A young girl vanishes, swallowed by darkness, her story lost to time. Decades later, a compassionate nurse inherits a quiet country home from a woman she barely knew, stepping into a mystery that refuses to stay buried.

Joanna Waters has built her life around caring for others, keeping her own painful past carefully contained. But when her elderly client Charlotte dies suddenly and leaves her everything, Joanna is drawn into a world that feels both strangely intimate and unfamiliar. As she and her husband settle into the late Charlotte’s rural property, disturbing dreams begin to haunt her. The land itself seems alive with memory, and the deeper Joanna digs, the more she senses that Charlotte’s past remains to be finished in the present.

As fragments of history surface, Joanna must confront the possibility that her connection to Charlotte runs far deeper than chance. Themes of loss, belonging, generational trauma, and redemption intertwine as past and present begin to blur. But some secrets resist exposure, and some truths demand a reckoning: what really happened to the girl with delphinium eyes and how is Joanna a part of her story?

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Sunlight filters beautifully through enormous stained-glass windows depicting stories of biblical classics, including a dominant centerpiece of the Last Supper flanked by lesser images of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Grail, crucifixes, and fantastic angels. One image in particular catches Adam’s attention as he staggers through debris-filled aisles, stumbling over felled hardwood benches with drunken clumsiness, the echoes of which resonate through the nave. He steps up onto the chancel and schleps towards an image of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden… “Where’s my Eve?” he shouts at the top of his lungs…

Through a strange twist of fate, eleven-year-old Adam escapes a predator’s lair, only to discover he may be the sole human survivor of a zombie apocalypse. Twenty-six years later, Adam is living large, with fine art, great music, great booze, handy-long-life batteries, and plenty of gardening expertise to keep him healthy. And what he doesn’t have, he invents, using the raw materials he has at hand…which is mostly zombies.

A Robinson Crusoe for the zombie age, Adam discovers ways to employ snapping zombie-heads and flailing zombie arms that make life pretty posh on his secluded estate, but there’s one thing missing—love. And so Adam has to invent that for himself too.

Wildly irreverent, slyly erotic, and infused with unexpectedly moving perspectives on man’s yearning for connection, A Life to Die For marries dark humor, a delicious yuck factor, and reams of inventiveness to answer the question: What would you do if you were the last man on earth?

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Madeline and Dalton were once inseparable—childhood sweethearts bound by soft kisses and sweet dreams. Until their different worlds tore them apart.

Years later, fate brings them together again. But is their love strong enough to survive the test of time and the sacrifices they will need to make?

Madeline Thomas has everything she’s ever dreamed of—a brilliant legal career, gorgeous condo, loving family—everything, that is, except the man she still dreams about.

Dalton Murray has left his tragic past behind. A visionary architect now, he’s claimed his self-worth and built a life on his own terms, caring for his young son and thriving in his new life. There’s only one part of his past he can’t forget: the girl who he pushed away.

When Madeline and Dalton meet again, sparks fly and passion erupts; but that passion comes with dark memories and unresolved pain. Caught between the lives they’ve built for themselves and the future they both want; they must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice.

Is love worth a second chance? Only time will tell.

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This novel follows Maha's journey through loss, resilience, and self-discovery as she navigates the emotional complexities of migration and human change. It is a story about the invisible distances that grow between people, the transformations that shape who we become, and the enduring hope that connection can survive even when life leads us in different directions. Through Maha's emotional homecoming, the novel examines the enduring connection between identity, family, friendship, and homeland, showing that although people and places evolve, the values and memories that define us remain a lasting source of strength.

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A prolific British illustrator, CH Chapman (1878–1972) is best known for drawing characters such as Ally Sloper, Billy Bunter, and the rest of the Greyfriars School cohort. In this biography, John C. Chapman explores his grandfather’s long and satisfying career, including the Chapman genealogy and his birth to a father who had struck out on his own, disowned the family name of Richardson, and adopted the name Chapman. Chapman’s father recognized his son’s talent early on and encouraged him to pursue an education as an architectural artist. Through talent, pluck, and sheer determination, young Chapman went on to sell his drawings and prove himself in the exploding market for boys' storybooks and comics that thrived up until WWII. Chapman’s career reignited after the war as an illustrator for the Greyfriars stories, now in book form. Over almost sixty years, Chapman continued to rise to the challenges of workloads, deadlines, and keeping the illustrations fresh over several generations of boys who were enthralled by the ongoing episodes of life at Greyfriars.

