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Many Shades of Green:
Running Toward the Finish Line,
One Cancer at a Time
by Deny Dallaire
Cancer affects almost one in three
Canadians. It does not discriminate along any age,
gender, racial or socio-economic lines. And no matter
who it affects, it changes who they are in one form or
another. Through his experience of surviving six bouts
with cancer, Deny Dallaire discovered things that have
helped him not only beat his disease, but also taught
him invaluable lessons about life itself. At times
this book is serious. At other times it is funny.
There are even times when it is sad and frustrating.
Nevertheless and no matter what the sentiment, all
that is contained within these pages is given with
love. Deny shares with you his unique, amazing and
extremely personal journey that only a very few people
on this planet have gone through. This is truly a
powerful story of survival, gratitude and love. This
book is meant to serve as a tool for you to discover
wellness on all three levels: BODY, MIND and SPIRIT.
After reading it, you truly learn many things,
including how to see and appreciate the many shades of
green that life has to offer.
978-0-9865408-0-6 $ 18.95
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Heaven's Casting Room
by
Robert S. Dinning
“Heaven’s
Casting Room” is a story of hope, despair,
happiness, loss, laughter and most of all, love,
which follows one new soul’s journey through several
lifetimes. With the guidance of
a colourful angel named Tim (who happens to be the
Angel of Death, Greetings and excellent quiche
maker), and tempted by a redheaded seductress from a
rival production company named Elley, Balthazar
experiences everything life has to offer on his
journey toward eternity. But
when he arrives, will he choose the role of a
lifetime or give up forever for love?
ISBN:
978-0-9810721-7-3 $14.95
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Bridges,
We Can Walk Across
by Clyde A
Wray
Clyde Wray is a multitalented and prolific
playwright, director, performer, producer and of
course, a poet. With three books of poetry
published, DreamCatcher is proud to present his
latest title, Bridges, We Can Walk Across.
ISBN:
978-0-9810721-5-9 $14.95
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Bumps
by Tom Crothers
In the space of a couple of months,
Charlene Scully’s life is completely turned around.
While vacationing in
Cuba,
an old Cuban worker dies in her arms.
His resemblance to her father is so strong,
she decides to return to
Toronto. An old family friend
tells her, her father had died. A letter informs her
she is now a rich woman. Charlene learns she has a
family in
Ireland she didn’t
know existed. She travels to
Belfast and discovers
her Uncle Brendan, her father’s identical twin.
Bumps, is a story of discovery and change
brought about by Charlene’s personal journey into
the dark past of her parents.
ISBN:
978-0-9810721-6-6 $18.95
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Carol 'A Woman's Way'
by Kathy Ashby
Carol ‘A Woman’s Way’ is a
story about a woman who dreads the very idea of a
proposed snowmobile trail to be built practically in
her backyard. It is written as an environmental
fiction and in it is a message of hope; that women can
get together along with good men and affect a positive
change to heal Planet Earth.
Carol knows Earth, the
kinks, the flutters, the tingles and the flavours. I
believe she is very in tune with her body and when
enlightened women are encouraged to bond with their
senses they will bond with a oneness to preserve and
protect Planet Earth.
ISBN: 978-0-9810721-3-5 $18.95
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Yuletide Yarns
by Gail MacMillan
There's no better story
than the one that begins with, "Remember the time."
Yuletide Yarns is a collection of old time tales that
conjure Christmases of long ago. It's a treasured
addition to family Christmas traditions. The book
should come with a caveat: to be read by the fire,
preferably during a blizzard with plenty of hot
chocolate bubbling on the stove.
- Sally Armstrong
(Sally
Armstrong is an Amnesty International award winner, a
member of the Order of
Canada, documentary
filmmaker, teacher, author, human rights activist and
contributing editor at Maclean’s magazine.)
ISBN: 978-0-9810721-4-2 $14.95
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Of Gadgets, Mice and Men: Governments and Their
Spies
by Miron Rezun
As you read this, you
may be sitting in your den watching the tube,
reading your local paper or playing a game on your
PC! You assume your activity is in private.
Author/academic Miron Rezun, of UNB has just
released a book that will likely make you feel
otherwise. Of Gadgets, Mice And Men: Governments and
Their Spies will take readers into a surreal but
VERY real realm of international espionage that
reaches into our very homes and workplaces. The
spies of the
Hollywood genre are a mere fraction of the men
and women who engage in the actual profession. Dr
Rezun's latest non fiction book, on the heels of the
Tatya thrillers (Moscow Nights and The Mossad
Agenda) explores the dark ranges and invasive
activity that ultimately affects the decisions of
governments worldwide. The superpowers,
Russia, the
U.S.,
Britain, and
China
continuously monitor all levels of society. Allies
even spy on allies. GADGETS shows the frequent total
disregard for local, national and international law
that pervades the spy world.
