Received an Honourable Mention for the 2018 Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical WritingThe first book on Agnes Deans Cameron, BC’s first female principal, itinerant traveller, and journalist.Agnes Deans Cameron was an extraordinary woman who was ahead by a century. Born in Victoria in 1863, she was the first female school principal in the province, but she worked tirelessly to achieve work equality and voting rights for wome...

A rivetingly imagined re-telling of the voyages of Frances Barkley (1769–1845), who as a young woman travelled the world on a trading mission with her sea captain husband.Over two hundred years ago, Frances Barkley, a seventeen-year-old girl fresh out of a convent school in France, met twenty-six-year-old sea captain, fell deeply in love, and married him after a six-week courtship. Five weeks later, she stepped aboard his ship, the Imperial Eagle, to set s...

Brought into the media spotlight by her great-niece Pamela Anderson, Auntie Vie burst onto the scene as Pamela’s biggest supporter on “Dancing with the Stars.” Unexpectedly, Auntie Vie’s distinctive balance of earned wisdom and chic glamour quickly charmed the media and viewers of all ages. Her door suddenly stormed by cameras and reporters, Auntie Vie never missed a beat. Having harnessed the power of simply being herself, she has captured imaginations and inspired people with her rare pe...

Frances Barkley was just eighteen when she became the first European woman to set foot on the west coast of North America. After a sheltered upbringing in England, Frances found herself boarding the Imperial Eagle in 1786 to set sail on an adventurous, round-the-world voyage with her husband, Captain Charles William Barkley.With great wisdom and wit, Frances recounted her eight years at sea in her Reminiscences as she found herself in a wider world, helping her husband in his busin...

Do you have the marriage you have always dreamed of!Are you cherished in a marriage that's off the charts or co-existing in a fragile one? What we all really want is intimacy and tingling excitement.Author Cathy Krafve shares the personal stories and conversations she first created to help inspire success for her own kids' marriages. Marriage takes serious communication. So, we turn to the Master Communicator for strategies to soften hearts and strengthen resolve. This book...

Voice user interfaces (VUIs) are becoming all the rage today. But how do you build one that people can actually converse with? Whether you’re designing a mobile app, a toy, or a device such as a home assistant, this practical book guides you through basic VUI design principles, helps you choose the right speech recognition engine, and shows you how to measure your VUI’s performance and improve upon it.Author Cathy Pearl also takes product managers, UX designers, and VUI designers i...

"Heartbeat: Conversations with My Heart" is an extraordinary journey into the realm of wisdom, as Cathy Fitzhenry fearlessly navigates the often-turbulent waters of life's challenges. As someone who has had the privilege of working with Cathy "Fitz" and benefiting from her guidance as a mentor and coach, I can attest to her remarkable innate intuitive intelligence. It is this innate gift that consistently leads her to tap into the vibration of Love Wisdom, allowing her to receive the profo...

Navigate Teen Challenges with ClarityFollow therapist and parenting coach Cathy Cassani Adam’s empowering advice to help your teenager follow their happiness in an evolving society.Help your teenage girl prepare to face the world. So many girls are facing challenges every day, with the next generation seeing more skyrocketing diagnoses of depression and anxiety than ever before. While we might not be able to stop every tria...

Brought to you by Penguin.A practical, inspiring roadmap for changing the conversation on social justice issues.'Not all men''I don't see colour''To play devil's advocate...''Climate change is coming'From the persistent to the insidious, too often, antagonistic responses threaten to distract and derail the most urgent conversations.Tackling twenty of the most enduring ...

Now see a different perspective as Horse himself speaks from the ages, and inspires you with a deeper understanding of Horseness and purpose with you. See here what discovery there is regarding health in us, and mind games we play with you, our dearest opponent in Gamehood. We delight in our transactions and we delight in this presentation of our words regarding so many subjects we have longed for you to understand. I never mince words when given the opportunity to use them, so prepare for...

Walking the Path is the e-mail correspondence between two friends. One, Cathy, a recovering addict, is struggling to get her feet on the ground and learn to be functional in life without alcohol or drugs. The other, Christine, is not an addict and has achieved some measure of outward success, but deals with deeply personal issues stemming from childhood abuse, family alcoholism and learning disabilities. They began as roommates and started e-mailing each other after moving to different sta...

Interviews and intimate photographic portraits of witnesses to the collective and cultural significance of trauma.This new collection from Cathy Caruth features interviews with a diverse group of leaders in the theorization of, and response to, traumatic experience in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Crossing the boundaries of discipline and profession, Caruth’s subjects include literary theorists and critics, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychologists, ...