Charles Henry Chapman: The Life of a Comic Book Artist is illustrated throughout with family and archival photographs along with Chapman’s artwork. It will be of particular interest to students engaged in university-level studies of boys’ literature and aspects of social science of the early twentieth century, as well as the fellowship of Old Boys Cubs worldwide who grew up with the characters Chapman drew so faithfully.

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A Twist of Fate continues the adventures of Freya and her sisters, Scara, Fina, Tauna, Pohla, and their new companions, Fordoc, Aidelle and Brunela. Having successfully escorted a group of troublesome halflings to and back from Edradour, they now set off on the final leg of their journey—getting the halflings home to Cornerbrook. The road is rugged and dangerous, particularly since the sisters thwarted a plan from the exiled Wolfric to ransom Lady Jassmyn of Alhambra. The sisters will need to be on guard from a retaliatory attack.

On the road, Aidelle and Fina spy a ruined tower in the distance. Upon investigation, they discover that the tower is part of a larger settlement and castle that once belonged to Wolfric, until a dragon chased him out. With the help of an elvish ranger, Reyn, the group clears out an infestation of goblins that had taken up residence.

Finally reaching Cornerbrook, Freya finds it to be a small, defenseless town that had recently been pillaged by Wolfric’s men. She and her party take up residence in the once-flourishing Black Swan Inn and strategize for an attack they know is coming. Meanwhile, Fordoc leads the task of constructing a way station—A Twist of Fate—that will serve as a commercial hub for the area.

As they prepare their defenses and assist with the restoration of Cornerbrook and its mysteriously dried-up lake, the sisters face old demons and make new friends. Their party grows and so does Freya’s ambitions. The abandoned castle looms large in her mind. Perhaps it could use a new ruler?

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Why do strong products and companies fail in promising foreign markets? The most commonly overlooked variable may surprise you.

Culture.

As Canadian companies expand into unfamiliar regions, they need more than sound products and competitive pricing. They need cultural intelligence to understand how customers make decisions, how partners build relationships, how employees communicate, and how local expectations influence everything from packaging and advertising to regulation, after-sales service, and digital trade.

Drawing on thirty years of experience helping Canadian firms enter global markets, Marvin Hough turns these often-invisible forces into practical business guidance. Culture-Smart Global Business combines clear strategies, cautionary tales, and detailed cases involving McCain Foods, Lululemon, Canada Goose, IMAX, Tim Hortons, and other Canadian companies. Each example shows how businesses have adapted—and what happened when they didn’t.

Written for executives, exporters, entrepreneurs, and anyone else working across borders, this book will help you ask better questions, avoid costly mistakes due to faulty assumptions, choose and manage local partners, preserve your firm’s core identity while adapting to local expectations, and build the trust required for lasting international success.

As Mr. Hough argues in this book, in a volatile global economy, cultural competence is no longer simply an advantage. It’s an essential business capability.

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Andreas is a curious boy who loves all types of animals, so when he goes for a walk with his family one day and comes across a salamander he wants to befriend it. He tries to catch it, but salamanders are fast creatures. Salamanders are small lizards that stick out their tongues to catch insects, but in this story Andreas will discover something else that is very special about salamanders.

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When the greatest conqueror Europe had ever seen was banished to live out his days on a remote island, the British commissioner charged with supervising him—and who ultimately let him slip through his fingers—learned more about him than any foreigner ever had.

When Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to Elba, Colonel Neil Campbell spent several months in his company, dining, walking, and riding around the island. Napoleon loved to talk, and Campbell loved to write. Thus Campbell wrote prolifically about Napoleon’s exploits as they were relayed to him, much as he had written of his own illustrious military career throughout his life.

After I Met Napoleon is a tale of the Napoleonic era from two very different points of view—Campbell’s and Bonaparte’s own—from the early days of the French Revolution through to Napoleon’s death after having escaped Elba. Sandwiched between these perspectives, author James J Sebastian offers a wider picture of the geopolitical goings-on of the time: the contest for colonial power in the West Indies, the history of the slave trade, and the Enlightenment thinking that would change the machinations of power in Europe forever. Along the way, the key political and military moves of the Napoleonic era are detailed, from the siege of Toulon through to his downfall at Waterloo.

Neither a classical piece of historical fiction nor a straightforward textbook, After I Met Napoleon is a history book alive with imagination, animating perhaps the most influential leader the West has ever known.

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Congratulations to all young students who are on their way to becoming young authors. An exciting adventure awaits from the beginning stages of story writing and illustrating through to the final stages of publishing.

For this journey J. Katyn wrote and illustrated her second book BUBBLE UP YOUR STORY. It is a fun, loving, and gentle assistance to young authors.