Nominated for the
Governor General’s Literary Award in Non-fiction, OF
GADGETS, MICE AND MEN, is the latest release for
DreamCatcher Publishing. Miron Rezun's 16th effort
will leave you spellbound! After reading GADGETS,
you may just be double checking the locks on your
doors tonight!
ISBN: 978-0-9784179-4-9
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Jaspa's Journey:
The Great Migration
by Rich
Meyrick
Jaspa’s Journey
is set on the vast stage of Africa’s
Serengeti Plain, against the backdrop of one of
the World’s most awe-inspiring natural wonders: the
Great Migration – a desperate, 500 mile,
danger-fraught battle for survival annually
undertaken by over two million animals. This year,
Jaspa must join this epic exodus, to fulfill a
rite-of-passage known as the Journey – an
undertaking that’s all the more extraordinary when
you realize that Jaspa is a Giraffeses, a
distant relative of giraffes, who could comfortably
sit in the palm of your hand. While Jaspa himself is
fictitious, his world most certainly is not. Anyone
with a passport, a good map and a little care (and
sufficient traveling expenses!) could follow in
Jaspa’s footsteps, step by incredible step. In fact,
abundant meticulously-researched,
genuine geographical, environmental and
historical details have been carefully woven into
the story, making Jaspa’s Journey a gripping
and inspiring adventure that’s also deviously
educational.
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Another 'pointe'
of View:
The
Life and Times of a Ballet Mom
by Patricia Parsons
This timely book gives the
reader an inside glimpse of the workings of one of
Canada’s most
respected institutions.
“…As I watched
from the darkness of the audience, I remembered the
violin teacher some four or five years earlier who had
told me she thought he was musically gifted…Two
minutes later it was all just a memory.
I looked over at my husband who had the
bewildered look of a man who’s just witnessed
something completely unexpected.
‘My God,’ he said, ‘he’s a dancer.’ From his lips to
God’s ear – and how God must have laughed. This was no
surprise to God…”
…and just that quickly author PJ
Parsons became a ballet mom and the journey
through the landscape of the elite ballet world –
always as an outsider – began.
When she left her son all those miles from home at
Canada’s
National
Ballet School
at the age of eleven, she was unprepared for this
journey that eventually taught her important lessons
about preparing a child for his own path.
This memoir is her story.
978-0-9784179-8-7
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Hell On Earth
by Mark Tushingham
hell has no fury like a planet scorned
Dr. Mark
Tushingham’s dark vision of a world devastated by
climate change continues. In this sequel to his
controversial and brisk-selling novel, Hotter than
Hell, he presents the continuing journeys through our
ravaged land by one man who tried to hold back the
forces of chaos. Tushingham is painstaking in the
details of what our carefully-balanced world could
become under the strain of climate change run amok.
Forced to flee from the forces arrayed against his
tyrannical rule, General Eastland is alone in a
nightmare world of heat, drought and famine. His army
has been destroyed and he is about to be captured, but
he remains defiant. No matter what the cost, he is
determined to survive this Hell on Earth.
978-0-9784179-1-8
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Defiant Island
by Robert Rayner
Robert Rayner's latest novel based in New Brunswick
shows how the encroachment of age in a rural
community's life exposes it to the perils of progress.
White Rock Island, an isolated rural community,
becomes a defiant island of souls intent on preserving
itself when it is threatened by economic decisions of
the provincial and federal government which tax it but
threaten to withhold services that would sustain the
community. When a bigger, stronger entity threatens a
much smaller one, the outcome seems easy to predict.
But no man is an island. For with age, nearly every
community changes. But the social and institutional
bonds that invigorate the social life of any community
can change in an ending or a resurrection. Larger
social forces that necessarily interact with the
settled and simple lives of such communities, usually
rural, as they attempt to survive in the face of
economic forces that they do not control often decide
the prospect. The social ties that bind the folks of
White Rock Island are far-reaching, not least in the
passions that their struggle unleashes within the more
powerful community. For human sympathy and compassion
know no geographic boundaries.
