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Kenneth Finkelstein’s first novel is an edgy narrative surging with comic originality and irreverent absurdity. In this introspective saga, trials of conscience ruminate beneath blossoming awareness. This is the story of Sam Shackleton. Sam is on the cusp of middle age, barreling through life, certain...

Encapsulating the chaos and angst of a young heart and old soul combined, within the structured format of stanza and verse, Blissful Blues is the first offering of an up-and coming poet, with life experiences and wisdom far beyond her years. With subjects touching upon everything from love and loss...

End of Life Stories: Tips and Tools for the Soul’s Journey Home is an extraordinary book designed to ease people’s suffering in the face of death. Here, anxious loved ones of individuals who are at the end of their lives will find comfort, wisdom and acceptance through the stories of someone who...

In the early years of the 20th century Edward Wickford, a settler in northern British Columbia, lays claim to a rich vein of copper and gold. But events outside his control wreak havoc with his plans and dreams of wealth. Two world wars and two generations later, his grandson’s ownership of the...

The Honourable Aleck is the true story of the life and times of Alexander Rocke Robertson and Margaret Bruce Eberts, Aleck’s beloved wife ‘Maggie’. Born and raised in Chatham, Upper Canada, ‘Aleck’ Robertson came to British Columbia in 1864 as a young lawyer, and became one of BC’s most eminent...

Love in the Air tells the story of a love that blossoms when an ambitious farm girl from Saskatchewan and a charming musician from Ontario lock eyes one night during a wartime social. But duty soon calls, and with a ring sealing the promise of a future together, the two embark upon different paths...

Institutions play a dominant role in our society and influence the manner in which we live. Institutions form the basic structure of society and impact our access to information, employment, financial and educational resources, and quality of life. This book showcases how American institutions perpetuate...

“Love Never Dies” “The Bonds of Love are what connect us to the other side.” John Edward “Where there is love, there is life.” Mahatma Ghandi What happens when we lose that special loved one, whether it be a parent, child or a cherished spouse? This true story is a testament to the fact that...

Lieutenant dans l’armée anglaise, Howard arrive au Bas-Canada au printemps 1796 et remplit plusieurs missions. L’Écossais voulait marcher dans les traces de son père, l’amiral Charles Douglas, qui avait participé à la conquête de la Nouvelle-France aux côtés du vice-amiral Saunders, puis...

The 20th century heralded the greatest technological changes of any century. My Dad lived through virtually all of it - from 1898 to 1997. He served in two world wars and raised two families. Even though my Dad was a quiet man, he shared with me his stories and he shared with me his soul. His advice...

The seedy underworld of drugs and violence has infiltrated Lakewood High, and seventeen-year-old Jesse Decruz becomes their unlikely hero. The product of a broken home, Jesse suffers severe abuse at the hands of his alcoholic father, and this changes him forever. Now fuelled by a desire to make a...

See what it's like to grow up on a prairie farm. Understand there is safety and danger in every day, hard, hot work balanced with the fun of “swamp swimmin,” and meet a pet goat who is unaware she is not human. True Story! simply tells of the experience of growing up in rural Saskatchewan; the work...

Max Swanson presents a clear, concise and comprehensive description of communication, from primitive pheromones to sophisticated social networks to future breakthroughs. He answers many questions about the social, cultural and political implications of communication. How do pheromones and the five senses...

Maloose’s first book “Fragments” is a collection of morbid and somber short stories written in a span of twenty years, mainly during high school and college. He drew the illustrations himself specifically as part of each story.