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For nearly four decades, journalist Ernest Hillen travelled from coast to coast in his adopted country of Canada and throughout the wider world, crafting stories that were sometimes amusing,...

Human identities unravel under the light of the Midsummer moon . . . Shakespeare's popular comedy probes both the light and the dark side of desire, as unseen beings manipulate individual perceptions...

A young Canadian doctor, Norman Bethune, sets up a practice which he hopes will lead to money and prestige; however, his social conscience takes him on a journey through the Canada of the Great...

Author: Krista Lamb, Jan HuxPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: February 26, 2021Number of Pages: 232 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1772442127ISBN-13: 9781772442120

In Blacks in a White Place, historian George Emery examines the lives of Blacks in Ingersoll, Ontario, during the years 1850 to 1921.During these years, Ingersoll---located in Oxford County, in the...

One of the richest men in Canada is shot dead, and his family calls on criminologist Rachel Tile to investigate. As more bodies begin to pile up, Rachel realizes she and her family may now be in the...

Author: Pam WaltersPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: Jun 08, 2020Number of Pages: 190 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1772441953ISBN-13: 9781772441956

This delightful book --- now re-issued in a handsome new edition --- tells the story of Elf, a baby eagle who worries about many things, including the distance from his nest, high up in a tree, to...

What happens when young Elf the Eagle wants to know all there is to know about where he has come from? What happens when his curiosity about his family tree summons a Spirit Bird? Share his...

Three strikes and you're out. That's the iron-clad rule in a near-future North America where patience with crime--and criminals--has run out. First offenders are educated about the consequences of...

One thing most people want more of is confidence. Consider this your how-to guide to feel and project confidence in all situations. Flaunting requires you to notice your wins, feel proud of them, and...

Footnotes : Poems of Loss, the Passage of Time and MortalityAuthor: David J ForsythPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: Oct 01, 2020Number of Pages: 66 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Peter Abbot's new collection of short stories explores the manifold meanings and nuances of human sexuality in the contemporary world. Whether sombre, angry, lighthearted, or fanciful, these stories...

Glenn Gould's life as a musician begins as a fairy-tale, as his very first recording --- the Goldberg Variations --- skyrockets the young Canadian to the top of the music world, as a must-see and...

After the terrifying experiences recounted in Island Curse, Selma and Gerry move to a small northern Ontario mining town to start a new life together. An enormous lode of gold ore has just been...

Zimbabwe, 1983. Three young people -- one from Australia, one from Canada, and one from Britain -- visit the country once known as Rhodesia. But the ghosts of the country's troubled past have not yet...

Two brutal slayings--dubbed the "Millennial Murders" by the media--have shocked residents of Steeltown. But that's only the beginning ... In this new novel, Peter Abbot, author of Librarian and Voice...

Peter Abbot, author of Voice of the Lord and Librarian, probes the meanings of crime, loss and social norms in this new novel.Author: Peter AbbotPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: Nov 03,...

Foreword by Mike Leigh Afterword by David Barnet A testimonial to the experiences of theatre students, I Talk of Dreams provides insight into the transformational possibilities that exist when young...

Author: K Greg SmithPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: April 15, 2021Number of Pages: 186 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1772442216ISBN-13: 9781772442212

Author: W H NewPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: October 01, 2021Number of Pages: 100 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1772442364ISBN-13: 9781772442366

Grief-stricken in the wake of her daughter's death, Selma embarks on a trip to the small Caribbean island of Bornay. She finds herself charmed by a quaint seaside inn, its eccentric guests, the miles...

From the author of John Passfield: Saturday Morning, shortlisted for the ReLit Awards in the novel category, 2022 With the contribution of eight hundred cows, the tiny village of Ingersoll, Ontario,...

Set in landscapes both terrible and fantastic-yet uncomfortably close to home-Jimmy Crack Corn: A Novel in C Minor recounts the journeys of exhausted urban warrior and DoGooder Jimmy the Bleeder as...

Author John Passfield contemplates writing a novel about the mythological figure Cassandra. Suddenly, he finds himself in the presence of her tormentor, Apollo, the god who -- seemingly as a whim --...

Author: John PassfieldPublisher: Rock'S Mills PressPublication Date: Sep 12, 2023Number of Pages: 118 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1772442860ISBN-13: 9781772442861

While driving his granddaughter home from day care, John -- the very author of this book! -- suddenly finds himself without warning standing in the midway of a carnival of Mother Goose fairy tales!...

A charming story of Christmas magic from the author of John Passfield: Saturday Morning, nominated for the 2022 ReLit novel award As writer John Passfield is driving home from a December...

The "keepers" of the title of Sholom Glouberman's revealing book are all workers in closed institutions, and through a series of interviews they tell of their struggles to avoid becoming no more than...

The year is 1938. With the prospect of another world war looming and faced with overwhelming personal problems, acclaimed Canadian author L.M. Montgomery begins to compose what she has decided will...