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by Raedene Jeannette Melin
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Machine guns rattle ominously outside, and eleven-year-old Adelita Alvarez must run from everything she knows into the South American jungle. Her family murdered and her people pushed from their land, Adi finds herself targeted by a vicious man who seems determined to kill her. As she survives the...
No One Left Behind
How Nurse Practitioners Are Changing The Canadian Health Care System
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
No One Left Behind: How Nurse Practitioners Are Changing The Canadian Health Care System, is a collection of stories from NPs across Canada, sharing their most memorable experiences with patients, which clearly illustrate the critical role they play throughout the health care system. Each story is compelling...
Britain Unravelled
A North American Guide to the UK
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
What exactly is spotted dick or bangers and mash? What times are pubs open? How can you get from the airport to London city centre? How do you use the Tube in London? What about driving? Everyday language and daily routines that you are familiar with in your own country can be mystifying in Britain,...
The Coming New World Order
The Rise of Global Government
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
This book proposes a step-by-step blueprint for a better world. There is a storm brewing on the horizon. A new world order is coming based on all the trends and global pressures that is facing mankind today. The question is, who's world vision is going to prevail and lead us into the 21st century and...
Caregiver's Survival Toolkit
Go from Surviving to Thriving
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Don’t struggle! Ease and Tranquility are your Caregiving Rights. Insight! Impact! Results! INSIGHT: Discover the impact of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease on the family unit. Gain insight into what the patient experiences. IMPACT: Learn effective techniques you can use immediately, whether you are...
Cold War Controller
Air Force Shenanigans
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
Cold War Controller is the compelling memoir of a Canadian Air Force Officer who started off in the junior ranks as a radar technician and later qualified as air traffic controller during the Cold War 1970s and 1980s. Presented as a highly readable collection of vignettes, this volume is chock full of...
by Bill Nielsen
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Ever since Darwin replaced traditional creation stories with a rational approach to human origins, we have lost touch with spiritual meanings of the ancient myths. These unscientific messages are vibrant and alive and deserve a voice in the modern consciousness. By exploring the historical details of the Genesis/Darwin debate, we can appreciate the insights and limitations of both world views.
Averting An Iranian Geopolitical Crisis
A Tale of Power Play for Dominance Between Colonial Powers, Tribal and Government Actors in the Pre and Post World War One Era
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Caught between the Ottoman Empire to the west, the Russian sphere of influence in the north, and the British colonial territories in India and the Middle East, Iran at the end of the nineteenth century was a hotly contested strategic battleground. The ruling Qajar Dynasty was led by a young and inexperienced...
Unauthorized Acts
Risky Tales from a Vietnam Medic
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Medic Criss Hinson had been in Vietnam for only four days when unauthorized, he joined a flight in need of a medic to help transport wounded back to Da Nang. The plane was hit by machine gun rounds and forced to land in nearby rice paddies. Its passengers included four Green Berets, who along with...
Nowhere to Call Home
Photographs and Stories of the Homeless
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
“I invite you to look into the eyes of the homeless… they tell a story.”
Homelessness is a serious problem throughout North America—even in Canada and the United States, two of the richest countries in the world. “We must stop this madness,” says Leah Denbok, the teenage Canadian...
The Wind of Change
The Wind of Change is the Wind of Chance
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
“She was killing herself slowly, and this obsession with the war had to stop.” How can one man cope when his true love is a woman of great destiny? “The people are her purpose and she is my purpose.” The Wind of Change follows the intersecting fates of Francois and Zola as they struggle with...
Ghost in the Ranks
Forgotten Voices & Military Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Operational Stress Injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are among the possible consequences facing members of the Canadian military. Unlike the potential physical consequences of dangerous deployments, psychological injuries are not always apparent. Military members are taught a mental...
St. Joseph's College
University of Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
When Archbishop Henry O’Leary became the second archbishop of Edmonton in 1920, he had a dream to build a western Canada Catholic college that would educate students in the Christian intellectual tradition.This is the story of how a small Roman Catholic institution confronted daunting challenges to...
None of the Above
How the Unaffiliated are Redefining Religion and Keeping Faith
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
The notion of redefining religion’s role in our lives is not an academic exercise. It is an urgent modern imperative. This book confronts all religious dogma. It challenges the idea and practice of the need for a middle man between man and God. It invites the reader to consider the modern rise of the...