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Rivers are often used in mythology to represent boundaries; to cross the river is to transform. The poems in River Revery reflect the river Thames as it winds through the city of London, Ontario. Because the Thames forks into two streams at the city's core, it was called Askunessippi, "the antlered river," by the original Algonquin inhabitants. For Indigenous communities, it is "Deshkan Ziibiing." In re-naming the river the Thames, English settlers colonized forbidding new territory as an imitation of 'home,' rather than embracing the vibrancy of the river as it is. A distillation of ecological concern is a current necessity in River Revery. Such inspiration in poetry is one source for right action since the Thames waters our gardens, real and imaginary.

With the world slipping into recession, company downsizing, restructuring, reorganizing, and retrenching are becoming everyday occurrences. Why Me? And No Gold Watch! concerns job loss and the prospect of retiring earlier than expected. Introducing Sally McBride, a fifty-seven-year-old middle manager who is terminated due to her company's downsizing actions. Sally's dilemma is whether to seek a new position or retire. In her journey for answers, she turns to friends and acquaintances for help and direction. Why Me? And No Gold Watch! offers proven strategies for retirement success. Also included are lessons from true stories, self-reflection exercises, and model retirement visions and plans, all designed to provide a pathway for the reader to make a successful transition from work to retirement.

Have you ever been in a van full of girls? All the girls are alive and they're happy. You're all heading off to do something whimsical and flirty and you're maybe a little bit drunk. You're going to see a Beach Boys tribute band. You're going to the casino to bet it all on red. You're going to a séance that you just know is going to end in skinny-dipping. Something like that. A Van Full of Girls is a collection of short, dizzy, funny things. It's zippy and unpredictable, like a mongoose, but it's dead sexy. You will want to take Polaroids of each precious little missive contained within and then tape each one to your fridge. You will want to give this book to somebody you need to love you.

First Love Revisited: Fanny is at a conference that is being given, in part, by her first boyfriend. On the last night he invites her to his room. Both are married with children. The Wanderer of New Perry: A woman saves a man's life and does her utmost to make him fall in love with her.

For everyone who has been hurt, confused, feel hopeless or ashamed as a result of a young adult making wrong choices....... This book speaks to parents and others whose lives have been disrupted by destructive decisions made by their young adult that ultimately led to a separation or a breakdown in family relationship. The content was carefully planned and worded so that young parents will also use the information as a guide post or a preventative tool to train up their children to be productive godly contributors to the society. The chapters in this book will give a clear understanding of: What and who are the influential factors in your child's decision-making and what you can do to direct their lives as they grow. Why there is a battle to control your child's mind and how to gain victory. How to have a thriving relationship with your young adult throughout the tender yet turbulent teen-years. How parents can regain control of their lives in a hopeless situation. Included are worksheets that will help you to measure your mental, spiritual and physical progress, while you are moving towards claiming your child and at the same time restoring healing and sanity to your own lives."

What is a hero? To some, a hero is a person in a cape, someone who swoops down from burning buildings to save people in distress. To others, a hero comes in the form of teachers, parents, police officers, and friends. Celebrate the Hero is an initiative that began in order to celebrate the everyday heroes that are in all of our lives. This book is a collection of the submissions that people have contributed to Celebrate the Hero since its inception. I invite you to read stories of people standing up to bullying, stories of everyday heroism, and stories saluting everyday heroes. There are wonderful poems, and quotes. Some entries will make you laugh, others perhaps cry. But by the end, my hope is that you will feel good and that there some amazing people in this world who really care and are making a difference.

The van was the Lindsay's home during a journey across eleven countries from August 1968 to end of May 1969. Their travels in Scotland, England and Spain are detailed in their first book, Hungry Hearts. In this sequel, Ann brings to life the aesthetics of commerce in the marketplaces of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark. Travelling in the van with a gas burner allowed them to truly eat local: - a casserole of Camarague rice along the Camarague delta - fish soup in Marseille - mortadella ravioli in Bologna - Sachertorte in Vienna - fondue in the Swiss Alps - Black Forest cake in the Black Forest - Brot mit Wurst in Germany - Edam cheese with genever in Edam They slept with a circus troupe in France; under snow drifts in the Alps; beside a panther in Hamburg. Enough memories to keep their hearts forever young. Back in Canada, the van hauled furniture, books and cookware to set up Ann McColl's Kitchen Utensils and Victoriana two months after their return, August 1969, on Dundas Street, London, Ontario.

In 1968, David and Ann Lindsay traded the confines of the classroom and a red brick bungalow in Windsor for a year of travel that changed their lives. Experiences while camping in the U.K. and Europe suggested new careers. Upon returning to Canada, they opened Ann McColl's Kitchen Shop which operated successfully until their retirement in 2001. The freedom of the open road introduced new approaches to marketing and eating at every turn. Along with Ann's journal entries and David's photographs, over eighty recipes, inspired by these adventures, are included in this Food Odyssey: - New Year's Day in Cardinal Wolsey's Great Tudor Kitchens - marmalade makers in a caravan site - mussels in cream sauce beside a peat fire - following the Canterbury pilgrims from the Tabard Inn - three spirits hovering over the crepe suzettes on Christmas Eve - a five-foot paella cooking on a beach fire - the theatre of food preparation in open Spanish kitchens - the exuberance of the marketplace - Aberdeen fishing fleet unloading their silvery haul at sunrise - fresh salmon and single malt by a highland stream - feeding squid and octopus innards to campsite cats - gaining ten pounds of body weight on the Tea Shop Trail - taking the cure in Bath - caravan sites on isolated Spanish beaches - El Greco's green and russet tiled cucina in Toledo - a carver cutting thistles on rounds from Braemar tree trunks - sailing down the Clyde for fish and chips at the Cowal Games in Dunoon - clootie dumpling simmering on a coal-fed range - feeding pennies into the gas meter to keep the beef daube simmering - the Brighton Pavilion gleaming for a soirée - finding a rabbit tied to the door knob

In this book you will discover a hearing man with a cochlear implant who suddenly becomes alarmingly insane with the growing noise inside his ear, learn what really happens when a deaf man gets a late night call from his TDD machine, and meet an elderly couple rescuing a diminutive alien trapped in a pond at the backwoods of Nova Scotia. Plus fifteen other tales by the deaf author.

Ben Elliott, himself an ordained Alliance pastor and missionary, wants to be a part of answering just those kinds of questions. He has prepared this book as a resource to help you understand Alliance theology better (and to help you succeed at your accreditation exam). Rooted in Scripture and informed by the history of the C&MA, Elliott presents the themes of Alliance thought in plain and engaging language, explaining ideas like 'the Trinity' and 'healing in the atonement' in ways that are genuinely understandable for contemporary readers. Especially written for accreditation and ordination candidates and their mentors, Accreditation Helps is an excellent resource for anyone interested in joining in the discussion about what it means to be a part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance at the beginning of the 21st century.

Xavier Kataquapit's stories describe and document lives, traditions and culture of the Cree and First Nation people in general. His unique perspective as an Aboriginal writer presents an informative and educational insight that provides for better understanding across Canada's cultural landscape.

Andrew Szymanski's debut fiction collection takes on subjects such as idealized love in an illogical world, ruminations on the realities of failed relationships, and the inability to make meaningful connections. In these stories, a man recruits a sexual companion to chase his lost lover across the globe; a recent graduate remembers with bitter nostalgia his formative years; a man and woman contend with their own neuroses and anxieties in trying to pick each other up. Szymanski's distinct voice permeates these stories of characters trying vainly to escape the ennui of their lives through the distractions of dreams and vices.