Most assumed Jason Carter lived a wonderful life. Remarkable wife. Amazing kids. And an oversized house close to the country club. But something reeked. While discussing thoughts of suicide, a renowned psychiatrist pinpoints the musky sock floating in the soup—his unchecked drinking. Days later, bristling from her rubber-stamped diagnosis, he sets off driving from Texas to Telluride, searching for clarity. Hypnotized by the open road, he finds himself wheeling through a sequence of toxic v...

A phone camera is always close at hand, but better images come from noticing light, choosing a point of focus, and arranging the scene with intention. This guide turns the iPhone camera into a tool you can understand and practice with, covering settings, exposure, composition, portraits, landscapes, low light, video, and editing. You can learn the ideas while making photographs in familiar places.Rather than relying on filters to rescue every shot, the book explains choices made be...

A tilted tale about a cat who sees the world from an unusual point of view, written by the hilarious Jason Carter Eaton (How to Train a Train) and illustrated by the equally humorous Gus Gordon (Herman and Rosie).catawampus (cat-a-wam-pus) n. 1. Diagonal or at an angle. 2. Askew, awry.The catawampus cat walks with a slant. And his skewed point of view has everyone in town looking at everything with fresh eyes. Even Bushy Brows Billiam who ...

Jonathan Haley has come out of seclusion in South Africa to answer a call to the ministry. He will be the new assistant pastor of Cliffside Chapel. Cliffside, Ontario is a community divided. Jon will also be the new music director---a job previously filled by a young widow, Susan Rennie.When Susan finds herself thrown repeatedly into the company of this usurper, she has difficulty resisting his winning smile and quirky sense of humour. Yet she has pledged to remain true to the memo...

Have you ever thought that you or a loved one might suffer from mental illness?Approximately one in five adults in America experience a mental illness in a given year. And yet we rarely talk about it. Mental illness gets spoken about with ignorance by many and is a subject mired in stigma and shame by so many.Coming Out As Mentally Ill is the story of one person's coming to terms with mental illness and leading a successful life. It's also a primer on the basics of mental illness ...

Handbook of Canadian Foreign Policy is the most comprehensive book of its kind, offering an updated examination of Canada's international role some 15 years after the dismantling of the Berlin Wall ushered in a new era in world politics. Tackling recent developments in Canadian foreign policy, the authors of this work spotlight Canadian idiosyncrasies within a global context that are defined by wrenching juxtapositions. The specialists who have contributed their expertise to this book prov...

A unique and heartfelt portrait of President Jimmy Carter by his beloved grandson, illuminating the everyday values and lessons he shared with his family—and with us.When U.S. President Jimmy Carter passed away in late 2024, he left behind a legacy of humanitarianism and exceptional service to people the world over, delivered in words and deeds from both in and beyond the White House. But to Jason Carter, he was more than a lifelong public servant: he was simply Pa...

Few books have had as much of an impact on history as the Gutenberg Bible. Readers will learn how the Bible that Johannes Gutenberg began work on in 1450 resulted in a transformation in the distribution of knowledge and sparked incredible growth in literacy. They’ll find out how Gutenberg’s printing press worked, how books had to be copied out by hand before its invention, and what already extant tools helped inspire Gutenberg. The Gutenberg Bible’s layout and decoration are discussed, whi...

A quiet afternoon of blowing bubbles and popping them turns into a Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, (and Helicopters, and Fighter Jets, and Moon Shuttles)-style adventure, as our young protagonist Dewey struggles to pop that one bubble...The Bubble That Got Away.With luminous, breathtaking art from Matt Rockefeller that evokes both epic adventure and the pleasure of a lazy summer day; and a lively, wry, and suspenseful text from veteran picture book writer Jason Carter Eaton, Pop...

How would ordinary African Christians interpret the figure and book of Job--the quintessential biblical book on suffering--from contexts of extreme poverty, tropical disease, and rampant suffering? How do African Christians culturally understand issues of theodicy and the nature of evil? What role does the devil play in African Pentecostalism? How does the biblical lament empower faith and foster hope for people living with HIV/AIDS? In what way does a theology of (eschatological) hope inf...

Are you anxious or overwhelmed by life? Is your personal life suffering?If you struggle with anxiety, and you can't be alone or are resorting to drugs, just to self medicate but your still unable to climb out of it then read on.Maybe you feel anxious before giving a speech or performance. Or, you can’t go shopping without feeling the walls closing in on you. For all of those years when you would always say that if this year that it doesn't get better that you would make a c...

At the height of the civil rights movement in Mississippi, as hundreds of volunteers prepared for the 1964 Freedom Summer Project, the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) compiled hundreds of statements from activists and everyday citizens who endured police abuse and vigilante violence. Fifty-seven of those testimonies appear in Mississippi Black Paper. The statements recount how white officials and everyday citizens employed assassinations, beatings, harassment, and petty ...