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In fifty informative and inspiring steps, Beth Kaplan shows you how to write your story in essay or book form by putting on your writer's hat, then your editor's hat, then digging down to bring out the passionate details of the story, and finally living the writing life. Steps include:Read Like a Writer Unleash the "I" Word Claim Your Truth Write from Scars, Not Wounds Enter the Marketplace

When the CEO of a British supermarket chain notices a sudden and unexplained drop in net income, Ottawa corporate fraud investigator Hamilton St. James is called in to investigate. But what should have been a typical case of corporate malfeasance is derailed when St. James follows a hunch about a murder case that extends from London to Germany and beyond, involving kidnapping, identity theft and betrayal. In his cool, inimitable style, St. James takes over from Scotland Yard, putting noses out of joint as he investigates a crime much bigger than the one he was called in to solve.

Tragedy brings Amelie Meyer back to Berlin. It's been four years since she was forced to flee her home, leaving everything behind-including her father.Transformed by the Nazis, Berlin is now a drab and dangerous city, and Amelie can't wait to return to Paris. But before she can leave, she finds herself swept up in an intrigue that makes her question everything she thinks she knows about her father. Is he a traitor or a hero? The only way to find out is to put her own life on the line.

Gripped by past grief, divorced literature professor Dr. Tobias Pi falls into an online relationship with Katerina Kotova, a beautiful and talented young Russian woman who quickly becomes his muse. Colleagues warn him the much-younger woman may not be who she seems, but Pi ignores them, plunging deeply into the friendship as his creativity explodes. When he meets Janet Brayden, a divorced Cooperstown painter with strong appetites and a turbulent past, Pi seems poised to return from the world of distant fantasy to in-person connections. But as Janet's story unfolds, Pi is drawn into a baffling mystery that throws into question everything he thought he knew. A literary mystery that will challenge your assumptions, Cooperstown Picasso explores the fractured state of desire in a technological age and affirms the healing power of art.

Ernie Kippett never recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, so he took his sorry soul back to his little hometown. And hallelujah! It was just in time for the state marijuana laws to change. But the commercial production of medical marijuana doesn't come without challenges. Over at the new legal grow-op it's mostly mayhem and ever-inflating construction costs. Lydia Rosemore, the fabulously rich widow who funds the operation, doesn't have a clue. And Caldwell Porter, who might have only ever been a con man, is determined to produce the finest weed in America, not to mention grab all the power in the company he can. Staff turnover never stops and nepotism is rampant, though perhaps not as rampant as the technical glitches and infestations. Then there's the budding war between the horticultural specialists and the master grower from Colorado. Given the constant chaos and the changing regulations issued by a state determined never to be mistaken for the local dealer, will the healing product ever make it to the shelves?

The prequel to Man Shark, this is the story of Lainjin's outrigger search for his mother, who was lost at sea in a typhoon the moon after his birth. The Pacific is an enormous expanse; how is he to find her amid all the possibilities? How does he even know if she survived? His search leads him to Pohnpei and the famous stone village of Nan Madol, where he faces distractions but is befriended by survivors of her lost fleet. They lead him across the treacherous equator where the trade winds of the northern and southern hemispheres join in breathless calm. At great personal expense, they show him where they saw her last.Be ready for an emotional journey as Lainjin travels back in space and time to the pre-historic home of his ancestors and meets his destiny awash with blood, loyalty, and ignoble revenge.

June 1939: Hitler betrays Stalin and invades the Soviet Union. The "man of steel" falls apart and is incapable of issuing coherent orders. Appalled, the top generals decide that Stalin's dereliction of duty is tantamount to treason. He is to be removed - permanently. An ingenious assassination plot is set into motion... June 1974: Two powerful and ruthless men are locked in a struggle, each determined to be the next head of the KGB. One of them has a dark secret in his past, which he cannot let come to light - his role in the scheme to kill Stalin. There is but one man left alive who can link him to the plot. A man who disappeared into the maelstrom of a world war and must now be tracked down and eliminated. KGB agent Alexander Lucovich is tasked with the job. As he proceeds from Moscow to London and Edmonton, he finds himself enmeshed in a web of intrigue and subterfuge. Completing his assignment is one thing, surviving is another.

The mind can be both a beautiful and terrible thing, and there is no relationship more complex than the one we have with ourselves. This collection of poetry takes you from the deepest pits of depression to the endless pools of power and creativity those depths can contain. With her first book, Trapped, Latasha Schaller chained herself to her mental illness, allowing it to become the lens through which she viewed herself and her relationships with others. Unburied is her mind''s journey through that pain and confusion to the self-acceptance she once thought impossible. Latasha has poured her soul into this collection, using each word to heal the cracks within herself and each poem to face all she once ran from. An unflinching introspection on mental illness, family, and the growth that can happen when you allow detachment from both, Unburied is the culmination of years of rage, despair, and love.

When they first spotted the 1878 stone farmhouse that was to become the site of their Bed & Breakfast business, David and Norma Collis had no idea just how special the house was.A surprise family connection and many serendipitous moments made each day an adventure. From quirky neighbours to Bruce Trail hikers and even occasional visits from the Canadian military, their business brought hundreds of guests through the front door, each with a special and unique story to tell. Welcome to Holly Cottage offers the reader a sample of these tales. The stories are told with humour, compassion, and in some cases as a cautionary tale.The book also answers the most frequently asked question posed by guests over the fifteen years that Holly Cottage was open: "When are you going to write a book?"

Macy isn''t looking for trouble. She just wants to help an old family friend find out who''s blackmailing him over something that happened decades ago - without getting wrapped up in her own ancient history. But the mysterious (and far too handsome) Thomas keeps turning up wherever she goes, and Macy thinks he might know more than he''s letting on. When people around her start dying, Macy realizes she''s running out of time to find the killer, stop the blackmailer, and protect the family she ran away from - while never getting too close to the wrong man. Blending mystery, history, true crime and a sassy splash of romance, The Wrong Man is Christine D. LeBlanc''s first novel. 

Get ready to laugh and cry at this collection of writings by Sam Hoffer, a born storyteller whose body of work ranges from Holocaust narratives to Yiddish comedy, memoir, poetry, short fiction, and non-fiction essays. Sam was born in 1945 and came to Canada at the age of seven with his parents, rejoining his brothers, Leizer and Joe, who had come to Canada after surviving the Holocaust. From his humble beginnings in rural Saskatchewan, Sam went on to be a husband and father who cherished family and friends and loved the written word. By turns moving and hilarious, this book collects his memories and dreams as revealed in his many poems and stories, all written From the Heart.