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Pulpit and Politics
Competing Religious Ideologies in Canadian Public Life
Dennis Gruending
A provocative exposé of the political ideology and tactics employed by religious conservatives in Canada.
In Pulpit and Politics, author and former MP Dennis Gruending examines the competition between religious progressives and conservatives for power and influence in Canadian public life. Gruending looks closely at the political ideology and tactics employed by religious conservatives in the public arena, and he also documents the efforts by religious progressives struggling to have their voices heard on issues of equality, the environment, human rights, justice, and peace. Ever with an eye on history and world events, Gruending follows this contest between progressives and conservatives from Parliament Hill to the church basements, synagogues, temples, and universities of the nation and abroad.
"A must-read for anyone who wishes to grasp the spiritual tensions at play behind Stephen Harper's majority government.- Marcia McDonald, Journalist and Author of The Armageddon Factor
"Dennis Gruending is focused like a laser on the analytical heart of today's burning issues." - Joe Gunn, Executive Director, Citizens for Public Justice
Based in Ottawa, Dennis Gruending has watched the drama unfold between religious progressives and conservatives, and he has participated in it: as a journalist, a director of information for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, and later as a Member of Parliament. Earlier in his career, he worked as a print and television journalist and as a radio host. He is the author of six books, including the bestselling Great Canadian Speeches. He now works for the Canadian Labour Congress. Gruending writes a blog, also called Pulpit and Politics, which has won several national awards: www.dennisgruending.ca/pulpitandpolitics/
6 x 9, 256 pg, pb, $22.00
ISBN: 978-1-926832-07-4
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Birds, Bugs, and Beasts
... in verses Apt to Zany
Victor Carl Friesen
A book for kids who know their ABC's - and then some!
The charm of Birds, Bugs, and Beasts is its simple, unadorned elegance - a harkening back to the days when youngsters learned in one-roomed country schools. Using wax crayons as his medium, as did thousands upon thousands of us as we learned to colour and draw, author and naturalist Victor Carl Friesen has created a book of intelligent verse for children who love to read. Maybe their parents, too.
Delight in humorous rhymes and animal-inspired folk art as you discover why Mrs. Frog is agog, where gnus gnap, and why a xeric mouse drinks not a drop of water, juice, or soda pop. And keep a sharp eye out for the details!
Victor Carl Friesen taught in one-roomed country schools, English and mathematics in a composite high school, grades five to ten upgrading at community colleges, and literature at teachers' college and university.
A birdwatcher and avid walker, Friesen has published books on the naturalist/ecologist Henry David Thoreau as well as memories of earlier days growing up on a prairie farm (Forever Home and A Sky Full of Dreams) where he recalls - with ever an eye for detail - the warmth and details of his Mennonite upbringing. Victor continues to write in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, where he lives with his wife, Dorothy.
9 x 7.75, 56 pg, pb
ISBN: 978-1-926832-09-8
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Haga Family Stories
A Sentimental Journey
Sandra Scott
A lavishly illustrated, exhaustively researched family history of Albert and Rose (Brorby) Haga and their descendants from the Vulcan area of southern Alberta from 1905 to 2010, written by their granddaughter. Set in the context of settlement and prairie history, this family story is a remarkable tribute to the Haga “clan.” While this book is one family’s story, it is a story that was repeated in endless variations by those who chose to make the Canadian prairies their home in the early part of the 20th century.
“I wanted to write a book that was more story than history, more entertainment than insight. And I also knew I’d have to write a book about the ‘place’ as well as the people. Growing up in a community like Vulcan had seemed perfectly normal when I was young. It was not until I moved away and put down roots elsewhere that I discovered how very lucky I had been to grow up as part of the Haga family in the county of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. The strength of character and willingness to gamble for home and family was as much a Haga characteristic as it was of those who surrounded us. I came to realize that the strength of the ‘place’ was a true reflection of the strength of the pioneers who came to build the ‘new best west’ at the turn of the century.”
