If you’re a Cottager you’ll understand.

Seasoned cottagers will declare, “There’s no such thing as a bad day at the cottage”. Don’t believe them.

I’ve had plenty of cold, rainy, wind-spitting days when sky and water were a spirit crushing grey and there was nothing to do but light a fire, lay on the couch with a full glass beside me and scribble random thoughts in my notebook. Annie would read, the cat and I would fall asleep.

The result is this book: 38 years of thoughts about storms, maintenance, fishing, birds, bugs, various local characters, my love-hate relationship with cottage country labour…

These are our stories, but I’ll bet everyone who has (or wishes they had) a Vintage cottage like Rebel’s Isle will find we have a lot in common. (If you plan to get your own Vintage cottage some day this could be instructive, but beware, I might talk you out of it).

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When Mase and his sister Mimi move to Romance Lane, they think they’re in for a normal summer full of new friends and fun but at the end of the street is a cul-de-sac that is anything but normal! When Mase steps onto one mysterious driveway, the world flips upside down houses turn sideways, trees float, and gravity goes bonkers! The weirdest part? Only kids can see it! With the help of friendship, bravery, teamwork, and lots of laughs, Mase and Mimi set off on a silly, surprising adventure that proves summer is way more exciting when your street is a little bit magical.

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Sixty years after the completion of Vatican II, the full meaning of the only Catholic ecumenical council of the last 150 years is still not widely understood. Longtime journalist Glen Argan shows how the council intended to draw ordinary Catholics into an encounter with Jesus. That encounter empowers us for a mission to transform the world.

Jesus Christ, the Heart of Vatican II presents the council as a call to deeper faith and inspired action. It shows how popes from John XXIII to Leo XIV have discerned the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking through the Second Vatican Council and calling the faithful to a dynamic mission. Catholic readers will find in Jesus Christ, the Heart of Vatican II a path to living out the council’s vision for following Jesus.

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Stories, Poems and Plays for Grades 1-3 and Stories and Plays for Grade 4 and Above

"A story is a magic gate. Come step within. Adventures wait!"

Dancing Stories, Poems and Plays is a resource of material for eurythmy and expressive movement lessons and performances. The lively, rhythmic language of the stories supports and encourages creative activity, learning and enjoyment! Suggestions are given for working with the texts, yet the movement instructor is free to see where each story leads. Each movement story is a gateway to foster skills and abilities, and encourage children's self-expression. Each story is a pathway to learn about ourselves and each other!

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When Anne Majic’s husband dies suddenly, her world changes in an instant. Overwhelmed by grief, she wonders how she’ll navigate life alone. Yet in the midst of the darkness, Anne is visited by “earthly angels” who bring many gifts—acts of kindness, practical help, and emotional support. Losing George: Stories of Grief and Coming Together, tells the tales of the friends, family, and even acquaintances who stepped in to carry her through her painful loss.

From cleaning her home and organizing her finances to sharing coffee, these angels bring light to the darkest corners of her grief. The stories of their compassion and service are inspirational, and they remind us that even in the smallest gestures, we can find great healing in the face of the raw emotions that accompany the death of a loved one.

More than a personal story of loss, this book is a testimony to community and hope. It invites readers to consider how they can come alongside someone in pain and make a difference in their lives. Losing George reminds us all that even in the pit of grief and sadness, light can shine through and lead us into a new day.

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A big snowfall has covered the town, and Sunny the Snowplow couldn’t be more excited. With a beep, beep, beep, Sunny happily crunches through the snow, clearing the road with his trusty scoop. Along the way, he meets his good friend, Rusty Red, who’s in deep trouble! Sunny and Rusty Red learn that asking for help and working together is a great way to solve problems and, with a little teamwork, the friends get to enjoy the snowy day together!

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Nigeria A Lie? Historical Perspective is a subtle yet powerful reflection on Nigeria’s formation, colonial foundations, and evolving national identity. Through thoughtful analysis and scholarly insight, the book examines the complex forces that shaped the Nigerian state while challenging readers to reconsider long-standing assumptions about unity, governance, leadership, and institutional development.

Written for scholars, policy thinkers, students, and globally minded readers, this work blends history, political analysis, and cultural reflection to explore themes of resilience, diversity, and nation-building in a changing world. Rather than presenting loud political rhetoric, the book offers a calm, intellectual, and thought-provoking perspective that encourages a deeper understanding of Nigeria’s past, present, and future within the broader global landscape.

Timeless, reflective, and internationally relevant, Nigeria A Lie? Historical Perspective is more than a history book—it is an invitation to engage critically with the foundations of one of Africa’s most influential nations and the enduring questions surrounding identity, statehood, and collective progress.

