Kevin Patterson

The author offers a dramatic and vivid chronicle of his adventure at sea, sailing across the Pacific to Tahiti with another brokenhearted companion to escape a failed relationship. Reprint. 35,000 first pirnting.

A Journey at Sea

The Water in Between

Alana Phelan

It's a world like our own, but the emergence of superhumans has created shifts in culture that play out in changes both subtle and monumental.Those who share their abilities with the world do so for a price: either as superheroes, public-facing protectors; or as operators, who work from the shadows. They are...For Hire. The divide between superhero and operator has never been so blatant as in the relationship between Sana Parker and Marcella McKenzie. These high school sweethearts used their combined talents to create technology that put them toe to toe with the best superheroes in the game. For Marcella, now known publicly as Double M, fame and fortune are tools to create a better world. For Sana, the freedom of being an operator suits her, and she can be contacted for everything from stakeouts to assassinations under the name JC. When Sana takes a contract from her favorite client, she has no idea this will put her in direct opposition to her love. With old friends and new threats in the mix, Sana must reconcile her past, battle for a better future...and hope that Double M doesn't come for her in the meantime.

Operator: Operator

For Hire

Born in the 1950s, Victoria knows nothing but the nomadic life of the Inuit until, at age ten, she is sent to a sanitarium to recover from tuberculosis. Six years later, she returns to a radically different world, a stranger to her family and culture. She marries a non-Inuit, Robertson; as their children gravitate toward the pop culture of the mainland, and as her husband exploits the economic opportunities that the Arctic offers, Victoria is torn between her family and her ancestors, between the communal life of the North and the material life of the “South.” Kevin Patterson, acclaimed author of The Water in Between and Country of Cold, exposes the consequences of cultural assimilation, and the toll that modernization takes on communities in this epic novel of the Arctic.

Consumption

Would you want to know why Wicca is the fastest growing religion in America and experience the many great things it has to offer, cast your own spells and manifest your own reality the way you want it as you practice Wicca? And have you been aspiring to learn about Wicca, to satisfy your deep curiosity about the religion and or perhaps eventually join the community to be a practicing Wiccan? If you've answered YES, keep reading…. You Are About To Discover How Exactly You Can Venture Into The World Of Wicca, To Understand The Ins And Outs Of The Practice And More! As you may have heard, Wicca is a religion and a practice that has countless spiritual, emotional and physical benefits. I imagine that by coming here, you already know that it's not the stereotypical evil, satanic form of witchcraft depicted in many novels, movies and documentaries- often featuring a shabby, grim-faced old woman riding on a broom. Wicca is uplifting, restorative, powerfully protective, spiritual and intellectual. Joining Wicca would afford you an intimate connection to nature, help you bend and mold your way into a healthier, happier lifestyle, help you understand yourself as you turn inward and get enlightened on things around you, enable you to practice magic and make many of your intimate wishes come true and so much more. But great as it is, it's admittedly not always the easiest thing to get started with. Like many people around the world, you might have a strong desire to understand and get absorbed into Wicca, but then you keep wondering: How do I get started? What exactly do I need to do? Would it be dangerous or harmful at some point? How exactly does Wicca work? How exactly would I benefit by joining Wicca? How do you practice Wicca? What is it about all the spells and how do you start casting spells? If such questions sound familiar, then all you've ever needed is this comprehensive book that has all the facts and details about Wicca- geared towards helping you make a more informed decision about joining Wicca and teaching you some of the most amazing things you probably didn't know existed in religion. Here's a snapshot of what you'll learn from this book: What Wicca is, the nature of the practice and its different forms The beliefs of Wiccans about nature and the universe; the difference between witches and Wiccans The divinity of Wicca including the goddess (mother, maiden and crone), her depictions and the God What the Wiccan wheel of the year is, how it works, as well as the ins and outs of the different Wiccan seasons and holidays The nature, source and role of the Wiccan ethics and practices and personal connection with the deity What it's like being a Wiccan How Wiccans view death and the afterlife Assessing your decision to join Wicca; how to join Wicca and what you need to know before you join Wicca The principles of the Wiccan belief The nature of the Wiccan God and Goddess The meaning and nature of witchcraft Important tips you need to learn as an aspiring Wiccan to be successful in Wicca …And so much more! Ever thought your life needed a change? That you need to be more in touch with your desires and intentions; become more positive and determine your fate perhaps? If you've answered yes, this concise beginners' book will take you through Wicca to show you how you can achieve that and more in no time through Wiccan practices. Scroll up and click Buy Now With 1-Click or Buy Now to get started!

