Richly textured and lyrically written, Prairie Sonata is the story of Mira Adler and her journey from innocence to experience. Mira grows up in post–World War II Canada, in a close-knit Manitoba community founded by secular Jews from Eastern Europe. At the heart of her journey is the friendship that she develops with her teacher, Chaver B, a recent immigrant from Prague who is mysterious and intriguing and who Mira believes harbours a painful secret. Chaver B becomes deeply intwined in Mira’s life, and their relationship evolves, especially after he offers to teach her to play the violin.

Little by little, Mira chips away at Chaver B’s past and soon comes to the shocking realization of what brought him to Manitoba. What she learns about his history both outrages and saddens her, yet she cannot stop herself from uncovering the truth about his life. While Chaver B attempts to reconcile his feelings of guilt, Mira struggles to understand a world that seems to be vastly different from the nurturing and seemingly untroubled one in which she grows up. And despite what she learns about Chaver B, herself, and the world around her, when she is older, Mira yearns for the chance to go back to her childhood.

A coming-of-age story about music, love, friendship, community, and religion, Prairie Sonata is a riveting tale that will resonate with and captivate the reader.

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Dream big, stay positive, and never give up!

This beautifully illustrated book of affirmations is a toolkit for life, created for children of all ages. Filled with bright, cheerful artwork and uplifting messages, it teaches a powerful lesson: when you build a strong foundation of joy and self-belief, you can overcome any challenge.

Perfect for morning motivation, bedtime bonding, or a quick boost of confidence, these pages will inspire young readers to face the world with courage, kindness, and a happy heart.

Remember: keep your head up, look on the bright side, and chase your biggest dreams—one smile at a time.

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Life Along Yukon Roads is a visual journey through the wild landscapes of the Yukon, highlighting some of the larger animals’ travellers are most likely to see from the highway. From bears grazing on roadside dandelions in the spring to caribou moving through snowy winter forests, this small, accessible book celebrates the everyday wildlife encounters that make Yukon Road travel unforgettable. Featuring photographs taken along well-known routes such as the Alaska Highway and the South Klondike Highway, the book introduces readers to iconic species including bears, bison, moose, sheep, goats, elk, deer, caribou, and even the region’s unique wild horses. Rather than traditional field-guide entries, each animal is introduced through observations gained over years of photographing Yukon wildlife, offering insight into their habits, timing, and the roadside moments that make them uniquely Yukon. Ideal for visitors, road-trippers, and Yukon locals alike, Life Along Yukon Roads is both a keepsake and a gentle guide—encouraging readers to slow down, stay alert, and appreciate the remarkable animals that make the Yukon such a wild and unforgettable place.

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In Memoria, Hand Stitched is an art book, specifically a fibre art memorial book, and is a reproduction of the artist's handmade, hand stitched fabric book of some of Emily Dickinson's poetry about grief, pain, suffering, faith, and hope. It will appeal to a wide variety of viewers and readers: fibre art artists and others involved in or appreciative of textile art, fans of Emily Dickinson's poetry, and all those who are looking for an accompaniment in the journey of bereavement. It consists of 64 colour images of hand stitched pages.

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Embark on a visual voyage through a significant period in the lives of Portuguese immigrants—exploring their dreams, their labour, their challenges, and their contributions to the mosaic that is Toronto today. Composed by an artist who immigrated to Canada with his family in 1964, the black and white photographs in this book pay tribute to a community that continues to shape the cultural fabric of the city. Even as the landscapes change, the human presence remains central. Whether in bustling cities or quiet corners of the world, Gilberto’s lens seeks gestures, expressions, and moments of connection that bridge cultures and invite contemplation.

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Cordelia has survived monsters, magic, and the terrifying opening of the Chaos Portal, but Ataraxia is still breaking apart. When she and her friends find Lykos, one of the missing Guardians, in the Great Library of Ataraxia, they hope he’ll finally have the answers they need. Instead, they discover a deeper danger: hidden books, buried histories, mirror gods, and a Church of Serenity determined to protect peace—even if that means concealing the truth.

With Drel, Pema, Kief, and Lykos at her side, Cordelia’s search leads from golden cathedrals and enchanted forests to a frozen lake and the secret world of the waveborn. Along the way, old allies return, new bonds are tested, and the line between order and chaos grows harder to see. The Primal Rift has opened, and its power is tearing through the world one disaster at a time.

To close it, Cordelia and her friends must face corrupted Guardians, ancient magic, and a force strong enough to reshape Ataraxia itself. But the closer they get to the truth, the more personal the danger becomes, and the more she realizes that saving the world may cost her the people she loves most.

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Santa loves all kinds of cookies, and he enjoys every bite. He is offered a beet instead of a cookie. Will he try it?

