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A Mother's Adoption Journey

A Mother's Adoption Journey

For much of her adult life, Darlene believed she wouldn't make a good mother: "Besides, I couldn't admit to anyone that I didn't know how to do mother things. So I married someone who didn't want t...

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A Partisan's Memoir

A Partisan's Memoir

"A truly remarkable book." - Jewish Tribune "An amazing book." - CBC Radio Faye Schulman was a teenager when the Nazis invaded her town on the Russian-Polish border. She survived, and ...

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A Taste for Justice

A Taste for Justice

From Bridgehead, the trading company owned by OXFAM-Canada which promotes economic justice through fair trade with the developing world, comes a cookbook with a difference. Recipes combine easily a...

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A Woman's Agenda 2010

A Woman's Agenda 2010

This year's edition profiles these 12 amazing international women:

Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Canada) — Inuit environmental activist Sheryl Swoopes (United States) — African-Amer...

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Adoption Reunions

Adoption Reunions

Adoption Reunions is the most comprehensive book about reunions. "Michelle McColm has presented a sensitive and compassionate guide for those involved in all phases of the reunion proces...

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Bad Date

Bad Date

Arthur Ellis Award-winning Liz Brady has a sequel to the prize-winning Sudden Blow.

Look what's been said about Liz Brady and her heroine Jane Yeats:

"Let's hoist a g...

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Bearing Up with Cancer

Bearing Up with Cancer

Endorsed by the National Ovarian Cancer Association, Gilda's Club and the Department of Gynecological Oncology at Princess Margaret Hospital. Proceeds from the book will benefit the National Ovaria...

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Beyond Hope

Beyond Hope

In a deadly game of multinational terrorism, Helen Keremos searches for a long-lost 60s revolutionary who happens to be the daughter of a right-wing U.S. presidential candidate.

Book 2 i...

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Big Carrot Vegetarian Cookbook

Big Carrot Vegetarian Cookbook

"A top-notch cookbook." Toronto Star

"A rare hybrid, healthy food with pizzazz." Joanne Kates, author and critic

This acclaimed cookbook provides nutritious recipes...

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Butterfly Effect

Butterfly Effect

"...the most eagerly anticipated lesbian mystery of the season." Feminist Bookstore News

"This is a tough story in the hardboiled PI mode." The Toronto Star

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Canadians Are Not Americans

Canadians Are Not Americans

A transplanted American, Katherine Morrison has long been fascinated with the attempts of Canadians to articulate how their culture differs from that of their southern neighbor. Examining three ...

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Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

"I cannot recommend Consuming Passions too highly." Calgary Herald

Twenty-two experts share their extensive knowledge on women's preoccupation with body size. They consider the ...

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Doris McCarthy: My Life

Doris McCarthy: My Life

"...filled with delightful stories of her rich life and extensive travels, this is an essential addition to Canadian, artistic and women's history" The Globe and Mail Doris McCarthy: My Life is ...

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Doris McCarthy: Ninety Years Wise

Doris McCarthy: Ninety Years Wise

At 94, Doris McCarthy remains one of Canada's great living artists, prolific in her output. With a special passion for the Canadian landscape, she carries on the tradition of the Group of Seven. An...

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Farm and City Cookbook

Farm and City Cookbook

"This book offers up anecdotes and personal stories, but the sensible and enticing recipes are what make this book shine." - The Sunday Daily News, Halifax The Farm & City Cookbook...

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Found Treasures

Found Treasures

"This rich and important collection deserves to become part of everyone's library; and even more, of everyone's life." The Jewish Outlook "Found Treasures stands as a groundbreaking histo...

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From Memory to Transformation

From Memory to Transformation

Not satisfied by the established roles assigned to them, Jewish women have begun to uncover their history, religion and culture using tradition and memory to inspire and transform their lives. I...

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Gladdy's Wake

Gladdy's Wake

Passionate politics and obsession link a family over three generations

James Kelly, a cocky young Irishman with nothing to lose, has made his way to New York city i...

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Headline: Murder

Headline: Murder

How far will a reporter go to get her story when a politician is viciously murdered? When Pia Keyne, a feisty political reporter, becomes entertainment editor at a large urban newspaper she find...

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