Sandra Scott, author
11 x 8.75, 480 pgs, hardcover, 1000+ b&w and colour photos and illustrations, maps
ISBN: 978-1-926832-02-9
Limited copies available from the author
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Truth to Power
The Journalism of a Benedictine Monk
Andrew Murray Britz, OSB
Foreword by Joan Chittister
Edited by Dennis Gruending
Catholic newspaper editor Father Andrew Britz and well-known writer Dennis Gruending have collaborated on a book delving into debates and issues that have raged in Canadian church and society for the past twenty-five years.
Between 1983 and 2004, Britz was editor of the Prairie Messenger, a Catholic weekly newspaper published by his community of Benedictine monks at St. Peter’s Abbey near Humboldt, Saskatchewan, northeast of Saskatoon.
Britz confronts the issues with honesty and clarity: birth control, abortion, euthanasia, priestly celibacy, ordination of women, the church’s treatment of homosexuals, fundamentalism, ecumenism, sexual abuse, economic injustice, environmental abuse, and militarism. His is a voice of reason in a troubled church.
Dennis Gruending is an Ottawa-based writer and a former Member of Parliament. He has worked as a print journalist and radio host and is the author of five books, including the bestselling Great Canadian Speeches. He writes a popular blog, Pulpit and Politics (www.dennisgruending.ca/pulpitandpolitics), which analyzes the connection between religious faith and public life.
6 x 9, 336 pgs, pb, index
ISBN: 978-0-9784526-8-1
$26.95 (Can)
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A Sky Full of Dreams
Memories of Earlier Days on the Farm
Victor Carl Friesen, a Thoreau specialist, writes about the rural world with a naturalist's keen eye and describes it in a simple, poignant manner. Here is a work that is both literature and social history, revealing an award-winning author's love and understanding of a birthplace that for him will always remain “home.” Included are familiar essays about berry picking, olden-day funny papers, mowing with a scythe each summer, driving to school with horse and cutter each winter, and much more.
Friesen has taught in one-room schools, university classrooms, and community colleges and has a Ph.D. in American literature. He has published 250 journal pieces, including articles in Canadian Geographic and Prairie Forum, and seven books.
Friesen continues to write in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, where he lives with his wife, Dorothy. His boyhood farm is just a few miles away.
5.5 x 8.5, paperback, 248 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9784526-9-8
$20.00 (Can)
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In Case of Fire
Please Remain Calm, Then Slowly Rebuild Your Life
Spencer Beach with Naomi Lewis
NOW IN ITS FOURTH PRINTING!
Beautifully written and told with breathtaking honesty, Spencer Beach’s journey will astound and inspire you. At age twenty-nine, with his life finally falling into place and a new baby on the way, Spencer experienced a nightmare beyond imagination. But it is what he did with that nightmare that makes his story so compelling.
Read it and learn what true courage is all about.
About the Authors
Spencer Beach is a professional speaker and workplace safety advocate. He was a floor layer for many years, graduated from the University of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety program, and is a certified Construction Safety Professional. He grew up in St. Albert, Alberta, and lives in Edmonton. Visit his website at www.spencerspeaks.ca.
Naomi K. Lewis is a writer, editor, and teacher in Calgary and is currently the Writer-in-Residence at Memorial Park Library, Calgary.
6 x 9, 180 pgs, pb
ISBN: 978-1-926832012
$24.95 (Can)
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Coaching Volleyball Champions
Principles and Practices of Successful Coaches
Ard Biesheuvel and Mary Dyck
Coaching Volleyball Champions is an exceptional resource for today’s volleyball coaches and players. The book provides secrets to success from the top college, university, and international coaches as well as drill activities to help you prepare for everyday competition—all in one easy-to-read, easy-to-use book.
Coaching Volleyball Champions is one of the best collections of anecdotal volleyball knowledge I’ve ever read. Ard and Mary have interviewed some of the best coaches … in North America, … and most important, they’ve asked the right questions. All of the information you need to coach a team (teach, train, develop team culture, and compete) is contained in these pages.
