For many women, fathers are a mystery that puzzles and haunts us. They are “the other,” neither lover nor son, defined more often by silence than words, by emotional absence than physical presence—until now. In twenty-two original narratives, some of Canada’s most acclaimed writers share stories, memories, insights, and revelations—from the comic to the tragic, and every shading in between—about the first man in their lives. Complex, compelling, unforgettable, these stories will open a fresh and intense conversation with daughters everywhere about the men they’ve observed since childhood: their fathers. Contributors Katherine Ashenburg, Anita Rau Badami, Christie Blatchford, Mary Anne Brinckman, Nancy Dorrance, Jane Finlay-Young, Camilla Gibb, Catherine Gildiner, Rebecca Godfrey, Rachel Manley, Sandra Martin, Lisa Moore, Sarah Murdoch, Marina Nemat, P.K. Page, Emma Richler, Eden Robinson, Rebecca Snow, Tina Srebotnjak, Susan Swan, Emily Urquhart, and Pamela Wallin

The First Man in My Life: Daughters Write About Their Fathers

Martin, Sandra

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin Canada

For many women, fathers are a mystery that puzzles and haunts us. They are “the other,” neither lover nor son, defined more often by silence than words, by emotional absence than physical presence—until now.  In twenty-two original narratives, some of Canada’s most acclaimed writers share stories, memories, insights, and revelations—from the comic to the tragic, and every shading in between—about the first man in their lives. Complex, compelling, unforgettable, these stories will open a fresh and intense conversation with daughters everywhere about the men they’ve observed since childhood: their fathers.   Contributors  Katherine Ashenburg, Anita Rau Badami, Christie Blatchford, Mary Anne Brinckman, Nancy Dorrance, Jane Finlay-Young, Camilla Gibb, Catherine Gildiner, Rebecca Godfrey, Rachel Manley, Sandra Martin, Lisa Moore, Sarah Murdoch, Marina Nemat, P.K. Page, Emma Richler, Eden Robinson, Rebecca Snow, Tina Srebotnjak, Susan Swan, Emily Urquhart, and Pamela Wallin

Quizzing Canada

HALL, Roger

Reference

Dundurn Press

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Breaking the Sound Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 1: Teaching Phonics to Readers of All Ages

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Specialty Educ Pub

From Southern farm girl, to suburban mother and house wife to a NY Literary agent. Ms Martin represented clients in the emerging mainstream genres of deep spirituality, ESP/paranormal, alternative health and then there were the conspiracy books. Praise for Snapshots: Memories and Recipes 
“Sandra Martin’s collection of vignettes from her remarkable life feels like the sun – whole worlds have revolved around her in a perfectly natural way. Riveting, engrossing, and delightful.” Dean Radin, Ph.D., Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) 
Have you ever taken your deep, vague spiritual yearnings to the bookstore aisle and found one volume of wisdom that spoke to you like your oldest friend? Have you surfed the channels and found a program about astounding human potentials that made your eyes pop? Have you had quirky experiences that puzzled you until you found something on the internet that showed you the significance of it? Then you owe a lot to Sandra Martin, and you almost certainly don’t know it. James Carpenter, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine 
“Life explodes when extraordinary events happen to ordinary people, but then, Martin is not ordinary. Snapshots is a phenomenal book.” Arlene S. Bice, author 
“Sandra has cooked up a perfect masterpiece!” James Van Praagh, Author of New York Times bestseller, Talking to Heaven “…will tickle, titillate and stimulate the reader… “ Jim Marrs, Author “A combination of light-hearted and soul-bearing stories along with excellent recipes. I highly recommend this entertaining and important book.” Gary Renard, author of The Disappearance of the Universe 
“Sandra delivers it all.” Patrick Huyghe, Writer and Editor 
“Snapshots shares inviting stories of Martin’s life from growing up on a tobacco and dairy farm in rural Virginia to a successful career as a Literary Agent in New York City promoting “New Age” authors. Coupled with tempting personal recipes, it is a must read!” Jane Gignoux, Author of Some Folks Say 
Martin’s narrative offers us insights into the events that shaped her strongly-held beliefs, interspersed with recipes she’s developed over the years. D.A. Crossley, Jr., Research Professor Emeritus. University of Georgia 
“ one that demonstrates that true wisdom comes from simply living life, not from listening to obscure teachings, and that meaning is created through the little experiences we have along the way. Sandra’s life well-lived and she speaks as an elder of many pathways. 
A beautiful book: wise and witty.” Jim Garrison, President Wisdom University 
“Be prepared to laugh, cry and feast on her multisensory observations…” Marilyn Schlitz, Ph.D., Social Anthropologist, Research and Award-Winning Writer 
“Yes, a few of the stories were laugh out loud funny. She’s a game-changer for sure. A great read.” - Loretta LaRoche, Author and Stress Management Consultant 
“Personal stories, well told and deliciously human…they come from the heart and soul.” Catherine Nixon Cooke, Author Tom Slick Mystery Hunter

