A pigeon, a sparrow, a crossbill and a robin, Each bird needed human attention to survive and the Birdman of Stewart Drive was called into action.

While the four stories I share in this book are done so in a fictitious manner, the events are true accounts. I hope that children of all ages will enjoy them, and they will spark family conversations about real-life situations, and valuable lessons will be learned.

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Author Blaire Hoffos Peterson takes an innovative approach to storytelling in Shifting Light, in which she focuses on themes of fractured family relations and the effect on youth of grief and socio-economic disadvantage. The book comprises two novellas, the first of which, Renewal, tells of best friends Drake and Tish (Patricia), teenagers who come from very different backgrounds, but each of whom suffers from neglect in a dysfunctional family. When they set out on an adventure to explore an abandoned house on Hallowe’en, the story veers into the paranormal with a shocking discovery that just may show them the way to healing, and ultimately, to closure and a better future.

In Residual, the second novella, sisters Danny and Angelica struggle to come to terms with the abuse and neglect they suffered as children at the hands of their alcoholic and drug-addicted mother as she lies dying in hospital. One year later, while in Mexico on vacation, they get a mysterious phone call that will catapult them into a shadowy underworld that offers them a life of wealth and luxury they never could have imagined. Good fortune or bad? They’ll have to decide.

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When the owner of the crumbling local resort suffers a stroke and his family begin circling, the people of St. Mark’s, New Brunswick know some feathers will be ruffled. But they aren’t expecting their tranquillity to be shattered quite so completely, as an unexpected corpse appears. Blaine Stevens, the old man’s grandson, is found dead on the shore of the Bay of Fundy. The millionaire techie whiz kid could have just gotten lost in the woods—except for all the stab wounds.

A former Toronto beat cop turned small-town constable, Laura West is called in alongside the RCMP to investigate. Already facing the problems of being “from away” in a small town where everyone knows everyone else, she must balance the demands of her personal life while navigating the deep pockets and deeper rifts in the Stevens family, which reach across borders and into boardrooms as far away as Silicon Valley. But just like the tides in the Bay, danger always comes back to where it began.

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Join the author and over 160 companions as they journey through 15,000 km of true north landscapes. This book is an account of more than 1,500 days and nights, over 45 winters, travelling through the backcountry of the Yukon and into N.W.T., B.C., and Alaska. These self-supported ski and snowshoe expeditions weave through First Nation Traditional Territories, across pristine rivers and over mountain passes. Routes span the western reaches of Mount Logan to the eastern edges of the Ragged Range Mountains, and forge a continuous path from the shores of the Beaufort Sea to Juneau, Alaska. These are stories of resilience, ingenuity, camaraderie, and an unyielding spirit of exploration.

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A missing child. A fractured family. A truth buried in time.

TJ “Jack” Kelly was just a teenager when eight-year-old Marla Ferguson—the sister of his high school sweetheart Shannon—was kidnapped, leaving her twin brother injured and her family shattered. When the case went cold, guilt, anger, and unanswered questions drove everyone apart—including Jack, whose dream of becoming a police officer was forged in the aftermath of Marla’s disappearance.

Nineteen years later Jack, now a homicide detective, returns to his hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario, when another young girl—a dead ringer for Marla—is found raped and murdered. As the killer begins to taunt the police and the Ferguson family, he must confront long-buried secrets, resurfacing resentments, and a past that refuses to stay buried. Jack and his partner Tony Caruso race to uncover the truth before more girls are killed—perhaps even the woman Jack has never stopped loving.

If They’d Only Known is a haunting cold case crime novel about trauma, memory, and the devastating ripple effects of violence. For the reader who loves stories that explore what tragedy leaves behind not just who committed the crime.

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When Benjamin finds a tiny toad in the forest near his house, he falls in love with it right away. It would make the perfect pet! Benjamin takes the toad home and sets it up in an old fish tank, with all the fresh water and bugs it needs. But no matter what Benjamin does, the tiny toad won’t eat. How can Benjamin make his tiny friend happy? Will it ever feel comfortable in its new home?

