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Life at the Top of the World
Growing Up on Sweden's Arctic Circle by Sandra Saraka
'Life at the Top of the World: Growing Up on Sweden's Arctic Circle' highlights the story of Maria Maki Anttila, a Finnish-Swede residing in the northern hamlet of Juoksengi. Born in a sauna overlooking the Tornio River in the late 1800s, Maria...
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Home and Sol
by Jeff Cosens
Home Star is dying, and dying fast. Its inhabitants must flee – but where? After 600 millennia of mostly peaceful existence, the citizens and their symbiotic relations of Home are doomed. Purely by happenstance, the astrophysicists under the...
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Bully Proof
Practical Strategies by Chris Leigh-Smith
We have all been affected by violence, intimidation, and bullying to some degree. Children are especially vulnerable to the lasting pain and trauma of these experiences. When we give them the tools and understanding, children can develop the...
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Life of Papa
A Self-Help Memoir by Brian Douglas Crookes
Papa always said if you work hard for something, it’s going to feel so rewarding to succeed—and now he wants to share his insights into how to live a successful life with the next generation. In Life of Papa, Brian Douglas Crookes—“Papa”—brings...
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Millicent DeGroenfeld Rice
by Richard Sanders Polin
Melvin “the Troll” Horgan—lead singer and lyricist of the grunge band Billy Goat’s Gruff; self-loathing, angry little gargoyle, and a spiritually and literally impotent loser; a musician devoid of talent and artistry—finally gets his big break...
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Un jeune homme romantique
by Maria de Andrade
Quatre générations se côtoyaient dans la vie de Jules, un environnementaliste de 49 ans. Il est un homme heureux avec une femme aimante et leurs trois beaux enfants. Il garde toujours ses bons amis des temps de l’école primaire, quand il essayait...
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Vigour
by Pyrimidine Crawford
It isn’t a matter of if you want kids. Are you allowed? Gwendy is days away from knowing where she stands in the procreation hierarchy. In the test, she decides, “When in doubt, do what Allie would do,” because her perfect best friend is sure to...
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Exercise [Your Way] to Better Mental Health
Exploring the Relationship Between Fitness Culture, Neuroscience, Exercise, and Mood by Kathi Cameron
Author, speaker, and clinical counsellor Kathi Cameron takes a deep dive into the science and psychology of exercise and how it can—for better or for worse—impact every aspect of your life. In Exercise [Your Way] to Better Mental Health:...
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The Defiant 511 of the Alberni Indian Residential School
by Evelyn Thompson-George and Art Thompson
Many Indigenous children experienced the grim realities of residential schools—from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse to malnourishment, forced religious indoctrination, and attempted cultural eradication. In this memoir, Evelyn...