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Safety and Security for the Over-55s Compiled by Carl Mawby Those of us who are about or over 55 should take safety and security seriously because we have something to lose -- loved ones, life, health, money and possessions -- and aging brings increasing vulnerability to crime, accidents at home and elsewhere, bad health and disasters (natural or man-made). Upon retirement, CARL MAWBY, formerly a soldier, public servant and business ex...

Karen McCoy is in a league of her own." - Crystal Andrus, bestselling author of Simply... Woman!, founder of The SWAT Institute "One Rep at a Time will strike your soul and touch you where it matters most." - Dr. Cory Holly, president, Cory Holly Institute In One Rep at a Time, body builder Karen McCoy tells of her fall from grace after her son was diagnosed with a terminal disease. Her body, once a pinnacle of health and strength, fell ...

Faces of Dual Diagnosis: A Canadian Perspective Studies reveal that about 1 in every 350 people (perhaps 90, 000 Canadians) are affected by both mental health problems and addictions -- a condition referred to as "dual diagnosis" or DD. Although the impacts on society are considerable -- on our health system's resources, on our legal and social welfare programs, on employers, friends, neighbours and family, and on the individual him or herself...

Governance and Security as a Unitary Concept editors Tom Rippon & Graham Kemp World leaders have not been able to find solutions to the growing problem of global insecurity associated with failed and failing states in many regions. Governance and Security As A Unitary Concept is the first compilation of contemporary commentaries - from twenty contributing authors on six continents - to examine governance and security together rather than ...

World leaders have not been able to find solutions to the growing problem of global insecurity associated with failed and failing states in many regions. Governance and Security As A Unitary Concept is the first compilation of contemporary commentaries - from twenty contributing authors on six continents - to examine governance and security together rather than as complementary yet separate entities. This is the potency of its design. Governan...

Set in the glorious mountains and plains of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta and British Columbia, A Wolf's Moon is a gripping account of Hank Sands' adventures during his 18 years piloting helicopters. In Wood Buffalo National Park, Hank finds himself skinny dipping with a one-ton buffalo. Near Stewart, BC, he flies over an avalanche path with a bundle of dynamite fused to blow at any second, but it is lodged, unreachable, outside o...

For the first time in decades, a major figure in Oriental medicine is offering a book redefining the meridian system upon which the field is based. Author Tetsuro Saito is one of few international figures in shiatsu therapy with schools in Europe and North America. Shin So Shiatsu: Healing the Deeper Meridian Systems -- a rich compendium of 40, 000 words, 300 figures and charts, and 130 black-and-white photographs -- is presented in two parts...

THE SCARLET SENTINELS spans a period of one year at a large Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment in the Interior region of British Columbia. Although written as a novel, this story accurately reflects the kinds of events that typically occur in the police world, presented graphically and in the lingua franca that is particular to this work. Readers will enter the lives of members of this famous police force at the detachment level, learnin...

THE SCARLET SENTINELS spans a period of one year at a large Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment in the Interior region of British Columbia. Although written as a novel, this story accurately reflects the kinds of events that typically occur in the police world, presented graphically and in the lingua franca that is particular to this work. Readers will enter the lives of members of this famous police force at the detachment level, ...

Ed Brown is a Canadian Forces veteran of Tsimpshian First Nations and Scottish-Canadian heritage. During his 19-year military career, he served on peacekeeping missions to the former Yugoslavia, Israel, Syria and Turkey (in support of Afghanistan), and aboard HMCS Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg and Moresby. Ed began writing poetry as therapy for PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder). Songwriter Denis Donnelly says, "With strong street language that ...

Dog Team to Dawson is a nostalgic collection of true Yukon stories written by bestselling author Bruce Batchelor. A Quest for the Cosmic Bannock is the account of two young people travelling by dog team, tackling a long-abandoned Gold Rush era route while wrestling with thoughts about their own destinies. Cost-Plus illustrates how greed and modern equipment cannot trump Nature - unless one is very lucky. In Trapping the Mad Trapper, Batchelor ...

The sequel to Faces of Dual Diagnosis With Foreword by Joseph Eliezer In Reflections of Dual Diagnosis: A Canadian Perspective, the follow-up to his 2011 book, Faces of Dual Diagnosis, Dr. Robert Pereira reflects on his own life path, discusses treatment approaches and offers case studies. An estimated 90, 000 Canadians are affected by both mental health problems and addictions - a condition referred to as "dual diagnosis" or DD. Although the ...

In Your Face: What's Yours Saying About You? A modern guide to determine anyone's character and emotional history Have you ever said, "I'm not good at remembering people's faces"? Or wondered, "What is my face revealing about me?" In Your Face is a unique, easy-to-use guide to face reading. Emisch Oghma has modernized the ancient Chinese system of Siang Mien. Shapes, features, lines, bulges and indents - all reveal a person's emotiona...

When I finished reading this book, all I could say was WOW! What a stunning piece of literary work... It is concise, brilliantly written, backed by scientific findings, with clear human logic and intelligence. If this doesn't awaken the masses to delve into who and what they truly are, I can't imagine what will." ~ Jerry Issa, teacher of metaphysics, Trenton, Michigan This book will change your life if you let it. If we are accidental bein...

Draw and paint with the freedom of a child and the techniques of a professional! FUNKY ANIMALS is the first in a series of innovative art project books from MichKa Art Play, for artists of all ages. Based on Michelle Miller and Kate Carson's acclaimed children's and adults' workshops, these books build creative skills that spill over into everyday life, boosting self-esteem, critical thinking and mental capabilities for a lifetime. Inside Book...

In 1933 at a summer holiday camp in Dymchurch, Kent organized for children in Church-run orphanages, destiny deemed a ten-year-old boy and a eight-year-old girl would meet under the most bizarre circumstances. What the camp leader was to divulge to the children, would change their lives forever. Pointing one finger at the girl, then at the boy, she said simply, 'You two are brother and sister.' This bizarre isolated meeting of author Caroline ...

When Grampa was a Mountie is the third book based on Charlie Scheideman's 27 years of police work with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Interior of BC. The first two - Policing the Fringe and Tragedy on Jackass Mountain - ranked high on the BC bestsellers lists for several months after their release. This book is again a collection of short stories - some are funny, some gruesome and some just tell things the way they were. Some accoun...

Franklin, Oops, Mud & Cupcake is an engaging account of four canoe trips in northern Canada written by outdoor author and adventurer Michael D. Pitt. Michael's intimate writing style brings you "into the canoe" as he and his wife Kathleen discover the strength, challenges and self-reliance that come from absolute isolation. "Travel four rivers, camp 100 nights, and paddle almost 2000 kilometres. In a friendly and inviting style, Michael Pit...

In "All Good Things, " you'll find out how Adam Hennick entered the financial business in 1988, starting out as a 'gopher' for the president of a national brokerage firm and worked through all aspects of the front and back office before starting his own wealth management practice. Through trial and error, Adam learned what properties had long-term fundamental value and what to avoid. He studied the methods of the truly successful investors. Ad...

The Cochrane Collaboration... rivals the Human Genome Project in its potential implications for modern medicine." - C. David Naylor, The Lancet "How can we have a rational health service if we don't know which of the things being done in it are useful and which are useless or possibly even harmful?" - Archie Cochrane, in Effectiveness and Efficiency, 1972 What's hocus-pocus and what really works? In the complex, ever-evolving realm of mode...