Below are some of our most recently released books.
The Glass Child tells the story of a rainbow child, full of colour and excitement. She has worlds within her mind and spreads her joy with others through speaking these stories to life. When the rainbow child was born, her family was enamoured with her colour. But as she grew, her parents found her colour to be a distraction. They sought to reduce her brightness, and as a result, she learned to silence her voice. The more the child’s voice was silenced, the more she disappeared, until one day, she had faded into glass. The Glass Child is a book about the impact our words have on the people we love and those who love us in return.
It was a different time. In 1970, the hippie culture was still going strong, and young people were ready to take on the world. It was a time of getting back to the land, jumping in a VW van to tour the country—without wearing seatbelts, and listening to songs like Steppenwolf’s “Born to be Wild” on a transistor radio. Against this backdrop, Lee Moldenhauer, a twenty-one-year-old geology student jumps at the chance to do some prospecting in the wilds of the Northwest Territories with three friends under conditions that are almost unimaginable today. After taking a floatplane into the bush, the four are left to fend for themselves with food supplies, basic camping equipment, and some geological maps. Without a two-way radio or even lifejackets, they set about canoeing and portaging their way back to Yellowknife while staking claims and looking for mineral deposits over the summer. Prospecting in the Northwest Territories is the entertaining and engaging true story of the author and his friends’ adventures that summer. These include tackling terrifying rapids, losing half of their equipment in a canoe accident, and the author getting lost without any food or warm clothing. Yet despite these hardships, Lee Moldenhauer looks back fondly on these adventures with his friends, the beauty of the North, and the thrill of living rough in the bush and being able to survive by counting on their wits and each other. Part memoir, part travel story, and part adventure story, this fascinating read will leave you asking yourself, “Could I have done that?”
Soon after the war ended, a young Eleanor Hutchinson dreams of a job as an ornithologist. Without the training, experience and social standing the chances are slim. Undaunted she writes to the British Museum for advice and promptly receives a letter of encouragement from a young Gerald Benson. But neither Eleanor nor Gerald are who they seem. Astute, witty and clever, Eleanor receives support from the mysterious Gerald as she navigates the social expectations. And then one day there is a knock at her door.
Charles Davis is ready to take the next step to move on in his life. It’s been ten years since he woke up in a mental health ward and was consequently diagnosed with schizophrenia. This diagnosis led Charles down a path filled with inner and outer demons to face, including his difficult past and society’s misguided fears about schizophrenia. In the conclusion to the An Individual’s Innocence series, the journey continues following the loss of one of Charles’s greatest heroes—a hero with a dying wish Charles must fulfill. Eager to fulfill this final wish, Charles takes his girlfriend Meghan on tour of his homeland, where they spend time with some of his family along the way. While he descends further into his grief, Meghan learns more about the man she loves and how he views the world. It isn’t until the couple travels to see Charles’s uncle that reality and Charles’s grief catch up to them. As the present confronts the past, can Charles and Meghan learn to trust and support one another? Will Charles finally overcome his tumultuous past and find self-acceptance? Like each installment of the An Individual’s Innocence series, Shadows and Dust personalizes schizophrenia and challenges society’s prejudices about mental health.
“Marriage is hard, and marriage is complicated. Anyone who believes otherwise is being unrealistic and will surely be let down at some point in their lives. We are all lost souls, navigating the rocky terrain of our relationships. However, I firmly believe that if you love God, if you learn to obey His patterns as He instructed, and if you are both committed to the covenant you made to Him, then there is nothing you can’t achieve as a married couple.” Daniel Wynter Are you contemplating marriage or are soon-to-be married? Have you been married for a short time or for many years, and you’re struggling to find God’s purpose for your relationship, or perhaps you were never taught it? Marriage God’s Way is a comprehensive, inspirational, and practical guide to achieving maximum success in a marriage that is grounded in faith and values, helping couples to withstand the challenges of life, build a foundation of love, respect, trust, intimacy, and communication, and strengthen not only your relationship with each other but with the Creator. Drawing on the wisdom of the Bible, Christian marriage counsellor Daniel Wynter explores the true purpose of marriage and tips and tools to function within it, including: • God’s original design for the sacred covenant of marriage • the valuable role of both husband and wife in a Christian marriage • the history of the institution of marriage over the years, including a shift from a biblical to world view, and the impact societal change has had on it • the consequences for couples who fail to follow God’s marital commands • ways to model a Christ-Church relationship in your home • applying spiritual principles to your marriage Marriage God’s Way is a powerful blueprint to creating a long-lasting, Christ-centred union that is as enriching as He intended it to be.
It was late August 1939. Nature’s glorious colors had begun to gradually alter Europe’s picturesque landscape. For those graced with a window to peer through…the peaceful serenity of autumn was time for many to pause for reflective introspection. But Adolph Hitler was poised to alter that landscape. Tracks of Our Tears, the sequel to From Promise to Peril, continues to follow the fortunes of the glamorous Marta, a world-renowned German violin virtuoso, and her intellectually gifted, lifelong best friend, Anna, whose Jewish family has been destroyed by the Nazi Holocaust. Anna’s prodigious intellect, and her deep connection to Marta’s influential family has won her a false identity and an undercover role for German Intelligence. She, and an increasingly disillusioned group of high-ranking officers, begin scheming for Hitler’s downfall. Akin to moving chess pieces, this secretive collaboration skillfully establishes Hitler’s confidence in them and over time, deceptively uses their influence to alter the course of the war. Despite their vastly different religious ancestry, the closeness between Anna and Marta is unshakable, inspiring their remarkable formidability to overcome the tyranny and violence surrounding them. Meanwhile, a poor but precocious young adolescent named Julia, witnesses the genocide of her family during the German invasion of Poland. Instantly she becomes an orphan of war. Now being alone and innocent, but neither helpless nor defeated, Julia begins her inspirational journey. Relying upon keen insight and unshakable courage, Julia awakens her own inherent determination to not only survive her ordeal, but to impactfully avenge the unspeakable tragedy befalling her family. This richly researched tale enfolds fascinating historical characters and incidents into its fictional storyline while painting a vivid and absolutely devastating portrait of WWII, wreaking havoc on Eastern Europe and its peoples. At the same time, however, it deftly weaves the threads of its narrative into a beautiful tapestry illustrating the endurance of the human spirit.