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Who was the first Canadian Black woman to become a medical doctor? John Steckley tells the story of Sophia B. Jones, a trailblazer as yet little known in her own country.Author: John...

In this charming collection of stories, John Steckley describes the (mainly) imaginary adventures of his granddaughter Mia. Whether it's foiling bullying at school or a robbery at a restaurant,...

A man retires, afflicted by an undisclosed illness. As he recovers and grows stronger, he learns to separate fevers from dreams and dreams from reality. In his quest for meaning and under the light...

I started to grow up in South Africa between 1946 and 1952. My mind was shaped by what I saw, heard, smelled, feared, hoped there.... Though this work uses memoir and travelogue at times, I only use...

A one-legged boy, Terry Fox, sets himself the task of running a marathon a day across the length of Canada, the second-largest country in the world, in aid of cancer research, because the children...

"In publishing Frederick Philip Grove's The Adventure of Leonard Broadus, Rock's Mills Press has brought to light a boys' adventure novel that some will regard as a Canadian classic. Recommended." --...

Inspired by Rousseau, and in need of a maid, the Baroness sets herself the task of transforming a "pure, unsullied creature" into a presentable maid. But learning how to set a table is one thing;...

Author: Nicole MeredithPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: Oct 14, 2020Number of Pages: 206 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1772442038ISBN-13: 9781772442038

Author: Mark LavignePublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: July 23, 2021Number of Pages: 36 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 177244233XISBN-13: 9781772442335

At the time of Canadian Confederation, many Canadians were their own doctors, cooks, farmers, veterinarians, beekeepers, and even rat catchers. This survival guide, compiled fifteen decades ago, is a...

Author: Patricia Jean SmithPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: Jan 18, 2022Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1772442445ISBN-13: 9781772442441

In The Long Story of Mount Pester, Book One of this omnibus, the Prince of Pesterville has disappeared and four reluctant Ditch Diggers journey across a strange land to stop the volcano Mount Pester...

With the many dynamic changes going on in today's world, a new prototype of the human personality is needed to guide people's future actions, behaviour, lifestyles, and overall development. This new...

How can stable, effective social movement organizations be created when, as Marx and Engels put it, "all that is solid melts"? That, says editor Robert Brym in his introduction to this fourth volume...

Hockey is not only Canada's national pastime but its enduring passion. In this collection of fourteen real-life stories, authors Andrew Caddell and Dave Stubbs explore the many different sides of the...

In this remarkable book, noted cultural scholar D. Paul Schafer examines the great cultural awakening that is taking place all across the world---an awakening that is opening the doors to a cultural...

"The Johnson Family Treasury is a superb collection of previously unpublished English cookery and medicinal recipes, some dating back as far as the 1740s. Thanks to the research of those who...

The Long Story of Mount Pester invites readers to join the author and illustrator on an epic journey into imagination. A timeless read-aloud which speaks to young readers' fascination with magical...

Enter The Long Story of Mount Pootzah! Mount Pester has disappeared into the imagination and the Prince of Pesterville is rescued. He returns to the little town of Pesterville to excavate the...

A very long time ago, when memories were as clear as a stream, there was a Father-Fish, called Pa, a Mother-Fish, called Ma, and a Daughter-Fish, named Stella. When the first stars began to twinkle...

Newly revised edition ... The voice of slave Caliban rings most clearly to my twenty-first century Iroquoian ears, singing drunkenly, hopefully, of freedom.--Daniel David Moses Shakespeare Made in...

The terrifying W?htikow Rex takes centre stage in this exciting second book in the Lukas Encounters series. The mysterious creature-a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that Lukas and his cousin KC...

Theories of Social Inequality provides an engaging, authoritative, and comprehensive introduction to the way in which theorists view the social construction of inequality. First grounding his...

Available together in a single volume for the first time are Canadian anthropologist Diamond Jenness' pioneering studies of three Athapaskan nations: the prairie-dwelling Tsuu T'ina of Alberta, and...

Following in the tradition of Mark Twain's cherished classics Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Time and The Place is a poignant story of a boy's coming of age in the America of the 1940s. Despised by...

Explores the lives of Titus Simons, Sr., and Titus Simons, Jr. The elder Simons fought on the side of the British during the American Revolution. As a result, his family was forced to leave the U.S...

In this new collection of short stories, author Michael Elcock explores a variety of inner worlds and lived experiences: survival and betrayal in Germany after World War II ... life in the Scottish...

Author: Christi ScarrowPublisher: Rock's Mills PressPublication Date: May 19, 2021Number of Pages: 188 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1772442240ISBN-13: 9781772442243

In Water Voices, author Sheldon Clark presents a moving series of spiritual reflections grouped together under three general themes: Calm, Storm, and Peace. Readers will find both insight and...

Watershed is the story of Anne Macleod, a young Ottawa public servant who finds her life caught up in the tumultuous events of her time -- Trudeaumania, the FLQ crisis, and Quebec separatism. Finding...