Tiny Toad Goes Home is a beautiful story that tugs on your heartstrings but ultimately leaves you feeling good. It teaches children about environmental responsibility and respect, stewardship of nature, and how to have empathy for creatures that are very different from ourselves. The world needs more kindness, especially directed toward nature's vulnerable creatures, and Benjamin's story reminds us that, at the end of the day, one's love for nature's creatures is sometimes best shared from afar.

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Designed for artists and creative souls who enjoy texture, line, and slow exploration, this colouring book invites you to colour intentionally as part of a mindful, creative practice. These richly detailed illustrations encourage layering, shading, and mark-making, perfect for watercolour pencils, gentle mixed-media techniques, or your preferred colouring tools.

Ideal for:

• Mixed-media artists

• Art journalers

• Creative colourists who love detail and texture

• Artists seeking slow, intentional creative time

There is no right way to colour these pages—only your way.

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What do you do when a cosmetic surgery you chose for yourself is making you sick?

Every year, more and more women find themselves making the brave decision to

remove their breast implants due to ongoing illness—what’s now recognized as breast implant illness (BII). In Explant: A Guidebook to Surgery & Recovery, BII survivor and advocate Lindsey Anne Mayr offers a compassionate, step-by-step roadmap through the emotional

decision to explant and the healing journey that follows—physically, mentally,

and spiritually.

Covering every step from preparation to recovery, this guidebook offers clarity,

support, and confidence for every stage of the journey. Here’s what you’ll find

inside:

• A Global Guide to Trusted Explant Surgeons

• A list of essentials to purchase and pack in preparation for your

surgery

• A five-week nutrition guide for healing your body post-op and beyond

• Healthy, whole-foods-based recipes for supporting your recovery

• Guidance on finding the social, mental, and spiritual support you need

to heal

• Practical advice for recovering physically, from how to do “T-rex

arms” to the best kinds of pillows and bras to purchase

• A manual for detoxing your body as you recover

• Tools for regaining your confidence and finding peace and acceptance

in your new body

• And much, much more!

Compassionate, empowering, and incredibly thorough, Explant is more than just a guide—it’s a call to reclaim your health, rediscover your authentic self, and

embrace the healing you deserve.

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This year, Christmas will be a little different for Olivia.

Olivia and her family won’t be celebrating Christmas at home this year. Instead, they are spending the holiday at a resort. Fortunately, her entire family will be sharing the day with them. But Olivia has one big question: How will Santa find her if she is not at home?

With the help of her family all gathered together and decorations in place, it soon feels like home. Olivia realizes something important about the holiday. She leaves Santa a special note to share what Christmas truly means to her.

When Christmas morning arrives, Olivia discovers Santa has indeed found her … and that the joy of Christmas can be found wherever family and friends gather to celebrate.

A Note for Santa is a heartwarming Christmas story about family, childhood wonder, and discovering the true meaning of the holiday.

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The last thing reporter Hank McGee expects to find in a downtown Montreal bar is a one-way ticket out of his life. But that’s exactly what happens after his paper kills the investigation he risked everything to write—and he crosses the wrong man in the city’s underworld.

By morning, Hank isn’t just out of work—he’s living on borrowed time.

With nowhere left to go, he disappears into the town of Wayward, a postcard-perfect community where no one forgets anything. Taking a job with his uncle at The Wayward Ledger, Hank plans to keep his head down and wait for the trouble to pass.

But trouble has a way of following him.

As Hank digs into backroom contracts and quiet deals buried in town hall, he’s met with legal threats, a warning from the mayor, and a message that makes his blood run cold. The deeper he goes, the clearer it becomes: Wayward is hiding something—and the people who know the truth will do anything to keep it that way.

Now, with pressure mounting from all sides, Hank must decide what kind of truth he’s willing to tell—the kind that destroys, or the kind that protects.

In Wayward, redemption is possible. So is payback.

