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  • Against The Odds

    A Life Reimagined
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    This is the story of a life that veered off course—and found its way back to joy. The Sisters of Charity were far from charitable. Cruel, abusive, and at times violent, these nuns ruled their boarding school with harsh hands and cold hearts. Sent...


  • I am a F*cking Miracle

    A Story of Brokenness, Pain, Recovery and the Miracle of Second Chances
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    The odds were stacked against her from the beginning. Born in rural British Columbia, Ellen spent much of her childhood with her siblings in an old, small, one-bedroom trailer without power or running water. Raised primarily by an alcoholic...


  • Lyssa's Story

    A Dog's Legacy
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    Lyssa's story might have ended before it even began. Facing certain death in a high-kill shelter in the Mojave Desert, against all odds she found her people in the world under the wide-open prairie skies of Saskatchewan and in the scenic river...


  • Left Unread

    The Stories Behind the Songs of Noel Carol
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    Left Unread: The Stories Behind the Songs of Noel Carol is the poignant and inspirational life story of Noel Carol, narrated by eh scharpe a.k.a. b phlatt, as told through the lens of a lifetime of songs he has written. Growing up in rural...


  • The Bowling Tour

    Sparky & Boo's Badass Nordic Adventure
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    The Bowling Tour is a personal travel memoir that takes place over two weeks from November 20, 2024 to December 4, 2024. It follows the journey of a grandmother (her first time leaving North America at 73) and her granddaughter (a seasoned world...


  • From Hamburgers to COVID

    A Scientific Adventure
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    From Hamburgers to COVID is a memoir which traces Dr. Vikram Misra’s path from his childhood in Saskatoon—where his father pursued graduate studies on prairie grasshoppers—to his own career as a virologist. Blending personal anecdotes with...


  • I Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest

    A Memoir
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    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...


  • Confessions of an Amnesiac

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    READ THIS BOOK AT YOUR OWN RISK! This book contains discrimination, emotional blackmail, self-sabotage, emotional pain, impulsivity, coarse language, scenes with substance use, sexual depravity, drug and human trafficking, childhood sexual abuse,...


  • From Pediatrics to Medical Genetics

    An Irish Doctor’s Journey
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    A chronicle of R. Brian Lowry’s long and full life, From Pediatrics to Medical Genetics: An Irish Doctor’s Journey spans Lowry’s experiences in wartime Belfast through his more than six decades devoted to medicine, and his role in the pioneering...


  • Shattered Echoes

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    There is healing and there is tragedy; which side will you see? For every struggle and every storm we face in life we too often feel alone in our darkest and most silent battles. Darling, please hold these words close and remember you are not alone.