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A Fight for Justice

The Compelling Story of Temporary Foreign Workers & Human Rights

by Joe Barrett ...

In April 2006, 42 Latin Americans landed in Vancouver to excavate tunnels for the Canada Line SkyTrain. They thought they'd won the lottery with promised wages far above what they would earn at home. But the reality was miserable wages, unpaid overtime and inadequate living conditions. It was the beginning of the Canadian construction industry's reliance on migrant workers and the treatment of ... Read more

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In April 2006, 42 Latin Americans landed in Vancouver to excavate tunnels for the Canada Line SkyTrain. They thought they'd won the lottery with promised wages far above what they would earn at home. But the reality was miserable wages, unpaid overtime and inadequate living conditions. It was the beginning of the Canadian construction industry's reliance on migrant workers and the treatment of
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Prerequisites to Suicide

by Joe Barrett ...

The intended audience of Prerequisites to Suicide is those who live with depression or suicidal ideation, yet often suffer in silence without understanding or hope. It is also for those who care about the suicidal but feel ill equipped to help due to a lack of understanding. The book is about the good, bad, and ugly of the often unfathomable pain, shame, and self-hate that the suicidal live with. ... Read more

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The intended audience of Prerequisites to Suicide is those who live with depression or suicidal ideation, yet often suffer in silence without understanding or hope. It is also for those who care about the suicidal but feel ill equipped to help due to a lack of understanding. The book is about the good, bad, and ugly of the often unfathomable pain, shame, and self-hate that the suicidal live with.
... Read more
Physical and Health Education in Canada

Integrated Approaches for Elementary Teachers

by Joe Barrett, Carol Scaini ...

Physical and Health Education in Canada: Integrated Approaches for Elementary Teachers is a comprehensive text for Canadian teacher candidates preparing for responsibilities associated with physical and health education teaching in the elementary grades (K through 8). The book also serves as a practical reference for in-service elementary teachers responsible for physical and health education ... Read more

$51.29 USD

Physical and Health Education in Canada: Integrated Approaches for Elementary Teachers is a comprehensive text for Canadian teacher candidates preparing for responsibilities associated with physical and health education teaching in the elementary grades (K through 8). The book also serves as a practical reference for in-service elementary teachers responsible for physical and health education
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Jack of Spades

by Joyce Carol Oates, Joe Barrett ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Unabridged

4 hours 51 min

From one of the most inimitable writers of our generation, Jack of Spades is an exquisite, psychologically complex thriller about the opposing forces within the mind of one ambitions writer, and the line between genius and madness.Andrew J. Rush has achieved the kind of critical and commercial success most authors only dream about: his twenty-eight mystery novels have sold millions of copies in ... Read more

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From one of the most inimitable writers of our generation, Jack of Spades is an exquisite, psychologically complex thriller about the opposing forces within the mind of one ambitions writer, and the line between genius and madness.Andrew J. Rush has achieved the kind of critical and commercial success most authors only dream about: his twenty-eight mystery novels have sold millions of copies in
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Henderson the Rain King

by Saul Bellow ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Unabridged

14 hours 25 min

Saul Bellow evokes all the rich colors and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this acclaimed comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe. Henderson’s awesome feats of strength and his unbridled passion for life win him the admiration of the tribe—but it is his gift for making rain that turns him from mere ... Read more

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Saul Bellow evokes all the rich colors and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this acclaimed comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe. Henderson’s awesome feats of strength and his unbridled passion for life win him the admiration of the tribe—but it is his gift for making rain that turns him from mere
... Read more
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A Cool Breeze on the Underground

by Don Winslow ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Neal Carey Mysteries
Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

30th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by the author“One of America’s greatest storytellers.”―Stephen KingNeal Carey is not your usual private eye. A graduate student at Columbia University, he grew up on the streets of New York, usually on the wrong side of the law. Then he met a PI who introduced him to the Bank, an exclusive institution with a sideline in keeping its wealthy clients ... Read more

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30th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by the author“One of America’s greatest storytellers.”―Stephen KingNeal Carey is not your usual private eye. A graduate student at Columbia University, he grew up on the streets of New York, usually on the wrong side of the law. Then he met a PI who introduced him to the Bank, an exclusive institution with a sideline in keeping its wealthy clients
... Read more
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The Bonfire of the Vanities

by Tom Wolfe ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Unabridged

27 hours 31 min

This bitingly hilarious American satire will forever define late twentieth-century New York style.Tom Wolfe’s bestselling modern classic tells the story of Sherman McCoy, an elite Wall Street bond trader who has it all: wealth, power, prestige, a Park Avenue apartment, a beautiful wife, and an even more beautiful mistress, until one wrong turn sends Sherman spiraling downward in a humiliating fall ... Read more

