On January 1, 2010 numerous changes were enacted to the Rules of Civil Procedure (the “Rules”) that govern civil litigation in Ontario. Many of these rule changes are subject to interpretation by the Court. The full effect of the changes on personal injury litigation in Ontario will only become clear with the passage of time. Certainly the most pressing and important change for personal injury law clerks will be to ensure that all documents are filed on time for motions or applications and...

These verses are the intense songs that my awakened heart sang out while fully engaged in living. They are songs asking questions, songs seeking answers, songs expressing pain, songs celebrating love, songs of appreciation and gratitude, and songs on a quest to create harmony and reconciliation. However, while reaching for light, I recognized the importance also of shadow. For without either, the landscape of our lives becomes featureless, lacking texture and depth. So the songs always tel...

This monograph on measurement error and misclassification covers a broad range of problems and emphasizes unique features in modeling and analyzing problems arising from medical research and epidemiological studies. Many measurement error and misclassification problems have been addressed in various fields over the years as well as with a wide spectrum of data, including event history data (such as survival data and recurrent event data), correlated data (such as longitudinal data and clus...

A Killer Flight With No Way OutWhen Dr. Hope Sze flies to Los Angeles to reunite with her soul mate, John Tucker, she expects Botoxed blondes with Brazilian wax jobs, not terror at 35,000 feet in the air.Yet on their way home, with 1000 miles to go and nowhere to land, she and Dr. Tucker must strive to save one man’s life.Hope and Tucker have no surgical equipment. No surgeon on board. And, as first year family medicine residents, almost no experien...

FROM HOOCH HIGHWAY TO HOMICIDEHope Sze escapes for a romantic weekend away at the Rumrunner's Rest, a Roaring Twenties inn once celebrated both for Prohibition's best alcohol and the smoothest jazz bands north of the Detroit River.Then a convention of fictional villains overrun the tavern, her friend glimpses a ghost, and Hope uncovers a grisly surprise in the fireplace that may be related to Al Capone, the infamous gangster.At least two people disa...

With Andrea Scalzo Yi’s activities, teaching children the basic tenants of science, technology, engineering art and math is easier—and more fun—than ever. Using just a few everyday objects, children can engage in educational activities so fun that they won’t even know they’re learning!Each experiment or activity teaches kids about one or more STEAM principle, and many even incorporate principles from different categories for a more comprehensive learning experience...

"Lovers of cuteness will delight in this adorablekitty adventure." —Jim Benton, author of the Catwad seriesCats, magical portals, and snacks, oh my!One day when their human leaves for work, Squash and Ginnyfind themselves in the most unfortunate predicament: without snacks. With alittle help from a magical portal, the two cats embark on a quest to findingredients for a potion that will produce un...

Finalist for the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeNew York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2023New York Times 2023 Critics' PickNew Yorker Best Book of 2023 (Essential Read)NPR Best Book of 2023TIME Must-Read Book of 2023Bookshop.org Best Book of 2023Chicago Public Library Favorite Book of 2023Ms. Magazine Best Book of 2023It’s as if her life only began on...

Surreal, hilarious, and shrewdly poignant—a novel about a Korean American woman living in Berlin whose obsession with a K-pop idol sends her to Seoul on a journey of literary self-destruction.It’s as if her life only began once Moon appeared in it. The desultory copywriting work, the boyfriend, and the want of anything not-Moon quickly fall away when she beholds the idol in concert, where Moon dances as if his movements are creating their own gravitational field; on live streams, a...

Selected as one of the great must-read mysteries of the summer by Canada's national book show, CBC Radio's The Next ChapterA dead man in the snow shatters Dr. Hope Sze’s peaceful month of research at an Ottawa stem cell lab.Hope discovers that one man’s body leads to a series of corpses, both at home and around the globe.This time, the killer knows no borders and no conscience.Hope must extricate them all, while caught betwe...

“PAWSSIBLY the sweetest books on the shelf!”— Ben Clanton, bestselling author of the Narwhal and Jelly seriesFollow the antics of Squash and Ginny in the sixth installment of Cat & Cat Adventures from popular webcomic creator Susie Yi! This chapter book graphic novel series is perfect for fans of Catstronauts, Babymouse, and Catwad.Into the belly of the beast! After recovering the orbs of the Past and Present, Squas...

Ivy Appleford is not a diva. Most librarians aren't.But for once in her life, she's breaking all the rules.Take Tariq Zahid. In fact, that's the main problem: she wants to take him. He's tall, dark, and handsome, but off-limits in so many ways. First of all, she just broke up with her professor boyfriend. Everyone knows you shouldn't scoop a new guy up on the rebound. Someone's bound to get hurt.But she literally falls at his feet during his pre-Christmas cooking class...