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Below are some of our most recently released books.
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All At Max
Designing, Building, and Certifying the RJ85 Next Generation Air Tanker by Rob Schulz
This book offers a behind-the-scenes account of the design, development, build, and certification of a next-generation airtanker (water bomber), an aircraft designed to assist wildfire-fighting efforts, particularly in Canada, the United States, and Australia. The behind-the-scenes perspective comes from the author, Rob Schulz, who served as the project manager on the mammoth project at Conair. He describes the project’s phases and timelines — and ups and downs — both to document the history of the project and to serve as a learning tool for other project managers. Although he is a career project manager, Schulz writes about this project from the perspective of a project manager who is managing an aerospace program for the first time. Because he has only a quiver full of project-management tools and techniques that may prove useful to this sort of project, Schulz recalls his struggles to anticipate risk, to become familiar with a new subject matter, and to motivate a team of hard-working, but eventually burnt-out engineers. The book describes chronologically the development of the design and the many manufacturing challenges and difficulties encountered up to the certification of the final aircraft. All At Max is a valuable asset to current and aspiring project managers. While reminiscing about this specific airtanker project, Schulz weaves in useful tips and lessons to help readers apply his experiences at Conair and turn them into educational advice for any sort of project that readers may have to manage. All readers are sure to be inspired by the effort of the people involved in the program and will gain an appreciation for the challenges to bring aerospace resources to bear on ever-increasing wildfire seasons.
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Masters of Their Own Bodies
The Great Canadian Birth Control Trial by Peter Giuliani
Sex and the long arm of the Catholic Church. Eccentric millionaires and Canada's Eugenics Society. Poverty and intolerance trapping the working class. It’s 1936 during the Great Depression and the nation watches as a spectacular court case unfolds in a tiny town just outside Ottawa. Dorothea Palmer has brought birth control to French Catholic Eastview’s poorest women and the government will not stand for it, but there is far more at play than first meets the eye.
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Sammy's Cottage Kitchen
Prairie Proud by Sandra (Sammy) Hollenberg
Where can you find prairie comfort food with a healthy dose of European flair, a hint of Asian spice, and a South American kick? There’s only one place: Sammy’s Cottage Kitchen. This is a cookbook like no other. In this volume, Sandra “Sammy” Hollenberg breaks all the old scripts, bringing her experience travelling and performing around the world to her own kitchen. She blends traditional prairie cooking with flavours and combinations from around the world and expands cooking basics to create dynamic and intriguing dishes for all tastes. Make your devilled eggs creamier with avocado; keep it light with salmon lettuce wraps; take a trip to Belgium with asparagus-filled crêpes; make your barbecue even hotter with wasabi marinated ribeye steak; satisfy your sweet tooth with caramelized honey candied ginger tart. Whether you are hosting an elaborate dinner party, looking to spruce up your meal prep rotation, or just hoping to build on your foundation of cooking skills, make Sammy’s Cottage Kitchen your own!
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Wildcraft Medicine
In the Presence of Wonder by Sheila Anne Wray
"...to build a solid foundation for understanding wild medicine and its practical use in our daily life, we must begin at the source. We must recognize the role ecology plays in the lives of these plants. The medicine is more than the plant itself, it is the ecosystem that supports it, and the delicate interweaving of connections that make up the natural world. For nature does nothing without purpose." And thus begins the story of wildcraft medicine. Wildcraft medicine, as laid out in the pages of this book, is more than a catalogue of medicinal plants, natural cures and remedies. Wildcraft Medicine: In the Presence of Wonder is a very personal exploration of the interrelationship between North American Indigenous plants and their ecosystem. The author’s life long dedication and passion for the subject can be felt through her personal stories of working with the plants and her intimate understanding of their medicinal properties, specifically toward first aid and pain management. Written using the traditional storytelling style for passing on knowledge, the book incorporates anecdotal stories of time spent with the plants, Indigenous teachings, poems, quotes and pictures to bring life to the written page and enhance the reader’s understanding of the subject matter. The book delves deep into the ethnobotany of Canada’s northern rain forest and Boreal forest regions. Included in the book are over 40 medicinal plant profiles and 25 recipes and remedies with practical advice on their application and usage. Beyond the medicinal properties and home remedies laid out in this book, the author highlights the importance of Indigenous teachings and traditional Earth stewardship, environmental concerns and ecological responsibility. Wildcraft Medicine: In the Presence of Wonder is a love story!
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Sometimes My Brain is Mean to Me
by Jamie Lee O'Neill
Many children struggle with negative self talk. As a parent, it can be really tempting to respond by offering your child reassurance, or by directly contradicting the negative statements. However, we can’t always be there to help our children recognize and respond to negative thoughts, and sometimes negative self talk can become compounded with feelings of guilt and anger due to an inability to respond appropriately when negative thoughts are occurring. That’s why it’s so important to provide young children with tools to recognize and respond to negative thoughts about themselves and their abilities. Sometimes My Brain is Mean to Me is based on principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Using this book, children can begin to address self-directed negative thoughts by recognizing, questioning, and ultimately changing negative thoughts they may have about themselves. Most importantly, the purpose of this book is to destigmatize self-directed negative thinking so that children can realize that they’re not alone. Everyone experiences self-directed negative thoughts sometimes. Being aware and prepared when negative thoughts start can make all the difference between being in control of your thoughts or controlled by your thoughts.
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Impossibilities
by Thanya Olenyk
What’s going on? Why is it so dark? So silent? Am I dead or just stuck in limbo? And either way ... how did I get here? Evangeline had felt drawn to the darkness for as long as she could remember—or at least to the fictional darkness—specifically vampires. The dream of sharing a romantic “happily ever after” that might truly last forever. Perhaps that’s why she’d fallen so hard for Gabriel, a young man almost as mysterious to her as he was attractive. If vampires were real, she might have actually assumed he was one ... but of course, that was crazy. Though his mysterious behaviour was, at times, almost as infuriating to her as it was compelling, she just couldn’t seem to stop imagining them taking the next step in their relationship. Unfortunately, the darkness had other plans. On a night out with friends, Evangeline is viciously attacked after stepping outside a night club alone. When she wakes up in the hospital, she has no real answers—not for the police who’d found three brutally murdered men on the scene, and not for herself. All that remained was broken images of violence and pain ... most disturbingly, a splash of blood and flashing white teeth. But what of Gabriel? Evangeline needed answers to move forward. The thought was almost as painful to Evangeline as were her injuries. She might not be certain of much, but one thing was growing clearer all the time. She needed to see him again, unravel his mystery, and finally decide if he was meant to be her future.
