Richard Todd: 35 books

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS Good Prose is an inspiring book about writing—about the creation of good prose—and the record of a warm and productive literary friendship. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of The Atlantic Monthly, in Boston, where a young...

The celebrated literary memoir and chronicle of one man's search for the elusive gift of authenticity. Troubled by the lack of substance in contemporary life, Richard Todd suspects that much of what we experience is false. In this unique pursuit of the "genuine," Todd examines his...

Christmas means different things to different people. So does family. To Richard Todd Canton, it means his revisiting life as a boy in a house that his father built for his family on Russell Street in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Remembering happy times as well as the sad ones is all a part of life. Christmas...

Short Stories from the Long Links is a collection of golf related tales for those that love golf but can't always play. Some stories are inspired by real life events, daily activities, and golf endeavors while other stories are extremely outlandish, funny, scary, motivational, surprising, and unusual; but all are enjoyable to any golfer.

Richard Todd Canton describes himself as a working man. Never one to sit around for long periods of time, hes made a habit of keeping busyand paying attention. He entered the working world at twelve, when he stepped through the back door of a restaurant and asked for a job. Since then, hes...

Richard Todd Canton knows all too well that when tragedy strikes, you can either triumph or fail. When he was accused of a sexual offense while working as a teachers assistant, he looked right into the lens of a television camera and said hed stood up for every kid in town, and he hoped that...

Cats & Dogs are People Too! Since we have no kids of our own, people often assume that our pets have become our children. Well, I think it runs a little deeper than that. It has to do with how much love is exchanged between man and beast. That love can run pretty deep where certain individuals...

It was upon the rude awakening of my fathers death that I first took notice of my mother. There she stood at 43 years of age, overweight and slovenly. Our father had always been so immaculate about himself but our mother seemed to let herself go. Perhaps it was because she had so many children to...

Centuries have past since the great battle in Heaven. The demons cast out from the ethereal plane have started to awaken on a world not unlike our own. To protect the denizens of this existence, God has dispatched his finest angel to stop the demonic uprising. However, in the fall the seraph has lost...

A man suffering from severe depression is abandoned by a medical system which insists on treating him solely with pharmaceuticals against his wishes. In desperation he turns to his neighbour for help - but in a way that neither man would ever have expected.From the upcoming "Tiny Tales of Scanlon Creek" by Richard S. Todd

Church: A Bible Study Wordbook for Kids is a great introduction for children on what church is and why we go. Ideal as an aide to parents, Sunday school teachers, and children's ministry directors, this book teaches children a number of lessons concerning church, such as: What a church...

This 3-book box set is a collection of three anthologies of Dark Stories: Hides the Dark Tower In a Cat's Eye Dark Luminous Wings Hides the Dark Tower Mysterious and looming, towers and tower-like structures pierce the skies and shadow the lands. Hides the Dark Tower includes over...

Baptism: A Bible Study Wordbook for Kids is a great introduction for children on this important, beloved sacrament. Ideal as an aide to parents, Sunday school teachers, and children's ministry directors, this book teaches children a number of lessons concerning baptism, such as: Why we...

Short Stories from the Long Links is a collection of 25+1 golf related tales for those that love golf but can't always play. Some stories are inspired by real life events, daily activities, and golf endeavors while other stories are extremely outlandish, funny, scary, motivational, surprising, and unusual; but all are enjoyable to any golfer.