$34.95 USD

This bitingly hilarious American satire will forever define late twentieth-century New York style.Tom Wolfe’s bestselling modern classic tells the story of Sherman McCoy, an elite Wall Street bond trader who has it all: wealth, power, prestige, a Park Avenue apartment, a beautiful wife, and an even more beautiful mistress, until one wrong turn sends Sherman spiraling downward in a humiliating fall
... Read more
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The Zero Night

A Jonathan Stride Novel

by Brian Freeman ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Series Audiobook 11 - The Jonathan Stride Series
Unabridged

10 hours 23 min

“Freeman’s Bourne novels might get more publicity, but his Stride novels are where his skills as a storyteller are really showcased. First-rate.” — BooklistA woman has been kidnapped.Now Jonathan Stride must decide if her husband wants her back … dead or alive.After nearly dying of a gunshot wound, Jonathan Stride has been on leave from the Duluth Police for more than a year. When his partner, ... Read more

$19.95 USD

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“Freeman’s Bourne novels might get more publicity, but his Stride novels are where his skills as a storyteller are really showcased. First-rate.” — BooklistA woman has been kidnapped.Now Jonathan Stride must decide if her husband wants her back … dead or alive.After nearly dying of a gunshot wound, Jonathan Stride has been on leave from the Duluth Police for more than a year. When his partner,
... Read more

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The Stubborn Lives of Hart Tanner

Middle Falls Time Travel, Book 13

by Shawn Inmon ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Series Audiobook 13 - Middle Falls Time Travel
Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

Hart Tanner is a con man; a grifter who enjoys gaming people as much as he enjoys whatever ill-gotten gains he might receive.When he dies an embarrassing, pain-riddled death, he is beyond surprised to wake up at an earlier point in his life with all memories still intact. A con man with access to life after life with no real consequences, why would he ever change the way he lives? But Hart Tanner ... Read more

$17.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hart Tanner is a con man; a grifter who enjoys gaming people as much as he enjoys whatever ill-gotten gains he might receive.When he dies an embarrassing, pain-riddled death, he is beyond surprised to wake up at an earlier point in his life with all memories still intact. A con man with access to life after life with no real consequences, why would he ever change the way he lives? But Hart Tanner
... Read more
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Goodbye to the Dead

A Jonathan Stride Novel

by Brian Freeman ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Jonathan Stride Series
Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

Detective Jonathan Stride’s first wife, Cindy, died of cancer eight years ago, but her ghost hangs over Stride’s relationship with his current lover and fellow detective Serena Dial. When Serena witnesses a brutal murder outside a Duluth bar, she stumbles onto a case with roots that go all the way back to the last year of Cindy Stride’s life.At the time, Cindy and Stride were on opposite sides of ... Read more

$22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Detective Jonathan Stride’s first wife, Cindy, died of cancer eight years ago, but her ghost hangs over Stride’s relationship with his current lover and fellow detective Serena Dial. When Serena witnesses a brutal murder outside a Duluth bar, she stumbles onto a case with roots that go all the way back to the last year of Cindy Stride’s life.At the time, Cindy and Stride were on opposite sides of
... Read more
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The Loo Sanction

A Novel

by Trevanian ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Jonathan Hemlock Novels
Unabridged

10 hours 8 min

Jonathan Hemlock, the art professor and mercenary who first excited readers with his daring exploits in The Eiger Sanction, returns for another masterful adventure. Jonathan has gone to England to rest, but his vacation is interrupted when the head of British Intelligence needs his highly skilled services. Blackmailed into performing another "sanction"—a top-secret political assassination—Jonathan ... Read more

$19.95 USD

Also available as: eBook

Jonathan Hemlock, the art professor and mercenary who first excited readers with his daring exploits in The Eiger Sanction, returns for another masterful adventure. Jonathan has gone to England to rest, but his vacation is interrupted when the head of British Intelligence needs his highly skilled services. Blackmailed into performing another "sanction"—a top-secret political assassination—Jonathan
... Read more

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Way Down on the High Lonely

by Don Winslow ...

Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Neal Carey Mysteries
Unabridged

9 hours 17 min

30th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by the authorFrom domestic war to barroom brawls, grad-student-turned-PI Neal Carey’s got more than studying on his plate.Neal Carey’s three-year confinement in a Chinese monastery is finally over, but his troubles are just beginning. The elusive financial benefactors who have bought his freedom expect a return on their investment. They want him to ... Read more

$22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

30th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by the authorFrom domestic war to barroom brawls, grad-student-turned-PI Neal Carey’s got more than studying on his plate.Neal Carey’s three-year confinement in a Chinese monastery is finally over, but his troubles are just beginning. The elusive financial benefactors who have bought his freedom expect a return on their investment. They want him to
... Read more

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