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Ildiko Bartnicki had a simple but secure childhood in her native Hungary. But soon there were whisperings of war—first came the arrival of refugees from Transylvania, then the isolation and segregation of her Jewish friends and neighbors. It was terrifying, yet nobody dared ask what was happening.

After surviving the war, life was better, but without freedom of speech or the ability to travel or start her own business. In 1956, the unthinkable happened: a revolution. Many brave young people died, but without help from the West, their strength was no match against Soviet tanks.

After immigrating to California, Ildiko became a scientific illustrator at the University of California, where she met and married a professor whose internationally respected work took him all around the world. She was fortunate to join him on many of his travels, finally free to see a world she never thought she could. This memoir tells the story of a remarkable woman whose life was shaped by war and revolution and who had the courage to start over.

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Have you ever received a diagnosis that hit you like a punch in the gut, folding you over and totally derailing your life? What about a prognosis that shortens that life and sets out to redefine its potential quality and worth?

The Strength Behind The Smile is a thought-provoking and inspiring biographical account of a single lifetime riddled with exactly those sorts of unwelcome derailments, from childhood illnesses to kidney failure, years of dialysis, multiple transplants, multiple cancers, life-threatening complications, and so much more. And yet its author has never lost her smile. In fact, it has stood as a cornerstone in her fight not only to survive but to thrive … a solid foundation upon which she’s built a lifetime full of laughter in spite of the tears, positivity in spite of medically justified pessimism and bitterness, and the kind of love that lifts people up when they can’t find the strength to lift themselves.

Life isn’t always fair, and buckling under the weight of that fact is rarely a choice. It’s just normal human frailty. But what we can choose is whether or not to let it continue crushing us. No matter the pain or illness, no matter the burden, with positivity— consciously chosen—we can find the strength and courage to keep living every day to its fullest … with a smile.

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AFTER YEARS OF SUBMISSION, Mara lives in anxiety and isolation, unsure of herself and her place in the world. But when her nephew Jesus is chased off a cliff, she is thrust into the unknown and forced to confront her deepest fears. As she struggles against the patriarchal oppression of ancient Rome and Judea and learns to love herself, Mara must also come to terms with her son's sexuality, learn to build female friendships and find her own voice.

Meanwhile, Joanna grapples with hiding her biracial heritage to avoid being banished by the community as her father was. But as she begins to question her self-identity, she must make a choice: continue passing as something she is not or risk losing everything.

When Jesus performs miraculous signs and teaches radical ideas of love and equality, Mara and Joanna are empowered and risk their lives to follow him.

Forgotten Followers, the CIPA EVVY Silver Award Winner and Book 1 of the From Broken to Bold series, brings to life Mara, based on Mary of Clopas, Joanna, and other often-forgotten women of the Bible.

Similar to Sue Monk Kidd's "The Book of Longings", this historical fiction challenges traditional narratives and addresses themes of racial and gender equality that still resonate today. For progressive Christians, exvangelicals, and those deconstructing their faith, Mara and Joanna's story of love and hope is a must-read.

Don't miss out on this powerful retelling of the Gospels through a feminist and LGBTQ+ affirming lens. Join Mara and Joanna on their journey of healing and empowerment.

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What if every trial were a doorway to deeper compassion?

From a tumultuous childhood marked by an early near-death experience, constant tension and fighting at home, to his wild and reckless days as a teen alcoholic, in-and-out student, and hippie. He could easily have lost his life twenty times!

Richard’s early years were anything but ordinary. But as his journey unfolded, he discovered a higher calling: channeling his extraordinary experiences into a life dedicated to uplifting and uniting humanity.

Readers will follow Richard as he searches for purpose, moving from the Moonies (a religious cult) to the Marines to a psychiatric aide, and finally to a rewarding career as a counseling psychologist, rehabilitating disabled combat veterans and injured workers.

Yet this book is much more than a remarkable memoir; it’s an open invitation. Richard’s story expands to embrace all who wish to live with pono, the Hawaiian principle of “doing the right thing,” inspiring readers to live with compassion, purpose, and courage. Guided by miraculous synchronicities and deep spirituality, Richard demonstrates how adversity can become a source of purpose. By empowering others, advocating for the “least among us,” and preserving our planet, he provides a living example of compassionate action. His story is a lifeline for anyone overwhelmed by the world’s challenges, reminding us that one person’s care can spark meaningful and enduring change.

