Bestsellers at FriesenPress
ESOPs in Canada
How to Implement an Employee Share Ownership Plan to Grow and Exit your Business with your Legacy Intact by Perry Phillips
Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are a powerful tool in a world in which it is no longer business as usual. Whether you want to attract and retain skilled workers, create a succession plan for your business, combat the “brain drain,” recognize employee contributions, or need a way to turn your company around through improvements in productivity and morale, an ESOP could be the win-win solution for your company. An ESOP is a formal plan that allows employees to purchase shares in the...
Grandma's Blue Bucket
by Valerie E. Fritz
Grandma’s garden is a magical place. With a blue bucket in hand, Linh and Grandma explore the wonderful vegetables that grow in the warm, dark earth. Linh learns how to open a pea pod to eat the fresh peas nestled inside, which tomatoes are the best to pick, and where to find potatoes deep in the soil. There are so many incredible plants and vegetables, and Linh can’t wait to find them all. One, two, three… a dozen or maybe 200! And after all the vegetables are picked, what will Grandma and...
Ripples from the Rupununi
Dr. Aidun's Healing Journey by Brian H. Cameron
Somewhere over the rainforest in Guyana there’s a land called the Rupununi, a creek-crossed savannah inhabited for millennia by Indigenous people of great capacity. This is where Dr. Jamshid Aidun, a Persian Canadian surgeon and a humble man of faith, went to lead the Bahá’í Community Health Partnership, and to heal his own broken heart. Moving to Guyana from his surgical practice in Manitoba, Aidun was the only doctor for 17,000 people scattered across a region the size of Nova Scotia. For...
Old Town Victoria
Walk Through Time by David Wright Mason
For over a decade, local historian and walking tour guide Dave Mason has been uncovering the rich architectural and cultural heritage of downtown Victoria, British Columbia. This guidebook brings together years of meticulous research—rooted in primary historical sources—to tell the stories behind many of the city’s most iconic heritage properties. Designed to serve as a handheld companion for walking tours and a reliable historical reference, the book combines concise, easy-to-read entries...
Me, My Thoughts and I
A Collection of Thought Drops Designed to Increase Confidence and Reduce Imposter Syndrome by Debora Gemmell
Are you a successful, talented professional who secretly struggles with your inner critic and not feeling good enough? Are you a high performer who is drained from the ongoing effort to be productive while wearing a mask to hide insecurities? These 140 thought drops, written by leadership life and business coach Debora Gemmell and others in the Thrive community, are designed to help capable individuals increase self-confidence and reduce imposter syndrome. By shifting your mindset and...
Manitoba Flora
A Guide to the Vascular Plants of Manitoba: Volume 1: Spore-Producing Plants, Conifers, and Monocots by Diana Bizecki Robson
Whether you are a scientist, student, landowner or plant lover looking to identify Manitoba’s native, rare, weedy or culturally important plants, Manitoba Flora is sure to prove the ultimate guide. This is the first flora of Manitoba published since the 1950s, and it includes over three hundred plant species documented in the province since that time. Manitoba Flora—Volume 1 provides a clear, easy-to-navigate, and up-to-date guide to the spore-producing plants, conifers, and monocots of...
Resettlement
by S.L. Jamison
In the year 2438, eleven-year-old Jesse Darris leaves everything she knows behind—Earth, school, safety—for the alien frontier of a distant planet. Alongside her parents, twin brother, and little sister, Jesse journeys 300 million miles to Migourt, her father lured by dreams of prosperity from legendary Quartz mines. But what they find isn’t a boomtown—it’s a broken promise: a barren settlement on the edge of survival, where hope is as rare as clean water. When tragedy strikes and her sister...
Ready to Learn
A crash course in child development, and how children experience school by James Dylan Smith
In today’s fast-paced educational environment, teachers are constantly seeking ways to improve their practice while streamlining the high demands of their day-to-day work. Ready to Learn bridges the gap between psychology and education, offering fresh insights that empower educators to connect research with practical strategies. The book begins by exploring the rich histories of psychological research on learning and development, providing educators with a thorough understanding of how...
Visionary
The Ernie Gare Story by John Korobanik
It’s not surprising if you’ve never heard of Ernie Gare; the man behind innovations that paved the way for many Canadians to pursue their athletic dreams without sacrificing education cared more about the future of the athletes and the sports than garnering fame for himself. Without Gare and his drive to create the scholarship program, the world may not have seen Nancy Greene win an Olympic gold medal, or the Crazy Canucks take Canada to the top of the ski racing world. Without Gare’s...
TIZITA
A Memoir of Perseverance and Enchantment by Marian Dodds
Traversing personal narrative and broader social themes, this memoir will resonate with anyone who’s ever felt compelled to do good in the world, whether in person or by donation. Vivid descriptions, historical context and personal insights offer an immersion into Ethiopian life and the triumphs and challenges of international work through the eyes of a Canadian volunteer. TIZITA will appeal to those currently on the journey of international work, locals working with them, or returnees still...