Myriam Von Bacterium

Somewhere in a human’s intestine, in the middle of a busy city of bacteria, a mother is sending her daughter Myriam to her first day of school. Despite being quite hopeful about her first day, things don’t turn out as she expected. Myriam will learn how to make friends and deal with bullies, all while learning more about types of bacteria.

N'in D'la Owey Innklan: Mi'kmaq Sojourns in England

This is a historical novel, beginning in 1497 and taking us, in a series of vignettes, through five centuries of interconnections between the Mi'kmaq people of Atlantic Canada and London. Each character begins their story in different regions of the Mi'kmaq world of the North American Atlantic Coast; they end up in various regions of London, ranging from the 16th-century Austin Friars monastery to 20th-century Limehouse. The novel encompasses descriptive scenes of London in different eras, alternately addressing the eroticism of lovers, the wide-ranging lives of whalers and sailors, the horrors of nursing during World War I and the overwrought world of heroin users in late 1970s' East London, interspersed with occasional short pages of intellectual commentary. Ultimately, it is a labour of love for homelands lost.

Nanook, Santa and the Angel

Three weeks before Christmas, 1999: Santa Claus receives a desperate call from the Reindeer Foundation. All their reindeer have fallen sick, and so Santa will need to find alternative transport. How will Santa be able to deliver the Christmas presents this year?
When the northern angels who oversee Santa’s activities gather to discuss the problem, a tiny Inuit angel called Mai-Say offers an unexpected solution: huskies, powered by the magic of the Aurora Borealis! The man charged with undertaking this mission is Nanook, who lives in Kwuantok, Alaska. With his sledge and team of huskies, Nanook sets out on the journey to Santaland...
Let Santa and his friends take you on a momentous journey: a flight of love and generosity with Nanook, Star and the huskies… prepare for lift-off!

Napoleon: Guillotine

King Louis is imprisoned. The Republican faction in Paris is growing stronger as the beat of the snare begins to ring in the ears of Europe. To quell the seething discontent of threats inside and outside of France, Napoleon is dragged into supporting a regime that has thrown away any pretence of Liberty in its quest to cover the globe. All the while Napoleon is forced to challenge his own traditions and overcome the pain of betrayal and exile from his home, to continually prove loyalty to a country that spurns him still. As the blade rasps down and the cruelty of those he serves becomes even more difficult to justify, Napoleon must strive to preserve his exiled family and navigate the unconscionable. As France struggles to survive the onslaught of foreign invasion, Napoleon must conquer an inner turmoil so raw and powerful that it drove him to the siege of Toulon and the beginning of greatness.

Neffie the Nephron

When Neffie woke up one morning with swollen eyes and puffy legs, he was diagnosed with an illness he wasn’t ready for but which took him on a journey of courage.

Neptun

At bedtime, Julian spots two large eyes studying him through his bedroom window. The boy looks just like him, but of a different colour, a different race, of a different world. The boy is Neptun. With his mum’s permission, Neptun takes Julian on an adventure through our solar system, introducing to him worlds beyond our imagination, where although of different species, colour and planet, all are the same in love, friendship, and struggles. A wonderful children’s perspective on the world, humanity and aliens, infused with otherworldly colourful depictions of what other planets and creatures may look like. It is a story about friendship, unity, and unconditional love and acceptance of anyone who is different.

Nester Gnome Saves the Planet Book 1

How would you like to go on adventures with Nester, the little forest gnome, and his pet bearded dragonfly, Dilly?

What? You don’t know what a gnome is? Well, lucky for you, I do!

Gnomes are quite secretive and no bigger than your baby brother. They stand about 2 feet tall, weigh about 30 pounds, can live for up to 500 years, and oh yes, they can talk to animals!

As for the adventures in No Hugs for Litterbugs, Nester and Dilly go on a quest to clean up the environment. On their journey to find the troublesome litterbug, they encounter a variety of bugs who in turn share their unique ways of contributing to the environment. Eventually, Nester receives the surprise of his life when the litterbug is finally revealed.

