Bestsellers at FriesenPress
The What and How of PTSD
Understanding and Moving Beyond by Céline Paris
"What is happening to me? Nothing feels the same. Why me? I used to be in control of my emotions and my life. I want it back." Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can happen to anyone, including the strongest and the bravest. It makes you feel like you are losing control of your mind. Trauma is daunting. PTSD is daunting. Understanding PTSD is not daunting, or at least it doesn't have to be. In flipping through the pages of this book, you will find that it is not intimidating. ”The What...
Battling Fate
by J.A. Hubbard
For a decade, Mary’s world has revolved around Ryan. Her high school sweetheart. Her fiancé and the love of her life. Their love is the foundation upon which she has built every dream. But in a single shattering moment, Ryan reveals he’s met someone else and that his love for Mary has changed. Mary’s carefully constructed life collapses into heartbreak and disbelief as they’re forced to cancel their wedding. With her whole world uprooted, Mary is left adrift, questioning everything she...
Ladies Don't Do That!
Memoir of an Olympian by Jackie MacDonald
In the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Jackie MacDonald burst onto the Canadian sport scene with an immense amount of publicity. The tall blond teacher, often compared to Marilyn Monroe, who put the shot, pumped iron and drove a Harley Davidson motorcycle, caught the eye of photographers even before she surprised the track and field community by winning a silver medal in the shot put only one year after she had started the event. When Canadian officials withdrew her from the...
What It Takes
Things a Canadian Police Officer Wants You to Know About His Job by Owen R.B. Roberts
A police officer pulls back the proverbial curtain on his profession to reveal its inner workings. After more than a decade in the police force, the author shares on-the-job insights and details of his training on how to deal with drug addiction, mental illness, and violent encounters, and delves into why policing spans gratification to anguish. Ride alongside as he divulges behind-the-scene stories of everyday situations faced by police officers across Canada—from traffic-infraction stops...
My Friend Chase
by Christine Horton
My Friend Chase is an engaging children’s picture book, written by Nolan’s teacher Mrs. Horton through Nolan’s eyes. Nolan is a neurodivergent young adult trying to process all the feelings that come with friendship, death, grief and the journey of healing. Chase is honored through descriptive memories that highlight who he was and what he loved, while showing him stumble through life with quirky comedic timing and an elfish grin. The story of Chase tries to gently bring readers into a safe...
The Architecture of Inequality
Socratic Dialogues on American Crisis by Farhang Mossavar-rahmani
The Architecture of Inequality is a work of civic philosophy that examines the structural foundations of American democratic life through the time-honored method of Socratic dialogue. Set in a university seminar room, the book brings together thirteen student characters—representing a wide range of American experience, ideology, and aspiration—as they discuss important issues in today's America. Among these are: • the causes of economic and gender inequality • the decline of democratic...
The Book on Ending Homelessness
by Iain De Jong
The Book on Ending Homelessness provides insights for those in the industry, elected officials, policy makers, funders, public servants and the general public on the best ways to move from managing homelessness to ending homelessness. While ending homelessness may seem to be a whacky or even preposterous idea, Iain De Jong takes more than two decades of experience as an award winning industry leader to lay out how and why homelessness can be ended in very practical ways. This book will...
Nordegg
The Quest to Find Sasquatch by Annette Hobart and Warren Hobart
In Nordegg: The Quest to Find Sasquatch, Annette and Wunfeather (Warren) Hobart invite readers into the wilderness of Nordegg, Alberta, to join them on their unique journey in search of the legendary Sasquatch. Seasoned trappers and Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, the Hobarts draw from their deep connection to the land to interpret the mysterious signs they encounter—from towering figures at the edge of camp to unexplained footprints in the mud. With personal tales of strange sights, eerie...
Externalities
by D. McCall Johnston
Tuscany, 1950. A chance encounter between two young people on the street marks the beginning of a whirlwind romance. Yolanda and Clemente Gallorini are about to embark on the journey of a lifetime as they begin to build a life together. No one ever suspects it will end in suspense, intrigue, and tragedy. Join multiple generations of Gallorinis in this family saga, beginning with the story of a young couple’s move from Tuscany to Toronto in 1950. Through the second generation—Marie, Ana, and...
The Spice Deck
An Anthology of Ayurvedic Spice Wisdom & Aromanutrition by Glynnis Osher
What if your kitchen were a portal to sensory awakening, culinary alchemy, and the wisdom that transforms spice into medicine? In a world where many of us feel disconnected—from our food, our bodies, and the rhythms of nature—The Spice Deck offers a way back: a conscious journey into the healing realm of aromatic seeds and plants. Ayurvedic practitioner and Spice Mistress Glynnis Osher guides you through fifty-two extraordinary spices, revealing their healing properties, elemental energies,...