Five powerful stories. One unbreakable truth: You are never alone.From author C.M. Patterson comes a hauntingly beautiful collection of short stories based on true experiences—each one a raw, unflinching portrait of lives caught in the grip of mental illness, trauma, and the long road back to hope.In Roads to Recovery, a woman finds freedom on her motorcycle, only to discover that healing requires more than speed, it demands trust in a stranger who sees her pain.In ...

The wildest, loveliest and least-travelled region of Alberta was R.M. Patterson’s home territory in the 1930s and ’40s. The Buffalo Head ranch was located in the foothills of the majestic Canadian Rockies. With the mountains as a backdrop, this dude ranch hosted visitors from around the world. Patterson bought it from its founder, a wild Italian named George Pocaterra, and explored the steep valleys and high mountain passes. Patterson’s tales of the ranch in The Buffalo Head culmi...

The stories in Far Pastures take readers to R.M. Patterson’s homestead in the Peace River country of northern Alberta. To all-night dances that ended as the northern lights faded in the dawn. To escapades on the Fort Nelson, Liard and South Nahanni rivers. And to a ranch in southern Alberta where he raised cattle during the lean years of the 1930s and entertained dudes on mountaintops. In later years, Patterson helped build a wartime road through the Canadian Northwest to Alaska. ...

Written with R. M. Patterson’s characteristic sharp wit and observation, this classic tale chronicles the year he spent battling frigid temperatures and wild waters along the Nahanni River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Patterson originally travelled to the North with hopes of finding gold, and clues to the mysterious disappearance of earlier prospectors. Instead, he fell in love with the landscape, and through his meticulously recorded journals and hauntingly beautiful photographs he ...

Reliving the adventures of past explorers.Trail to the Interior is R. M. Patterson's rich account of exploration and personal adventure in the Cassiar district of British Columbia. The trail is the historic track from Wrangell, Alaska, along the Stikine and Dease rivers and across the height of the land into the valleys of the Liard and the Mackenzie. Explorers and traders of the Hudson's Bay Company and the Russian American Company had ventured this river route, and Raymo...

Few men have been as set on isolated adventures and as passionate about the wild landscape of Canada as R.M. Patterson. He spent over 30 years in exploration, from northern rivers such as the Nahanni and the Liard, to the foothills of the Rockies, and he recorded his discoveries in vivid words and breathtaking photographs along the way. His memorable articles are presented as a collection by TouchWood Editions.

Adventures on wild watersIn Finlay's River, R. M. Patterson, whose style was described by noted author Bruce Hutchison as a a mixture between Thoreau and Jack London, tells the story of his 1949 trip up this wild river in remote northern British Columbia. Patterson uses his own journey as a framework to recount the adventures of explorers who went there before. All had struggled up the Finlay for different reasons, and all left spirited accounts of that challenging, doomed...

It is the very near future. When men of the B-positive blood type begin to turn into reptilian creatures with the ability to fly, the world's population panics. Suddenly, all males born of the tainted blood type are feared. They are given an island, one where they are sent at the age of 30, one year before the change. Meanwhile, nobody knows why this is happening and why only males are affected.When Vic and Peter Casey decide to keep their child, 95% of the world free of the B-pois...

Why Postliberalism Failed offers an indictment of one of the most consequential ideological movements reshaping American and European conservatism today. With leading politicians among its adherents and major conservative institutions captured by its agenda, postliberalism demands serious scrutiny and this book delivers it.Drawing on deep historical research, the book traces postliberalism's intellectual roots to two traditions: an extreme papalism that subordinates all po...

Every generation recalls the moments that defined history-those rare occasions when the world paused, united by a single broadcast. This book invites readers behind the scenes, offering a firsthand perspective from someone who stood at the heart of the action as these defining moments unfolded in real time.Iconic Moments in Broadcast History: Live Via Satellite reveals the untold story of satellite communications, beginning with Arthur C. Clarke's visionary 1945 concept and continu...

"The General Counsel sits at the center of risk, governance, and long-term value creation. The Hot Seat is not a legal manual-it is a leadership playbook for those who want to lead, influence outcomes, and drive value."- James D. White, Former Chair, President & CEO, Jamba; Board Member; Co-Author of Culture DesignIn The Hot Seat, Chaka M. Patterson takes you inside the high-stakes world of the General Counsel, wh...

Through Mary’s Eyes is an engaging story about the final days of the Blessed Virgin’s life on earth. During those days she tells others about her son, Jesus. She answers questions such as: How did John the Baptist survive the slaughter of the innocent babes? Why did an obedient twelve-year old son leave his parents for three days? How did Luke, who was not a Jew or an apostle, know so much about Jesus? Why was Jesus reluctant to perform his first miracle at the wedding feast in Cana? What ...