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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...

Leafmeal: South African, English and Canadian Poems 1957-2007Author: Alan BishopPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: November 22, 2019Number of Pages: 58 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

An evocative post-apocalyptic vision of loss, love and redemption ... Last man on earth-I'm beginning to fantasize that. The last human survivor! Seems very unlikely, in a world inhabited by so many...

An evocative post-apocalyptic vision of loss, love and redemption ... Last man on earth--I'm beginning to fantasize that. The last human survivor! Seems very unlikely, in a world inhabited by so many...

Only 42 pages long but with a purpose: to place Aboriginal spirituality at the forefront of humanity's search for ultimate meaning... "It was fifty years ago in February of 1969 that my wife Ruth and...

In this updated edition of a brief yet remarkable book, David Turner draws on a lifetime of experience to explore the beliefs of the Indigenous peoples of Australia. Those beliefs, he observes, form...

Life to the Power of Nothing: Revised and Expanded EditionAuthor: David TurnerPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: March 22, 2021Number of Pages: 52 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

In the words of author Sheldon H. Clark, "Thematic unity of subject, selected scripture, Quaker quotations, sympathetic thoughts, and personal reflections are united by metaphor. One might consider...

Lukas was looking forward to summer on The Farm with his cousin KC. But then KC told Lukas that a "ghost train" had been sighted nearby. Now Lukas and KC find themselves in the Ghost Train's path,...

Daniel Fischlin, General Editor Preface by Judith Thompson In an age of power politics, Donald Trump and ethical depravity, Macbeth remains one of the most compelling dramas of overwhelming political...

Recently hired as the assistant librarian at Masterson College, Eric Merton is thrown into a bewildering maelstrom of murder and mayhem. It begins with the brutal slaying of the head librarian's...

This wide-ranging and moving collection of poems, first published in 1968, explores the meanings and manifestations of life and living, with all their joys and sorrows. As the author writes: "It is...

In Mindful Colouring, psychologist Dr. Michele Laliberte and art therapist Sharon Trottier have created a book that is at one and the same time a collection of recovery stories, a colouring book...

Moxie Moose is determined to find a tail! After all, moose have short tails --- not very useful when it comes to swatting insects such as a pesky fly! So Moxie embarks on a quest to find a tail, a...

Walter Stillwell, superintendent of Port Talbot's wastewater plant, and police detective Patricia Klein are back on the case after a wastewater plant manager in a neighbouring community mysteriously...

A word from the author: Many readers probably think that books about science, especially medicine, are complicated and difficult to understand. In deciding to write about my experience in research, I...

In this poignant memoir, anthropologist and author David Turner tells of how he played the yiraga --- a musical instrument played by the aboriginal peoples of Australia --- for his friend and former...

Author: Sheldon H. ClarkPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: July 30, 2021Number of Pages: 30 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1772442291ISBN-13: 9781772442298

With contributions by Kim Blanchette and Colleen Killingsworth Introduction by Daniel Granger This book was created to assist entry-level communicators in learning how to develop successful...

A new annotated edition recounting the experiences of Anne's daughter Rilla Blythe during the First World War ..."There is absolutely no one around here who seems to realize the war. I believe it is...

NEW REVISED EDITION Although writers since antiquity had recognized and recorded the experience of adolescence, none had dramatized it so comprehensively.--Jill L. Levenson Shakespeare Made in Canada...

In this long-awaited conclusion to Sharon Stewart's Raven Quest trilogy, ravens, wolves, and Ardah the Two-Leg must put differences aside and unite to confront the greatest threat yet to their world...