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Founder's Guide to Governance
Beyond a Good Idea by Michael J. Robinson
Founding a business is among the most difficult, lonely, and rewarding challenges a person will ever undertake. A founder can better manage their personal stress and significantly increase their chances of success if they develop effective governance practices that help attract the resources needed to fuel corporate growth. As a founder this book will help you develop corporate structures and processes that support your business as its grows, transforming your corporation from good to great....
Sleep Walk
by Charles Johnston
Jamie Brock is trying to put his life back together. After being horrifically burned in a welding accident and enduring months of rehab, nightmares, and sleepwalking, he returns to Ron’s Auto, his longtime employer, and the site of his disfigurement. A skilled mechanic and the garage’s resident “good guy,” Jamie is welcomed back by its owners, Ron and Rosemary, their daughter Lena—who has long nursed a crush on Jamie—and wise-cracking mechanic, Mike. The garage resumes its old rhythms and...
Cumberland Critters
by Ann Milligan
In one small pond in Cumberland, B.C., otter pups play in the woods, herons fall in love, and tiny frogs sing in a joyful chorus. Cumberland Critters invites readers to take a peek into the lives of all the special critters found in, on, and around this vibrant pond. Through lush, descriptive stories, children can imagine becoming each of the nine animals featured in the book. All the creatures on our planet are connected in a circle of life that binds us all. This imaginative insight into a...
Uncle Splint Saves The Day
by Shane Murray
Oh no! Ruby the cow is missing! Dane would do anything to find his missing sister, but try as he might, she’s nowhere to be seen. Luckily, he has some friends who can help him out. But no matter how hard they search, Ruby remains missing. Desperate, Dane turns to Uncle Splint. Will he know what to do to find Ruby? Join a whole host of barnyard friends on this romp along the riverbank and through the pasture to find Ruby the cow!
Finding What Always Was
by Deadly Poets Society
Born in the silence of lockdowns and the noise of systemic change, the Deadly Poets Society began as a circle of Indigenous and non-Indigenous health researchers who met fortnightly to write, reflect, and hold space for one another. What started as a response to the isolation of COVID-19 became something far deeper: a creative practice rooted in trust, Country, and connection. Finding What Always Was is the anthology born of that practice, speaking both to the soul of research and to a...
Crescendo to Becoming
A Memoir of My Life by Francesco Fiorentino
This book is truly Cav. Francesco Fiorentino's labor of love. It was originally written around 2010 but was abandoned when the author lost his forty-four-year-old daughter to cancer. Thanks to the insistence and inspiration of his twelve grandchildren the rewriting of the book has been resurrected into this edition entitled Crescendo to Becoming, which translates to Growing to Becoming. Through this book, the author shares with us most, if not all, the kinds and types of person he has become...
Curiosity and the Cat
by Katie Allen
Curiosity killed the cat? Satisfaction brought it back. Joni the cat loves nothing better than to sleep all day—until one day, she wakes up with a strange feeling. Overcome by curiosity, Joni steps into a world full of magic and wonder. Come join her on the adventure of a lifetime!
Avignon
by Mitchell J. Mueck
William was a physically powerful man, but he was something more than physically strong. There was a strength of character that just seemed to exude from him. He was a good man. Alexandre wasn’t able to think of anyone he had ever met that compared to what he thought of William. He seemed to have the ability to control any situation, but he used that ability to benefit others, which came to included even Alexandre. Montana native William Walker is in Avignon, France, living discreetly,...
W is for Winnipeg
A Little Architect's ABC by Rae St. Clair Bridgman
What if you were an owl? What would you see in the city? Winnipeg’s skyline offers a window into a playful world of contemporary and historic architecture across the seasons, all while learning your ABCs and XYZs. Learn about Winnipeg’s hidden and not-so-hidden architectural gems. This is more than just an alphabet book. It’s an ABC book + picture book + little readers’ book, all rolled into one. Everyone who loves their city (or is visiting the city) and wants to explore its secrets from an...
Oliver The Crane
by Jordan Barons
Oliver is a construction crane, and he’s been hired to help build a condo tower where hundreds of people will live. It’s his job to lift big, heavy things way up into the air. Oliver and his friends hoist rebar, lift fly forms, and unload concrete as the building comes together floor by floor. He loves working with his friends onsite, but when the job is done, what will happen to him? Every kid loves to know how things are made, especially the role of big trucks and heavy machines. Oliver...