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That One Night
A Brain Injury Survival Story by Kelly Kotzer
What started out as an innocent, fun-filled night suddenly turns into a parent’s worst nightmare—their child dying in a heap of twisted metal on a moonlit street. Though she survives the car crash, Kelly’s life is forever altered that one dreadful night. Once a young, carefree teenager competing in sports and laughing with friends, she wakes to a different reality full of dire predictions about what she will never be able to achieve. Even when the scars fade, she will be left with the...
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...
Talk Matters!
Saving the World One Word at a Time; Solving Complex Issues Through Brain Science, Mindful Awareness and Effective Process by Mary V. Gelinas
We create the present and future in our meetings and conversations every day. What can we do to increase the likelihood that we’re creating a future that we all want? We can start by talking more constructively and productively about what matters to us all. After decades of advising groups in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, process design and facilitation expert Mary V. Gelinas has integrated her best knowledge of brain and behavioral sciences, mindful awareness, and effective...
The Poet's Wife
by Ioanna Sahas Martin
Eighteen-year-old Yiorgos is desperate to escape the bounds of tradition and his father’s iron fist. As a child, writing poetry and roaming his beloved mountains on the island of Crete provided some reprieve, but now he is slated for mandatory military service. Instead, he stows away on a ship and heads for America. On board, chance encounters with an old sailor and a mysterious young woman set him on a path to Canada that will change his life forever. But Yiorgos’s journey is only part of a...
Fotografias de Memória
Photographs by Gilberto Prioste by Gilberto Prioste
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...
No One Left Behind: Decades of Growth
Collective Stories of Nurse Practitioners Transforming Healthcare in Canada by Kim Harkness
When the nurse practitioner role was first introduced in the 1960s, no one could foresee the revolution in health care delivery it would augur. But decades later, the role is still little understood. In this striking follow-up to Claudia Mariano’s 2015 book No One Left Behind, nurse practitioners from across Canada reflect on the challenges, triumphs, and evolution of the profession through the past decade. Drawing on their experiences—both in the clinic and beyond—Canadian NPs from coast to...
Secret to Life
by Alison Owen
This book is part of my journey, sharing insights and wisdom of what I have learned. In turn, I hope this book is an easy and accessible guide leading you to inner peace in your life. Life teaches us that peace, wisdom, and enlightenment are found within oneself, not through external validation or material goods. By cultivating mindfulness, meditation, and inner virtue, you can break free from suffering and achieve liberation, shifting focus from external circumstances to internal...
Trouble in the Terroir
by Debra Clendinneng
Bella Stewart has her life and nursing career perfectly planned—until her estranged, failing mother, Flo, needs a caregiver. In their final months together, half-told family tales and long-buried secrets begin to surface, each one raising unanswered questions. When her mother dies, Bella reluctantly inherits a struggling vineyard, a drafty century home, and the debt knotting them together. The real trouble arrives when an infamous sommelier turns up murdered on her rocky beach. Overnight,...
My Father's Father's Family
James Wilfred Estey & His Ancestors by John W. Estey
This book traces the remarkable journey of the Estey family across five centuries, from its earliest recorded origins in England in the sixteenth century to the diverse paths that eventually converged in New Brunswick and beyond. It follows the migrations of ancestors shaped by religious persecution, economic necessity, colonial upheaval, and the search for opportunity—from the English refugees in Leiden and the Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam to the New England Planters and Loyalists who...
Solutions for a Wounded Planet
by Jim Kingham
Depressed about the environmental disaster currently rocking our world? Unsure about what to do when climate change is only growing worse? Fearful of what the future might look like with so many world powers refusing to acknowledge the issues at hand? Solutions for a Wounded Planet has the answers. With a comprehensive look at both problems and solutions, Kingham details the present condition of the air, water, and land in our world, describes how human activity has been designed to waste...