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Below are some of our most recently released books.
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Microbial Mysteries
A Rocky Road by Lee F. Walters
In this compelling third part of their life story, Lee Walters, MD, and his wife, Cara, along with their triplet daughters, set out from Scottsdale, Arizona, to Pennsylvania, seeking a slower-paced life. It seems like they’ve found paradise, with Lee enjoying his work and an opportunity opening up for them to build their dream home on top of a mountain. However, numerous professional conflicts as well as ongoing issues with their aging parents present all sorts of unanticipated hurdles. Seeking a change, Lee accepts what appears to be a promising job offer in his childhood home of Ridgewood, New Jersey, only to encounter even greater turmoil. Lee’s professional status is threatened by a bipolar associate and a surprise offer of help comes from an unexpected source- a patient named Luigi who is rumored to be a Mafia boss. Their only other alternative is likely an ugly legal battle. Which way will they turn? Through it all, Lee continues to serve his patients, investigating and solving all sorts of medical mysteries. Meanwhile, Lee and Cara’s family bonds strengthen, proving that love and perseverance can overcome virtually any obstacle.
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The Light Within Us
A Father’s Search for Meaning After Tragedy by Clayton Weiss
The Light Within Us traces a young family’s harrowing, and ultimately losing battle with cancer. After the terrible loss of his wife and mother of his children, the bereaved husband’s complex, faltering journey from anger and grief leads to a liberating discovery of the true source of joy, freedom and beautiful “light within us”. The author is honest and open about the shortcomings and failings that hinder, and often threatened to derail his healing. He describes his journey through sorrow and fury at the often clueless, though well-meaning, advice of relatives and friends, the seemingly hit-or-miss efforts of medical specialists and—most baffling of all—the seeming indifference, or downright cruelty, of the universe. With two children to raise alone, the single father faces adversity far beyond what his conventional wisdom and social conditioning have equipped him to deal with. He explores the depth of his experiences, struggling to not only parent alone but also support his children through their grief and healing process, all while trying to navigate his own sorrow through these intense life-changing events. The ordeal challenges his self-limiting beliefs and leads him down one blind alley after another, but ultimately guides him on to a new path of painful but positive growth that transforms his understanding of himself and of the meaning of life and death. The author shares his experiences to help guide others to the realization that no matter what we are faced with, there is a light and strength within all of us that is a source of unlimited power and love. For anyone struggling with grief and loss, especially widowed single parents and single fathers, The Light Within Us is essential reading.
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Wally and his Puzzle Piece Friends
by Linda Manci
Join Wally on his exciting journey. Wally, the main character, is a robot with a disability. Each page is interactive with Wally asking the reader to find his friends in an interlocking puzzle collage. Wally’s friends also have disabilities and want to be understood and respected by the world. They express that it is ok to be considered “Different” and the word different means “Special”. Being “Special” makes their disability a “Super Power”. Although the characters have disabilities, they also have feelings, hopes, and fears like everyone else. This book allows children to be directly involved in the reading and therefore provides adults the opportunities to discuss disabilities and inclusion with children.
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Out of Tune
by D.C. Greschner
In an era of space travel and regular alien contact, Earthling Linda Pumpernickel has just celebrated her sixty-fifth birthday. Bumbling through her routines and losing herself in exceedingly odd daydreams, Linda wonders if there’s more to life after retirement . . . when an alien called a larvalux crashes through her door and tells Linda her old pitch pipe is the secret to saving the universe from going out of tune and causing a cosmic climate catastrophe. Bizarre aliens, peculiar planets, and intergalactic corporate greed await Linda on a journey through space, time, and late-stage capitalism. Perfect for fans of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, D.C. Greschner’s debut novel effortlessly blends quirky humour, innovative sci-fi, and thought-provoking environmental satire into a thoroughly entertaining adventure.
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From Daylight to Dark
Finding Work in an Inaccessible World by Valerie D. Maidment
When Valerie Maidment was a baby, doctors diagnosed her with hydrocephalus, a condition that causes excess fluid to build in the brain. After the second surgery at age 9, she was declared healthy; she lived a happy, normal life, graduating from high school and college, having children, and buying and managing her own convenience store. Until one day, when everything changed. Fluid began to build once again in Valerie’s brain, causing immense pressure that—due to misdiagnosis on the part of multiple doctors—caused her optic nerves to break down. By the time the doctors realized what was happening, it was too late; Valerie was legally blind. She had to re-learn how to do everything, from folding laundry to using a computer to walking up and down the stairs of her own home. Eventually, she was forced to sell her business, leaving her wondering if she would ever work again. Through tragedy and triumph, Valerie persisted, never losing hope or courage as she navigated a world that is largely unprepared to accommodate people with disabilities. Told with remarkable heart, humour, and wisdom, From Daylight to Dark is above all a story of perseverance against great odds, offering important insight into the need for accessibility in the workforce for all Canadians.
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The Sentient Error
by Cory Aitken
As humans, we are made up of so many things we understand as “self.” We fear death and resist the inevitability of change. We want what we cannot have, what cannot be, instead of what is and what must be. We live in contradiction. In The Sentient Error, Cory Aitken breaks new ground on the origin of human suffering and the possibility for its resolution. Within the very essence of our own self-construct, our belief system, Aitken posits, there lies a necessary and often unrecognized error—an error that leads to inner conflict, which ultimately leads to suffering. This book is a distillation of a twenty-year journey of self-discovery, in pursuit of peace and joy. Through the recognition of this essential error, this human contradiction, Aitken’s own experience of suffering is resolved, allowing a vacancy within himself for a higher ordering intelligence to enter and occupy. Rich in wisdom and interspersed with poetry, The Sentient Error aims to inspire readers and offers a method of realigning the self with its intended purpose; of living in conscious relationship with ourselves, each other, and a higher power; and of cultivating a more peaceful existence on this planet.
