Prix Margaret-McWilliams, mention 2006 Avec le souvenir du regard scintillant de Gabrielle Roy, Annette Saint-Pierre nous invite à parcourir le destin de l'une des figures les plus marquantes de la littérature canadienne. Au pays de Gabrielle Roy se présente moins dans les détails de la vie et de l'oeuvre de Gabrielle, dont plus d'un biographe ont déjà fait état, mais dans la richesse de la vie familiale et de la maison natale dans laquelle...

Lance Brown knows firsthand the opportunities available to those who are willing to work hard and challenge themselves to attain a goal-to make a dream come true. There is no easy road to success but many rewarding ones where the journey changes the perceptions, possibilities and prospects of those who persevere. Through his personal journey and stories, Lance will convince you to embrace and love the challenge. Lance shares his personal story progressing...

Success can be defined as the accomplishment of an aim or achieving what you set out to do. Dustin Teudhope has certainly been successful at what he has set out to do in the forest. After encountering a big hairy predator traveling in a bipedal manner through the woods he was hunting, he made it his mission to get video footage of the animals, and he actually accomplished it. Now he has his sights on helping the rest of the world achieve similar success....

This book is written with such clarity and vision I feel Im right there living the experience. It is written with such genuine heart feelings, that this collection is a work truly inspirational to all people who love horses and animals. Darlene Hunter Catherine Sampsons devotion to horses and her quest to understand them on a personal level are revealed in this story of an equestrians metamorphosis. On the journey from naive beginner to master trainer,...

The adventure-filled story of the legendary Hudson's Bay Company is inextricably linked to the formation of a Canadian nation stretching from sea to sea to sea. In an absorbing and lively new book on The Bay, James Raffan explores the forces that moulded a man, a company and a country. The histories of Sir George Simpson and the HBC in the golden years of the 19th century are in many ways one history, for Simpson's professional acumen and personal...

Leaving the rat race and life in the big city of Singapore behind, Kyo Kurosaki embarks on a 2,600 kilometer road trip that takes him into the stunning mountains of rural northern Thailand, where he finds himself on a rollercoaster ride of life-changing love, loss and new beginnings with a beautiful woman. A true touching love story.

Jimi Hunt is a man who has spent most of his life doing ridiculous things for his own amusement. Things like building the country's biggest Slip 'n' Slide, playing golf through the streets of downtown Auckland, and holding an alternative Summer Olympics including events such as sandcastle building and rhythmic gymnastics. But what none of his friends knew was that Jimi had been silently battling with depression. It was eating him alive from the inside,...

Cheryl's Dad had a crazy plan. He wanted to build a cement boat and take the entire family, including a newborn, on a voyage around the world. They would leave their home on the eastern coast of Australia, sail to India, around Africa, and over to the United States where they spend a few months visiting relatives before returning through the Panama Canal to their home. But the crew, a lousy engine, foul weather, and other perils of the sea jeopardize...

Traveling overland through South and East Africa, I had to cross the Zambezi River three times in 1972. Starting in Sioux City, Iowa, it takes two and a half years traveling through fourteen countries on three continents. What will become my plan to travel to California begins in Ely, Nevada. Wanting to be original, I will head east. My circuitous route will take me rafting the Colorado River, betting all my savings on one spin of the roulette wheel...

A young girl comes to the realization that although she has been abandoned and starving, she has been taught the values required to live a life of decency and goodness. She has an epiphany that set her on the road to strength and independence in Under the Jimbilin Tree. Without resources, her goals seem unattainable yet she persists and celebrates each small step that gets her closer to "that great America." Propelled by her pact with God, made while...