978-0-9739234-8-3
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Quispamsis,
A Historical Sketch
by Town of Quispamsis
Quispamsis, A Historical Sketch takes us on a long
awaited journey through the community’s past,
beginning in the early part of the 16th century with
the first inhabitants, the Maliseet tribe known as the
Etechemins to more recent history identifying local
politicians since the 1966 incorporation of former
Quispamsis and Gondola Point. With the Kennebecasis
and Hammond Rivers serving as two of Quispamsis’
boundaries, much of the early history can be found
alongside these rivers, which provided the main source
of transportation, livelihood, and recreation, the
latter which remains true to this day. This
publication provides a compilation of wonderful
stories and documented facts from recorded bits and
pieces, to extensive research at the provincial
archives, libraries and historical museums, along with
detailed accounts from our most valuable resource, our
oldest residents and individuals who have had a long
association with Quispamsis. We hope you enjoy
Quispamsis, A Historical Sketch, as it takes you back
to another, more simpler time, presenting an
appreciation of how Quispamsis has evolved from its
rural country setting to one of the fastest growing
communities in New Brunswick today.
978-0-9784179-5-6
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Meet Me At The Monkey
Trees
by Sarah K McEvoy
Take a
lyrical journey “Home” through a timeless Maritime
town. The past meets the present when the hometown
girl returns in search of her best friend the
“Duchess” and their special meeting place. Whimsical
watercolors paint a sentimental picture of childhood
making this a perfect gift for the young and young at
heart.
978-0-9784179-3-2
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Encounters
by Richard Papenhausen
This small
volume represents more than thirty years of
storytelling by Dr. Richard Papenhausen, a beloved
professor and mentor at the University of New
Brunswick. Throughout his long career, “Dr. P” devoted
compassion, joy and love in poems about the students,
peers, friends, family members and strangers who
enriched his life. He recorded his experiences of what
was, to him, an adventurous walk through life and
nature. Some poems in this panoply of encounters
encompass imagined dialogue with such figures as Allen
Ginsberg, Bob Dylan and Franz Kafka. He also addresses
trees, leaves and the elements. Before passing away,
his last wish was that these painstakingly selected
poems be shared with others, and at his request,
enhanced by the artwork of his wife Marian and his
friend, photographer James Wilson.
978-0-9739234-6-9
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Vaudreuil Station
By Denise D’Aoust
Denise D'Aoust, born and raised in
the Province of Quebec, has written stories of her
life with her sister, among the many relatives who
helped to raise them. Since those days, she has earned
a degree in Social Work from McGill University, worked
in the field in the United States, married and raised
two daughters, Andrea Safford and Cynthia Hinton, in
Virginia. These stories are for her children,
grandchildren and friends in hopes that they will
enjoy them. They tell of a family in a town once
called Vaudreuil Station. In the 1930ies, the name of
the town was changed to Dorion, and later to Ville de
Vaudreuil-Dorion, but in the hearts of the members of
that family, the town has always remained 'Vaudreuil
Station".
978-0-9739234-3-8
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Hippodameia The
Girl Who Got The Girls Into The Olympic Games
Lafe
Locke's delightful tale drawn from ancient Greece
vividly portrays how Princess Hippodameia
shattered the "Males Only" signs at the first
Olympics. Her adventure story offers a positive
role model for girls, and an inspiration as well
to boys. Children of both genders will find it
easy to identify with this heroine and her daring
consort Pelops in the chariot race that led to
women's equality in sports.
978-0-9784179-0-1
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New Release 2007
Harper's New Clothes
by Walter
J. Belsito
Walter J.
Belsito gives his own spin on the tried-and-true
modus operandi of political satire with this
humourous and often times sobering poetic critique
of the first year of Stephen Harper's Neo-er ....
New Canada. Tackling Harper's approach to the
press, the environment, domestic and international
policies, and democracy in general, Belsito cuts
through the "Harpocrisy" with a razor-sharp wit and
cleverly-woven allusions in the form of potent
political poetry that provokes, challenges and
illustrates the real issues that Canadians are
talking about - or should be talking about.
978-0-9739234-5-2
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A Canadian Political
Bombshell !!!
Read Walter J.
Belsito’s Stunningly Hilarious Report on The Harper
Government!!
Harper’s New Clothes
will tickle Members of Parliament of all political
parties at the gaffes, stumbles, and seldom noticed
miscues of the Harper government.!
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Hotter
Than Hell
by Mark
Tushingham
Mark
Tushingham's dark novel of climate change is set in
a not-too-distant future world of global
warming, where straight up American soldier Major Walter J. Eastland is assigned to one
of the states worst hit, California. When desperation for fresh water finally becomes so
critical that anarchy erupts throughout the major
cities of America, Eastland is mysteriously assigned
to scout Canada. The country has long resisted
opening its taps of fresh water to its neighbor and
ally to the south. Eastland finds both friends
and adversaries in Canada. As well, he finds
the world's largest supply of fresh water.
Canada's
resource causes a crisis in the American - Canadian
relationship until the countries are at war.
