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Spirits of Stone Cross Lake by Margo Georgakis.
A violent armed robbery catapults Alethea into a mystical journey. As she revisits the traumatic event through alternative mindscapes, she seeks out an old family friend, Fiona, who lives in solitude near the shores of Stone Cross Lake.
Written in the genre of magic realism, this dreamlike novella celebrates the blurred lines of reality and the power of reconciliation.
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Five Seconds at a Time: How Leaders Can Make The Impossible Possible by Denis Shackel & Tara Bradacs.
When a tragic mountain-climbing accident left business professor Denis Shackel stranded on Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, he turned to leadership principles that he'd been teaching for years to survive.
At a time when many leaders are feeling overwhelmed, Five Seconds at a Time provides effective tools and strategies to excel. With its compelling mix of survival, leadership principles and real-life stories, it will inspire readers to achieve the seemingly impossible.
Available through amazon.ca.
Denis Shackel is head of Management Communications at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and a consultant for corporations throughout North America. Born in New Zealand, he has an M.A. in psychology from Canterbury University and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In 2005 and 2007, Denis Shackel was voted Professor of the Year by students at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario, respectively. He lives just outside of London, Ontario.
Tara Bradacs is a graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. She has worked in leadership development and labour relations and has been a strategic human resources consultant in both the private and the public sector. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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Memoirs of a Praying Mantis by Bianca Lakoseljac, was published in December 2009 by Turtle Moons Press, a First Nations publisher.
Memoirs of a Praying Mantis, is a collection of poetry consisting of seven sections some of which are:
- "Insects and Look-alike" — written in first person (from the insect's POV) as protest to the cosmetic use of pesticides and herbicides.
- "A Walk through High Park" — focusing on High Park sculptures, legends such as the lost Grenadier, and environmental preservation such as the revival of the blue butterfly.
- "Archetypes" — environmental issues such as Stop Dump Site 41 in Simcoe County
- "White City under Barrage" — written as protest against all wars, it focuses on the bombing of Belgrade in 1999.
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Smoking = Problems (BIG Problems!) by Maria Muirhead.
Nana is one of the coolest people that Flora-Lee has ever known. She lived on a bus (just for a little while), writes books and tells the most wonderful stories. Best of all, she is fun to hang out with. But, Nana's lung disease has gotten the better of her. Now, Nana doesn't have anywhere near the energy that she used to have. Flora-Lee is not happy when Nana is hospitalized. To make matters worse, Flora-Lee's much older sister, Tracie, decides to visit. Flora-Lee is not impressed with Tracie's habits and sparks fly.
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The Ivory Monkeys, an historical mystery/suspense novel by Stephen Colwell, has been released by Rock Publishing Company. The action-packed historical plotline weaves through seventeenth-century Japan and Patani during the realm of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa (1542-1616). The contemporary plot takes place between Toronto, Boston, and Dallas with antiquities smugglers engaged in a ruthless search for an ivory statue carved in the shape of the Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and See No Evil monkeys.
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Observations of Heart and Mind by Graham Ducker.
"J. Graham Ducker has an opinion on just about everything … and he's not afraid to share. If you like your poetry to hold a straight line from here to there, this is the collection for you. Often ironic, occasionally irreverent and sometimes irritating, the pragmatic poet takes no prisoners. This is life celebrated through the eyes of an opinonated grump with the heart of a child."
— Ruth. E. Walker, Founding Editor, Lichen Arts & Letters Preview.
Precious Memories of a Unique Northern Ontario School by Graham Ducker.
This book of memoirs is about 15 years of teaching Kindergarten in a unique two-room school on the edge of the bush in Northern Ontario. The external environment was used as an integral part of the curriculum. It is filled with the history, culture, coloured pictures and many anecdotes of that wonderful time. It has received a 9 out of 10 book rating.
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Holiday in Hell by Trisha Smith is a true story — tragedy, drama, and relentless suspense chronicling years of the author’s life. A brutal assault in 1999 on an exotic island and then — an ensuing legal clash: Cuba is reluctant to charge the assailant, he's not Cuban, and ironically, the Canadian police refuses to arrest the Canadian. The legal aftermath becomes the real crime: the Canadian justice system cannot charge a Canadian for a crime committed outside the border of the country. The crime is only charged due to a parole violation — previous violent assault! The actual crime is never punished.
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After the Flood — a dystopian novel of hope, by Shane Joseph
An allegorical tale of love, loss and lust in a fundamentalist society formed in the aftermath of a giant flood that destroys most of the earth in 2012, After the Flood poses the question: "If mankind was granted a new slate to create Utopia, could it?"
This novel has been dubbed, "Noah's Ark meets Samson & Delilah at Camelot in the Brave New World."
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Until the Deep Water Stills — An Internet-Enhanced Novel by Michael Robert Dyet. Each chapter in the novel has a corresponding entry in the on-line companion which includes text, photographs and audio recordings.
More here: mdyetmetaphor.com/blog.
Until the Deep Water Stills is available from all major on-line booksellers. ISBN 978-0-9811995-0-4. $19.95 Cdn. $16.95 U.S.
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Gwynneth Heaton's book All about me, or is it I? Beware the wild pronoun! is an amusing comprehensive reference book on pronouns for age 13 and above. She held signings at the Rail's End Gallery in Haliburton, the Ambleside Bookstore and Canterbury Tales Bookstore in Vancouver, The World's Biggest Bookstore in Toronto. In Vancouver she was interviewed on Breakfast TV, and in Haliburton by Canoe FM.
Obtain more information or order this book.
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Updated: May 12, 2010