Here is a book to thrill and chill you! It brings together sixty-nine stories of haunted houses, ghosts, poltergeists, apparitions, and other eerie events and experiences. What is amazing is that all the stories are true - they actually happened - and they happened in Ontario! Did Sir John A. Macdonald give advice from the dead? Did William Lyon Mackenzie King engage in a friendly conversation with a veteran newspaperman at Kingsmere two years after his death? Is Ottawa's Laurier House haunted? What happened in Toronto's Mackenzie House? Did an apparition of Walt Whitman appear in Bon Echo Provincial Park? Does a beautiful lady in white haunt old stone houses in the north Woodstock area? What was behind the Baldoon Mystery and the Dagg Poltergeist? Do such things happen? Are they happening today? In these pages there are ghosts aplenty. They appear in the villages, towns, and cities of Ontario - among them: Goderich, Hamilton, London, Toronto, Niagara-on-the-Lake, North Bay, Oakville, Oshawa, St. Catharines, and Sarnia! Perhaps there is a ghost near you...

Shrouded in the mists of history and legend, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is a land of mysteries. Its waters are a graveyard for countless wrecked ships. Its lore is full of tales about treachery and murder. And it was once the haunt of pirates. Haunt, indeed! Newfoundland and Labrador has tales of the supernatural that date back centuries, to a time before Canada even existed as a nation. Here the ghosts not only lurk in old houses and forlorn cemeteries, they come up out of the sea to walk the decks of ships before the eyes of terrified crewmen. They lament out on the ice where seventy-seven men perished in the Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914. And in St. John’s the courthouse is said to be haunted by the ghost of Catherine Snow, who was hanged in 1834 for the murder of her husband. Here we find tales, both personal and historical, of ghostly haunting and unexplained happenings; from the Old Hag to headless ghosts. So read on … if you dare!

It has been called Canada's most haunted province. While such a claim is impossible to prove, British Columbia does abound with tales of the supernatural. Ghost Stories of British Columbia is a comprehensive collection of these tales, drawing from the province's history, its archives, and its people. There are ghosts from the distant past, and ghosts from the present day. Legends that are familiar to many, and accounts that, to date, have only been heard by a few. Shady apparitions from the coastline, the interior, and the isolated north. And each story is a true account of someone's experience with a ghost. In Burnaby, a young child is repeatedly urged by two spectral visitors to follow them back "to the other side." The dedicated publisher of the Surrey Leader returns to check on the new issue - weeks after his death. The image of a screaming young woman haunts a grove of bushes in Beacon Hill Park - years before a woman matching the image is murdered there. Barkerville - a town designed to bring the history of the gold rush to life - truly hosts the "spirit" of the past. Victoria honours its British past - with two of its own haunted castles. In Creston - an eccentric stonemason's spirit occupies the unusual home he once planned to be buried in. They are the mysteries, the unexplained, the eerie, and amazing stories meant to be told by campfire or candlelight. They are the true ghost stories of British Columbia, and they wait for you in these pages.

Charlie Jones and Kim Doren are rapidly becoming admired authors of sports advice. Following their popular golf instruction book, Be The Ball: A Golf Instruction Book For The Mind, Game, Set, Match gives tennis players everywhere the inside track on how the stars prepare for their games. Many of the biggest names in tennis have contributed their personal advice for this book. Learn from tennis champions Monica Seles and Michael Change, legends Jack Kramer and Rod Laver, coaches Nick Bolletierri and Vic Braden, game analysts Bud Collins and Pam Shriver, and celebrities such as Dick Van Patton and Regis Philbin, who love to play the game. More than 50 contributors in all offer their unique poiners and philosophies about using the power of the mind to become the best tennis player you can. Everyone who is serious about tennis will want a copy of this insightful and inspiring book about the mental side of the game.

