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Unleashed

Intention, Empowerment, Influence by

Are you trying to find work-life balance? Are you starting the journey of leadership in your career? Do you see opportunities in your organization you want to help influence? Are you wanting to accelerate your personal and professional development? This book can help you with these and more. Leading people is truly a privilege, although it might not always feel that way. While every company requires leaders, not every company has a plethora of effective leaders. If your exposure to great...


Win-Win Deal Making

Lessons From The Road by

In Win-Win Deal Making: Lessons from the Road, Erik Richer La Flèche, a seasoned lawyer, provides deal making insights learned over four decades while negotiating in jurisdictions as varied as Japan, Indonesia, China, India, Sri Lanka, Laos, Bolivia, Cuba, France, Algeria, Chad, Botswana, and Djibouti, to name but a few. Most deals involved large projects: infrastructure, basic industry and natural resources, but the lessons learned are applicable to all manner of transactions whether big or...


Stooks on the Horizon

The Story of a Prairie Family Homestead by

This is a story of land, a farm that was not just the giver of life’s sustenance but a character in its own right, with its own spirit and vitality found in its black earth, pastures, woods, and sloughs as it moves through seasons. When faded, creased papers from the early 1900s were stumbled upon in an old E.B. Eddy matchbox in her maternal grandfather’s farmhouse, Jan Kuzina began a quest to learn more about her family’s history. As she researched, an incredible story emerged, one of...


Yoga as Origami

Themes from Katonah Yoga by

The practices of the body hold the power to transform the habits of the mind. Understanding the body’s fundamental proportions, folds, and fits is the key to establishing a safe and effective yoga practice and achieving optimal health and well-being. Katonah Yoga, a type of Hatha yoga developed by Nevine Michaan, combines Daoist concepts with sacred geometries and the archetypal measurements of the human body. Like origami, postures are both a precise geometric puzzle and a disciplined...


The Three Mantras

For Removing Fear and Anxiety from your Life by

To anyone who has trudged through spiritual books and listened to endless self-help podcasts, Nearly gone broke attending woo-woo meditation seminars in faraway lands, Puked, then hallucinated for twelve hours hoping to change the memories of your past, Blearily woken up at 5 a.m. to dunk yourself in ice-cold water, then journal and update your never-satisfied vision board, downsized worldly possessions, and smelt up your house burning sage, Attempted to abstain from any food, sex, shopping,...


Emojinal

A Book About Emotions With Emojis by

We all feel big emotions. What do we do when our feelings seem to be taking over? How do we handle all the things inside us? Emojinal is a manual designed to help young children understand, process, and accept big feelings. Using contrasting emotions, the narrative helps children name and understand what they feel. It offers suggestions for healthy and appropriate ways to deal with emotions, and teaches kids how to self-regulate their feelings. The book also provides children with the...


A Tangled Web of Deception

by

High-flying forensic accountant Thomas Crawford couldn’t be happier. Having been made partner in a prestigious accounting firm in downtown Toronto, his desire to get out from under the suffocating grip of his abusive father has finally been fulfilled. But that very night, Thomas finds himself behind bars, accused of a horrifying crime that he can’t remember committing—the death of a young, pregnant woman in a fatal collision. Detective Dottie Zane, a determined investigator who works for the...


The Cell

A Story Of Tragedy And Survival by

While hockey great Barry Beck had been in fights before, nothing had prepared him for a one-two punch this vicious. On July 26, 2020, Beck's son Brock was murdered. Just over seven months later, Beck's former New York Rangers teammate, U.S. Olympic hero Mark Pavelich, died by suicide. “With Brock's murder, I was thrust into this prison cell of trauma. You can't get out. You don't have the skills. You're trapped like a prisoner.” With no clear pathway out, and too little support in place,...


Body Wisdom

How to stop the cycle of dieting, fall in love with your body and find your healthy set point by

Are you ready to give up calorie counting, punishing restrictive diets, and rigorous exercise programs? Body Wisdom aims to help you heal the root causes of your desire to diet and change your body shape or size. It is a roadmap to moving beyond notenoughness toward deep self-love and acceptance. You will learn to cultivate your innate body’s wisdom through wellness practices, such as mirror work, breathing techniques, mindful eating, journaling, and savouring the simple pleasures in life....


Axis Rising

The Beginner's Guide to The Second World War by

Axis Rising: The Beginner’s Guide to the Second World War is the book to read for a quick, easy-to-understand, yet comprehensive overview of World War Two. Beginning with the birth of Hitler and following through the entire war and its aftermath, this guide is perfect for those wanting to gain an understanding of the causes and major events of World War Two. While exploring each significant battle, advance in technology, and strategy change by both sides, Axis Rising brings to light each of...