A new perspective on developing shared joy in urban spaces.Our divided society is quickly reaching crisis level. We are no longer able to sustain social and economic prosperity nor ensure democracy. Fuelling this crisis is a growing sense of social isolation caused by the divisive nature of social media and the decline of infrastructure that used to bring communities together.But there is hope for rebuilding our collaborative society, and it i...
The insight and creativity of a few courageous men and women transformed medical science. Dr. Murphy captures the mind of the inventor, their tenacity and determination, and explains how establishing a culture of creativity and collaboration is essential in allowing these talents to take flight.
Renowned travel personality Robin Esrock has spent decades chasing the extraordinary. With storytelling, humour, and curiosity, his updated and expanded guide to the best of British Columbia and Alberta explores experiences that are unique, instantly memorable, wholly inspirational, and waiting to be discovered.
With new scenarios covering marijuana use and medically-assisted dying, the fourth edition of Parenting Your Parents provides a leading geriatrician's counsel on what to consider when dealing with aging in the family.
After the recent turmoil, life in Tyee Lagoon has calmed down, as much as it ever does, and Tony Vicar faces his toughest challenge yet: the unglamorous, unwelcome state called "normality" as a business owner and parent. But when a dangerous femme fatale returns, Vicar must confront what he truly wants from life.
A controversial psychiatrist is found beaten to death on a street corner in Ottawa's Byward Market. Initially, the killing appears to be merely a mugging gone wrong, but Inspector Green's complex investigation leaves him grappling with the ultimate meaning of justice.
The creator of an immersive eco-game discovers his teen son has joined a terrorist group on a mission to destroy all digital culture and entertainment. And both the creator and his son are on the digital hit list of an elusive assassin.
A portrait of Luisa Abrego, a freed slave who became the first woman of mixed race to marry a white man in 16th century Spain. She is tried by the Inquisition for bigamy. Luisa has been voiceless in history, so her story is told through the memories of Europeans who encountered her.
A teenager sets out to meet her lover by an Ottawa waterfall. Days later her body washes up in the shallows. The public fears a sexual predator is on the loose, while Inspector Green suspects a personal connection. His search for answers draws him into the world of elite young hockey players, drugs, and teen sexuality.
On June 27, 1918, a Canadian military hospital ship was torpedoed by U-Boat 86, a German submarine. The sub commander tried to kill all the survivors -- but failed. The attack was adjudicated at the Leipzig War Crimes Trials resulting in a historic legal precedent that guided subsequent war crime prosecutions.
Fourteen-year-old Joey Philion's incredible survival from a fire that burned 95 percent of his body made him the second most famous Canadian of 1988. Yet Joey's survival took an enormous toll on him, his mother Linda, stepfather Mike, and younger brother Danny in the years that followed.
With her essay collection Black Cake, Turtle Soup, and Other Dilemmas, Blizzard explores the spaces where art, music, spirit, ecology, race and culture collide. With prose and the tools of poetry, she negotiates the complexities of culture, geography and language in an international diasporic quest.
The story of Kanao Inouye, a Japanese Canadian born in Kamloops, B.C. in 1916, the "Kamloops Kid" moved to Japan where he became a translator assigned to a prisoner of war camp in Hong Kong where he took his revenge on scores of soldiers.
Ernest Hemingway is struggling. Will impending fatherhood and leaving Paris mean the loss of his fledgling writing career? But as a Toronto Daily Star reporter, he's sent to cover a daring prison break and becomes fascinated with the escaped convicts, asking: What is freedom? Duty? What stops a man from pursuing his dreams?
Canada's social safety net is fraying. Why does it feel like everything is collapsing?Canada is at a crossroad. Neoliberalism has hollowed out and sold off the social services Canadians rely on now more than ever, and has brought into stark relief the dissonance among colonial, Indigenous, and some of Canada's most at-risk groups.The Social Safety Net tracks the forty-year attack on Canada's social safety net. As neoliberalism has matured in C...
A powerful exploration of postpartum psychosis and motherhood -- and a call to end the stigma and blame.Early motherhood is supposed to be joyous, but for Aaisha Alvi those early days were ruined by terrifying thoughts about her baby and family. Her experience was the antithesis of everything she had ever been told about motherhood, far beyond the trials of breastfeeding or putting her baby to sleep.Aaisha did recover and began to enjoy mother...
From Trench Town to the top of the world -- one man's inspiring fight for meaning, dignity, and respect. Tiga's Tale chronicles the remarkable life of world champion boxer Barrington "Tiga" Francis, who survived crushing poverty and violence in Jamaica's notorious ghettos and the insidious racism of 1980s Montreal to emerge as one of Canada's most successful professional fighters.Tiga's Tale is told in the twelve rounds of Barrington's fight f...
With declassified government documents and photos, this expanded edition discusses the circumstances surrounding the deliberate destruction of one of Canada's greatest technical achievements. Added information answers the question of whether or not the American government wished Canada to continue the development.