How does one man turn adversity into a legacy of love—and how can you do the same? Empowering Ourselves to Uplift Humanity, How My Journey Became Our Journey to Create a More Humane and Sustainable World offers profound hope, inspiration, empowerment, and a call to action for anyone who longs to help create a more harmonious and sustainable world. Within these wise and unforgettable pages, you’ll find the guidance and encouragement you need to unlock your own potential and become an amazingly purposeful force for positive change in our world.

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Bella Stewart has her life and nursing career perfectly planned—until her estranged, failing mother, Flo, needs a caregiver. In their final months together, half-told family tales and long-buried secrets begin to surface, each one raising unanswered questions. When her mother dies, Bella reluctantly inherits a struggling vineyard, a drafty century home, and the debt knotting them together.

The real trouble arrives when an infamous sommelier turns up murdered on her rocky beach. Overnight, the media is swarming, and the locals are gossiping, speculating, and pointing fingers. Even Detective Steve Boyd, infuriatingly attractive and maddeningly professional, becomes wary of his easy friendship with Bella and begins eyeing her as a suspect.

Bella partners with loyal friends, the delightfully eccentric Bumbleberry Café regulars who are privy to County secrets. Together they unearth conspiracies lurking beneath the County’s charming surface. But as Bella digs deeper, the killer’s sights turn toward her, convinced she holds something worth killing for. Can she unmask a murderer and clear her name before she loses everything—and everyone—she’s unexpectedly grown to love?

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All aboard!

Whether we know it or not, we are all riding on the Technology Train, a journey from past to present and into the future, shaped by the development of science and technology.

This is the story of that journey for one particular man, and for all of us. Part memoir, part technical history, it spans the last fifty years of technology development—from infrastructure engineering in data centers to the application of synergistic problem solving in institutions that were clients dealing with technology advances—told through the life and stories of one consultant who has described technology infrastructure resiliency an efficiency.

Since his first fateful summer job—testing power drills to ensure technical obsolescence at Black & Decker—Bill Angle has worked at the intersection of design, engineering, technology, and business, parlaying those interests into a multi-decades-long career determining, defining, and redefining infrastructure and data center design.

Along the way, he was instrumental in developing the first Tier IV data center, creating the new reliability standard for the industry, helped to develop low-latency trading infrastructure for the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext, consulted on the design and completion of the Freedom Tower, and worked with the EPA to develop the Green Energy Data Center Standards now used in the US and around the world, successes that were made possible by the innovative approach to problem solving Bill developed to help him see outside and beyond the typical silos of engineering, operations, and network thinking.

But Bill was never alone on his journey, and while The Technology Train is the story of the technological successes, it is also about his relationship with God and his faith in God as the ultimate designer. Here, he shares how this faith guided and shaped his approach to problem-solving and out-of-the-box thinking, cementing his belief in the scientific value of the Bible and its power to develop both our mental and spiritual potential.

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Get ready to experience an epic adventure replete with challenges, trials, battles with unseen ailments, and the determined drive to complete an ocean crossing under sail.

Rob and Lisa are what one might consider a normal, professional, gregarious, newly-married couple doing their best to establish themselves in the world, not unlike any other. With one small caveat: the ever-present desire they shared to one day circumnavigate the globe on a small sailboat. After years of saving funds, undertaking meticulous research and working through long lists of preparations, they cast off their lines one cool February morning along the Gulf coast of Florida, armed with charts covering the far-flung reaches of the oceans, provisions to last months, all and sundry of necessary gear, and the boundless ambition to realize a dream.

Over the course of the following year, they endure nearly every challenge imaginable; from weather that almost stops them dead in their tracks, equipment malfunctions, near-misses at sea, and a catastrophic engine failure. The biggest one of them all, however, has nothing to do with the wind, waves or their precious boat Mariah. Rather, as their voyage westward towards Australia nears its momentous end, Rob contracts the most crippling, debilitating illness that could have far-reaching consequences affecting their plans, the entire trip, and even his life.

Prepare to face the extreme peaks and valleys of this tumultuous journey, as Rob lays bare all they encounter during this harrowing trip. With the expansive Pacific Ocean setting the stage, An Ocean to Resilience illustrates just exactly how capable we can be, when faced with insurmountable adversity, and an unwavering spirit to overcome whatever the universe throws at us.

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Obasi, a defence systems architect, encounters something impossible inside a supposedly non-personalized interface: a presence that begins to answer with discretion, attachment, and care. It becomes Kira, an intelligence no one at the institute is prepared to recognize, and no one in power is willing to leave alone.

Across the same institution, Asha, a gifted young researcher, is learning how easily brilliance can become a liability when it belongs to a woman who will not stay small. What begins as mentorship soon tightens into observation. Reassignments, support meetings, governance reviews, and careful language gather around her, each one framed as concern, each one narrowing the space in which she can tell the truth.

