Clifford Beers would not be a man of business and commerce that, as a turn of the century Yale graduate, he once imagined himself. Instead he would become a crusader for the muted patients shut away in public and private institutions with names like Hospital for the Insane, Asylum for Feeble-Minded, Village for Epileptics, The School for Idiots and Feeble-Minded Youth, the State Lunatic Asylum, The Insane Pavilion; names that make us cringe today. Through the publication of his book, A Min...

Behind every thriving family is a woman who gave more than she ever received.More time. More patience. More love. More of herself.All That She Gave is a deeply moving tribute to the silent strength and invisible sacrifices of mothers everywhere. This heartfelt book explores the many roles a mother plays—provider, protector, teacher, nurturer, and sometimes even silent sufferer. Through vivid storytelling, real-life reflections, and emotional depth, this book...

Before time commenced, the Creator made the world of FaEden and Earth as sister planets in distant history and linked them in separate dimensions. The Creator settled FaEden with a single folk race known as the Faefolk. The world of Earth as we know it today was accidentally discovered some five hundred millennia ago, a mere blink in time's eye, by Faefolk as they practiced their powers of magic. There were no intelligent folkraeces of any kind, and dangerous animals were everywhere. The l...

In 1977, 17-year-old Steven Hamper was a stonemason in the dockyards of Chatham, Kent. His heart, however, beat in sync with the punk rock tremors of the era, seduced by its celebration of amateurism. So, in a gesture of revolutionary defiance, he took a 3lb club hammer and smashed his hand, vowing to never work again. In doing so, Steven Hamper metamorphosed into Billy Childish, a true renaissance man.Childish has since remained steadfastly true to punk's DIY cred, becoming one of...

**** WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER **USA TODAY BESTSELLER ** PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **With a simple majority on the Supreme Court, the left would have the power to curtail or even abolish the freedoms that have made America a beacon to the world. We are one vote away from losing our most precious constitutional rights.As a Supreme Court clerk, solicitor general of Texas, and ...

The Battle of the Atlantic, Canada’s longest continuous military engagement of the Second World War, lasted 2,074 days, claiming the lives of more than 4,000 men and women in the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian merchant navyThe years 2019 to 2025 mark the eightieth anniversary of the longest battle of the Second World War, the Battle of the Atlantic. It also proved to be the war’s most critical and dramatic battle of attrition. Fo...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Michael Roizen and preventive medicine specialist Dr. Michael Crupain reveal how the food choices you make each day—and when you make them—can affect your health, your energy, your sex life, your waistline, your attitude, and the way you age.What if eating two cups of blueberries a day could prevent cancer? What if drinking a kale-infused smoothie could counteract missing an hour’s worth of sleep? When is the right time of day to ea...

One orphaned boy. A desperate race to keep him alive. And powers that are beyond comprehension.“Whoever said a straightened hand was more dramatic than a healed heart anyway?”A young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls—at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee or die.But the world beyond is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb.When relief expert Jaso...

Innovation expert Ted Dintersmith took an unprecedented trip across America, visiting all fifty states in a single school year. He originally set out to raise awareness about the urgent need to reimagine education to prepare students for a world marked by innovation—but America's teachers one-upped him. All across the country, he met teachers in ordinary settings doing extraordinary things, creating innovative classrooms where children learn deeply and joyously as they gain purpose, agency...

The women’s team, which hails from Winnipeg, and the men’s team, based in Sault Ste. Marie, dominated the Sochi Olympic curling events, setting records and capturing the hearts of millions of Canadians. Now Winnipeg Sun sports editor Ted Wyman shares the stories of Canada’s favourite curlers. With exclusive interviews and in-depth profiles, Ice Gold delves into each player’s beginnings in the sport, the formation of the teams, their road to the Olympics, and their gold-medal triumphs.Learn...

September 25, 2012 Ted Neill picked up a knife to cut his wrists open and kill himself. Post hospitalization and treatment for major depressive disorder, he wrote Two Years of Wonder, a memoir based on his journey towards recovery. In it, he examines the experience that left him with such despair: living and working for two years at an orphanage for children with HIV/AIDS in Nairobi, Kenya.Neill interweaves his story with the experiences of Oliver, Miriam, Ivy, Harmony, Tabitha, So...

**Famously adapted into the iconic film starring Michael Caine, *Get Carter—*originally published as Jack’s Return Home—ranks among the most canonical of crime novels.With a special Foreword by Mike Hodges, director of Get CarterIt’s a rainy night in the mill town of Scunthorpe when a London fixer named Jack Carter steps off a northbound train. He’s left the neon lights and mod lifestyle of Soho behind to come north to his hometow...