A Guide to Witchcraft, Rituals, Spells, Moon Magic and Wiccan Beliefs

Wicca for Beginners

Jane Warren

A remarkable collection of first-hand accounts written by soldiers, doctors and aid workers on the front lines of Canada’s war in Afghanistan. Visceral, intimate and captivating in ways no other telling could be, Outside the Wire features nearly two dozen stories by Canadians on the front lines in Afghanistan, including the previously unpublished letters home of Captain Nichola Goddard, the first female NATO soldier killed in combat, and an introductory reflection by Roméo Dallaire. Collected here are stories of battle and the more subtle engagements of this little-understood war: the tearful farewells; the shock of immersion into a culture that has been at war for thirty years; looking a suicide bomber in the eye the moment before he strikes; grappling with mortality in the Kandahar Field Hospital; and the unexpected humour that leavens life in a warzone. Throughout each piece the passion of those engaged in rebuilding this shattered country shines through, a glimmer of optimism and determination so rare in multinational military actions–and so particularly Canadian. In Outside the Wire, award-winning author Kevin Patterson and co-editor Jane Warren have rediscovered the valour and horror of sacrifice in this, the definitive account of the modern Canadian experience of war. From the Hardcover edition.

The War in Afghanistan in the Words of Its Participants

Outside the Wire

Consumption is a haunting story of a woman’s life marked by struggle and heartbreak, but it is also much more. It stunningly evokes life in the far north, both past and present, and offers a scathing dissection of the effects of consumer life on both north and south. It does so in an unadorned, elegiac style, moving between times, places and people in beautiful counterpoint. But it is also a gripping detective story, and features medical reportage of the highest order. In 1962 at the age of ten, Victoria is diagnosed with tuberculosis and must leave her home in the Arctic for a sanatorium in The Pas, Manitoba. Six years will pass before she returns to the north, years she spends learning English and Cree and becoming accustomed to life in the south. When she does move home, the sudden change in lifestyle leads sixteen-year-old Victoria to feel like a stranger in her own family. At the same time, Inuit culture is undergoing some equally bewildering changes: Cheetos are being eaten alongside walrus meat, and dog teams are slowly being replaced by snowmobiles. Victoria eventually settles back into the community and marries John Robertson, a Hudson’s Bay store manager, and they raise three children together. Although their marriage is initially close, Robertson will always be Kablunauk, a southerner, and this becomes a point of contention between them. When Robertson becomes involved in arrangements to open a diamond mine in Rankin Inlet, the family’s financial condition improves, but their emotional life becomes ever more fraught: their son, Pauloosie, draws ever closer to his hunter grandfather as their daughters, Marie and Justine, develop a taste for Guns N’ Roses. Several other richly imagined characters deepen Patterson’s unsentimental portrait of both north and south. They include Dr. Keith Balthazar, a flailing doctor from New York whose despairing affection for Victoria leads to tragedy, and Victoria’s brother, Tagak, who finds that the diamond mine allows him a success and maturity he could never attain within his traditional culture. The novel deftly tracks the meaning of “consumption” in both north and south. Consumption is tuberculosis, an illness previously unknown among the Inuit that wrenches Victoria from her home as a child, changing her family relationships, her outlook on the world and her entire future. As such consumption is a harbinger of the diseases of affluence, such as diabetes and heart disease that come to afflict the Inuit over the four-decade span of the novel. Consumption also defines the culture of post-industrial, urban North America, captured here through Keith Balthazar’s troubled relatives in New Jersey. And when the diamond mine opens in Rankin Inlet, its consumption of northern natural resources seems to symbolize Canada’s relationship with the Arctic and southern encroachments on the Inuit way of life. Consumption is a sweeping novel, of the kind one rarely encounters today: it is an essential book for Canadians to linger over, learn from, and remember.

A broken heart leads Kevin Patterson to the dock of a sailboat brokerage on Vancouver Island, where he stands contemplating the romance of the sea and his heartfelt desire to get away. By the end of the day, he finds himself the owner of a thirty-seven-foot ketch called Sea Mouse. Although he's never really been on the ocean before (aside from the odd ferry-ride), he feels compelled to sail to Tahiti and back, to burn away his failings in hard miles at sea.

A Journey At Sea

In this YA prequel to For Hire: Operator, find out how Sana met Marcella and how the Supercell project began...Sana Parker's life is simple and she likes it that way: Go to school, do the work, and spend all her down time with her best friend Marcella. One more year until they're M.I.T.-bound. Then she literally runs into Kazi Sidana, a friend of her and Marcella's ex-boyfriend Mark, and her simple life gets very complicated. The only things that will get her through are her best friend and their combined super-smarts. Together, they can do anything, including create the technology that will change their relationship-and someday change the world.

Supercell

Ruby Bouie Johnson

The issues that make monogamous dating daunting for people of color—shaming and exclusion by white partners, being fetishized, having realities of everyday racism ignored—occur in polyamorous relationships too, and trying "not to see race" only makes it worse. To make polyamorous communities inclusive, we must all acknowledge our part in perpetuating racism and listen to people of color. Love's Not Color Blind puts forward the framework—through research, anecdotal testimony, and analogy—for understanding, identifying, and confronting racism within polyamorous communities.

Kevin Patterson

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