Of course he does! Santa eats the beet. And it is delicious! The elves are overjoyed that Santa likes this healthy treat. They get busy in the North Pole kitchen and cook up a yummy stew packed with veggies. They even bake muffins for Santa. A healthy feast is ready for Santa when he returns from delivering gifts. Will Santa like the new feast? Or will he want more cookies instead?

This delightful rhyming book for young children is a fresh twist on tradition. It’s sure to warm hearts and inspire joyful, healthy bites all season long.

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In For the Life of You—One Hundredfold, Calvin McDonald takes readers on a devotional-style journey toward a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Drawing from Scripture—especially the Gospels of Matthew and John—he unpacks the key teachings of the Christian faith, including salvation, grace, the Holy Trinity, and the second coming of Christ.

In one hundred engaging reflections, Mr. McDonald combines biblical insight with personal testimony and meaningful analogies. Writing from a Catholic perspective, he touches on the sacraments of the Church, with a special focus on the life-giving nature of the Eucharist, yet his message of faith and God’s love for humanity will resonate with a wide range of readers from a variety of backgrounds.

These powerful reflections will inspire readers to remain watchful and spiritually alert as they read the words of Jesus to His disciples. They are a beautiful reminder that through trials and suffering, God’s presence is near for those who open their hearts to Him and believe. Ideal for individual or group study and reflection, For the Life of You—One Hundredfold will bring comfort and hope to those seeking a fulfilling life in Christ.

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At home in Toronto in 1997, sixty-year-old Maude Thorvaldson is jolted back to the most pivotal chapter of her life when a radio interview with an old friend unlocks a rush of Yukon memories—and the girl she used to be.

It’s the summer of 1957, and nineteen-year-old Maude heads north to work on a federal experimental farm at Mile 1019 on the Alaska Highway. The only woman among six summer students, she’s hungry for “experience” before she returns home to a tidy future—and an engagement waiting in the wings.

With no women’s quarters, she’s placed in a couple’s spare bedroom, then pulled into the orbit of the “Bunkhouse Boys,” becoming the focus of their petty rivalries, rough humour, and pent-up sexual energy.

As the days stretch longer under the northern lights, Maude is pulled between Takasaki (“Tak”), a brilliant, lonely researcher whose friendship with Maude threatens to explode into something else, a handsome RCMP constable who keeps drifting in and out of her life, and Roscoe, an unstable farm worker who fixates on Maude in ways she can’t laugh off.

Told through letters, diary entries, and sharp asides from Maude’s older, wiser self, Let the Sufi Flout is a funny, frank, and deeply human coming-of-age story about desire, freedom, and the messes we make while learning how to live.

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Most individuals who embark on a health care career discover quite early that their working journey is one of responding to others’ needs. No matter what the circumstance or where the location, health care is a global need requiring a response from those prepared to serve others. The Taylors’ health care careers have taken them across Canada and throughout the globe over a period of more than fifty-years. Many of their global deployments have been to isolated settings with low-resources, to disasters, to war zones and to detention centres, where a wide perspective of health care response is required. At different times they have worked with faith-based missions, university programs, professional NGO’s and the Red Cross. Their faith in God and in His love for all humanity, and the confidence that He is always at work for good, has been a significant factor motivating their readiness to respond. Here are highlighted memories and reflections on what they have learned on their journey.

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Leadership Turnaround is part memoir, part leadership manual, and part call to action for leaders and institutions. It grew out of Dr. Ifie’s lived experience transforming the long-dormant Société Générale Bank of Nigeria (SGBN) into Heritage Banking Limited, one of the most remarkable institutional resurrections in Nigerian financial history.

Written over seven years of research and reflections, the book explores not just the mechanics of organizational recovery, but the deeper human and psychological dimensions of what it truly takes to turn things around.

The core themes are: Why vision without the right mental framework is “hallucination,” and how leaders must cultivate a possibility mindset even when circumstances say otherwise. Secondly, moving beyond the “heroic individual” model toward building teams where leadership is shared and multiplied. Also, the human side of leading through crisis and how leaders can unlock potential in themselves and their teams. Finally, the last two themes are the role of inner belief in sustaining leaders through periods strategy cannot illuminate and legacy as what enduring leadership ultimately leaves behind.

The book is grounded in the Heritage Bank turnaround story, including its eventual collapse and Dr. Ifie did not shy away from failure, calling it one of the book’s most important chapters. It features a foreword by John Adair, the world-renowned leadership authority and it is deeply rooted in the African context, yet universally applicable and written as a letter to the rising generation of African leaders. It blends rigorous frameworks with raw, personal experience.

The book is for executives inheriting struggling organizations, young professionals in Africa seeking practical leadership guidance, students of leadership wanting theory tested in real life.