The definitive guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happiness Notice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit disorder, but studies have shown that spending mindful, intentional time around trees-what the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing-can promote health and happiness. In this beautiful book-featuring more than 100 color photographs from forests around the world, including the forest therapy trails that criss-cross Japan-Dr. Qing Li, the world's foremost expert in forest medicine, shows how forest bathing can reduce your stress levels and blood pressure, strengthen your immune and cardiovascular systems, boost your energy, mood, creativity, and concentration, and even help you lose weight and live longer. Once you've discovered the healing power of trees, you can lose yourself in the beauty of your surroundings, leave everyday stress behind, and reach a place of greater calm and wellness.

A fifteen-year-old boy is walking through a swirling fog on his way to school when a voice calls out, "Come here. We need to talk." Out of the mist emerges an old man with a white beard. Whoever he is, he has appeared on that very day to change the boy's life. "The old man with the white beard showed me the spiritual side of life," writes Deepak Chopra, "where real passion and excitement come from. So before you begin, take a deep breath. This story could turn out to be yours."

Van explores the real reasons behind our unending physical and mental health battles--culture, family, and the baggage of life--and demonstrates how we can better understand our bodies by better understanding ourselves.

Depuis son jeune âge, Joseph-Alexandre C. rêve de devenir artiste-peintre. Malgré les embûches et les contrariétés qu'il rencontre, il opte pour la passion avant tout et décide de poursuivre son rêve. Cette décision met en branle un étrange phénomène : une petite voix intérieure se met à lui parler et le guider. En suivant les conseils de cette petite voix, il découvre que la vie met sur sa route tout ce qui lui est nécessaire pour atteindre son but. Il rencontre des personnages qui lui transmettent, tour à tour, des enseignements utiles, tels le pouvoir de l'imagination, l'enthousiasme, la gratitude, le pouvoir du moment présent, la force de l'échec… Cependant, la conquête d'un rêve n'est jamais un long fleuve tranquille. Joseph- Alexandre C. apprend que la patience et la foi lui sont exigées, que le silence et la solitude apportent des bienfaits inestimables, que la discipline et l'équilibre sont indispensables. Surtout, il comprend qu'il doit dépasser ses peurs et accepter que le succès vienne avec certaines responsabilités. Alors qu'il touche enfin à son rêve, un événement tragique bouscule son univers. Dans toute sagesse et grandeur, la vie lui apprend aussi qu'elle est faite d'impermanence. Faire briller sa lumière est un roman inspirant, une histoire qui rejoint le lecteur dans son désir profond de réaliser ses rêves et vivre en harmonie avec ses passions. Auteure : Après des études en littérature ainsi qu'un certificat en journalisme à l'Université Laval, Sylvie Ruel exerce divers emplois en communication avant de devenir journaliste indépendante. Ses articles et reportages, sur des sujets variés, sont publiés dans plusieurs magazines, comme Sélection du Reader's Digest et Le Bel Âge, et dans le quotidien Le Soleil. Au milieu des années 1990, elle oriente sa carrière vers le tourisme. Elle parcourt le monde et rédige des reportages et des articles qui sont publiés dans des quotidiens, tels Le Soleil, La Presse, Le Droit d'Ottawa et Le Journal de Montréal, ainsi que dans plusieurs magazines, comme Touring CAA, Prestige (Québec) et Virage. Trois prix lui sont décernés pour des reportages (Northern Light Awards et TMAC Awards) ainsi qu'une mention honorable par le Prix du magazine canadien. Faire briller sa Lumière est son premier roman.

We are currently living in one of the greatest times of human growth, potential and change. Expansion Mastery is designed to offer a way for people to reawaken to the vastness of their potential and to live happy, mindful and balanced lives in this time of great human evolution. The Expansion Mastery System extracts the essence of ancient, esoteric teachings to eliminate the mystery, and from this knowledge presents practical exercises and tools for positive transformation. These teachings are detailed specifically from their ancient sources, yet presented so that they can be applied to anyone’s personal belief system and life situation.