Eastland thinks of himself as civilized and humane
but he soon finds that violence can brutalize
even the best of us until we find ourselves behaving
as brutes. And then neither patriotism, nor
all the economic power of the world's superpower,
nor all its advanced military technology seem able
to save us from ourselves. For the more brutish
we become, the simpler our needs for short-term
gains. Tushingham has forecast a disturbing
possibility of climate change which may already be
upon us.
0-9739234-1-5
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Two Island
Light
by Kendrick
Lacey M.D.
Action and
Adventure. Intrigue and Romance. Friendship and
Betrayal. Two Island Light has it all. Amongst the
sunny days of June and the gales of December, this
story pulls together the daily lives of the fisher
folk of Grand Manan and the Bay of Fundy. Jack Kelly
fights to survive the sea and local ship wreckers,
uses his wits to forge his place in a foreign world,
and builds a home out of his shattered life. The time
is World War II, but the setting and characters are
timeless. Following the footsteps of FLU SHOT,
Kendrick Lacey's first novel, this work is set firmly
in Atlantic Canada, filled with villains you'll
despise, and heroes you'll love. It's a story of a
people and a way of life, individuals and their hopes,
but also you and I in a different time.
0-9739234-2-3
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New Release January 06
The White
Iris
by Sandy
MacDonald
Mirabella
Stuart suffers from compulsion mania - oh, yes! Fiddy
Washburn thinks of herself as Desdamona Pacifica and
"remembers" her triumphs at La Scala and The
Met. Garden Twinkle is an agent of the APT Society -
Animals are People Too! These three eccentric women
clash in the idyllic Nova Scotia village of Wintry
Hope when Fiddy burns down her dirty, dilapidated
house which stands - or previously stood - next door
to Mirabella's spotless, comfortless mobile home, and
the APT Agent, scouting for infractions of the Clean
Environment Act, sees the smoke and flame, smells the
gasoline, and arrives screaming "Think of the
grass! Think of the grass!" Then there's the
diamonds. The crows. The bulldozers. The choir at St.
Margaret of Scotland. And - oh, yes! - the green
gourd marmalade sauce. The White Iris is humor
in the best Canadian tradition. It discusses the
psychological problems of these women, and the
overriding, background problem of extinction of
species that we all face in such a way that the result
is hilarious. Sandy MacDonald is a young Nova Scotia
writer trained in the law but happy in music and
books. The White Iris is his first novel.
1-894372-59-X
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New Release
November 2006
Tatya:
Book II “The Mossad Agenda”
by Miron Rezun
The world teeters on
a precipice: U.S. Intelligence is obsessed with
Iraq. Europe is in flux with neo-nazis and Iran is
about to procure nuclear clout.
Tatya is beside
herself. Her grandfather has stayed behind in Russia
and now he’s gone missing. Sergei Yussoupov insists
his ex brother-in-law, Ernst, has kidnapped him, but
Sergei’s credibility is questionable. Tatya still
suspects he’s selling nuclear materials to
terrorists. She can’t trust his word on anything.
She goes to the CIA. They tell her it’s none of
their business. She goes to the State Department.
They won’t have anything to do with her. Tatya’s
never felt so alone. There’s no one left to turn to.
Enter the Israeli Mossad. They care. They’ll help.
They’ll get her grandfather back for her.
For a price…
0-973923-44X
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Every Life Counted
by Marlene Reid Hull
History, mystery and humour meld in Every Life
Counted. Why did Maureen Ross run away from her
family and why is her daughter filled with such
dread about what she might learn? These are the
questions triggered by Every Life Counted, the book
Morgan Ross is reading about an Irish clan’s
experiences in Saint John from 1849 to 1945.
Recalling her mother’s words, “Every charm is a
chapter”, she begins her search by examining the
bracelet she has inherited, certain the answers are
locked within the charms. They are, but Morgan is
not prepared for the discoveries she makes. Two
tales, like the strands in a DNA molecule, entwine
to create Every Life Counted, a novel about family
love and its redemptive power.
"A must read! I was very impressed and I hope
everyone reads this well researched and well written
story." – Hon. Lt. Col. Dr. Elsie Wayne, former
mayor and MP for Saint John, New Brunswick
“Author Marlene Reid Hull weaves a time-warp
tapestry about 19th century Irish immigrants and a
contemporary woman. What emerges is an evocative
fiction, blending warm family dialogue with stark
world events which readers will find fascinating.”
– Fred Hazel, former editor-in-chief, Saint John
Telegraph Journal
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Enlightenness
By Arthur E. Chesley M.D.
Dr Arthur Chesley, a prominent Saint John Urologist,
explores Madness, Sadness and Gladness in this book
of poetry. All revenue will go to Education and
Research at The New Brunswick School of Medicine to
begin September 2010.
978-0-9784179-9-4
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