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NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe greatest women's hockey player of all time, Hayley Wickenheiser shares the lessons that won her four Olympic gold medals, and hard-earned wisdom distilled from moments when she fell short. There is no one in the world like Hayley Wickenheiser. 13 World Championship appearances. 6 Olympic Games. Hockey Hall of Famer. All while raising a child, earning multiple university degrees, and not benefiting from the financial stability male professional athletes have. She gave the game everything she had--now, Hayley shares what the game gave her.

A common sense blueprint for what the future of First Nations should look like as told through the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader. In 1984, at the age of twenty-four, Clarence Louie was elected Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band in the Okanagan Valley. Nineteen elections later, Chief Louie has led his community for nearly four decades. The story of how the Osoyoos Indian Band--"The Miracle in the Desert"--Transformed from a Rez that once struggled with poverty into an economically independent people is well-known.

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER. From the distinct and vibrant voice behind Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi comes the story of pursuing a dream and defying the odds, reminding us all of hockey's power to unite. BoninoBoninoBonino! Ask a hockey fan if they have heard the wonderfully electric call of Nick Bonino's overtime-winning goal from the 2016 Stanley Cup Final and they will almost surely answer with a resounding yes !

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A phenomenal, human story. . . . I could not put this book down." —CLARA HUGHES An instant national bestseller, this raw and affecting memoir is the story of a mother and daughter who beat the odds together.   Decades before Perdita Felicien became a World Champion hurdler running the biggest race of her life at the 2004 Olympics, she carried more than a nation's hopes—she carried her mother Catherine's dreams.

Vendeur, conducteur de camion, livreur d'huile à chauffage, plongeur, cuisinier, serveur – Michel Forget a fait tous les métiers avant de trouver sa voie?: la scène. Enfant hyperactif et turbulent, il a été élevé majoritairement par des femmes. Durant un séjour au centre de réadaptation Boscoville (que l'on appellerait aujourd'hui «?centre jeunesse?») – une décision difficile que sa mère a dû prendre et qui lui sauvera la vie –, il rencontre des intervenants bienveillants qui lui montreront le droit chemin.

Part memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed concept of reconciliation, and to build a new, respectful relationship between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples. Jesse Wente remembers the exact moment he realized that he was a certain kind of Indian—a stereotypical cartoon Indian. He was playing softball as a child when the opposing team began to war-whoop when he was at bat.

Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have already sparked a quiet revolution in how we understand our relationship to forests. Now, in a captivating account of how her life led her to these illuminating and crucial ideas, she shows us how forests can not only heal us but save the planet.

Antoine Mountain follows up his previous memoir From Bear Rock Mountain with the book Child of Morning Star: Embers of an Ancient Dawn. Child of Morning Star is a poetic collection of stories that draws on Antoine Mountain's travels and knowledge as a Dene artist and a lifelong student of history. In it, he weaves stories about people and art and the moments when our world manages to pause just briefly enough that we can see the roots of our communal humanity.

Publisher proceeds from the book go to humanitarian aid for Ukrainian people displaced by Russian aggression. The Little Book was originally published in 1932 and made a vital contribution to the curriculum for Canadian-Ukrainian children in prairie schools. The book features charming parables and poems to help children from kindergarten to grade 9 to understand Ukrainian language and culture. This audiobook features Ukrainian narrative with English translations of these lovely rhymes and verses, along with musical accompaniment on guitar of traditional Ukrainian folk songs.

The Red River Trail, used approximately between 1820 and 1880 to take supplies and settlers to the West, stimulated commerce in the region and played an important part in the growth of Manitoba and Minnesota.*It highlights the role of the Metis in the development of the area and follows the life of Pierre Bottineau a Metis guide and well-known frontiersman and military scout.*He traveled the route regularly and was known as the Kit Carson of the North.