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Below are some of our most recently released books.
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From Daylight to Dark
Finding Work in an Inaccessible World by Valerie D. Maidment
When Valerie Maidment was a baby, doctors diagnosed her with hydrocephalus, a condition that causes excess fluid to build in the brain. After the second surgery at age 9, she was declared healthy; she lived a happy, normal life, graduating from high school and college, having children, and buying and managing her own convenience store. Until one day, when everything changed. Fluid began to build once again in Valerie’s brain, causing immense pressure that—due to misdiagnosis on the part of multiple doctors—caused her optic nerves to break down. By the time the doctors realized what was happening, it was too late; Valerie was legally blind. She had to re-learn how to do everything, from folding laundry to using a computer to walking up and down the stairs of her own home. Eventually, she was forced to sell her business, leaving her wondering if she would ever work again. Through tragedy and triumph, Valerie persisted, never losing hope or courage as she navigated a world that is largely unprepared to accommodate people with disabilities. Told with remarkable heart, humour, and wisdom, From Daylight to Dark is above all a story of perseverance against great odds, offering important insight into the need for accessibility in the workforce for all Canadians.
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The Sentient Error
by Cory Aitken
As humans, we are made up of so many things we understand as “self.” We fear death and resist the inevitability of change. We want what we cannot have, what cannot be, instead of what is and what must be. We live in contradiction. In The Sentient Error, Cory Aitken breaks new ground on the origin of human suffering and the possibility for its resolution. Within the very essence of our own self-construct, our belief system, Aitken posits, there lies a necessary and often unrecognized error—an error that leads to inner conflict, which ultimately leads to suffering. This book is a distillation of a twenty-year journey of self-discovery, in pursuit of peace and joy. Through the recognition of this essential error, this human contradiction, Aitken’s own experience of suffering is resolved, allowing a vacancy within himself for a higher ordering intelligence to enter and occupy. Rich in wisdom and interspersed with poetry, The Sentient Error aims to inspire readers and offers a method of realigning the self with its intended purpose; of living in conscious relationship with ourselves, each other, and a higher power; and of cultivating a more peaceful existence on this planet.
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A Lure
by Barbara Milton
A LURE is less a “Who-Done-It” than a “Whodunnit-With-Whom.” There’s the beautiful Bryn, who likes sleeping around. There’s Pat, her much older lover, who sequesters her on his Caribbean Island. There’s Dana, Bryn’s sister, who owns a floundering tackle shop in Northern Minnesota, and is the only person Pat allows to come visit. There’s Coz, an ex-marine and Pat’s right-hand-man, who Dana immediately falls for, but Coz is already gaga over Bryn. Meanwhile, Dottie, Pat's septuagenarian housekeeper, is in love with Pat, who mainly ignores her. And finally, there’s Henry, Pat’s rapscallion son, a movie star who’s lurking in and out of the shadows.
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10 Days in February... Limitations & 10 Days in March... Possibilities
A Memoir by Eleanor Deckert
As a child in the 1960s, my biggest and happiest influences were: • living in the mountains of Colorado • experiencing Brownies and Girl Scouts • Laura Ingalls Wilder’s ‘Little House’ books • Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan • observing myself and others • caring for my baby sister • creative expression in dance class • going to Sunday School In 1978, as newlyweds, my husband, Kevin, and I set out for the wilds of Canada intending to live the ‘Back-to-the- Land’ homesteading lifestyle in the tiny log cabin we built before winter set in. The cold, darkness and silence were crushing. The isolation and poverty intensified Limitations. Could I somehow overcome the Limitations and seek Possibilities? Volunteering opened ever-expanding community, creativity, and Possibilities.
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Unconditional
Obstacles in Love & Finding Balance by Denise Plimley
Love is an important force in our lives. As we get older, many of us feel compelled to sort out our past in order to understand ourselves on a deeper level. In doing so, we can then give and receive love with more grace, appreciation, and strength. In this book of essays, Unconditional, Denise Plimley explores the concept of love in its various forms. How does love manifest in romantic relationships, and what is our role in creating a healthy shared love? What can end of life care for a loved one teach us, and should we embrace unconditional love? What are the real-life distinctions between conditional and unconditional love? How do we find the kind of emotional balance needed to love honestly and with dignity? These questions, and many more, are explored within the pages of this book. Denise invites you into her world where she shares her lived experiences and how she came to learn the lessons she now holds dear.
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Lucy the Lob'STAR
How a lucky, plucky lobster escaped the traps to become one of the most famous weather forecasters in the world! by Pam Wamback
Lucy the Lobster knows that she wants more from life than hanging out in the Atlantic Ocean along Nova Scotia’s coastline with her big lobster family. She wants to be famous! She just isn’t sure how she’s going to do that. One day, she meets Gilbert, a furry little creature on a mission to find a weather prognosticating groundhog to replace him. Lucy has a great idea—what if she predicts the weather? But a lobster has never predicted the weather before. Is Lucy up to the challenge? Or will her one chance at fame slip through her claws? Lucy the Lob'STAR is the fictionalized origin story of the real Lucy the Lobster, the most famous lobster in the world. On Groundhog Day in 2018, in the small fishing community of Barrington, Nova Scotia—known as the Lobster Capital of Canada—Lucy the Lobster crawled out of the Atlantic Ocean to offer her prediction of when spring would arrive…and a new tradition was born!
