Brush Education imprint: 40 books
The Elbow
A River in the Life of the City
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Experience Calgary's history through the story of its "other" river. In this revised and updated edition, John Gilpin delivers the definitive history of the Elbow River and the vital role it has always played in the lives of Calgarians. Drawing upon a rich archive of historical documents,...
Calm Your Mind, Warm Your Heart
Real Voices and Techniques to Support You Through the Ups and Downs of Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
At a conference several years ago, psychologist Catherine Phillips heard the Dalai Lama say, “The single most important thing you can do for healing is to cultivate a warm heart.”
“That’s it!” she thought. That one sentence captured what she had learned in more than 15 years of working...
Elements of Indigenous Style
A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Elements of Indigenous Style offers Indigenous writers and editors—and everyone creating works about Indigenous Peoples—the first published guide to common questions and issues of style and process. Everyone working in words or other media needs to read this important new reference, and to keep...
The Prairie Short Season Yard
Quick and Beautiful on the Canadian Prairies
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Creating and maintaining the perfect yard on the prairies isn’t as hard as you might think, but the short growing season doesn’t give you much time to transform your winter-weary yard into a glorious garden. To help homeowners in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba get the jump on the short season,...
by Cheryl L. McLean
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Creative Arts in Humane Medicine is a book for medical educators, practitioners, students and those in the allied health professions who wish to learn how the arts can contribute toward a more caring and empathic approach to medicine. Topical research and inspiring real-life accounts from international...
The Primary Care Toolkit for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Quick, Practical Solutions for Assessment and Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Primary care physicians know from experience how many patients come to them needing help with anxiety and related disorders: these disorders have a lifetime prevalence rate of 30%, but they often seem to be present in a much higher proportion of primary care visits. Time pressure challenges every...
Epidemiology for Canadian Students
Principles, Methods and Critical Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Epidemiology for Canadian Students introduces students to the principles and methods of epidemiology and critical appraisal, all grounded within a Canadian context. This context is crucial--epidemiologic research in Canada most often uses data from Canadian registries, Canadian special purpose cohorts,...
Length Tension Testing Book 2, Upper Quadrant
A Workbook of Manual Therapy Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Length Tension Testing Book 2, Upper Quadrant provides clear and comprehensive descriptions and illustrations for assessing flexibility and length tension in the muscles of the upper quadrant. It includes techniques for the cervical spine, temporomandibular joint, thoracic spine, shoulder, elbow,...
Length Tension Testing Book 1, Lower Quadrant
A Workbook of Manual Therapy Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Length Tension Testing Book 1, Lower Quadrant provides clear and comprehensive descriptions and photos for assessing flexibility and length tension in the muscles of the lower quadrant. It includes techniques for the lumbar spine and pelvis, hip, knee, and foot and ankle. Each technique listing includes...
by Lori Albert
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The Canadian Clinician’s Rheumatology Handbook, endorsed by the Canadian Rheumatology Association, is a practical, fully illustrated handbook for the diagnosis and initial management of rheumatic disorders. Residents in rheumatology, internal medicine and family medicine programs, practicing physicians...
The Chinook Short Season Yard
Quick and Beautiful in the Calgary Region
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Creating and maintaining the perfect yard in the chinook zone isn’t as hard as you might think, but the short growing season doesn’t give you much time to transform your winter-weary yard into a glorious garden. To help Calgary-area homeowners get the jump on the short season, popular gardening...
Shortcut to Orthopaedics
What's Common and What's Important for Canadian Students and Primary Care Physicians
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
What do you really need to learn about orthopaedics? What are the most common orthopaedic conditions seen by primary care physicians? Shortcut to Orthopaedics answers these questions for medical students and non-orthopaedic physicians, minus the information overload found in most textbooks. Photos...