Through amazing illustrations and whimsical writing, Nester will help you and your friends become more involved with the environment.

Our planet is in serious trouble, but did you know that the world’s children hold the future of the planet in their hands?

But where to begin? Who will guide the children’s love of nature and their desire to tackle one environmental challenge after another?

Easy-peasy! A little forest gnome named Nester and his pet bearded dragon, Dilly, will take the reader on fact-filled adventures as they tackle the first problem…litter! Just who are litterbugs and how do we stop them?

NettyNoo

NettyNoo is a baby cow. She lives on a farm with her mum. She has no brothers or sisters and she loves to go on adventures to meet new friends. Her mum likes to help her; she doesn’t want her to be alone. She is happy to see her having fun and meeting new friends to play with.

New Realism in Contemporary Israeli Painting

Art today can be whatever one wants it to be: a rotting cadaver, a photograph of someone else’s photograph, a banana… In this post-modern age of post-truth, of social media and the selfie, when everyone has a high-resolution digital camera at their fingertips, one wonders what would possess a talented artist to sit for days, weeks, often months, to paint a portrait of a friend or a landscape of home. Today, a group of 20 or so remarkable painters have revived a fascinating style of realistic painting, and in Israel of all places, where realistic art has never played any significant role. Their brand of realism is not mundane photographic realism, but rather it is an intensified sort of realism, a kind of hyper-realism. This book offers an initial explanation as to what these artists are doing, and how they are doing it.

Night Highway

One Friday afternoon, Steve and Mark Cross head off on an adventurous father and son weekend in the Australian bush. The long drive provides plenty of time to shake off the weekday woes, have a few laughs and soak up the rugged landscape. In the early hours of the morning, as they near their destination in a remote part of the country, through the endless darkness of the ‘night highway’, they notice a dull light on the road up ahead.

As they get closer to the light, it becomes painfully apparent that something is not right. What unfolds from that point will see Steve, Mark and others, encounter a group of locals who subject them to sinister and relentless demands, over and over. If they are to survive, they’ll need to push themselves beyond all physical, mental and emotional boundaries. Either way, life will never be the same.

Nil

Waking up in a forest with no recollection of who you are or where you’re from is just the beginning of Nil’s adventure as she stumbles into a new town.

When on the run from creepy old ladies and lurking demons, Nil finds herself falling in love and befriending an omnipotent power overseeing more than she could even imagine.

Now, having to grow up without remembering your past is a challenge, but growing up along with a significant other to consider is a whole other story. Not to mention she seems to possess some unnatural, or should I say supernatural, traits. Nil is learning a lifetime of lessons in the span of weeks.

As ominous forces loom, the fate of the world and her existence is at stake.

Will Nil be able to save everyone she cares about, or will things be completely out of her control?

No Room to Breathe

This is the personal story of a psychologist living with an emotionally abusive partner and her struggles, both personal and institutional, in leaving. No Room to Breathe: A Memoir of Emotional Abuse, Motherhood, and Resilience is a cautionary tale that reveals the often publicly unseen and underestimated dynamics and patterns of emotionally-abusive relationships. It also highlights their potentially far-reaching consequences, particularly when attempts are made to leave the relationship, and children are used as pawns.

As a licensed therapist for more than 30 years, Dr Coha worked with many challenging people. When it came to her personal life however, her professional credentials as a clinical psychologist and clinical social worker did not help her to avoid entering into an emotionally-controlling relationship. Loretta’s experience speaks to many people’s lives. Her story covers many complicating factors and powerful forces, such as health, children, the involvement of the judicial system, and the fact that her partner was a public figure. Although her significant other was a woman, the life-impacting results are the same for anyone who has ever been involved with a controlling partner. No Room to Breathe is ultimately an inspiring account of a woman using her personal strength to break away and create a new, healthy life for herself and her children.