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Language is messy. Idioms are worse. We use them recklessly without asking ourselves why we do it. We expect everyone to understand us, but many of these phrases have outlived the societies that created them. Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? Why do people throw salt over their shoulder? How can you drop the ball at work but still be left holding the ball, especially after your boss just threw you a curve ball?

Sh*t People Don’t Know pulls back the curtain on a language that behaves less like a rulebook and more like an inside joke. This is an entertaining deep dive into the strange origins of the words, phrases, customs, and superstitions woven into everyday English. You’ll also uncover the forgotten logic behind traditions, the surprising roots of major holidays, and the quiet fingerprints of secret societies, old-world rituals, and religion that still shapes how we speak and behave today. Some stories are hilarious, others are dark, and a few might make you squirm.

Whether you’re a native speaker or just learning, this book reveals language for what it really is: a living record of human behaviour that is illogical, fascinating, and often ridiculous. Eventually, you’ll catch yourself thinking … “Well sh*t, I didn’t know that.”

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Nourish your baby with raw whole foods and natural home remedies made quick and easy by Hope S. Fulefiled’s step-by-step guide. Much more than a recipe book, Best for Baby’s Care will teach you how and when to introduce new foods into your baby’s diet and how to use natural home remedies to remedy common illnesses and injuries.

Hope S. Fulefiled uses easily accessible ingredients to create flavourful, raw purees that are baby-approved. Recipes like Heavenly Honeydew, Spectacular Spinach, Terrific Turnips, and Zesty Zucchini will expand your culinary repertoire and take the guesswork out of meal preparation. All you need is a blender to make satisfying, nutritious meals for your child.

Equally simple is Hope S. Fulefiled’s breakdown of natural remedies for common illnesses and injuries, such as colds, pink eye, burns, and stings. Made with inexpensive household ingredients, these multi-purpose remedies are designed to save busy parents time and money.

Whether you’re expecting your first child or welcoming the fourth addition to your family, Best for Baby’s Care can provide you with the know-how to keep your baby healthy and happy on a raw foods diet and treat common illnesses and injuries with effective home remedies.

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Four Years of Talking is a compelling compilation of speeches, articles, and press releases delivered by Prof. Steve Sinikiem Azaiki during his tenure as a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives from June 2019 to June 2023. The book offers a candid and detailed window into the work of a legislator — not just on the floor of the National Assembly, but across national, and international platforms.

The book is organized into two thematic parts: Bayelsa Politics and National Affairs. Among the defining moments captured in the book are Prof. Azaiki’s passionate response to the devastating 2022 floods in Bayelsa State, his position papers on the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill and the Electoral Bill, his stewardship accounts to constituents, and his consistent championing of education and human capital development. Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, wrote the Foreword, describing the book as “a clear portrait of robust representation.”

The book is dedicated to Prof. Azaiki’s daughter, Kalizibe, who at thirteen fought cancer for two years — and won.

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Over the English Channel, on a cliff in Sussex known as a popular suicide site, a person was found later identified as Paul, a Canadian born in Poland. Paul is alive, but he does not remember anything, he does not know who he is and who he was. He does not even know if he is Paul or someone else entirely. Loss of memory is associated with the loss of identity, social position, awareness of belonging to a specific culture, nation, even sexual orientation.

After the accident, Paul undergoes many years of treatment. Is it recovering its memory or constructing a new one? Paul tries to understand who he is and what mystery his memory hides. Years later, his memory reconstructs the day Paul arrived in London and read the Princess Diana Spencer Accident Report. On the same day, Paul is entangled in a breakneck attempt to reveal “the mystery” of Princess Diana's death. A desire for profit, an obsession with solving puzzles or a midlife crisis lead Paul to a catastrophe. After a few days, his body is found over the English Channel, on a cliff in Sussex.

A Fragment and the Whole is a crime novel revolving around one of the great secrets of the twentieth century and the conspiracy theories surrounding it. It is also a text about breakthroughs in neuroscience and the latest research on the subject. The author has assembled a team of medical consultants who have collaborated on the text and verified its scientific legitimacy. A Fragment and the Whole is a metaphorical story of memory loss as denial. It is also a novel about aging, approaching death, and grappling with mortality. The text is written from the perspective of an aging man and is a study in masculinity at the turn of the twenty-first century.

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Our approach to productivity is broken. The common principles and tools often improve the numbers, sure — but the numbers don’t tell the full story. Many have mastered the mechanics of productivity yet feel hollow in their success. The ceaseless pressure for endless growth, for maximizing every minute, for commodifying every ounce of energy and time — it’s crushing. It feeds a voice of panicked stress that doesn’t quiet when the clock strikes five. There has to be a better way to bring work and life into balance than forcing them further apart.

