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Terry Burke

    The Trials of Adeline Turner
    The Palace at Dusk
    Lost in Cabbagetown
    Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey
    • Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey

      • 320 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení
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      The gruffest man in hockey reveals the challenges, feuds, and tragedies he has faced. Brian Burke is a prominent figure in the hockey media landscape, known for his brashness and unapologetic demeanor. Renowned for advocating "pugnacity, truculence, testosterone, and belligerence" during his time with the Maple Leafs, Burke has dedicated his life to hockey. His extensive experience includes roles as a player, agent, league executive, Stanley Cup-winning GM, Olympic GM, and media analyst. He has collaborated with notable figures like Pat Quinn and Gary Bettman, and has worked alongside future Hall of Famers. Beyond hockey, Burke is a Harvard Law graduate and a successful businessman, drawing on hard-earned lessons from leading multi-million-dollar companies. His expertise extends into business and management principles. Beneath his tough exterior, Burke is also a father who has faced profound grief after losing his youngest son in a car accident. He became a prominent advocate for gay rights in Canada after his son Brendan came out in 2009. Through his experiences, Burke shares valuable insights and truths, offering a compelling narrative that goes beyond the rink.

      Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey
    • From the tenements of Dublin to the slums of Toronto, Terry Burke paints a graphic picture of his boyhood, as part of an Irish immigrant family struggling to survive on the streets of Cabbagetown, at the beginning of the 1960s.

      Lost in Cabbagetown
    • Perfect for fans of Emily Giffin and Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Palace at Dusk explores the complexity of love in an illicit office romance. Harvard-educated corporate attorney Jasmine "Jae" Phillips promised herself that she wouldn't date anyone at the office. She's too focused on the job, and her meh dating history can be summed up with a shrug. Then came Brad Summers. When Jae's colleague Brad enters her office--boyish and handsome with his tousled hair and sparkling green-gold eyes--and asks if she'd like to grab a drink, she's flattered. Their conversation makes her feel alive, fascinating, and fun, and the lonely Jae can't help but bask in Brad's attention. Soon Jae is breaking her never-date-at-the-office rule. And when she later discovers that Brad has a wife and child, she finds herself breaking a much more serious rule. After Jae spends years in love with a man who isn't hers and jeopardizes her career in the process, a series of unexpected developments shake her awake and force her to confront the cost--and the future--of their affair. She needs to make a choice, but love stories are rarely black and white, and the right path isn't so clear. With her head and her heart pulling her in opposite directions, Jae must somehow chart a course between them in order to find her happily ever after.

      The Palace at Dusk
    • The Trials of Adeline Turner

      • 384 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení

      Fans of Sophie Kinsella and Emily Griffin will love this new offering from Angela Terry, author of Charming Falls Apart. Corporate attorney Adeline Turner thought she had life all figured out-work hard, play by the rules, and keep your head down. When Addie bumps into her former high school crush, their encounter unleashes a chain of events that turns her quiet life upside down. Unadventurous, nose-to-the-grindstone Adeline suddenly finds herself moving across the country, falling into messy romantic situations, and becoming the target of an office-politics plot that threatens her career. Without the support system she had in Chicago, Addie must rely solely on herself and learn that things aren't always what they seem. She soon realizes that to have the future she wants she must confront the past-including the mother who abandoned her

      The Trials of Adeline Turner