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Recollections of a Boomtown Bar Owner
What a Shit Show! by Dennis Kloepfer
Pull up a stool and grab a drink—a lot can happen before last call! After building a stable career in the trades, Dennis leaves his day job for one in the nightlife and buys a raucous rural Ontario bar with his brother Bill. He quickly finds that learning to sling drinks is the least of his worries—his first week ends with him bruised, bloodied, and in need of dental care. Welcome to the world of boom town bars! Recollections of a Boom Town Bar Owner tells unbelievable true stories straight...
Whitewater Performance
Fundamentals of Training Theory in Canoe Slalom by Jan Busta
The book "Za úspěchem ve vlnách" was first published in the Czech Republic in 2020. Since then, it has provided Czech coaches, athletes, parents, and enthusiasts with a comprehensive introduction to the theory of rationally designed training in canoe slalom. The book attracted the attention of many international coaches and athletes for whom the Czech language was entirely inaccessible. The demand for a publication offering a comprehensive approach to training—one that could also serve as an...
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...
Little Big Boss
A Métis Man's Stories of Life in Canada's Arctic by Alex Gordon and Michel Lupien
Alex Gordon left his home in Caslan, Alberta in 1958 for a summer job in Wood Buffalo National Park to earn money for university in the fall. Little did he know this would lead to a 20-year adventure working and living in Canada’s high Arctic. From Inuvik to Iqaluit, and communities and camps in between, Alex shares his stories of friendship and his efforts to be a catalyst for change. This is more than a memoir; it is a love story of Canada’s North and its remarkable and resilient people.
A Brotherhood of Unbreakable Bonds
My Life in The Canadian Armed Forces by Adam J. Webb
It was about 0215 hours when I was awoken by the first rocket hitting the camp, shortly followed by the second one. I know this because I felt the BOOM! in my chest. A feeling that I had not experienced since I was living on the airfield in Mogadishu, a feeling that I rather hoped I would never have to experience again . . . Seconds later, the Kandahar Airfield air-raid siren sounded . . . Retired Captain Adam J. Webb provides a genuine glimpse into life in the Canadian Armed Forces, sharing...
We Remember The Black Battalion
by Serena Virk
Have you heard of No. 2 Construction Battalion? It is never too late to learn about No. 2 Construction Battalion, also known as the Black Battalion. In the First World War, when so many brave young men enlisted to fight, there were many Black men who wanted to join, but many were denied. Instead, the Black Battalion was created. A labour unit that helped cut the lumber and mill the logs. These men were still soldiers, and they served Canada proudly. It is up to us to remember their...
the ant who needed a transplant
by Dr. Bill Wall
Mama Ant, Papa Ant, Russell, and Sophie all live together in a thriving ant community. They love each other very much, and in the winter their favourite activity is to go tobogganing together. But one winter, Papa Ant has trouble climbing the hill. He goes to the doctor and is told that he needs a heart transplant. What will the ant family do? Will anyone be able to save their Papa? the "ant who needed a transplant" is a touching story that embraces the themes of empathy, altruism, and...
Mrs. Simcoe
A Life in the Age of Revolution by Kerry M. Abel
Born into war and orphaned at birth, Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim Simcoe lived through some of the most dramatic upheavals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From the genteel world of the English landed gentry to rugged colonial Canada, she bore witness to political, industrial, and personal revolutions. Mrs. Simcoe: A Life in the Age of Revolution traces the impressive journey of a woman whose private life intersected with public change. As wife to John Graves Simcoe, the first...
The Spice Deck
An Anthology of Ayurvedic Spice Wisdom & Aromanutrition by Glynnis Osher
What if your kitchen were a portal to sensory awakening, culinary alchemy, and the wisdom that transforms spice into medicine? In a world where many of us feel disconnected—from our food, our bodies, and the rhythms of nature—The Spice Deck offers a way back: a conscious journey into the healing realm of aromatic seeds and plants. Ayurvedic practitioner and Spice Mistress Glynnis Osher guides you through fifty-two extraordinary spices, revealing their healing properties, elemental energies,...
Unfettered
A Collection of Quirky Short Stories by Irene Kidd-McCuaig
Unfettered is a story collection brimming with unfettered imagination. A captain of a ship ferries dead souls from a natural disaster to the Afterlife, but a living passenger throws a wrinkle into his job. A faerie travels to the human realm where she tries to restore a dragon to health, encounters a healer, and embraces her own abilities. A retired woman with an unfaithful husband discovers a unique name in the phonebook, leading to her witnessing a crime, and in the process, finding...