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Rowing To Portugal is a journey of the trials, thrills and many adventures you will have along the way. Moving down the street can be a challenge but moving to another country is an experience of a life time. Leaving the United States was not a problem but "how fast can I leave presented their own set of issues. Jumping off a cliff into the unknown, beginning again, learning everything new is absolutely exhilarating. Row your boat to wherever you may land and feel the freedom of the winds.

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Margins of Ambiguity is a book that, at its core, is meant to entertain the majority of society that takes a dim view of poetry as it was taught in school. While Ken’s two previous books dealt with more serious subjects, such as suffering and pain, this volume uses sarcasm and comedy to lighten the mood and draw readers in. Readers are sure to share Ken’s satisfaction with this long-overdue completion of his trilogy.

Unlike much poetry of a bygone era, here the subject matter is easily accessible, no matter where in these pages you choose to start reading. Rather than focusing on a single moment in time, Ken drew on moments and sources from throughout his life to compile this book.

Poetry can, for those willing, allow short bursts of energy to create a detailed array of images without burying the reader in a massive number of pages. A poet who takes the mundane experiences of everyday life and lends them an air of levity, often absent in a world overwhelmed by bad news, can grant the reader a cherished reward. Browsing to unlock a gem of verse might become a memorable moment, not soon forgotten, if you allow yourself a peek inside.

When reading this work, perhaps you will agree that even with the heaviest of subject matter, some morsel of levity can be achieved that will allow even those with an adverse reaction to poetry to make something of a connection to it.

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In this sequel to her debut novel Guided by the Stars, Holly Marie Stocking takes the reader back to the magical kingdom of Réalt and its heroine, the gentle Princess Rὸs.

Years after saving her kingdom from the cruel King of the North, Rὸs has settled into a life that is—almost—all she could wish. Yet a new threat looms on the horizon. The King’s legacy is not dead, and not even her mighty allies the dragons can stop the fateful encounter that is to come. To husband her strength and hone her powers for the oncoming battle, Rὸs leaves her home and lives in disguise as a simple healer. Under a new name and a cloud of dread, she knows that her destiny must one day find her, and she is ready to pay any price when it does.

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Even though ten-year-old Dorrie often felt invisible as the baby among her siblings, one brother always made her feel seen … made her feel special. Charlie was her world. And then he was gone.

Dorrie saw more than most people, including the boy who took away her big brother. But why would anyone listen to her testimony? After all, she was just a ten-year-old girl and fully invisible now … after Charlie.

Set in small-town Virginia during the Great Depression and inspired by real-life events, After Charlie is a story of injustice and grief, and the value of friendship and resilience in the darkest of times.

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Love You Like a Bus: Letters to Will is a mother’s raw, tender, and ultimately life-affirming memoir of love after loss.

When Joni Bouchard’s twelve-year-old son, Will, dies suddenly and tragically, her world fractures. She continues their daily conversations the only way she knows how: by writing him letters. What begins as a private act of survival becomes a profound record of grief experienced in real time, capturing the shock, physical pain, longing, and unbearable quiet that follow the loss of a child.

Written not in hindsight but as the days, months, and years unfold, these letters trace Joni’s journey through the darkest moments of bereavement toward an unexpected rediscovery of light. Her perspective slowly shifts over time, and she learns that surviving doesn’t mean leaving Will behind; it means living for him. Along the way, she uncovers hard-earned truths about love, resilience, faith, and the quiet beauty found in life’s smallest moments.

Both heartbreaking and hopeful, Love You Like a Bus is a companion for parents navigating the unimaginable, a window for those supporting someone through child loss, and a poignant reminder that deep grief is the mirror of deep love—and that perhaps those we love and lose are never truly gone.

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Meniscus is a debut poetry collection that inhabits the ambiguous space between closeness and distance—where intimacy nearly happens, where connection flickers, where solitude settles in. Moving through urban nights and quiet mornings, these poems trace the afterimages of love: bars and bedrooms, streetlights and smoke, fleeting encounters and long silences. Again and again, the speaker reaches toward others, toward memory, toward versions of the self shaped by longing—only to discover what remains after.

