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This new edition of Chasia's Enchantment includes poems specifically aimed at combating antisemitism, furthering the message of unity and acceptance. Through the timeless teachings of the Torah and Kabbalah, the book explores virtues like kindness, compassion, humility, and self-assurance. These powerful themes guide readers toward a deeper understanding and appreciation of world peace and international harmony.

The Art of Making delves into Jared Tailfeathers's quest for cultural reclamation. With his family and Dot his loyal dog by his side, Jared explores his Indigenous heritage, honing his art and music through hands-on, land-based activities. He details connections with nature, neighbouring First Nations, and the Blackfoot legacy in tool-making, spiritual knowledge, and artistic expression. Jared Tailfeathers is a distinguished Blackfoot (Kainai) multidisciplinary artist whose creative pursuits include art, music, literature, curation, and invention. His work explores the art, history, and sustainability of the Blackfoot and other Treaty 7 Nations, safeguarding a rich cultural heritage.

Against the Odds chronicles Thomas R. Berger's significant contributions to Indigenous rights advocacy in Canada and the United States. Mid-career, Berger led the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, conducting over thirty community hearings in the Northwest Territories to ensure that First Nations' voices were heard. Later, he also led public hearings on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The book includes "Northern Album," a gallery featuring previously unpublished colour photographs of the Dene and Inuvialuit by Michael Jackson KC and Linda MacCannell. Seen here is a portrait of Bella T'Seleie.

"The Sasquatch kept steady steps like a 'man on mission'. I sat in my car just two meters away from him. Then, as he approached, he became transparent. I could see right through him. Then puff, like magic he was gone." -- From a witness report Nahganne: Tales of the Northern Sasquatch presents over eighty encounters with giant bipedal, forest-dwelling, hirsute hominoid entities. These occurrences include actual sightings, strange vocals, large human-like footprints, and strange animal reactions. The majority of these unique and often hair-raising experiences were reported by Indigenous Peoples of the North including Dene, Dena, Gwich'in, Tlingit, Tutchone, Tagish, Champagne and Aishihik, Tahltan, Métis, Kwanlin Dün, and Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in.

"Chief Stacey Laforme writes with the motive of love, and poetry is his instrument. " -- RON MacLEAN, Broadcaster Chief Stacey Laforme breathes life into every poem and story he shares, drawing from his own experiences. Rich with the essence of his soul, the poems in this book capture the moments and emotions that have shaped him. His desire is for readers to not just read, but to truly feel the humour and pain intertwined in these poems. Much like in Living in the Tall Grass, the poetry in Love Life Loss and a little bit of hope invites non-Indigenous people to see through the eyes of Indigenous people with topics of peace and humanity, as well as grief, trauma ... and a little bit of hope.

Written by Raymond Yakeleya, "Flight Through the Rainbow" is about flying in a small plane through a rainbow and tells a legend of how spiders catch drops of colour in their webs. "The Midwife" is a story told to Raymond by his Granny Harriet about bringing the spirit of babies into the world. "The Slingshot and the Songbird" is about a boy's deep empathy for a friendly songbird, and "The Medicine Brothers," told to Raymond by his uncle George Blondin, is about a battle with giant birds when the world was new

Tough Crimes is a collection of court cases that had surprising turns or presented personal and ethical challenges: Edward Greenspan writes on one of his most perplexing verdicts; Richard Wolson and Marilyn Sandford on the wrongfully convicted; Earl Levy on the Toronto Shoeshine Boy murder; Peter Martin on evil in men; John Rosen on defending Paul Bernardo; Fred Ferguson on a child's sad death; William Smart on an RCMP"Mr. Big" sting; Richard Peck on the Air India trial; Noel O'Brien on corpora delicti; Joel Pink on the Antigonish Beech Hill murders; Brian Beresh on unanswered questions; Patrick Fagan on reasonable doubt; Mark Brayford on Robert Latimer; Marie Henein on the wrongfully charged; C.D. Evans on weighing moralities; William Trudell on the Walkerton water treatment tragedy; forensic psychologist Thomas Dalby on the Taber school shootings; John Vertes on aboriginal justice; and Hersh Wolch on a young prosecutor's trial by fire.

Generative art is the art of the algorithm where artists must carefully design the nature of their work, and then implement it as a computer program. In the book, J.R. Parker presents computer programming concepts and generative art principles as a way to create algorithmic computer art, using art and design best practices. In addition, readers have access to program codes and video tutorials through the book's web site.

"The Sasquatch kept steady steps like a 'man on mission'. I sat in my car just two meters away from him. Then, as he approached, he became transparent. I could see right through him. Then puff, like magic he was gone." -- From a witness report Nahganne: Tales of the Northern Sasquatch presents over eighty encounters with giant bipedal, forest-dwelling, hirsute hominoid entities. These occurrences include actual sightings, strange vocals, large human-like footprints, and strange animal reactions. The majority of these unique and often hair-raising experiences were reported by Indigenous Peoples of the North including Dene, Dena, Gwich'in, Tlingit, Tutchone, Tagish, Champagne and Aishihik, Tahltan, Métis, Kwanlin Dün, and Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in.

In Pine Box Parole, Part I, "The Terry Fitzsimmons Story" begins with convicted murderer Fitzsimmons hanging himself in Ontario's Kingston Penitentiary, with subsequent chapters explaining the killer's background and the senseless killings upon which he embarked after spending years in solitary confinement. His lawyer, and author of this book, John L. Hill, attempts to defend the indefensible by putting the blame on the prison system for creating a monster. Part II of the book, "Other True Cases," is a collection of searing stories of five of John Hill's clients, including the psychopathic, 'natural born killer' Clifford Olson, and Inderjit Sigh Reyat, the only person to be convicted of the bombing Air India Flight 182.