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Showing posts with label Non Fiction. Show all posts
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Liz Mitten Ryan


"One with the Herd"
by Liz Mitten Ryan

In the pages of "One with the Herd: A Spiritual Journey", author, artist, and horse breeder Liz Mitten Ryan draws upon her years of experience with her herd of eleven horses to share her reflections on our relationship to the planet upon which we live, the animals we share our planet with, and how we can best achieve peace, freedom joy and an appreciation for life and for living. Her engaging and thoughtful text is nicely illustrated with her own paintings, as well as occasional color photographs.

"One With the Herd" is the deeply personal story of a woman who lives with a herd of 'wild' horses with whom she communicates, plays with, and rides without use of tack on a remote 320-acre ranch in the high country of Canada. Within the context of a natural setting, Liz Mitten Ryan discovered profound spiritual truths rich in emotional texture and intellectual acumen through her interactions of her horses roaming freely over the grasslands, forests, meadows, and lakes of her ranch, only to return on their own to her barn where they benefit from a loving, open, supportive interaction with humans.

"One with the Herd" is highly recommended for community library collections and will prove of very special interest to non-specialist general readers with an interest in horses, wildlife, spirituality, and metaphysical meditation.

Vernon Outdoors Club


"Hiking Trails"
by Vernon Outdoors Club

The Outdoors Club is pleased to announce the release of the new edition of the always-popular hiking book that includes 9 new hikes as well as many others from the previous editions.

New hikes in this 6th edition are:

Blackwell Lake / Blue Gross MountainCougar Canyon / Dewdrop RangeHayman Lake / High Rim Trail / Little WhiteMara Mountain / Oyama Lookout

Heidi McLaughlin


Heidi McLaughlin


Heidi loves to write. Her candid stories are sometimes humorous, sometimes heart wrenching, but always full of profound truths about God, relationships, and human nature. Heidi's writing resonates deeply in women's hearts.

Her life-changing book Beauty Unleashed: Transforming a Woman's Soul was released in June 2007. Heidi believes, "The secret desire of every woman is to be more beautiful, both inside and out, and yet we can’t seem to find the magic formula. We are bombarded with solutions, but nothing seems to satiate our longing for value and significance. The fact is that you and I are beautiful because we are created in the image of God, who is the essence of beauty. It's all right there inside of us; we just need to allow God to reveal it to us and unleash it."

Ernie Tadla


"How to Live and Do Business in China"
by Ernie Tadla
Ernie has been seen in our local paper a number of times for his book "How to Live and Do Business in China."

Margaret Hayes



"Safarini...Many Journeys"
by Margaret Hayes


Safarini will take readers to remote safari destinations around East Africa, including the underground churches of Ethiopia via mule, The Jade Sea (Lake Turkana) in northern Kenya, and hosting the Tourism Minister of France to the top of Mount Longonot.

Alan Bradley


"The Shoebox Bible"
by Alan Bradley


Alan Bradley’s “Shoebox Bible” has been compared with “Tuesdays with Morrie”, “Angela’s Ashes”, and “Mister God, It’s Anna.”

Jerrine Weigand

"Knowing Miss Chen"
by Jerrine Weigand


"Knowing Miss Chen" is Jerrine Weigand's tale of two worlds; a memoir filled with fascinating experiences of a foreign couple working in China. It is also the personal life story of Chen Yu Hua, their young interpreter, growing up in Chairman Mao's China during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s.

Layton Park

"Get Out of Your Way"
by Layton Park

"Get Out of Your Way," is about how the mental laws including the law of attraction are related to hypnosis and how they help remove our road blocks and achieve our goals.


Wally Dennison


"For the Love of God's Kids"
by Wally Dennison


Kelowna writer Wally Dennison with Sara Esther Luna Cezar as his Jesus teammate and translator detail a Christian Ministry that towers as unique. That word "Unique" most certainly fits the CHAIN of Love in Campo Bom, Brazil. This book is packed throughout with real-life stories of riveting human interest stories. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the CHAIN of Love.

Evelyn Mulders

"Western Herbs"
by Evelyn Mulders

Evelyn has published a herbal manual called Western Herbs for Eastern Meridians and Five Element Theory. The book is unique in that it addresses the physical emotional and spiritual aspect of the herb for balancing the body and also that it organizes the western herbs into the eastern meridians and hence the five element theory. The book is designed to be a working herbal manual for any busy practitioner in the healing arts. It is also very practical for anyone wanting to know how the herb is supporting their body while they are taking it to maintain health and vitality.

