Bestsellers at FriesenPress
Agent of The County
by Hal Giddens
In the quiet rural village of Fallingwood Corner, Nova Scotia, nothing ever seems out of place—until it does. RCMP Agent Aub Gibbs is sent undercover to the place he once called home to look into suspicions of a counterfeiting operation tied to an international crime syndicate. Though Gibbs is skeptical at first, it doesn’t take long for unease to settle in. When a mysterious death rattles the close-knit community, the case takes a darker turn. A seasoned investigator with international...
Houndsfire
Embers of Home by Ryelee Arishenkoff
Baelhast once flourished with magic. Now it withers in the wake of the Cull, when it was hunted to extinction. Arland is one of many cities that rots beneath its new rulers—the Houndsguard—who have put wolves in every alley and blood in every home. Wulf has survived this far in gutters and on rooftops. Stubborn and reckless, he has always learned the hard way—one day, it won’t give him back. With his adoptive brother and a crew of thieves to pick up the slack, it’s just enough to survive a...
The Difference Maker
How clear thinking, calm leadership, and everyday discipline create real impact by Bjorn A. Thorvaldson
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...
Productiveness
by Mike Vardy
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...
A Bruised Reed
A Personal History of Ukraine and Ukrainian Immigration to Canada by Jenny Antonio
Marek’s personal story is framed within Ukraine’s broader history of foreign domination, war, and cultural suppression. In the aftermath of WWI Marek, along with his wife Matrunka set sail to Canada. They establish a homestead in Alberta with little more than basic tools, at a time when Western Canada was in the throes of development. A Bruised Reed is a personal history of the author’s parents’ lives. It also explores the broader history of Ukrainian people and their immigrant experience,...
Sh*t People Don’t Know
The Backstory of Everything by Dr. Phil Tanner
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...
Slogging North of 60
Half a century of ski trekking through the Yukon and beyond by Peter Heebink and Karen McColl
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...
The Church on the Street
Ministry of Presence by Deacon Robert Kinghorn
“In ‘The Church on the Street’ Deacon Robert Kinghorn leads us on a compelling and inspiring journey through the streets of Toronto, as he offers powerful witness to the values of the Gospel amid the dire circumstances faced by growing numbers of people. ‘The Church on the Street’ is necessary reading for all members of the clergy, those involved in active ministry, and for all who may be inspired to help bring the love, light and mercy of Christ to those who struggle within the margins of...
Schumann, Vienna and the Cat
by Robert Silverman
Robert Schumann—one of the most imaginative figures of the Romantic era—and concert pianist Robert Silverman: in both lives, brief but psychologically complex sojourns in Vienna became decisive crucibles, testing ambition against reality and shaping the emergence of fully formed artistic identities. Their two stories unfold in counterpoint in Schumann, Vienna, and the Cat, illuminating one another across time. In the first half of the book, Silverman traces his own artistic formation in...
Leadership Turnaround
by Ifie Sekibo
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...