Each part of this children's picture book helps young authors to focus attention on such concepts as--the places that their stories can be written, how to start writing, what a beginner story and art might look like, plus other important young author considerations to succeed.

BUBBLE UP YOUR STORY is a must have companion to every young author in training. This book not only encourages children to write, but it also helps them to see the importance of illustrating their writing to make their stories come alive.

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Humphrey is a very sweet duck. A very kind duck. A very anxious duck. But with the help of his friend Poppy and his beautiful red boots, Humphrey begins to find his bravery. Little by little, he learns that even the biggest worries can become smaller when you take one small brave step at a time.

With soft, inviting watercolor illustrations and a heartwarming story, the first book in the Humphrey and Poppy series gently reminds readers of all ages that courage does not mean being fearless. It means trying anyway.

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Reading is an experience unlike any other. It can entertain and educate, bring us joy and frustration—even at the same time. Reading transports us to other worlds and times, and allows us to meet people we never would have in real life. But it’s often a solitary hobby, and we don’t always get to discuss books with others, share our thoughts on our latest reads, and make recommendations.

In Rear View Mirror, author Helen Calverley bridges this divide, sharing her thoughts on the books she read between 2001 and 2018. Originally, her book journal was a way for her to deepen her reading practice, a means to separate the must-reads from the “yuk.” And there are countless must-reads in this journal, from Miriam Toews and Alissa York to J. M. Bumsted and Kevin Phillips. Fiction, poetry, history, politics, self-help—Calverley reads across genres. She seeks out Canadian authors, especially Manitobans, highlighting the incredible talent Canada has to offer.

Intimate and candid, Rear View Mirror shows how reading can broaden our awareness and understanding of the world. It encourages us to be curious and share our appreciation for the written word. For avid readers searching for their next book, Rear View Mirror is your go-to source.

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Horse ownership in all its wonderful weirdness, from a veteran Canadian journalist and best-selling author!

After becoming drawn to horses and the British Columbia countryside, former crime reporter Robin Brunet gradually earns his spurs as a saddle tramp: someone with a modicum of equine skills but never enough money for security in this rapidly vanishing realm.

Being philosophically against ownership, Brunet surprises himself by purchasing Razado, a seemingly temperamental Peruvian Paso. Razado and the Saddle Tramp details their years together as they develop an indelible bond amid struggles to find ideal accommodations (and dealing with the wild personalities at each stable), illness and injury, gentrification, and even recessions and the pandemic.

Brunet writes, “In the twenty-first century, apart from their work at the track, horses had become giant pets requiring chronic attention and plenty of land—the latter of which was shrinking. I was insane to buy a horse.”

Razado and the Saddle Tramp proves that sometimes, insanity pays great dividends (just not of the monetary kind)!

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What if the life you’re living, one that is ordinary, messy, and often overlooked, is exactly the life you were meant to have?

Heidi Loewen-Steffano reflects on the quiet tensions many women carry: the longing to be noticed while hoping not to be exposed, the desire to be set apart while trying not to stand out. With humour, honesty, and thoughtful contemplations, she explores the space between how we perceive ourselves, how we seem to others, and how God sees us.

While considering marriage, motherhood, memory, and everyday life, Heidi wrestles with the distance between the life she once imagined for herself and the one she now lives. Gradually, those ordinary moments begin to look different as she recognizes the steady presence of a God who sees her even when she feels unseen.

For young women, wives, mothers, and daughters who have ever felt overlooked or unsure of their place, this memoir offers reassurance. With warmth, wit, and quiet wisdom, She Danced in the Light and Hid in the Shadows reminds readers that a meaningful life is not measured by recognition or perfection but by learning to find joy in the life already unfolding before us.

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Through the poems of Robert Carr and the assemblages of Kurt Reynolds, The Materials explores personal history through language and artifact. Responding to Reynolds’s constructed worlds, Carr’s poems enter and expand them, allowing a surprising, yet archetypal, family history to emerge: a father whose hands know rope better than tenderness, a mother stitching baptismal gowns, children whispering into darkened rooms.

In the surreal journey of The Materials, that history fractures—children are lost to imagined deaths, mothers return as hauntings, ships tip out of their frames and into water. What begins as artifact becomes elegy.

A collaboration in which visual art initiates and poetry transforms, The Materials gives voice to what the objects alone cannot hold.

