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Mike Hanson is surprised to inherit his aunt's farmhouse in rural Abbey, Saskatchewan. Even more surprising are the terms of the will: To keep the house, Mike must live there for three years, pursuing his long-abandoned dream of becoming an artist. If he fails, various local charities will benefit. Settling into his new life in Abbey, Mike strikes up friendships with the local doctor and with a young farm girl who belongs to a closed, fundame...

This collection contains stories and poems written by twenty Black women and girls, it is serendipitous that their voices blend seamlessly, and beautifully, even though the writers are intergenerational. The storytelling crosses local, national, and international cultural sensibilities, giving the reader a glimpse of the way the storytellers receive and share 'Story.' The poets cut through emotional lines to caress the reader, just before they...

An insider view of sexual abuse and professional sports.

Resources Rock is an easy-to-read introduction to the resource sector as it gears up to take off for the first time in over two decades. Readers will learn how to invest in natural resource stocks, including diamonds, gold, base metals, oil and gas, forestry and fertilizer companies. For years, the average prices of shares in resource sector stocks, for everything from gold to diamonds to forest products, have been at record low levels. But it...

Over the past 20 years we have witnessed both the greatest bull market of all time and one of the most devastating crashes in history. During this period, pension funds posted returns of more than double those realized by individual investors, while being exposed to less than half of the risk and volatility individual investors were forced to endure.

Conscious Kids is a straightforward guide full of ideas, activities, and resources that will help to get the entire family involved in making the world a better place. Conscious Kids is about raising awareness, getting involved and making change as a family.

In the midst of a physical and mental breakdown, I managed to sit at my old computer and pound out the story of my life, choosing to reveal my most kept secrets as they related to my present situation. Needless to say (breakdown) my present situation was not a good one. I'm not certain what compelled me to write this book. Certainly its subject matter is far from unique. I believe my effort came from a need to tell myself my own story. To get ...

Fascinated with form, language and subject, yet working in traditions as varied as their location in the country, these writers provide a long overdue answer to the oft-asked questions, Why poetry? Why writing?

Letters of love, despair, sorrow -and, ultimately- hope, written to her baby girl. More than letters to a dead child, these letters form a map for anyone who has lost someone close to them.

How to Survive the Recession covers everything the need to know to protect yourself from an economic downturn.

A sequel to Guilty, this novel follows the protagonist, Jack, through a sexually charged situation at the Catholic High school where he lives.

If Mommy Dearest, Ally McBeal and Marsha Brady could combine their talents to become one horrifying being, it would still be no match for the Pedigree Girls.

The eccentric tale of a misfit boy, who suffers through an unusual childhood, travels the world with a rock band and returns to his hometown to discover a dark family secret.