Paterson: 307 books

Samantha McDonald was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She had everything she could ever want. But, then, she was exposed to another environment entirely, and she learned a lot about herself. Her life would never be the same.

Suddenly unemployed, office clerk Jane reluctantly applies for a secretary's job working for shady private investigator Dick Kruger. But before her interview is even over, she finds herself involved in a shooting. Soon she's kidnapped by mobster boss Mickey Ferro, whose howling mad gang...

Excitement is in the air as three youngsters travel in a single prop light aircraft, to attend a music festival. But it is not to be as everything goes wrong when they fly into a cyclone and come crashing down in a jungle.Where are they?What will they find in the thick, unforgiving and frightening jungle?

This book is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to Celtic astrology, an ancient form of divination based on the cycles of the moon. Helena Paterson, world-renowned expert on the subject, shows how the Celtic astrological calendar can give additional insight to traditional Western readings and how...

For the 2010 Hamlyn Lectures, Alan Paterson explores different facets of three key institutions in a democracy: lawyers, access to justice and the judiciary. In the case of lawyers he asks whether professionalism is now in terminal decline. To examine access to justice, he discusses past and present...

Born on a slave ship, educated in secret, he became a composer, actor, anti-slavery campaigner, and the first Afro-Briton to vote in a British general election. Sancho’s story casts new light on the often misunderstood narratives of the African-British experience. In this revealing, funny,...

The House of Lords, for over 300 years the UK's highest court, was transformed in 2009 into the UK Supreme Court. This book provides a compelling and unrivalled view into the workings of the Court during its final decade, and into the formative years of the Supreme Court. Drawing on over 100 interviews,...

Will SARS or another pandemic influenza reoccur and, if it does, have we learned how to manage pandemics more effectively? In SARS Unmasked risk communication expert Michael Tyshenko offers answers to this and other questions. Cathy Paterson, who worked as a nurse clinician during the Toronto SARS...

What do you say when your friend’s baby dies? What do you say when her second baby is tragically stillborn? Is there any ‘right’ way to respond to grief? And when you’re the one who’s suffering, how do you get through the day? What do you say to the God you follow, the God who could have...

“Lucky” Malone's uncanny ability to buck the odds draws him to the attention of gangster boss Jimmy the Nose, who wants him to pull a heist. In fact he insists. Femme fatale Velma tags along to keep an eye on Malone. But what they don't know is that his success relies upon the right...

Fred Gribbon, the owner and heart of Gribbon Security Services and Investigations, dies under mysteriously circumstances, and his daughter suspects he was murdered. After Fred's death, new people take over the company. Experienced Gribbon investigators are let go, and even Fred's son-in-law, Willy...

A book of stories from Niagara about ghosts, little people, strange happenings, occult occurrences, and maybe vampires. A fortune-teller predicts disaster for the Maid of the Mist. A young woman is kidnapped by the fairies on the night her boyfriend proposes marriage. A librarian, who has lost her...

Eleven short stories set in Toronto, Niagara Falls, Boston, Birnam Wood, Shanghai, Osaka, Fukuoka, West City, and various off-planet locations. Contents: "Greenfield Village", "The Vice Principal", "The Delay", "West City Rocks", "The Chinese Claimant",...

Analyses of the international climate change regime consider the challenges of maintaining current structures and the possibilities for creating new forms of international cooperation. The current international climate change regime has a long history, and it is likely that its evolution will...