Dave Phillips


"Three Big Questions"
by Dave Phillips


It doesn't matter where you are in life; there are three essential questions the human race has asked since the beginning of time.
1. What is my purpose for living? (why am I here?)
2. What is my mission in life? (what am I best designed to do)
3. What is my personal life vision? (where am I going in my life?)

Rev. Malcolm Smith



"Thou Shalt Not Kill: Genocide in Central Africa"
by Rev. Malcolm Smith

Excerpt:

“Yesterday, near Ruhaha, I noticed a group of people had gathered. Two policemen and two soldiers had caught some young men and were yelling at them and beating them, because they had scars in their hairlines, that made them part of the plot to overthrow the government last Saturday. They took them away and shot them two by two. There were thirty-nine men and boys killed.”

Expounder

"Bring Back the Paddle" by 'Expounder'

This book will show how our justice system will receive a much needed shot in the arm by administering a whack across the backside of offenders, in appropriate cases – serious cases. It will show the need for, and the practical intelligence of Corporal Punishment.

Wishing to remain anonymous, the author signs this book ‘Expounder.’ He has 30 years of varied police experience.

Fred Ritchie

"Meeting on Common Ground"
by Fred Ritchie

Meeing on Common Ground began with a series of articles that the author submitted to the Penticton Herald over the years. It is a collection of thoughts, experiences and facts he acquired through his journey of exploring, researching and listening to the Okanagan people of the Penticton Indian Reserve.

He has always had a great interest in bettering the relationship between First Nations people and mainstream society in this community. It is with good intention that he has put his thoughts and collective information in this book to foster a continual dialogue and mutual respect on common ground.

Leo Louis Jacques

"Joey"
by Leo Louis Jacques & Sue Morton

Joey was inducted into Canadian Racing Hall of Fame.

During Depression and World War II eras: voted BC's most popular horse, Canada's Top Money Winning Horse, Canadian Horse-of-the-year while setting the North American all time record.

Joey's horseshoes sold for $40,000, where Seabiscuit's brought $10,000, both at auction, to raise monies for the Victory Bonds Fund.

Joey's Santa Anita jockey, Johnny Longdon has a race named after him in Vancouver.

Faye Cyr

"Where the Bears Play"
by Faye Cyr

Told from a wife's perspective, "Where the Bears Play" is the true story of a young couple's startling experiences in two isolated coastal logging camps. Her account of harrowing floatplane and boating trips, frightening bear encounters, a poisoning, a daring rescue as well as the unusual births of their two sons will glue older teens and adult readers to its pages.

Doug Manning


"Reel Life Wisdom" by
Doug Manning


Movies are stories about life. Parents can use carefully selected films to generate meaningful conversations with their children. The Reel Life Parenting Presentation provides participants with tools for discussing self, life and love with their kids. Parents will also receive movie-related activities that teach self-awareness, decision-making and interactive skills to children.

Inge Seiger


" Mirror Mirror On the Wall"
by Inge Seiger

“Mirror Mirror On the Wall – Wicked Curves…Love Them All” is an easy to read humorous take on dieting. The Divas Don’t Diet handbook includes sinfully decadent desserts, etiquette advice, funny quotes on dieting, trivia and even Oprah’s favorite “to die for dessert."

Jim Couper


"Long & Winding Road: Discovering the Pleasures and Treasures of Highway 97"
by Jim Couper

Highway 97 winds from Weed, California, to the Yukon border-a distance of 3,200 kilometres (2,042 miles), making it North America's longest south-north roadway. In Oregon and Washington, it takes you through lava beds and deserts, arid uplands and forests, orchards and vineyards. Above the Canadian border, roadside vegetable and fruit stands abound en route to B.C.'s sunny Okanagan, home to 60 outstanding wineries. Turquoise lakes, mighty rivers and marble canyons can be seen as one moves north to the historic Cariboo region, where endless trout lakes, rolling ranchland, gold-rush lore and friendly people make it a land for all seasons. And then there's the raw, untamed north, a frontier unto itself.

Jeremie Rethan

"Silencing the Ringing "
By Jeremie Rethan

Tinnitus is that buzzing, whistling, ringing sound in the ears. It is a real medical condition that affects millions of people in the world today. Modern medical research states that there is no cure.

"Twilight of Wellness: Silencing the Ringing" is a book that represents a significant change in thinking. Published in 2006 by Universal Wellness Publications (UWP), author Jeremie N. Rethan details his personal battle with tinnitus -- and the breakthrough home-remedy techniques that silenced it.

http://www.silencetinnitus.com/