Dark and melancholic yet never fully resigned, Meniscus is animated by a stubborn tenderness: the belief that warmth can survive miscommunication, that naming the ache is its own form of reaching, and that small moments—observed closely—still carry beauty. Intimate, atmospheric, and emotionally exacting, this collection offers a language for modern longing and the quiet courage of feeling it fully.

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Nicky Ryan has been a police officer in Canada’s Northwest Territories for six months when she’s faced with her first homicide investigation. A teenage girl has been maimed, her mother murdered, and her father is the prime suspect. Nicky’s naïve dream of heroic crime-fighting is now up against the reality of life and death in a small Indigenous community. In Fort Gabriel, the wounds of the past still bleed, and white cops from down south are neither trusted nor welcomed.

Alison’s mother is dead and her father is in jail. Her aunt Lucy brings her to Yellowknife, where Alison desperately wants solid ground in a world that keeps shifting like melting river ice. Instead, she has to go back to Fort Gabriel to testify. She needs to hide, to find some way to feel safe in her own skin. When she turns to the faith and practices of Islam for that refuge, no one seems to accept or understand it.

Nicky’s job is to find out what really happened that night and bring the killer to justice, but she is learning the hard way that being the lesbian rookie on the investigation will only make that job harder for her. Worse, the criminal justice system’s relentless grind can only make everything more painful for Alison, her family, and their community.

Can justice be worth the painful cost?

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“I sang about all the things God made. I sang silly songs. I sang about my family. I sang church songs and nursery rhymes.”

My brother and sister like playing soccer and dancing, but I like to sing. I sing in church, on stage, in the bush, and even in the shower. I sing to entertain, to learn, to bring joy, and to worship. Singing brings me comfort, especially when Mama sings me a lullaby at bedtime so I know I am safe. I sing because I love it.

I Like to Sing invites children and adults into the life of a little girl who uses her talent and love for singing to entertain and comfort others, all while showing the importance of the arts as a form of self-expression.

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This book traces the remarkable journey of the Estey family across five centuries, from its earliest recorded origins in England in the sixteenth century to the diverse paths that eventually converged in New Brunswick and beyond. It follows the migrations of ancestors shaped by religious persecution, economic necessity, colonial upheaval, and the search for opportunity—from the English refugees in Leiden and the Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam to the New England Planters and Loyalists who rebuilt their lives in maritime Canada. These intertwined stories reveal the perseverance, ambition, and resilience that defined generations of Esteys as they crossed oceans, carved out new communities, and worked tirelessly to secure better futures for their children. The narrative ultimately follows James Wilfred Estey’s journey from a New Brunswick farm to the Supreme Court of Canada, reflecting the culmination of centuries of determination and aspiration.

This story is the result of considerable research using the genealogical tools available at the time of writing. It is, however, subject to the complexities and gaps inherent in current genealogical work. In that way, it offers future generations a foundation on which to build, refine, and expand the story of the Estey family. Above all, it invites readers to appreciate the rich legacy of those who came before—individuals whose courage and hard work shaped the family that exists today—and to take pride in a heritage that continues to evolve.

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In this luminous debut collection, Robert Antidormi maps the inner topography of the heart, its chambers of longing, devotion, memory, and rebirth. In the Place of Absence gathers free verse, haiku and prose poems into a meditation on what it means to love deeply in a world shaped by impermanence.

Guided by the pulse of the four chambers of the human heart, these poems move through the sacred rooms of desire and grief, the tenderness of connection, and the quiet devastations we carry unseen. Whether tracing the shadow of ancestral memory or the fragile beauty of a final embrace, Antidormi writes with an intimacy that feels both personal and universal. Here, readers are invited into a space where longing becomes its own form of devotion and where even loss makes room for light. This collection offers solace in the shared human rhythms of heartbreak, resilience, and renewal, and in the promise: “Within each shadow / a heart waits to be.”

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