Books

Memoir of a Hockey Nobody is the unlikely true story of an average Canadian kid who grew up playing street hockey. Although he didn't learn how to skate until his late teens, he took a shot at entering the world of professional ice hockey with, shall...

In the year of 1942, during World War 2 the first Canadian paratroopers started training. The first Airborne unit, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was formed, going into its first battle on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). It was disbanded when W.W. 2 ended, but...

Whom did President Obama and Chancellor Merkel secretly host in 2011? To answer this question, follow the adventures of General David Anderson-Lionheart, Commander-in-Chief of the mighty MANATO, the armed forces of Newlands. Newlands is a country located...

Being different in a different place, may expose one to significant challenges. To be at a different location at a wrong time may expose the migrant to high risks. Being different whether by language, accent, dialect, skin colour, character, culture,...

I don't know what to say. I am simply writing because I can. Writing because that is what I know best. Placing together this arrangement of words in the attempt to make sense of this thing we all call life.  I hope as you read through these...

Far away in the beautiful Orion constellation, a blind-mute and her Labrador dog blundered about in treacherous mountain terrain. To fully understand this travesty of justice, we must visit the primitive civilization of Soot. Herein lies the blind-mute...

Ferguston, Ontario, is an angry little town full of dark secrets, a place where keeping your head down is never a bad idea. That's fine with Justin Lambert, an introverted, biracial 12-year-old who generally prefers books to people anyway...

"You're not permitted to see your child at birth." The nurse was cold and stern as she draped a curtain across the teenager's midsection. The baby's cries echoed off the cold operating room walls and boomeranged back to the...

Golf:My childhood dream came true when I became a member of the Canadian Professional Golfer's Association (CPGA). In 1989, three years into what looked like a promising future as a CPGA golf professional, my world was turned upside down with a...

At age 21, following Canada's economic downturn, I entered the world of male exotic dancing, I was a stripper. This book is a collection of my memoirs spanning 7 years as one of the top Canadian male entertainers. These years would prove to test my...

BOTTOM LINE OF BOTTOM LINES1. Success in the markets only comes from knowledge gained through experience. Personal experience is the expensive best way. The experience of others, such as this book describes, is effective and costs less.2. Work to develop...

Navigating new and uncertain situations is difficult for most children. This empowering story is about overcoming worry and apprehension, as well as building courage and confidence to try new things. For Nora, worry comes in the form of a pesky little...

After being diagnosed with autism at age seven, Keara faced various challenges socially and struggled to find acceptance from her peers.  In her 20's Keara still encounters similar struggles with dating and making friends. However, the...

Intentional Days will inspire and empower you to live on purpose.  Create a life that you love and savour each moment. Explore what it means to be intentional and how it can change your life in profound ways. Learn simple ways to integrate this...

Lulu loves to play hockey... but can a Buck play hockey?   Join Lulu as she learns an empowering life lesson from this Buck.   Sometimes choosing kindness shows how strong we really are.   Empowering and Fun!!!  A Buck...

Outside all the science we know and as unlikely as that makes it; in a 'time out of time' when there was no space-time -- we are talking 'before' the Big Bang -- could there have been a God? Indeed, this is against all science but science...

Inspired by an African proverb which says "Until a Lion learns to write every story will glorify the hunter", the author shares his perspective on some key issues and tells a few untold stories that will resolve some mysteries, answered some...

"Those desiring to escape from suffering hasten right toward suffering. With the very desire for happiness, out of delusion they destroy their own happiness as if it were an enemy."   ~ Shantideva    All beings desire to be...

This book represents a colourful collection of artwork, that is a playful depiction of animals, that we are fortunate enough to have as our "best friends," our pets; collected in a coffee table format, using various mediums and techniques, that...

What started as a sleepover with two young cousins, ended up being a life lesson for the entire neighbourhood. A power outage inspires the two children to show people 'the way'. Two super power lights empower them to lead the way in an adventure...

This book is a guide for living a happier and healthier life.  The insights shared can help you to enhance your physical health, mental health, and especially your spiritual health. Topics discussed include: how to purify the mind, the key to...

An innocent born with a purpose replete with an inner being and special powers. It is a very different sort of beginning, compounded by the fact that he is unaware that he is an angel and 'chosen'. Think 'Columbo' and 'The Twilight...

A man encounters a painting for sale in a small town in British Columbia. He decides he cannot live without it, no matter what the cost. He buys it, and for the rest of his life the painting accompanies him, guides him, lives within him. The man is...

