Listening is a skill that we have to learn. It takes effort, attention, patience, and practice. It’s a process that requires us to use different parts of our brain. Effective listening can improve our relationships and our jobs, as well as enhance our intelligence. Leslie Shore explains what it takes and what gets in the way.

The first book in the series, Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer, won the City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize and the Jean Little First-Novel Award.Winter rains have swept into Eagle Shores Trailer Park, and Truly is happily settling into a new life.A new home with Andy El, the Salish elder who took her in. A new responsibility to look after her new puppy, Gracie. A new passion for playing her not-quite-new guitar — gifted to her by Elvis ...

Winner of the 2021 City of Victoria Children’s Book PrizeWinner of the 2022 Jean Little First-Novel AwardIt’s the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleven-year-old Truly Bateman — because she knows Elvis is alive and well and living in the Eagle Shores Trailer Park. Maybe no one ever thought to look for him at on the Eagle Shores First Nation on Vancouver Island.It’s a busy summer f...

The Colorado River, running through Austin, Texas, and the area now referred to as Lake Travis, has always been a beautiful place to live. The early settlers found it suitable for farming and ranching--until it rained. The rain soaked up soil, and water upstream often engorged the land and washed out everything in its path. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal created agencies that constructed hydroelectric dams for the Tennessee Valley Authority, and those were used as blueprints for th...

Seven tales from the deep explore what life is like for the daughters of Poseidon.Not all goes swimmingly when your father is the ruler of the Deep, from learning to protect the realm, to conquering your desires, battling your dual nature, to discovering what consequences your choices provide, it’s never easy when the blood of gods and humans flows in your veins.Featured Contributors:K. T. Morley, Yasmin Nayrouz, Jose Oseguera, Anna Kaye-Rogers, Bella Shore, Leslie ...

“Whether making my heart melt or my head burst into flames, Annabeth Albert draws the reader in and keeps them captivated.” —Gay Book ReviewsThe sexy Navy chief and his best friend’s adorkable little brother…It’s petty, but Naval Chief Derrick Fox wishes he could exact a little revenge on his ex by showing off a rebound fling. His submarine is due to return to its Bremerton, Washington, home base soon and Derrick knows all too well there w...

"Albert makes a deeper and more sensitive investigation into what love is than most romances." —New York Times Book Review on Conventionally YoursA meet-cute leads to more than they expected in this military-hero romance from award-winning author Annabeth AlbertNavy chief Calder Euler loves to win big. His latest score? A remote mountain cabin. Checking it out is supposed to be a quick trip, but Calder’s luck abruptly turns when a freak in...

Finalist for the 2020 Western Canada Jewish Book Awards, The Nancy Richler Memorial Prize for FictionFinalist for the 2020 Kobzar Book AwardFinalist for the 2019 Ethel Wilson Fiction AwardWe All Need to Eat is a new collection of linked stories from award-winning author Alex Leslie that revolve around Soma, a young Queer woman in Vancouver, chronicling her attempts to come to grips with herself, her family...

"" The People's Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world." – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of CaliforniaIn 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create one of the most miraculous political victories in modern American history. Opponents attacked the issue of marriage equality as amoral and a direct threat to families. Allies warned ...