Thankfully, feeling stuck isn’t the same as being stuck. We can experiment with new ways of working — ways that reconnect our professional ambitions with our human needs, our struggles and strengths, our desire for meaning. If you’re a professional or creative who’s tired of the culture of constant optimization, who values structure but craves depth, who’s reached a stage where “getting things done” is no longer enough — Productiveness offers a way forward.

Productiveness reclaims what it means to be productive in a world that confuses busyness with value. Where productivity has become a relentless pursuit of quantity, productiveness restores balance between quantity and quality — between output and outcome, doing and being.

Drawing on a lifetime of curiosity and practice in time management and creative focus, Mike Vardy explores nine enduring elements of productiveness — humanness, grace, prudence, cadence, nuance, tolerance, efficacy, trust, and will — principles that help readers reorient their relationship with time and attention. Through reflective essays and grounded practices, Vardy offers a path toward wholeness in work and in life.

Productiveness isn’t a manual for managing time — it’s an invitation to partner with it. A guide to rediscover the art of being productive without losing your humanity in the process.

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In the wake of profound loss, grief becomes a journey of transformation for a diverse group of individuals seeking solace, understanding, and healing.

Five years after the devastating loss of her son, Colleen Friesen—a compassionate woman no stranger to sorrow—forms a grief group called The Price We Pay. Drawing from her own experiences with loss, she guides its members through the complexity of grief in sessions held in a cozy café during Saskatchewan’s blistering winter.

From Sarah, a college student who recently lost her father, to Ray, a young widower battling anger and guilt, to Paul, an Indigenous man whose loss of a friend unearths long-repressed grief and reconnects him with his heritage—they discover that while sorrow may isolate, it can also ignite a personal evolution, both within and beyond. Through their discoveries, revelations, and vulnerable moments, the group grows closer together, forming a lasting bond that becomes the foundation for their future journeys in life.

Comforting, inspiring, and with interactive questions posed to the reader at the end of each chapter, The Price We Pay not only explores and embraces grief and the many forms it takes, but also expands on themes of resilience, connection, and the enduring nature of love.

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A jigsaw puzzle in a cryptic antique shop reveals an uncanny power. A patrol officer chases a phantom pickup truck to a tragic end along a bustling Ontario highway. An out-of-left-field baseball card influences a charitable sense of honour. An alt-rock star exchanges marbles for songs with an unearthly counterparty. And a mystical night flight leads to a discovery of true inner self. These and other bizarre twists of fate make for a collection of strange and wonderful stories that, while aiming to challenge our sense of reality, still entertain.

Premonitions of the Ghost: A Collection of Offbeat Fiction brings nine distinctly different tales to the table—a table on high within an offshore lighthouse that overlooks an unknown sea. It seats ten, so there’s room for one more. Step inside and pull up a seat of your own . . .

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John has loved traveling his whole life, and in the early 2000s it was the country of Colombia that captured his heart. Always ready for something new, he recounts his adventures to beautiful beaches, history-filled cities and everything the local gay community has to offer, even when it wasn’t safe. More than once he found himself in guerilla-controlled areas, and he was even rushed out of a funeral because a guerilla group was in attendance! But even as a gay foreigner, John shows that taking the risk—with a good helping of common sense—is always worth it when exploring a new country, especially one that isn’t always first on someone’s list.

My Two Years in Colombia is a memoir about John finding life, love and happiness in a country far away from home. Although there are always risks involved in travelling, he wants nothing more than to show that it’s worth it to experience a new culture and to create connections with its peoples that stand the test of time.

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In The Difference Maker, author Bjorn Thorvaldson draws on decades of real-world experience to offer readers simple frameworks for decision-making, communication, leadership, and navigating uncertainty. The Difference Maker is an influential work on developing and sustaining leadership and relationship skills, with grounded tools to help readers confidently move from being overwhelmed to finding clarity, building trust, and leading with purpose in life’s important areas.

The Difference Maker is not only a book about leadership, nor is it only a book about personal development. Thorvaldson instead has created a field-tested framework that acts as a bridge between thinking, acting, and contributing, a bridge that will define and inspire readers to consistently turn awareness into action and create meaningful impact across work, relationships, and life.

With The Difference Maker, Thorvaldson delivers time-tested arguments for a new mindset of leadership, of doing the right thing, inspired by conversations with grandparents while growing up and developed over years of client work and presentations. Thorvaldson suggests that leaders need to aspire to more of a difference maker mindset, to aim to “think clearly under pressure and give people reasons to respect them.” This mindset will encourage readers to make maximum impact at work and in life, following foundational principles of well-being and opportunity.

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