While on the run and in search of himself, Kane untangled the mystery behind the abductions and murders of his indigenous people. The Mohawk Indian then found himself the primary target of those who were behind the plot; and must protect himself or...

A Nation living in Custody - Spring Thunder - The nation has been kidnapped by an evil spirit, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, but they are not able to go into it. They are an unfortunate tribe, and the Kingdom of God is in a very close proximity,...

"When I was around eight, we moved to the country. Plenty of room to  run and explore through woods, marshlands at water's edge. I had long  since learned to swim so it was pretty much a carefree existence, especially  during the...

Shankara said awakening could only be achieved through direct experience. This is the story of the author's first four decades towards attaining that supreme state through meditation, starting at an uncommonly young age in a small logging and fishing...

Jesucristo no sólo nos salva del pecado sino también de nuestras ideas erradas de Dios. En su famosa Parábola del Hijo Pródigo, Jesús nos muestra la verdadera naturaleza del Padre. Es un retrato espectacular que desbarata muchas falsas...

Florence Helena McGillivray, 1864-1938, was an extremely talented and prolific Canadian artist, and an accomplished educator. She was one of the most well traveled female artists in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th century. Florence's...

The adventures of Princess Mikaila and Prince Pete is a rare treasury of stories for young children that weave age-appropriate financial basics into fun, engaging, fairy tales that will actually help make their dreams come true!"I am impressed,...

Cozy and Trinidy have had many adventures.They continue even to this day. Trinidy is now seventeenyears of age, she still has Cozy. He is very well loved....The sun was shining, it was a good dayto go to the beach. Trinidy got Cozy,a blanket, her bucket...

This is my first childrens' book and was inspired by my son Andrew and my grand-daughter Josie. Josie and Niijii, our wolf-dog, inspired Andrew and myself to write these stories almost 10 years ago! Some of the stories, we did remember, however,...

Sharon Gray/Jones is a loving wife and a mother of two beautiful boys, rapidly feeling trapped in her body and knowing for years that she has a dominant sexual side that has been demanding to come out. She can't hold back any longer; she aches...

This book will demonstrate that with the right people placed together working in the Emergency Medical Services at just the right time, in the right place, along with the right desire to help we make a difference. Along with the right Basic Life Support...

A 5-year-old girl likes to think she is helping her mother by preparing snacks, cleaning and entertaining herself, much to her mother's chagrin, when the well-intended help leaves mom with an "oh dear" look or an "oh my goodness"...

Tommy Schnurmacher has written a book that could change your life. It changed his. As a writer, Montreal media icon Schnurmacher is an intense force of nature, a seismic swell of visceral empathy, laser-sharp wit and courageous self-analysis...

Julech Daldavie hikes on a picturesque trail found within the Canadian Rocky Mountains surrounding Fernie, located southeast British Columbia, Canada. As the story unfolds he discovers a deep spiritual awakening. He finds his 'true self' in...

Ted Palmquist's mother finds him in a pool of blood on the bathroom floor and calls an ambulance. Violently ill after a night with his high school friends, Ted's incoherent rants in the ER mention Tammi, who's been missing for six months. As the Pine...

What if there was an easy-to-follow roadmap for beginner filmmakers to realize their best film school experience? 21st Century Film Student PRIMER is thoughtfully geared towards helping students ensure that their investment in post-secondary film...

An exciting adventure you won't want to miss. While getting to know their new surroundings Jasmine and Alex encounter a peculiar stranger. This will lead them on the most important mission they will ever experience. A race against time where...

In 1913, a 15 year-old pregnant girl is found dead of apparent suicide. Dr. James Wilson, a new graduate and the first doctor ever to start a practice in this rural town, feels guilty over her death because of his delayed intervention. He knows...

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of housing: an increasingly difficult quest in the contemporary urban United States, where crime, urban blight, and continuing capital decay undercut the advantages of city living. The American dream has moved to the...

The Pacific of the early eighteenth century was not a single ocean but a vast and varied waterscape, a place of baffling complexity, with 25,000 islands and seemingly endless continental shorelines. But with the voyages of Captain James Cook, global...

The Latter Prophets--Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Book of the Twelve--comprise a fascinating collection of prophetic oracles, narratives, and vision reports from ancient Israel and Judah. Spanning centuries and showing evidence of compositional...