Travel
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The Spanish Note
by Rosemary Doyle
In 1970, a university student named Sophie discovers a cache of old letters from Spain, along with a love note in Spanish, in her grandmother Maggie’s attic. Thus begins Sophie’s long quest to solve the mystery of their origin. The letters transport ...
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Words Between Worlds
A 1970s Travel Memoir by John Dominelli
In 1974, when John Dominelli was twenty years old, he left his home in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, on what he originally thought would be a six-month “working holiday” in New Zealand. However, not long into his journey, feeling the seductive ...
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Across England with a Project Manager
A Journey into Retirement by Peter Teasdale
Planning the long walk (across England) and delivering on the plan would require accountability and discipline . . . Moreover, it would be an ideal transition between working and not working, by providing an entirely different life experience, ...
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What If . . . ?
Finding New Adventures Through Life’s Obstacles by Roberta E. Sawatzky
What does retirement mean to you? Do you feel you’ve seen enough of the world? As you approach this later stage in life, the thought of travel can feel beyond intimidating—especially for those of us handling chronic medical conditions. In What If . ...
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The Chronicles of Paisley • Corners
by Cheryl van Daalen-Smith
Canadian nurse Kick Cavendish has always wanted to make a difference, and she's hoping her new post as Paisley • Corners’ new public health nurse will help her do just that. The rural Ontario hamlet instantly enamored Kick, who had also dreamed of ...
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South Shore Alphabet
by The River House Rug Hookers
This alphabet book is a celebration of the South Shore of Nova Scotia and the art of rug hooking. Crafted by twenty-five local artists, the unique rugs in this collection take inspiration from the natural world around them. The River House Rug ...
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It's All Because of the Virgin
Twisted Tales From the East by Raccoon Sixty
Retired empty nesters Raccoon and his wife Trixie became late in life converts to the joys of independent travel. Over the course of several trips taken during the twenty-teens these wanderers take us on strange adventures to off the beaten path ...
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Exploring Patagonia and Antarctica
Viewing Nature’s Beauty and Seeing the Destruction of Earth by Mankind by Otto Schmalz
Otto and his wife, Gertrud, had travelled to many places around the world—but by November 2006, they were looking for something different, somewhere out of the ordinary that tourists didn’t think of visiting. They set their course for two weeks ...
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Invitation to The North
by Hermann Tietgen
A man with a recent degree in Agriculture from the University of Berlin, Hermann came to Canada in 1930 to escape inflation and lack of jobs in Germany. A chance encounter led him to the North and a job prospecting for gold. He fell in love with the ...
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When We Walked on Frozen Rivers
My First Winter on our Remote Fly-In Trapline Reliving a Traditional Lifestyle as Old as the Rivers by Elisabeth Weigand
Frozen Rivers is another spellbinding memoir in Elisabeth Weigand’s YukonWild Series. In our times of pain and suffering, this series brings to the reader something beautifully positive. A life when lived with purpose and virtue can be long enough. ...
