Bestsellers at FriesenPress
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 Berrylove Chronicles
by Ryan M. Langlois
I don’t think a person can live in any given locality for a prolonged period of time without noticing its peculiarities… So begins The Berrylove Chronicles, a collection of ten interconnected stories set in the fictional town of Berrylove, Ontario, a familiar yet extraordinary place filled with some very unusual characters. Meet Sebastian, the high school principal who leads a rather flamboyant gang of bikers; Lonnie Cox, the bumbling teenaged superhero; Roland Parks, the ersatz mystic; and...
The Balm
by Llewellyn Mark Jones
The Balm is a heart-warming comic and romantic story about family and the healing power of community. The novel’s surprises unravel truths, which reveal characters’ health struggles and anguish, uniting them as humans. As the Snowstorm of the Century bears down on the town of Gilead, its residents are preparing to celebrate the life of one of its most prominent citizens. Twyla Fox, business owner, mother, grandmother, and loving partner, decided weeks ago to forgo any further treatment of...
My Friend Chase
by Christine Horton
My Friend Chase is an engaging children’s picture book, written by Nolan’s teacher Mrs. Horton through Nolan’s eyes. Nolan is a neurodivergent young adult trying to process all the feelings that come with friendship, death, grief and the journey of healing. Chase is honored through descriptive memories that highlight who he was and what he loved, while showing him stumble through life with quirky comedic timing and an elfish grin. The story of Chase tries to gently bring readers into a safe...
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.
Explant
The Essential Guidebook to Surgery, Recovery & Breast Implant Illness by Lindsey Anne Mayr
What do you do when a cosmetic surgery you chose for yourself is making you sick? Every year, more and more women find themselves making the brave decision to remove their breast implants due to ongoing illness—what’s now recognized as breast implant illness (BII). In Explant: A Guidebook to Surgery & Recovery, BII survivor and advocate Lindsey Anne Mayr offers a compassionate, step-by-step roadmap through the emotional decision to explant and the healing journey that follows—physically,...
Sophie the Stylish Scientist
by Lauren Iacobelli
Sophie is a smart, bubbly young girl who has an eye for style and a love for science. She isn’t afraid of mixing colours or patterns with an elaborate cut, as long as they match her butterfly shoes! And she isn’t afraid of mixing chemicals and using science to create amazing accessories for her friends and family. Sophie enters the annual science fair to try and win a lab full of new equipment. She’s ready to make science that’s smart and fashionable! But when Sophie strides onstage, people...
Was it God... or Nothing?
How Did We Get Here? Why Are We Here? What Then? by David W. Reesor
As a young man, David Reesor wrestled with the teachings of the faith he was raised in, and he began to question the validity of Christianity. In his search for answers, he delved into a variety of world religions, and in time found himself inching into Atheism. He soon realized that scientific facts demanded an initial cause, for everything. He eventually returned to Christianity with a new appreciation for focusing on the basics, and now his desire is to communicate his journey—and his...
I Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest
A Memoir by Elaine Ross
Elaine Ross grew up knowing she was adopted. Brought into a loving family on the Canadian prairies at eleven months old, she felt secure in the life she was given and the parents who chose her. For many years, that story felt complete. Gradually curiosity took hold. Believing she had two older brothers, she began a decades long search for the family she had come from, following incomplete records, official rejections, and long silences. What she discovered was unsettling. She was born in...
The Great Experiment
Humanity's Beginnings, History and Possible Future by The Storyteller
'You have been part of a Great Experiment that started about 10 million years ago.' If you want to know why alien races brought your ancestors to Earth and how they interacted with them throughout history, this is the book for you. Find out more about: The Garden of Eden King Arthur & Camelot Buddha's Story Healing of the body The Pyramids & Stonehenge What happens after death Jesus & Christianity Earth's Possible Future This second volume of 'Information from the Isness' tells the story of...