Founded in 1831, Battle Creek has transformed itself with a rapidly changing world-from agrarian milling community to manufacturing center to the current morph into a food health research center. For 100 years, "Cereal City" has been connected to ready-to-eat breakfast foods, home to the Post Division of General Foods, Ralston Foods, and the Kellogg Company, making it the largest cereal-producing city in the world. Visitors and residents alike have enjoyed mailing postcards of this dynamic...

Poison Ivy Acres, 250 acres of wilderness in Renfrew County, Ontario, long dedicated to the preservation of natural habitat, has been home to nature writer Carol Bennett McCuaig for many years. Her keen powers of observation, coupled with her insights into wildlife behaviour and her evocative writing style, have produced this captivating collection of stories.Whether noting the courtship rituals of turkey vultures and red foxes or finding a black bear on her roof, an ermine in her ...

An "easy-to-follow and comprehensive" step-by-step guide for US citizens who want to emigrate to Canada ( Publishers Weekly ).More and more Americans are thinking of moving to Canada to find a job, attend colleges and universities, peace of mind—even retirement—and whatever their motivations, they will have to navigate the Canadian immigration, citizenship, and naturalization processes.So whether you're thinking ab...

What is Jackie Spade about? It's about a girl who tries and succeeds at almost everything, but despite her success, she fails to know where she belongs. Jackie Spade is a collection of memories and lessons that girl learned through being a Jack of all trades with no place to call home.

Called the Northlanders by the Moravian missionaries who sought to colonize them, Avanimiut were Inuit who maintained traditional lifeways, autonomy, and spiritual beliefs in northernmost Labrador. Despite the attempts of the Moravian Mission, the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the Anglican Church to bring them into their Christian and commercial trading worlds, the Avanimiut often held on to their independence. Avanimiut: A History of Inuit Independence in Northern Labrador is the sto...

A UNIQUE TEXT THAT BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN BASIC AND CLINICAL ANATOMYFilled with 50 cases that consider 130 possible diagnoses, and more than 250 illustrations, this concise, highly accessible book is a must for medical students and professionals preparing for their courses, boards, and practice. With each chapter, you will gain insight into the fundamentals of human anatomy and--just as importantly--its relevance to actual clinical practice. Clinical Anatomy features an...

Cooking Light Healthy: Crockpot Goodness and Grain Free Recipes Cooking light, healthy meals doesn't have to be impossible, even if you don't have a lot of experience. There's no reason to rely on pre-made options from the grocery store, take-out meals and frozen entrées. These unhealthy foods are actually responsible for all kinds of health problems, despite their convenient appeal. Instead of letting other people control your food and your health, check out this recipe book and learn to ...

For as long as we have been researching human memory, psychologists have been investigating how people remember and forget. This research is regularly drawn upon in our legal systems. Historically, we have relied upon eyewitness memory to help judge responsibility and adjudicate truth, but memory is malleable, prone to error, and susceptible to bias. Even confident eyewitnesses make mistakes, and even accurate witnesses sometimes find their testimony subjected to harsh scrutiny.Eme...

FEW operations are more daunting than surgery for mouth, head and neck cancer. It is long and complicated and leaves patients with many difficulties on the road to recovery.Carol Dunstones surgeon told her: You can face the wall or turn round and face the future. She and her friend Ann Bennett opted for the latter and both survived triumphantly.To help others along the way, these two inspirational women have revealed how they did it. They tackle difficult issues like feedin...

Inspirational ladies, Carol Dunstone and Ann Bennett met at a Cancer Support Group in 2004. As their friendship developed, they decided to share their journeys of recovery in Trilogy, published in 2006. Countless readers were captivated by the practical tips, heartfelt advice, delicious recipes and uplifting anecdotes. Eloquently portrayed are situations ranging from what made them laugh and cry to the unwavering support from loved ones.Buoyed by the success of Trilogy...

Wanda is a compelling story of one woman’s response to God’s call upon her life, and the faithfulness with which she made herself available to God, wherever He sent her, and in whatever circumstances she found herself. She served God and the church with distinction as a missionary, and ultimately as the director of what is now Nazarene Missions International.

Amanda Eyre Ward’s debut novel is an intimate portrait of three women whose lives collide during a brutalTexas summer.In Gatestown, Texas, twenty-nine-year-old Karen Lowens awaits her execution with a host of convicted serialkillers on death row. In Manhattan, Dr. Franny Wren, also twenty-nine, tends to a young cancer patient, and resiststhe urge to run from her fiancé and her carefully crafted life. In Austin, Texas, brassy Celia Mills, a once-vibrantli...