Inspired by a whimsical sculpture by the same name, Wild Ride began as part of a workshop at the Humour Academy. Kathy Klaus collected stories from fifty-five women reflecting on an event or stage of their life. These guest Storytellers...
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Author(s):Klaus, KathySummary: - Author(s):Coates, Donna, Melnyk, GeorgeSummary:
As the first collection of literary criticism focusing on Alberta writers, Wild Words establishes a basis for identifying Alberta fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction as valid subjects of study in their own right. By critically...
- Author(s):Armstrong, Christopher, Nelles, H. V.Summary:
Wilderness and Waterpower: How Banff National Park Became a Hydroelectric Storage Reservoir explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park. Today's conservationists and...
- Author(s):Mitani, TomokoSummary:
Geishas and samurai, manga and animé come to mind when Japan enters the conversation. While these traditional and modern images about the island nation have been widely disseminated in North America, most of us cannot imagine what...
- Author(s):Takach, GeoSummary:
One little question propels both author and reader on a genre-bending quest to find the elusive essence of a Canadian province built on sturdy stereotypes of oil-spoiled, beef-eating, bible-thumping rednecks devoid of class or culture....
- Author(s):Stevenson, RichardSummary:
The venerable tanka and her upstart cousin kyoka mingle with Kerouac’s American pop haiku in five-liner imagist poems and linked sequences. In Windfall Apples, Richard Stevenson mixes east and west with backyard barbecue and...
- Author(s):Pésémapéo Bordeleau, VirginiaSummary:
One late September day, amid the year’s first snowfall, the winter child is born. He does not breathe. His mother watches helplessly until “at least the baby uttered a first tentative croak like a frog unsure of spring’s arrival.”
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After tough assignments as a Canadian diplomat abroad, Nicholas Coghlan and his wife Jenny unwind by sailing Bosun Bird, a 27foot sailboat, from Cape Town, South Africa, across the South Atlantic and into the stormy winter waters around...
- Author(s):Johnson, Leslie MainSummary:
Wisdom Engaged demonstrates how traditional knowledge, Indigenous approaches to healing, and the insights of Western bio-medicine can complement each other when all voices are heard in a collaborative effort to address changes to...
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Wisdom River: Meditations on Fly Fishing and Life Midstream is a collection of stories, poetry, photos, art, recipes, and jokes that celebrate the wonders of fly fishing and the wisdom that can be gained from spending time on the river...
- Author(s):Brae, RebeccaSummary:
Hester Wishbone has it made. A recent graduate of Grimoire College, she has a great job as a village hag and is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her familiar. She is also well on the way to earning her Adept Witch designation. But her...
- Author(s):Fanella, AntonellaSummary:
With Heart and Soul: Calgary's Italian Community goes beyond the normal treatment of causes and consequences of immigration and focuses on the ways in which 'Old World' cultural traits were transformed and altered as...
- Author(s):Rosen, KatrinaSummary:
After many years together Katrina and Mike's marriage has unravelled. In a quest to mend their relationship they embark on a year long, 13,000 kilometre cycling tour with the hope of strengthening their commitment to one another....
- Author(s):Stettner, ShannonSummary:
Until the late 1960s, the authorities on abortion were for the most part men—politicians, clergy, lawyers, physicians, all of whom had an interest in regulating women’s bodies. Even today, when we hear women speak publicly about...
- Author(s):Stewart, TylerSummary:
From historical to modern ones, these people can really say the oddest things. Eveybody makes mistakes while speaking, but for the rich and famous, those blunders are kept recorded for people to laugh at for the rest of time. Some of...
- Author(s):Jones, Karen R.Summary:
Situating the wolf in the history of Canadian national parks, Karen Jones considers changing ideas of nature and wilderness and competing visions of the North American West. Wolf Mountains: A History of Wolves along the Great Divide is...
- Author(s):Pflüger, GudrunSummary:
When diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour, Gudrun Pflüger was told she had eighteen months left to live. Taking the wolf—a true “endurance athlete”&#٬٢٠١٤؛as her model, she immerses herself in the wilderness of the...
- Author(s):Simpson, AndrewSummary:
Along with the internationally acclaimed and award-winning documentary film upon which this book is based, Wolves Unleashed takes the reader on an amazing journey that looks closely at Andrew Simpson’s relationship with one of nature’s...
- Author(s):Felix, Roxanne, Milholland, Billie, McFadden, RyanSummary:
Four women. Four shooters. Four destinies to save the world… The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are coming. And four Archangels must find the perfect champions to save the world: fighters, warriors, soldiers, and brave men...
- Author(s):Scott, William NeilSummary:
When Emma Brodie, local prophet and mother of three, steals a boat and exiles herself to the middle of the bay for seven days and seven nights, she sets about a chain of strange events in the sleepy village of Garfax – a...
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