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Spencer Wellington is a sweet young boy who, thanks to his inner Bubby, gets up to all kinds of mischief. He tangles up his fishing line, gets water everywhere playing in the sink, and goes on a safari in the living room. Spencer always means well. He’s just active and creative in his play. But at the end of the day, it’s going to be up to Spencer to clean up the mess he makes . . . before he starts his next adventure.

The Bubby Within is a charming, funny rhyming story about the messes children make—and how much fun they have doing it! The book reminds parents that while discipline and teaching moments are important, at the end of the day what your kids will most remember is the experiences they had along the way.

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“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” — Genesis 2:7

According to Scripture, the invisible and immaterial part of our being—the soul—is influenced either by the power of God or by the forces of evil. Understanding the nature of mankind, and the deep connection between the soul and spirit, shapes how we grow, develop, and see the world. By following the Holy Spirit and the Word of God, and by walking with Him through lived spiritual experience, we can renew our minds and cleanse our souls to reflect the Christ within us.

The Cleansing of the Soul in Mankind invites readers on a thoughtful and prayerful journey of spiritual renewal. It offers gentle guidance for overcoming negativity, finding peace, and realigning with God’s divine purpose. Through reflection and faith, readers will learn how to identify and release inner burdens, strengthen their relationship with God, and open their hearts to the transforming power of His grace. The result is emotional healing, renewed purpose, and a deeper, faith-centered life.

The lessons in this book grow out of Pastor Cheryl Turner’s own journey toward peace and balance. Her hope is to share what she has learned in order to help others rediscover their true identity, light, strength, and connection to their supernatural side.

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First responders are trained to stay calm when the rest of the world is on fire. But what happens when the calls follow you home, when the scenes of horror replay at three o’clock in the morning, sleep becomes a distant memory, and you start to wonder if you’re still the same person?

In PTSD & Paramedics: Get Treatment Without Breaking The Bank, paramedic Philip Habacon traces the slow build of cumulative trauma across a life in emergency care, from his childhood at Midtown General Hospital in the Philippines to the high-risk discipline of scuba diving in Thailand to frontline emergency calls in frigid Manitoba winters. After twelve years on the job, on October 31, 2023, he was forced to confront what he’d been in denial about for too long: he was deep in the throes of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Thus began the hard work of climbing back out of the abyss.

Far from a neat and tidy story of overcoming, this is an honest, lived-in account of what coping actually looks like—naming the injury, navigating treatment, and rebuilding day by day. Because recovery isn’t about a single intervention; it’s a way of life.

Grounded in The Dokkōdō (“The Path of the Loner”), a short work on philosophy by Japanese swordsman and strategist Miyamoto Musashi a week before he died in 1645, Philip offers something rare to first responders and the people who love them—clarity, permission to speak their truth, and proof that no matter how far you’ve fallen, there’s always a way out.

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In 1919, Edith Sumner Sloan, a high society girl from New York City, decides to pack up her things and head north, to Newfoundland and Labrador. She volunteers for the International Grenfell Association, and teaches in a one-room schoolhouse in a small fishing community.

Though accustomed to comforts few at the time had, Edith wastes no time settling into the rugged life of the Great Northern Peninsula. She throws herself wholeheartedly into her teaching position, working with tenacity and enthusiasm to help improve the lives of her young students. As well as educating children of all ages, her role sees her providing essential healthcare in an area where doctors and nurses are almost non-existent. After marrying the American ornithologist Ludlow Griscom, she goes on to fund the education of a young Newfoundland boy in the States. Edith later supervises a program that provides clothes to the needy, and late in life helps create and stock school libraries in both Newfoundland and Labrador. In so doing, Edith becomes an integral part of life in several coves along the Strait of Belle Isle.

Based on extensive excerpts from diaries, letters, and photographs gathered by her youngest grandchild, Sixty Years for Grenfell tells the heartening story of Edith’s life, and her legacy more than a hundred years on. Compelling, thoughtful, and deeply researched, there exists perhaps no better firsthand capture of what life was like in Newfoundland and Labrador a century ago.

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People, Place & Land: Leading for Learning and Mentorship brings together the collective expertise of educators to explore leadership, mentorship, and teaching practice across K–12 and postsecondary education. Focusing on the school’s signature pedagogy of People, Place, and Land, the authors connect theory to practice through lived educational experience.

Using case narratives, reflective inquiry, and systems-based perspectives, People, Place & Land examines educational leadership, Indigenous language learning, neuroinclusivity, support for pre-service and early-career teachers, rural and remote schooling, and the integration of well-being and equity through compassionate leadership. Designed for educators and educational leaders, it offers practical insights and adaptable approaches that support learning, mentorship, and program design in diverse educational contexts.

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