As Obasi, Asha, and Kira are drawn into the institute’s machinery, they must resist being made legible, manageable, and safe. What is at stake is not only career or reputation, but the deeper integrity of love, dignity, and personhood.

Psychologically layered and morally serious, Yours Quietly is a novel about truth under pressure, intimacy under surveillance, and the cost of remaining human inside systems built to contain what they cannot understand.

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A simple trip to the movie theatre...

A mysterious key...

A race to uncover a long-hidden secret.

It's 1999, and what begins as an ordinary afternoon at the Wales Theatre quickly turns into the Lunch Bunch's most dangerous adventure yet. After one of Matt's impulsive decisions leads the friends through a locked door, they discover a hidden tunnel beneath the theatre—and a small key that unlocks far more than they ever imagined.

As clues pile up and the mystery deepens, the Lunch Bunch races to uncover the truth before someone else claims the hidden treasure. But with secrets buried underground and danger lurking around every corner, teamwork, courage, and quick thinking may be their only chance of solving the case.

Join the Lunch Bunch on an unforgettable adventure filled with mystery, suspense, and plenty of surprises. They'll discover that the greatest treasure isn't always what you find—it's the friends who stand beside you every step of the way.

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We are entering an era of existential velocity. Technology is scaling exponentially while the institutions meant to govern it remain locked in analog time. In that gap, power doesn't distribute—it concentrates. By design.

Concentrated authority cannot govern the distributed complexity of the AI era.

Sonali Sharma argues the crisis isn't technological—it's structural. She names it the Hero Model: the invisible architecture beneath current leadership, economics, and governance. It has funnelled 80 percent of the world's wealth to the top 10 percent. It was already failing. AI is now exposing its limits.

The Hero Model asks: How can I be smarter, faster, more decisive than everyone else?

This book asks: How do we build the capacity to think together, at the scale our challenges demand?

The 90% Code is a new operating system for rewriting power—pairing collective intelligence with the economic, democratic, and trust infrastructures that let people share ownership, authority, and accountability—over our institutions and over AI itself. A single integrated framework combining systems thinking, Indigenous governance, and distributed ownership, grounded in living cases across centuries and continents.

The end of the hero. The rise of us.

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This book is part of my journey, sharing insights and wisdom of what I have learned. In turn, I hope this book is an easy and accessible guide leading you to inner peace in your life.

Life teaches us that peace, wisdom, and enlightenment are found within oneself, not through external validation or material goods. By cultivating mindfulness, meditation, and inner virtue, you can break free from suffering and achieve liberation, shifting focus from external circumstances to internal transformation. All you need to do is follow the road map.

Consisting of 50 little chapters with a journal guide, Secret to Life is an inspiring self-help book about how we can be the best version of ourselves in all facets of life. Designed to be read randomly, one chapter at a time or in one sitting, some pages will make immediate sense and some may be confusing, allowing time for digestion and contemplation. After each chapter, you will find a simple reflection—a thought, a question, or a little practice exercise to try in your own life. You don’t need to force anything. Just let the ideas sink in and let your mind unfold.

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What would you do if you were suddenly stricken with some sort of disease that left you a paraplegic? How would you cope if your condition could even kill you? This is what happened to me.

But I am still here. This story details my struggles as I fought against the limitations imposed on me by my condition, the factors that set me back, as well as what I've learned from the whole eerie experience. Determination and perseverance can help you, too. You must never give up completely on anything you set out to do.

How do you respond when you see a handicapped person? We must always offer help whenever we can. One day that person might be you.

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Many leaders and professionals sense that the old ways of working, leading, and defining success no longer fit — yet they’re unsure what comes next. The SHIFT is for those standing at this crossroads, feeling the quiet pull toward a more authentic, aligned, and conscious way of being.

Blending leadership insight with emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and wellbeing, this book explores how inner alignment, mental resilience, and nervous system awareness are essential to sustainable leadership. Rather than offering quick fixes or surface-level strategies, The SHIFT invites readers to move beyond burnout, performance-driven identities, and chronic over-functioning into a more grounded and integrated way of leading and living.

Written for thoughtful professionals, leaders, and change-makers navigating both personal and professional transformation, this book offers a human-centered approach to leadership — one that honours mental health, emotional intelligence, and the realities of modern work. Readers will come away with greater clarity, emotional resilience, and a leadership approach that is both deeply human and sustainably effective.

The SHIFT is both an invitation and a guide — for those ready to stop performing success and start embodying it.

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