- Hugh McCutcheon, Head Coach
2008 Olympic Champions
2008 World League Champions
8.5 x 11, paperback, 240 pages, drill index
ISBN: 978-1-926832-00-5
$34.95 (Can)
Available at www.coachingvolleyballchampions.com
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No Regrets, No Apologies
The Life of Bob Rintoul
Bob Rintoul with David Finch
“With Bob, you camp throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan with rough-and-tumble, hard-drinking seismic crews … You bed down in shanty-town bunkhouses after rowdy nights in prairie bars. You survive dangerous winter roads and hole up in farm homes while blizzards blow through …
Bob introduces you to dozens of men and women who helped build a province. He weaves the genesis of their legacies through his chronological account of the dawn of a new western Canadian powerhouse …
When you see this life in full, with ‘No Regrets and No Apologies,’ you will be left with no voids or ambiguities. As always, Bob puts it all on the table—a life laid bare for us all to see and learn from.”
– From the Foreword by Ken King
Bob Rintoul was born into depression-era Alberta, but that never slowed him down. He showed an entrepreneurial bent from a young age and grew to become one of the province’s successful businessmen through his company, Ace Explosives. In No Regrets, No Apologies, Bob, a born storyteller, gives an inspired account of his life: a rollicking tale of hard work, sheer determination, novel ideas, and holding fast to what matters in life.
All proceeds donated by the author to the Bob and Nola Rintoul Chair in Bone and Joint Research–Southern Alberta, University of Calgary.
6 x 9, paperback, 260 pages,
50 black and white photographs, index
ISBN: 978-0-9784526-7-4
$25.00
To order: Contact the University of Calgary Bookstore
403.220.5937
www.calgarybookstore.ca
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Sorrow's Reward
A Novel
Robert Allan Bear
Sorrow's Reward takes place in a kidney dialysis unit, dominated by the numbing realities of contemporary health care, chronic illness, and death. It provides shocking insights into this environment, yet it transcends it entirely, embracing themes that are universal in their meaning and appeal, themes that speak personally and touchingly to each of us about our mortality, the nature of courage, the meaning of legacy, and how little we really know of the lives of others.
Sorrow's Reward is a tour-de-force ..." Thomas B. Graboys, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
"Robert Bear has vividly captured the range of patient experience from hope to desperation, resolution to resignation, activism to apathy." Janet Bick, former Ontario Director of Policy and Programs for The Kidney Foundation of Canada, and kidney transplant recipient.
Robert Bear practised as a nephrologist (kidney specialist) for more than thirty-five years and is a former Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and University of Alberta.
6 x 9, paperback, 284 pages
ISBN: 978-1926832-04-3
$22.95 (Can)
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Resolving Conflict & Improving Communication
A Guide for Healthcare Professionals
The Honourable Judge Heather A. Lamoureux and Elaine Siefert, Q.C
Medical editing by Dr. Tanis Blench and Dr. Brian D. Stewart
Resolving Conflict & Improving Communication provides classroom-texted tools for physicians, residents, nurse clinicians, and all healthcare professionals seeking principled communication protocols and practical methods for resolving conflict in hospital and health services environments.
All proceeds in Canada will be donated to the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Alberta.
6 x 9, paperback, 152 pages, glossary, index, sample scenarios
ISBN: 978-0-9784526-3-6
$19.95 (Can)
Available at University of Calgary Bookstore, University of Alberta Bookstore, and Alpine Book Peddlers www.alpinebookpeddlers.com
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Canada’s Stonehenge
Astounding Archaeological Discoveries in Canada, England, and Wales
Gordon R. Freeman
Now published in the UK by Watkins Publishing, London, in a new edition, Hidden Stonehenge: Ancient Temple in North America Reveals the Key to Ancient Wonders
The discovery of a 5000-year-old Sun Temple and an ancient “time machine”—a Stone Age calendar—in Canada led scientist Gordon Freeman to ground-breaking discoveries in Stonehenge. During field work and research from 1986 to 2006, Freeman found striking similarities between the surface geometry of the two sites. These similarities push back the boundaries of written history and have far-reaching implications for North American and European history.
“Passion and science blend in this remarkable, readable book, as Freeman takes us along on his patient and exciting discovery of a 5000-year-old Temple in the plains of Alberta. What he finds at the Majorville Medicine Wheel in turn informs his convincing account of Stonehenge archaeoastronomy.”
- Roald Hoffmann, chemist and writer, Cornell University, 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
6 ¾ x 9 ¾, hardcover, 320 pages, colour photographs and maps throughout, index, selected bibliography, appendixes
ISBN: 978-0-9784526-1-2
$34.95
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