Northerny: winner of the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize, awarded by the Griffin Poetry Prize.Fresh, funny, and imbued with infectious energy, Northerny tells a much-needed and compelling story of growing up and living in the North. Here are no tidy tales of aurora borealis and adventures in snow. For Dawn Macdonald, the North is not an escape, a pathway to enlightenment, or a lifestyle choice. It’s a messy, beautiful, and painful point of origin. ...

Private McAuslan was ‘the biggest walking disaster to hit the Army’. Loosely based on his own experiences in a Scottish regiment, and written with rare humour, a sense of the ludicrous and real affection for soldiering, this is the first volume of George MacDonald Fraser’s McAuslan trilogy.Private McAuslan, J. – the Dirtiest Soldier in the World (alias the Tartan Caliban) – demonstrates his unfitness for military service in this first volume of stories of ...

A rich, multi-generational saga, sweeping from Singapore to New Zealand. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore and Rosanna Ley.Singapore in the 1970s. A handsome army officer falls in love with the young daughter of his captain. Although she is determined to become a ballerina, Fleur falls deeply for David and abandons her aspirations to become an army wife and mother. After their first blissfully happy years together, tragedy strikes and Fleur is left widowed with ...

Creative research methods for data generation have expanded over recent decades and researchers are eager to take a creative approach to data analysis.It is challenging to bring creativity into data analysis while retaining a systematic, rigorous, and ethical approach. Written by experts in the field, this handbook addresses these challenges. The chapters adapt analytical techniques in creative ways for novice and expert researchers. Existing and novel methods from analysis of quan...

Private McAuslan was ‘the biggest walking disaster to hit the Army’. Loosely based on his own experiences in a Scottish regiment, and written with rare humour, a sense of the ludicrous and real affection for soldiering, the first volume of George MacDonald Fraser’s McAuslan trilogy now finally comes to life on audio.Private McAuslan, J. – the Dirtiest Soldier in the World (alias the Tartan Caliban) – demonstrates his unfitness for military service in this ...

Dancing on the Verge of Dawn is a collection of stories, essays, and poems by women who’ve experienced uncertainty, upheaval and loss in the inevitable challenges of life. Many of them have lived cross-culturally in vastly different cultural settings where they faced isolation and restriction long before COVID-19 came along. Using these memories they invited reflection and insight from their own journey.They asked themselves the questions—when was God’s presence near to me...

Sequel to Alliance. Find out what happened to Shadow. What is he really? Is he truly human?

Short Spooky Stories sure to please by these amazing authors: S. Y. Coffelt, Dawn DeBraal, Jenny Perry Carr, Tim Lewis, Marc Sorondo, Melody E. McIntyre, J. E. Tamber, Julie Dron, Robert E. Stahl, Kay Hanifen, Michael La Ronn, C.A. Verstraete, Brian MacDonald, Caitlin Barbera, Sara Jordan-Heintz, Kelly Zimmer

As a young man, I went to New Zealand in August 1974 to attend nursing school at Christchurch Public Hospital in Christchurch. I lived in Christchurch for four years and travelled about the country whenever I could. The experience has lasted me a lifetime. In this book I share some of my experiences. The  book represents my first attempt at writing a book which I started writing over twenty years ago. This is the unabridged original story so consequently it is a little rough...