Money laundering is the process of converting or transferring cash or other assets, generated from illegal activity, in order to conceal or disguise their origins. In recent years, the international community has decided that focusing on money laundering is an efficient strategy in policing organized crime and, now terrorism. To this end, countries are encouraged to harmonize their policies and legislation and, to some extent, their policing strategies. Before adopting these new strategies...

Honouring Social Justice brings together a diverse group of leading legal scholars, criminologists, and sociologists to study numerous contemporary social justice issues. In doing so, the contributors to this collection present a thorough and multifaceted portrait of recent successes and challenges of the criminal justice systems in Canada and elsewhere.Examining a broad range of vital contemporary social, judicial, and political issues, the essays in this volume pursue to...

On a sunny fall day in 1983, Patricia Van Tighem and her husband, Trevor Jang, were brutally attacked by a bear while hiking in the Canadian Rockies. Jang was severely hurt, but Van Tighem suffered even more serious, disfiguring injuries, and that she survived was a miracle.A gifted writer, Van Tighem crafted a vivid and startling account of the attack. But her recovery was just as disturbing. Her numerous reconstructive surgeries were painful; her facial disfigure...

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale, comes this historical fiction graphic novel tracing the Golden Age of Canadian comic books. Collects War Bears issues #1-3.Oursonette, a fictional Nazi-fighting superheroine, is created at the peak of World War II by comic book creator Al Zurakowski who dreams of making it big in the early world of comics publishing.A story that follows the early days of comics in Toronto, a brutal war th...

The size and severity of the global climate crisis is such that even the most committed environmentalists can drift into a state of denial. The award-winning writers collected here have made it their task to shake off this nagging disbelief, bringing the incomprehensible within our grasp and shaping an emotional response to mankind's unwitting creation of a tough new planet. From T. C. Boyle's account of early eco-activists, to Nathaniel Rich's comic fantasy about a marine biologist haunte...

If it's so cold that a polar bear needs a blanket, he might need a sweater too, thought Mary Jane. Mary Jane could be seen wondering down the street with an old sweater looking for that polar bear wearing a blanket. She was looking for an adventure.

• 2022 Nautilus Silver Award• Award Winner in the Spirituality: General category of the 2021 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest• Explains how Mary was born into a lineage of powerful women who cultivated and passed on the ability to consciously conceive elevated beings• Includes a complete translation of the Infancy Gospel of James and reveals the hidden codes it contains relating to the practice of miraculous conception• Shows how Mar...

Faced with a devastating case of writer's block, Margaret Meps Schulte turns to a 25-year friend, a stuffed polar bear with an upturned gaze and a beatific smile. Frank Lloyd Bear, known as Frankie, conducts a series of conversations with her about mindfulness, self-compassion, and how to overcome depression and anxiety. The result is this unusual true story, co-written by the wise-but-funny Frank Lloyd Bear. Frankie's guidance brings Meps out of her funk and gives her the confidence to be...

"Adventures of Sonny Bear" follows the adventures of a young bear named Sonny as he embarks on various explorations and experiences in the wilderness. The story is designed to captivate young readers with its engaging narrative and illustrations, providing a blend of excitement and gentle lessons.Throughout the book, Sonny Bear encounters different characters and situations that teach him about friendship, courage, and the natural world. The narrative is filled with whimsical and imaginati...

This collection of essays explores the way history itself has become a contested element within the national legal debate about firearms.The debate over the Second Amendment has unveiled new and useful information about the history of guns and their possession and meaning in the United States of America. History itself has become contested ground in the debate about firearms and in the interpretation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Specifically thi...

This deceptively simple bedtime book helps your child understand the lakeshore environment of Michigan and Sleeping Bear Dunes. As children say goodnight to the animals that call the beach home, they form lasting connections to the real-world environments and ecosystems around them. Even the most reluctant sleeper can t resist the lyrical rhymes and soothing illustrations. Sure to become your child s favorite bedtime story, Goodnight Sleeping Bear travels through the dunes at sunset to lul...

This text is designed to present a practical and concise handbook on the diagnosis and management of breast diseases for quick reference by trainees and practitioners. It emphasizes the approach to diagnosis and management of breast tumors written from the perspectives of each member of the multidisciplinary management team (pathologist, radiologist, medical oncologist, surgical oncologist and radiation oncologist). The text is divided into two sections. The first section is written by eac...