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13 Ways to Kill Your Community 2nd Edition
by Doug Griffiths and Kelly Clemmer
13 Ways to Kill Your Community is lively, full of personality, conversational, breezy, succinct, and fun. One can imagine readers seeking out information on boosting their local community sighing dutifully as they seek out material and then being relieved and delighted when what they find turns out to be as entertaining as it is informative. The information provided is sometimes startling and often positively revelatory. The anecdotes and examples are delivered with wit and a little bit of a...
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...
See Through Love
by Rodd Thunderheart
Every woman has experienced a moment where they wish that they could just disappear... High school teacher Carolina Dominguez has the unique ability to turn invisible at will. While she usually has control over her supernatural ability, Carolina becomes invisible every time she is attracted to a man. When Carolina finds herself infatuated with the hot new gym teacher, Julian Marchiel, she is shocked to discover Julian is blind... but he can see her! Once Julian’s secret past resurfaces,...
Through the Grey Skies
A Mother’s Journey of Grief and Hope by Megan Hewson
“It wasn’t supposed to be this way.” Every mother carries hopes and dreams for her unborn child, rarely imagining a motherhood journey that veers so far from the path she once envisioned. Through tender storytelling and honest reflection, Megan Hewson invites readers into her deeply personal journey to motherhood—one marked by breathtaking joy and profound loss. From multiple IVF attempts and complicated pregnancies to the devastating death of her infant son, Tucker, Megan guides readers...
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...
After All...
Cherished Memories by Linda Louise
After All…traces the first 40 years of a small-town Ohio girl’s life. Coming from a family of 10 children, at 18 she leaves behind the certainty of the 1950’s and steps boldly into a bigger world. Through education, hard knocks, and an unrelenting quest for self-discovery, she travels across America and beyond, experiencing distant places that reshape her understanding of love, courage and connection. One of the baby boom generation, Linda breaks the mold and dares to live life on her own...
Feather By Feather
by Erin K Brown
When a bright purple feather lands on Grace’s knee, she’s swept into a magical adventure. She follows a trail of vibrant, colourful feathers—green, blue, pink, and more—and discovers a cloud pouring feathers! Grace wonders what they’re meant to become. With creativity and determination, Grace tries to shape the feathers into different animals, but each creation falls apart. What do the feathers truly want to be? Join Grace as she learns to listen, observe, and let go, discovering that...
Sara's Diary
by Karen Okum
Grade five is off to a terrible start for Emma Jones. Her friends have started to bully Sara, a new classmate, and Emma doesn’t know what to do about it. If it were up to Emma, she’d have nothing to do with Sara, who is constantly interrupting, boring everyone with her endless stories, and talking on and on about butterflies. Then the unthinkable happens: Emma is assigned to be Sara’s helper. Emma doesn’t want to be Sara’s friend, but as she spends more time with her, an unexpected...
Kaylee and Koru and the Long Way Home
by Alister Mathieson and Avery Mathieson
This enchanting tale celebrates the extraordinary friendship between Kaylee, a strong and graceful Canada goose, and Koru, a curious and flightless brown kiwi bird. Kaylee hails from the Arctic tundra of Northern Canada, while Koru explores the lush kauri forests of New Zealand. Despite living in different parts of the world, the two birds embark on a remarkable journey of understanding, while sharing the wonders of their worlds. Paralleling their bond is the friendship of Mikki, an Inuit...
Failing Health
The Rise and Fall of Canada's Health Care System by Stephen R. Barron
Do you believe Canada’s health care system is working as well as it should be? Despite having a publicly funded health care system, Canadians have suffered for years from a shortage of family doctors, excessively long wait times for specialists and investigations, overcrowded emergency departments, and “hallway medicine” in our hospitals. It wasn’t always like this. After over 40 years as a front-line traditional family doctor, Dr. Steve Barron outlines the vital signs warning us that...