyone passionate about understanding the formative years of a child’s life. The authors present a compassionate and research-backed perspective...

When his teenage daughter goes missing on a summer wilderness canoe trip to the Nahanni River, Inspector Michael Green is forced into unfamiliar territory. Unable to mobilize the local RCMP, he enlists the help of his long-time friend, Staff Sergeant Brian Sullivan, to accompany him to the Northwest Territories to look for themselves.Green is terrified. The park has 30,000 square kilometres of wilderness and 600 grizzlies. Even worse, Green soon discovers his daughter lied to him. ...

In a thick fog, a ferry docks on Glenphiddie Island and disgorges Singer Brown's decrepit van. The homeless singer is there to exact revenge on the man who destroyed her life but someone has already killed Johnny Vibes. And now the murderer is coming after Singer.Each of the former members of the band, Vortex, are hiding sins both old and new, secrets worth killing for, but Singer has one ally. Or does she? Johnny Vibes' wife has as much to lose as Singer if she doesn't agree to gi...

Corporate Asset takes RCMP undercover operative Jack Taggart into the world of white-collar crime and murder. Insurance companies are being bilked out of millions of dollars. Multiple murders take place right under the cops' noses but are thought to be accidental.Taggart gets a whiff of what is going on when he captures a drug trafficker willing to expose one of the murderers connected to the plot. The problem is the new informant is also a serial rapist.Corpor...

On the English Channel Island of Guernsey, Detective Inspector Ed Moretti and his new partner, Liz Falla, investigate vicious attacks on Epicure Films. The international production company is shooting a movie based on British bad-boy author Gilbert Ensor's bestselling novel about an Italian aristocratic family at the end of the Second World War, using fortifications from the German occupation of Guernsey as locations, and the manor house belonging to the expatriate Vannonis.When va...

Set amid the tumult of 1970 Montreal, this is "an extremely good crime novel [with] a seriously compelling mystery" ( Booklist).The police in Montreal have their hands full as FLQ, a militant separatist group, continue a campaign of violence. Bombs explode at the stock exchange and at McGill University. Riots break out at a parade. Diplomat James Cross and government minister Pierre Laporte are kidnapped—and the Canadian army moves onto the streets. But wh...

For Charlie Hillier, a posting to Cuba could be the perfect place to start his new life — if he survives it.With his career stalled and the office abuzz about his soon-to-be-ex-wife’s indiscretions, Ottawa bureaucrat Charlie Hillier is desperate for a change. So when the chance at a posting to the Canadian embassy in Havana comes up, he jumps at it, grateful to get as far away as he can from his ex and his dead-end job at Foreign Affairs headquarters.At fir...

A retired Scotland Yard detective is lured back to work in "a series to follow particularly for Louise Penny fans and the Masterpiece Mystery set" ( Library Journal).Chief Insp. Peter Cammon is supposed to be retired, but he's reluctantly agreed to travel to Canada to retrieve the body of a murdered colleague. And once he's involved, he can't resist delving into the oddities of the crime.His fellow cop was brutally attacked, run over by a car, and ...

**One deranged killer. One determined cop. One deadly obsession…**“Readers will definitely want to see more of Reed’s character Jack Murphy.”—John Lutz, New York Times-bestselling author of Darker Than NightFrom the moment he sees the young woman’s body in her hotel bathtub, homicide detective Jack Murphy knows he’s looking at a truly demented but brilliantly designed puzzle. She’s been drained of blood. She’s missing her left hand. And the killer...