This book gives voice to justice-involved Canadian youth and young adults by sharing their views on their journey towards desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration.Building on interviews with 140 justice-involved youth and young adults (aged 16 to 35), the book explores the challenges they faced while they were under the control of the justice system, the ways in which they navigated the obstacles they came up against, and the support they needed to overcome th...

This time, we have an original mysteries by George Wilhite (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Peter DiChellis (a locked-room mystery), as well as an original science fiction story by Larry Tritten and me. (It is a posthumous collaboration—Larry passed away in 2011. I acquired his copyrights some years ago and have been working on reprinting his stories, as longtime readers of BCW will realize. One particular story, with a terrible name, just didn’t work. So I rewrote it, re...

Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga, Serges Djoyou Kamga, and Arnold Kwesiga explore a relatively new phenomenon, namely referred to as illicit financial flows, that aim to impoverish the African continent and prevent its economic development. There is a direct relationship between illicit financial flows and failed initiatives to realize the right to development on the continent. For instance, in 2016, Africa received $41 billion towards public development while $50 billion left the continent th...

This book is contemporary, topical and global in its approach, and provides an essential, comprehensive treatise on bovine tuberculosis and the bacterium that causes it, Mycobacterium bovis. Bovine tuberculosis remains a major cause of economic loss in cattle industries worldwide, exacerbated in some countries by the presence of a substantial wildlife reservoir. It is a major zoonosis, causing human infection through consumption of unpasteurised milk or by close contact with infected anima...

"So high seeing stars,feeling like oneHappy to the core, cloud nineThis atmosphere is a creation of smokeAm still broke""Going up is expensive,going down is for freeUnless you are going deep down to see the TitanicThat's different""The negative of a picture is never it's true dipictionThis perfectly pictures our situationSad hearts,smiley facesThese selfies never capture the true self"The poet has a way...

An 'accidental' death, a train wreck and dark secrets in a deadly northern winter...When a man wearing a tux—but no shoes—turns up dead at the scene of a train crash, Kate Williams, chief of police of a tiny northern town, quickly realizes that his death wasn't accidental. During one of the most brutal winters in recent memory, Kate needs all her resources to discover how the dead man ended up in the snow. The deeper she digs, the deeper the mystery.When her beautiful niece...

Written in modern shorthand - In this out of the box approach the Author breaks the social boundaries and engages the reader on issues plaguing families and society. He takes you on a mental journey from where it all started.."This book is inspiring. It will help you unleash your potential. I encourage every young person to read it."~Maurice Radebe - Founder of "Unleashing Leadership Potential"."I doubt I have ever read a motivational biography so fluidly written by...

Julian Crane is eighteen years old, a noted deviant with no regard for the rules and a penchant for trouble. After the murder of his grandfather, he leaves his Christian faith opting for the study of occultism and the magical arts. Through experimentation, Julian discovers that through the altered states of lucid dreaming, one can visit the mysterious realm of the seven dream worlds. Upon discovering that both the soul of the dreamer and those of the dead can travel to these mysterious pla...

What Is Good Hair? is a science-based manual for the maintenance and upkeep of hair of those of African descent. As a biologist, Thembekile's understanding of the scientific properties of human hair is combined with her fifteen plus years of personal experience with hair care in order to deliver an intriguing and informative approach to taking care of hair. Using an "of the earth" method, she teaches readers how hair can be maintained using items found in the kitchen of many homes. These m...

Choices-we face many of them throughout our lives. Have you made the right choice every single time?A smooth path or a path to utter ruin?In the midst of storms, some are soaked to the bone, some emerge unscathed, while others lose everything in the whirlpool of the raging torrent!When the person you trust most-or even idolize-loses all credibility, what choice will you make?Perhaps holding fast to that inner sanctuary is the true pursuit of a lifetime-even ...

What happens when a Zimbabwean taxi driver who's never left his village wins a free trip to China after buying a lottery ticket to impress a pretty girl?Chaos, confusion, culture shock and one unforgettable adventure.Jabulani "Jabu" Dube never expected his little lottery gamble to change his life. He certainly never expected to find himself on a plane heading to China.Now he's landed in Beijing with:▪

I'm shaking my head at the little girl who thought she could control the story. She doesn't understand that you can't control the story, the story controls you. At twenty, Liza still sleeps with the lights on. In this alcohol fueled narrative, filled with tattoos, family lore and short biographies, Dube shares her raw and graphic coming of age tale. This is a story about ink, on the page and on skin. The Newly Tattooed's Guide to Aftercare is the love story you never saw coming and only no...