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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...

For decades David J. Forsyth has researched his ancestors' stories, assembling an enormous cache of records and anecdotes. Although history is filled with the tales of the great and the powerful,...

Bear With Me is the story of Clare, a wildlife photographer in a troubled marriage whose work takes her to far-flung places across Canada. Her travels bring her to an unusual personal view of life as...

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...

The only history of conscription in Canada, by one of Canada's finest historians, now re-issued with a new introduction ...Compulsory military service has always been a controversial issue, and...

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...

Is there a purpose for the extra "p" in "shopped"? Does the letter "e" in "prince" have a function? Is there a reason for spelling "muscle" with a silent letter "c"? Why are the letters "cc" in...

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...

In this enchanting novel, VC, a onetime aspiring pugilist become university professor, explores the meaning of life both in this world and in those worlds still to come. Together with Moreen, the...

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...

In Flows: A Network Approach to Social Inequality, sociologist Lorne Tepperman of the University of Toronto and co-author Sally Chiang propose an exciting new way of looking at the social world...

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...

Meet the "invisible apes" ... The first thing you should know about gibbons is that they are not monkeys! They are apes, just like chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, and like these larger--and...

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...

Preface by Paul Gross"Hamlet is bottomless, deep beyond our capacity to compass, navigating the most guarded mysteries of our lives." --Paul GrossShakespeare's longest and perhaps most influential...

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

An exciting new annotated edition of the only novel ever published that depicts the 1866 invasion of British-ruled Canada by Irish republicans, an event that would help set the stage for...

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