Brindle Glass: 67 books
by Theresa Shea
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Marie finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at 39. Meanwhile, her best friend, Elizabeth, has never been able to conceive, despite years of fertility treatments. In a genetic test routinely offered to older mothers, Marie discovers that the child she is carrying has Down syndrome. Intertwined throughout...
A Century of Grant MacEwan
Selected Writings
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
August 12, 2002 would have marked the 100th birthday of one of Western Canada's most beloved, exemplary, idiosyncratic and admired citizens, the Hon. J.W. Grant MacEwan. A Century of Grant MacEwan: Selected Writings is published to mark the centenary of the author's birth, and showcases the writing...
Kidmonton
True Stories of River City Kids
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
An original look at a city's development through the eyes and words of real children who have lived there.
Kidmonton: True Stories of River City Kids is a lively illustrated book for young readers that relates the city's history entirely from the point of view of real children over time.
Using...
by Dave Bidini
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Each of the six stories in Dave Bidini's playful, irreverent new book takes a headlong run at the hockey dressing room, and knocks the door down.
In one story, a chronic minor-leaguer discovers the wonders—and the pitfalls—of the game in Europe, both on and off the ice. In another, an NHLer...
by Aaron Cully Drake
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Shortlisted for the 2016 Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Longlisted for the 2016 Leacock Medal for Humour Writing
Winner of an Independent Publishers Book Award (IPPY)
Freddy has problems. Some of them are because he's autistic. Most of them are because he's a teenager.
When he’s seven...
by Jessica Kluthe
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Between 1870 and 1970, 26 million Italians left their homeland and travelled to places like Canada, Australia and the United States, in search of work. Many of them never returned to Italy. Against this historic backdrop comes the story of Rosina, a Calabrian matriarch, who worked as a midwife in...
by Tim Bowling
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
During the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, Anson Baird, a surgeon for the Union Army, is on the front line tending to the wounded. As the number of casualties rises, a mysterious soldier named John comes to Anson’s aid. Deeply affected by the man’s selfless actions, Anson soon...
In This Together
Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
What is real reconciliation? This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely, healing conversation—one we've longed for but, before now, have had a hard time approaching.
These reflective and personal pieces...
Standing Together
Women Speak Out About Violence and Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Standing Together is a powerful expression of women's collective and individual strength. It is a collection of personal stories from women who have suffered the horrors of violence and abuse and have made the hardest decision: to stand up, choose life, take control and walk away from the darkness.
The...
Hidden Lives
True Stories from People Who Live with Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2017
A revised and updated edition of a collection of personal essays that illuminate what life is like for those who live with mental illness, and how it impacts their family members.
More than 4 million Canadians and 57 million Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental illness, and yet there...
Morgantown
Difficulty at the Beginning Book 2
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
John Dupre, a junior at West Virginia University, is an English major on the Dean's List dressed up as a Beatnik cowboy, the folk-singing resident outsider before nonconformity became a youth uniform.
Morgantown is a masterful ensemble piece centering around John and peopled by his unforgettable...
It's Only the Himalayas
And Other Tales of Miscalculation from an Overconfident Backpacker
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
A laugh-out-loud travel memoir that reveals backpacking’s awkward side.
Sue, a disenchanted waitress, embarks upon a year-long quest around the world with her friend, Sara—who’s exasperatingly perfect. Expecting a whimsical jaunt of self-discovery, Sue instead encounters an absurd series...
In the Flesh
Twenty Writers Explore the Body
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Living is a process of continuous transformation: we have been embryos, children, adolescents, thin, fat, sick, better again. And as humans, we are always at odds with at least one part of our bodies. Have we inherited the family nose? Is there nothing to be done for our finicky stomach or our limp...
Your Heart is the Size of Your Fist
A Doctor Reflects on Ten Years at a Refugee Clinic
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
An absorbing and touching read, this collection of true stories is the first book by a Canadian doctor on the topic of refugee health.
Your Heart Is the Size of Your Fist draws readers into the complicated, poignant, and often-overlooked daily happenings of a busy urban medical clinic for refugees.
An...