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Below are some of our most recently released books.
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Making a Mark
Becoming a Public Purpose Community Developer by Mark Tigan
Like a great municipal development project, Making a Mark is a book that delivers on multiple fronts—part memoir full of interesting stories and people, part field guide to public-oriented community development, and all compelling read. Author Mark Tigan writes about his life growing up with dyslexia and a propensity for risky adventures and “greaser” activities in the rural Midwest, to his college days surfing, hitchhiking and planning ‘call to action’ activist demonstrations such as a car burial, to his renowned career in public development and city planning, which includes no shortage of “Robin Hooding” and projects noted by the media, such as the Winooski (Vermont) Dome proposal. Across it all, Mark was left with lessons to impart, and he shares those now with readers. Whether you’re looking to be entertained, to deepen your knowledge of community development, or to learn about a path on which you can help society, Making a Mark has a story to offer.
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For Those Who Mourn
by Trudy Kleckner
Death, grief, and loss are as much a part of life as birth, love, and celebration. Yet when we lose someone we love dearly—a parent, a sibling, a partner—we are stunned, bewildered. In some deep pocket of our hearts or minds, we thought they would live forever. For Those Who Mourn is a book of poetry that gives voice to those topics that we spend our lives trying to avoid. Every individual expresses grief differently, and each of us must find our way through the forest of mourning that follows. This book is a companion to those making their journey through the trees. The poems within were written in response to personal experiences, and they paint a story: that we are not alone, and that while we never really “get over” loss, life can be good again if we choose to let it.
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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
The Road to Unity and Spiritual Maturity by James D Janzen
The way we worship becomes the way we believe, which in turn becomes the way that we think, interact and feel. No wonder worship is at the heart of so many controversies in the church. Paul’s teaching on psalms, hymns and spiritual songs explores the relationship between this familiar song triad and spiritual maturity, making the bold claim that worship can lead to unity rather than conflict and division. This book links Paul’s song triad with other scriptural triads in a way that radically changes the lens through which the practice of worship is viewed. Practical strategies and study make this book an essential individual or small group resource.
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It's Just Business
P.S. You're an A$$hole by Dave Peters
We’ve heard it before, in some form or another: It’s nothing personal, it’s just business. While they claim it is meant to be reassuring, this phrase couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s a lie and a form of abuse. Abusers hide behind it, enabling them to perpetuate their toxic behaviour and avoid uncomfortable interactions. “It’s just business” has morphed into a pervasive culture, affecting people’s personal and professional lives. Author Dave Peters has seen—and experienced—what inevitably follows: feeling confused, victimized, and powerless. But after years of seeing this abuse firsthand, Dave developed the techniques to overcome it and teach his clients to do the same. And now you can too. Through research, anecdotes, and scenarios, It’s Just Business: P.S. You’re an A$$hole shares invaluable insights on how the “it’s just business” culture came to be, who says and perpetuates its use, and why it exists. Following a directed step-by-step approach, readers will learn how to identify abusive behaviour, develop the necessary skills to overcome it, and take back their power. Candid and practical, It’s Just Business shows how to eliminate toxicity in the workplace and create an environment where everyone feels safe and can rise to their potential. But more than that, this self-help guide calls out abusive behaviour patterns and shows that workers will no longer tolerate the exploitation pervading business culture today.
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Survive and Live
Domestic Abuse True Story by Adrianna KD
For twenty-five years, author Adrianna KD lived a double life. Around friends and family, she was happy—happy with her marriage, her few friends, her increasing isolation from her family. Even in her own home, Adrianna had to wear her carefully crafted mask. If she didn’t, it could’ve cost her life, or the life of someone she loved. Yet behind her happy façade was the teenage girl who still believed she could show her man how to care for her, how to love her. Eighteen years later, Adrianna shares her story in Survive and Live. Told as a series of vignettes, this memoir illuminates the complexities of intimate partner abuse. From her teenage years of being groomed by an older man to her adult years enduring his abuse, Adrianna doesn’t shy away from what happened. After decades of believing she was never enough, of being made to feel less than, she’s found her voice and embraces it here in this powerful work. In unravelling her abuser’s deceits, she hopes other victims may recognize their own abusers’ patterns—and free themselves. Candid and thought-provoking, Survive and Live crosses time, continents, and cultures. It’s one woman’s unimaginable journey of resilience in the face of trauma.
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River Becomes Shadow
by Anne M. Smith-Nochasak
It is said that one day, wherever River walks, the earth will turn green again. In the dying wasteland that is rural Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the year 2036, this seems impossible. But where others see impossibilities, twelve-year-old River cultivates hope. She sees what a new world can be, even when the oppressive regime known as the Elect enslaves more and more people every day. Even if it means sacrificing herself along the way. In this second installment of the Taggak Journey trilogy, River has left Gran Flo and her swamp far behind. She’s joined by her cousin Tag, their guide to shadow running, a means to travel in secrecy requiring complete focus. But without proper food and sleep, how will they maintain the necessary concentration? And then there’s Dr. Andrea Parker, the keeper of stories—and resentment. Left to fester, her resentment might just ruin everything. As these unlikely heroes struggle forward, will they stay loyal to each other and to themselves, taking Flo’s voice and vision as their compass? Will River walk her path and fulfill Flo’s prophecy? River Becomes Shadow is a story of devotion and resilience in the face of heartbreak and brutality. It encourages readers to look into the not-so-distant future, at the very real possibility of an apocalyptic world, and believe that we are enough to change it, no matter how broken we may be.
