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In careful detail, the functions and mandates of this vital military resource are chronicled during both world wars and in the years since. Interesting changes occurred with the introduction o fnuclear-capable airplanes and modern...
By Betty Bedard Bidwell (edited) ISBN#1-894263-38-3 ISBN#9781894263382 This first volume of Hand in Hand provides techniques, programs and sessions for art/play therapists to use in the field. Betty Bedard Bidwell, recent recipient of the Premier's...
Takes place over one winter’s Wednesday in Henry’s pub, a magical place where three retired fellows--the narrator, “Mudder,” and Archie--meet to drink half drafts, philosophize, ask probing questions--but never to reminisce. In a place where secrets...
By Robbie Thomas ISBN#1-894263-92-8 ISBN#9781894263924 This remarkable book shares with us actual chat room conversations in which Robbie Thomas passes on information from 'the other side' - the world of spirits who have passed over and are...
A pair of scissors is all you need -- at home, in schools, institutions, or community centres -- to create wonderful sculptures from discarded paper and cardboard.
Many religious people believe that humour is a divine gift to the human race, and McCloskey has canvassed Canada's Catholic Church for old favourites, witty one-liners and ecclesiastical shaggy dogs.
By Megan Hughes ISBN#1-897113-09-9 ISBN#9781897113097 'Riding is the closest thing to flying, and the best tension reliever I know of--next to sex.' Motojournalist Megan Hughes is passionate about motorcycles. As are the more than sixty bike...
The Hilda Pearce Project Hope is the brainchild of Hilda Pearce, a six-time cancer survivor and long time counselor for the Canadian Cancer Society. This book is one powerful element of her vision to create lasting reminders that there is always...
By William E. Caswell ISBN#1-894263-96-0 ISBN#9781894263962 Using the analogy of building a beaver dam, Bill Caswell summarizes the principles of leading an ambitious business enterprise to achieve success. In this clever allegory, Billy the...
Stories of a number of women who are grappling with 'the disease that whispers.' An invaluable resource for all women, with or without ovarian cancer, the author gives us invaluable information on and insights into a disease whose subtle...
Biographies of Mounties who have died in the line of duty from 1990 to 2005. The infamous Mayerthorpe, Alberta murders in which four Moundies were killed with premeditation by James Rosko, ends this narrative of the worst that can happen to...
Life was good fo the Jewish community in Hungary before WW II. But the the Germnas came. Dr. Koranyi describes the horrors of barely keeping body and soul together and staying one step ahead of the Nazis. When the war ended, the...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2008 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD! The $10,000 award, administered by Wilfrid Laurier University, encourages and recognizes Canadian writers for a first or second work of creative non-fiction that includes a Canadian locale and/or...
It is the winter of 1942–43 and Thea’s Aunt Grace, a young woman, is at home alone, terrified, as thugs bent on finding gems break in. Her parents, travelling home by train, are snowbound due to a snow slide. Grace, in a safe hiding place, can...
At the end of a thirty-five career in the RCMP, Ron Lewis faced his most formidable case ever: exposing and bringing to justice those within the organization who threatened to destroy the culture and values of the RCMP, and steal from the...
The biography of a serious illness, the man who was so ill, and the woman who cared enough to stand by him -- to fly with him, wing to wing. An extreme athlete, a runner and marathoner, a swimmer and diver, Arch Haslett was suddenly struck down by...
A former warden of the P4W follows one inmate in particular from her incarceration to her victorious release into the community. Drugs, illicit weapons, illicit relationships, death threats, Doukhobors, and many other topics make this absorbing...
Haliburton in Highland Ontario invites us to this urban outpost where city dwellers might go to find good restaurants, artists, artisans, unique small businesses, and back-country roads for exploring. Michael Barnes gives us an expert tour of the...
By Ken MacKenzie-Smith ISBN#1-896182-34-8 ISBN#9781896182346 Spiral Bound Kitchens of the World: An exciting charitable cookbook with a truly international flavour. Simmering inside, you'll find recipes contributed by the foreign Ambassadors...
By Maria Elena C. Lorens ISBN#0-919431-73-9 ISBN#9780919431737 Spiral Bound 'Mexican cooking is truly a School of Cooking; not a set of recipes, or cooking around a few staples; it is the culinary expression of two of the world's great cultures...
This Fair Town: Perth in Photographs, by long-time resident Ralph Willsey, celebrates the visual pleasures of Eastern Ontario’s resort landmark as Perth takes its place in the 21st century.
By Harry Jordan ISBN#1-894263-77-4 ISBN#9781894263771 Spiral-Bound Some of us remember the butcher shops of our childhood: the sawdust on the floor, the sausages hanging in the window, the cheerful, white-apron fellow behind the counter who just...
Uncover Waltham's rich heritage and have the pleasure of reading the accounts of beloved citizens as they narrate their memories of times gone by.
A fictional account of one year in the lives of three brothers fighting in World War I as they cope with mud that sucks down men, horses, and equipment; lice; rats that will eat everything in sight, living or not; bone-chilling cold;...
