Back in the saddle" isn't just a cliché or a metaphor. For Crissi McDonald, it describes where she's spent four decades of her life, and a challenge she wasn't sure she'd still be able to meet.On an ordinary sunny afternoon in 2014, Crissi's world falls apart. Waking up in the hospital after a freak accident with her horse, the doctors tell her that a small bleed in her brain has stopped and that she's dodged brain surgery. As the news sinks i...
Turning smart girls golden, the women#8242, s guide to personal finance Rebranding finance with a feminine spin, It#8242, s Your Money, Honey is designed to encourage women of all ages to take a greater interest#8212, and play a greater role#8212, in the financial issues that affect their everyday lives and financial futures.
The relationship between France's national territory and other regions of the world where French is spoken and written (most of them former colonies) has long been central to discussions of "Francophonie." Boldly expanding such discussions to the whole range of French literature, the essays in this volume explore spaces, mobilities, and multiplicities from the Middle Ages to today. They rethink literary history not in terms of national boundar...
How to change your free-spending ways, live luxuriously on a budget, and build a sound financial future
From the founders of GoldenGirlFinance.ca comes a new book on how to get your financial house in order and enjoy the freedom and happiness that comes with a secure financial future. In 10 Ways to Stay Broke. . . Forever, you'll learn why focusing on living well now is almost always a path to poverty later. You might have a new car, a beauti...
This picture book is designed to be read to young children, read together with young children, and read independently by young children. The repetitive sentence starter "I like books" provides a degree of predictability as well as a positive view of books. The topic for each page is relevant to young children and/or provides a stimulus for asking questions and finding out new information. The illustrations assist with making meaning of the sim...
In the early 1990s, Susan McDonald was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder that threatened her life. The bad news: Her condition worsened as she underwent traditional medical treatments. The good news: Her condition improved as she studied and used alternative medicines, adopted a holistic lifestyle, and began her training as a naturopath and herbalist. She believes that everyone has a right to know all of the options available for healing. ...
Julie is enjoying working on her autobiography project for school--until she has to write about the worst moment of her life. That would be her parents divorce, and she doesnt want to share that with her class. The Looking Back section explores school life in the 1970s. Illustrations.