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From the Danube to the Californias, from World War 2 to the American Dream
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Ildiko Bartnicki had a simple but secure childhood in her native Hungary. But soon there were whisperings of war—first came the arrival of refugees from Transylvania, then the isolation and segregation of her Jewish friends and neighbors. It was...
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An Ocean to Resilience
Charting a Course through Trials, Illness and Endurance Across the Pacific Ocean
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Get ready to experience an epic adventure replete with challenges, trials, battles with unseen ailments, and the determined drive to complete an ocean crossing under sail. Rob and Lisa are what one might consider a normal, professional,...
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On Acting ... and Life
A New Look at an Old Craft
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Dozens of books on acting exist, but none of them are quite like this. On Acting and Life provides both insightful acting advice and the memoir of an acclaimed actor of both stage and screen. Modelled after Stephen King’s bestseller, On Writing,...
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Songbirds Keep Singing
A Memoir of Healing from Autoimmune Brain Inflammation
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In 2017, forty-five-year-old Lisa Lauter experienced mysterious neurological symptoms. For months, she didn’t feel like herself and doctors had no answers. A mother of three preteen boys, Lisa had many reasons to explain away her odd symptoms. In...
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The Anderson Family and 80 Years of Horseracing
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This memoir outlines the 80-year continuous involvement of the Anderson family in horse racing primarily in Winnipeg, Canada. The family raced its first horse on September 11, 1945 at Polo Park Racetrack and went on to breed, race, buy and sell a...
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A Life without a Map
A Memoir of Life, Loss and Adventure
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When Ute Reusch-Wilson was three years old, she and her family returned to their home in Essen, Germany, after an eleven-week trek as refugees in shattered, war-torn Germany. Stunned to see the house still standing, they began to rebuild their...
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My Heart in My Hands
Becoming the Person I Was Meant to Be
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In 1953, the Greek island of Zakynthos suffered a series of earthquakes, later known as the Great Ionian Earthquake. Villages were decimated, many people lost their homes, their loved ones, and their ways of life. Seven years old at the time,...
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This Is Us
Our Life, Our Story, Our Home
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In This Is Us, Nabil Fathalla writes the histories of his own and his wife’s family in twentieth-century Egypt and their lives after immigrating to Canada. Through personal stories and family memories, he shows us life in Egypt, exploring...
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Recovery Doesn't Happen Overnight
A Candid Diary of a Young Woman Navigating Addiction, Depression and Recovery
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After years of suffering from depression, addiction, anxiety, and shame surrounding my sexual identity, I make a desperate move to Western Canada to work with my sister and start a new life. I didn’t know what recovery would look like for me, but...
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Why Men Also Cry
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Larry’s story begins in 1938 in a small cabin without running water or electricity in the Nova Scotia wilderness. Born to an irresponsible mother and an absent father, he and his sisters suffer neglect until they are eventually separated and...
