Bestsellers at FriesenPress
Albert in the Alley
by Marissa Furry
Albert the kitten is all alone, living in a box in an alleyway, wondering what will happen when the weather turns cold without a warm home and loving family. That is, until a kind woman spots him outside—and knows just what to do. Albert in the Alley is a story about adopting the pets who become family, and opening our hearts and homes to the fluffy, floppy, fuzzy, feathery, scaly, and squirmy animals we love so dearly. Albert's story is the first Furry-Tale. A portion of proceeds from the...
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...
The English Trip of 1910
Toronto, Sir Henry Pellatt, the Queen's Own Rifles and the Press Gang by Mima Brown Kapches
The year 1910 saw the 50th anniversary of the Queen’s Own Rifles, Canada’s longest-serving reserve regiment. To celebrate this landmark, a series of events, military parades, and spectacular historical pageants featuring hundreds of participants were held in Toronto, all of which were bankrolled by financier and Commanding Officer of the QOR, Sir Henry Pellatt—better known to Canadians as the man who built Toronto’s Casa Loma as a private residence for his family. The highlight of the...
resilience+Rise
26.2 Transformative Milestones to Unleash Your Marathon of Life Mindset by Thomas Scaria
Are you ready to develop your resilience and overcome life’s toughest challenges? #resilience+Rise is the instructional guide you’ve been waiting for. Written by accountability leadership coach and long-distance runner thomas Scaria, it’s packed with action items and journaling prompts to guide you on your own route to resilience. This transformative book draws powerful parallels between long distance running and cultivating a resilient, purpose-driven life. Through 26.2 impactful...
Machine Control
by Munir Karbani
Set in the not-so-distant future, Machine Control is a haunting story about a man and his machine creation. Working together, they seek to change the world in a dramatic way with a new form of artificial intelligence. In this new world, the machines replace human workers, control all information, monitor everything about everyone, and ultimately become uncontrollable. The story explores whether humanity has any hope for a better tomorrow in a world controlled by machines.
My Mennonite Oma's People
A Story of Love and Loss by Ernie G Dyck
If we had the ability to speak with our ancestors, what kinds of stories would they share? Would we get a glimpse into the lives and people the history books miss? A better understanding of the events that shaped our families and, ultimately, our identities? In My Mennonite Oma’s People: A Story of Love and Loss author Ernie G. Dyck reimagines the life of Maria Epp (née Neufeld)—his maternal grandmother—and the lives of her ancestors. Part historical fiction, part narrative non-fiction,...
Let's Go, Darby!
by Linda Rosenbaum
The Hospital for Sick Children was Georgie's only hope...Based on a true story. It’s 1898. Ten-year-old Georgie Titus has clubfoot. He can’t walk. He can’t go to school. Kids in his small town laugh and call him names. Georgie hears about a new children’s hospital in Toronto where they “perform miracles.” He is determined to go. But how? The city is forty miles away. Let’s Go, Darby! tells the remarkable story of the harrowing journey Georgie makes with his dog, Darby, landing on the...
Filburt Feels a Photon
A Story of Light, Space, & Time by L.E. Doue
Filburt Feels a Photon introduces the concepts of light, space, and time to children (and their adults!) in a fun and whimsical way. As Filburt (the curious horse) and his dedicated caretaker, Ray, take their daily walk in the sunshine, they engage in an amusing and educational dialogue. With a fluidly rhyming narrative, and wonderfully compelling illustrations, curious young readers will be able to revel in these concepts without the need to understand complex equations. Even as it...
Abby is my Dog Trainer
How Theory Guides Positive Dog Training by John McAlpine
Prior to the summer of 2011, John had no particular interest in dogs or dog training. But after a dog responded to a friendly wave with a bite to his calf, John’s curiosity was piqued. Why did the dog respond that way? Was there anything he could have done differently? Then, like kismet, came a wonderful opportunity for an education in dog behavior in the form of a beautiful, long-coat German shepherd named Abby. Through Abby came schooling in how dogs’ minds work, what training techniques...
crash & bloom
A poetry collection of grief & gratitude by Sara Machnik
mama, am I going to make it, is it going to be okay will I lose my breasts, my hair, my eyelashes will I lose my identity, femininity, my dignity will I recognize myself in mirrors, in photos, in memories who will I become if I no longer look like your daughter mama, what do I make of this life that’s not my own Grief, loss, isolation, depression… what do you do when, as a young woman, a cancer diagnosis crashes into your life, taking away your identity and your vision of the future? Crash &...