Everywhere we look, it seems, we see a Tim Hortons restaurant. The chain known foremost for its coffee has become a Canadian icon, ranking with hockey among the country’s cultural touchstones. These pubs without alcohol, as they’ve been termed, have become not only meeting places for regular Canadians, but also must-visit locations for our campaigning politicians and oases for Canadian soldiers overseas. For many Tim’s lovers, this chain has established an enduring connection to what it me...

In 1936, long before the discovery of the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, the Royal Ontario Museum made a sensational acquisition: the contents of a Viking grave that prospector Eddy Dodd said he had found on his mining claim east of Lake Nipigon. The relics remained on display for two decades, challenging understandings of when and where Europeans first reached the Americas. In 1956 the discovery was exposed as an unquestionable hoax, tarnishing the reputation of the museum direc...

From acclaimed author Douglas Hunter, a searing historical work about death, deceit and dishonour, and the rivalry between Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson–two of the greatest explorers of the seventeenth century.Samuel de Champlain of France and Englishman Henry Hudson were rival explorers in a race to describe and exploit the northern half of North America and, not least, to find a profitable passage to the Orient. The English had been trying to find a way through the Arctic ...

The year 2009 marks the four-hundredth anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the majestic river that bears his name. Just in time for this milestone, Douglas Hunter, sailor, scholar, and storyteller, has written the first book-length history of the 1609 adventure that put New York on the map.Hudson was commissioned by the mighty Dutch East India Company to find a northeastern passage over Russia to the lucrative ports of China. But the inscrutable Hudson, defying his orders, t...

Claimed by many to be the most frequently documented artifact in American archeology, Dighton Rock is a forty-ton boulder covered in petroglyphs in southern Massachusetts. First noted by New England colonists in 1680, the rock’s markings have been debated endlessly by scholars and everyday people alike on both sides of the Atlantic. The glyphs have been erroneously assigned to an array of non-Indigenous cultures: Norsemen, Egyptians, Lost Tribes of Israel, vanished Portuguese explorers, an...

The final decade of the 15th century was a turning point in world history. The Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus sailed westward on the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, famously determined to discover for Spain a shorter and more direct route to the riches of the Indies. Meanwhile, a fellow Italian explorer for hire, John Cabot, set off on his own journey, under England's flag. Here, Douglas Hunter tells the fascinating tale of how, during this expedition, Columbus gained a rival. In the space o...

In 1936, long before the discovery of the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, the Royal Ontario Museum made a sensational acquisition: the contents of a Viking grave that prospector Eddy Dodd said he had found on his mining claim east of Lake Nipigon. The relics remained on display for two decades, challenging understandings of when and where Europeans first reached the Americas. In 1956 the discovery was exposed as an unquestionable hoax, tarnishing the reputation of the museum direc...

The first in-depth book on redpointing, where the climber does not weight the rope or pull or stand on manmade equipment.

This handbook examines why, how and where creative arts can help meet the social, psychological and occupational needs of people living with dementia and their family carers.Bringing together case studies of music, dance, poetry, digital arts and more, this book explores the core skills needed to co-create inspiring programmes in various settings. Foregrounding the lived experience of people living with dementia and their carers, each chapter showcases best practice, person-centred...

«Nella cronaca della sua incredibile ed agghiacciante carriera, John Douglas consente a tutti noi di accompagnarlo in luoghi impensabilmente oscuri. Con lui esploriamo le ragioni dell'esistenza dei mostri.»Patricia Cornwell«Mindhunter è scritto con una carica di suspense e di emotività fortissima.»Il Giornale - Luca Crovi«Questo libro è un viaggio avventuroso dentro la mente dei serial killer.»...

《控制》知名導演 大衛．芬奇執導，影后莎莉．賽隆監製Netflix****改編影集10月熱映！電影《沉默的羔羊》取材自他一手偵破的超級重案！屢破奇案的他，被譽為現代福爾摩斯，但只有他知道，在抓到兇手前，他讓自己先化身為那頭野獸……夏麗是一名活潑美麗的十八歲少女。再過兩天，她就要從高中畢業了。某個晴朗而溫暖的下午，她在家門口遭人綁架，再也沒有回來。「我要告訴你一件事，夏麗已經成為我的一部分。身體上、心靈上。我們的靈魂已經合而為一。」透過變聲處理，兇手的這通電話，是夏麗家人唯一的線索。FBI探員約翰．道格拉斯接手了這樁案件，他不做指紋分析，也不檢測DNA，透過他率先研發的「犯罪剖繪」：重建犯罪現場、歸納被害人特性、洞察犯罪動機，準確地指出兇手是誰。在同儕讚嘆他有如「通...

Now a Netflix original seriesDiscover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country’s most notorious serial killers and criminals.In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and challenging cases—and into the darkest r...