This fun- and fact-filled guide to Canada's government gets an update just in time for the Federal Election! In this easy-to-read, information-packed book, a comical duo (a keener student and her offbeat sidekick) guide readers through Canada's electoral and governing process. Nine chapters take the reader through topics like Confederation, federalism, monarchy, elections and voting, minority and majority governments, a day in the House of Commons -- plus updated items on Senate Reform and new legislation like the Fair Election act. Jam-packed with interesting photos and zany sections (like the ones that tell kids how to stump an adult!), Who Runs This Country, Anyway? takes a unique approach to this curriculum subject. It's perfect for teachers and students, future politicians, and anyone studying for the citizenship test!

Reveals how the Federal Reserve under Paul Volcker engineered changes in America's economy.

Celebrity reporter Dillon Murphy survives the mysterious accident that kills his wife, Jillian. His distraught children convince him to try PAstREAM, an innovative new device that reaches into the brain and plays back memories in real time, to help piece together what happened. As Dillon explores his memories, he starts to discover who he really is, while realizing that something is wrong within PAstREAM. Some of the memories he sees aren’t his own, pieces of his own memory are missing, and a betrayed soul from within PAstREAM claims to bring Dillon information that could change the direction of mankind. With the country’s future and many lives hanging in the balance, Dillon must race to uncover the truth about PAstREAM before it’s too late.

In pre-Katrina New Orleans, a detective spars with a mafia hitman to find the governor’s daughter in “the best Mafia novel since The Godfather” (Booklist, starred review). When Catherine Ducane disappears in New Orleans, the cops react fast—she is the Governor’s daughter, after all. But the case quickly grows very strange. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated, and when the kidnapper calls, he doesn’t want money: he wants time alone with a minor government functionary. By the time the pieces fall into place, it’s already too late . . . A Quiet Vendetta is both the epic story of one mobster’s life—following him from Cuba to Chicago—and a powerful thriller of rage, love, and loss.