Snapshots: Memories and Recipes

Memoirs

Lisa Hagan Books

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Strategies and Practice for the HSPT (Barron's Test Prep)

Studying & Workbooks

Barrons Educational Services

We can’t avoid death, but the prospect is a lot less terrifying since the Supreme Court of Canada legalized physician-assisted death. Competent adults, suffering grievously from intolerable medical conditions, will have the right to ask for a doctor’s help in ending their lives. That much is clear.
The challenge now is to pass legislation that reflects this landmark decision and develop regulations that reconcile the Charter rights of both doctors and patients. If we get the balance right between compassion for the suffering and protection of the vulnerable, between individual choice and social responsibility, we can set an example for the world.
A Good Death is timely, engaging and inspiring. In taking on our ultimate human right, award-winning journalist Sandra Martin charts the history of the right to die movement here and abroad through the personal stories of brave campaigners like Sue Rodriguez, Brittany Maynard and Gloria Taylor. Martin weighs the evidence from permissive jurisdictions such as the Netherlands, Oregon, California, Switzerland and Quebec and portrays her own intellectual and emotional journey through the tangled legal, medical, religious and political documentation concerning terminal sedation, slippery slopes, and the sanctity of life.
Modern death has become a wrenching political dilemma, one that becomes more pressing as the population ages. A Good Death confronts our fears about dying, our struggle for meaning, and our dread of being trapped by voracious medical technology in a nightmare world that has abandoned caring in pursuit of curing, no matter the cost or the suffering to patients and their families.
A Good Death asks the tough question none of us can avoid: How do we want to die? The answer will change your life-and your death.

A Good Death: Making the Most of Our Final Choices

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Patrick Crean Editions

Having a good death is our final human right, argues Sandra Martin in this updated and expanded version of her bestselling and award-winning social history of the right to die movement in Canada and around the world. 
Winner of the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, finalist for both the Donner Prize in Public Policy and the Dafoe Prize for History, A Good Death has a new chapter on Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Law. The law allows mentally competent adults, who are suffering grievously from incurable conditions, to ask for a doctor’s help in ending their lives. 
Does the law go far enough? No, says Martin. She delivers compelling stories about the patients the law ignores: people with life-crushing diseases who are condemned to suffer because their natural deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. With a clear analytical eye, she exposes the law’s shortcomings and outlines constitutional challenges, including the presumed right of publicly-funded faith-based institutions to deny suffering patients a legal medical service.
Martin argues that Canada can set an example for the world if it can strike a balance between compassion for the suffering and protection of the vulnerable, between individual choice and social responsibility. A Good Death asks the tough question none of us can avoid: How do you want to die? The answer will change your life—and your death.
“[An] excellent new book. . . .The timeliness is hard to overstate.” —The Globe and Mail
“What truly distinguishes this book is the reportage on individuals and families who have fought to arrange for a better death. . . . These first-hand experiences are the beating heart of a timely and powerful examination.” —2017 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction Jury Citation

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Harper-perennial

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HSPT Strategies and Practice, Second Edition: Prep Book with 3 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Practice + Strategies (Barron's Test Prep)

Barron's Educational Series

Children's Books

We guarantee this collection of Canadian quizzes is Y2K-proof. After all, asking tricky questions of friends and family is older than recorded time and certainly pre-dates computers. But take care. The making and doing of quizzes can start as a novelty, quickly move into a pastime, and then become an obsession. And before you know it, quizzing has become a habit that will last well into the next millennium and probably beyond. There are many kinds of quizzes, ranging from divertissements to tests. There is a little bit of both in Quizzing Canada, for our goal is to entertain and to inform. We've organized the quizzes thematically around holidays, both ancient and modern, and devised the questions to test your knowledge and pique your curiosity about elusive lore and customs. Most of all, this book is meant to be fun. Entertain your companions on long car trips, test your parents' knowledge of historical trivia, use it as a teaching tool, but most of all, have a good time.

Dundurn Pr Ltd

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The First Man in My Life: Daughters Write About Their Fathers

The First Man in My Life: Daughters Write About Their Fathers

Quizzing Canada

Breaking the Sound Barrier to Fluent Reading, Level 1: Teaching Phonics to Readers of All Ages

Snapshots: Memories and Recipes

Strategies and Practice for the HSPT (Barron's Test Prep)

A Good Death: Making the Most of Our Final Choices

A Good Death: Making the Most of Our Final Choices

HSPT Strategies and Practice, Second Edition: Prep Book with 3 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Practice + Strategies (Barron's Test Prep)

Quizzing Canada