Enjoy winter camping in warmth and comfort! With careful planning, tenting during the year’s coldest months can be safe and fun. Complete Guide to Winter Camping offers advice on selecting a four-season tent and constructing other types of shelter, maintaining personal hygiene and cooking in the cold, choosing a sleep system and getting the right warm to properly enjoy winter. Chapters on how to read animal tracks, travel safely on ice and identify trees and firewood make this unique book a must-read for anyone tired of spending half their year cooped up indoors! This updated and revised edition also includes chapters on: ; Weather forecasting ; Ice fishing ; Map and compass navigation ; How to read nature to navigate ; Dutch ovens and baking in the bush ; Clothing, boots, snowshoe selection. Complete with colour photos and expert advice from seasoned winter campers and travellers, this book will appeal to both car-camping families and adventurous individuals looking to extend their outdoors activities into another season.
A new edition of the best-selling guide, expanded with 10 more routes and over 50 more pages. Ontario is blessed with some of the most scenic and enjoyable lakes and rivers in the world — it truly is a paddler’s paradise. This updated and expanded third edition is destined to become the classic guide to the very best canoeing that Canada has to offer. Top 70 Canoe Routes of Ontario includes 10 more of Kevin Callan’s favourite canoe excursions. While some of these routes are well known to paddlers province-wide others are hidden secrets. The trips range from day-long paddles to week-long expeditions and are divided amongst nine regions: Southern Ontario, Cottage Country, Algonquin, Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Temagami, Ontario’s Near North, Northern Ontario and Northwestern Ontario. New routes include: Georgian Bay’s Eastern Shore; Queen Elizabeth Wildlands; Trent-Severn Waterway to Georgian Bay; Tay River and Canal; Lake Nippissing’s West Bay Grand River — Cambrige to Brantford; The Nith River; Wallaceburg Water Trail; Temagami’s Wasaksina-Cross Lake Loop; Wildwood Conservation Area. Kevin offers paddlers all they will need to complete each route, including accurate maps of all access points, portage lengths, important river features and campsites — all embellished with historical notes and Kevin’s trademark humour. He also includes a detailed “Before You Go” section in which he shares the expertise that has earned him the title of Canada’s Happy Camper.
Two Tears on the Window, is Julia and Kevin Garratt's true story of their 775-day abduction and imprisonment in China as pawns in a political play between China, Canada and the United States. In August 2014 State Security agents grabbed them, accusing them of espionage. In shock, they were unaware of a Chinese spy arrest in Canada, giving the US "some leverage over China to bring a stop to more than a decade of rampant cybertheft" or that they'd become "bargaining chips in China's desperate countermove". (Graff, Garrett M. "How the US Forced China to Quit Stealing-Using a China Spy". Wired Magazine. October 11, 2018) This compelling story of a Canadian Christian couple who spent 30 years working and raising their family in China, involved in aid, education and social enterprise is a unique parallel journey. From the early days teaching English in a decade of ration coupons and collective work units, Kevin and Julia watched with admiration as China catapulted into the modern age with unprecedented speed. Well-loved in China, the Garratt's had always been thanked for their work in education, social welfare, social enterprises and community service. In 2007, along with two of their children, they moved to the China/North Korea border, opened a popular coffee shop and provided aid and assistance for marginalized communities in Dandong, China and North Korea. Their sudden disappearance plunged them into a journey where survival took every breath. Through their harrowing ordeal and intense suffering comes life-changing insight. They find themselves part of new community of those who've tasted yet overcome the pain of injustice. Courage and kindness, friendship and faith, resonates through the ordeal with the heartbeat of a love journey. Artfully written, Two Tears in the Window combines Kevin's gifted story-telling and humour with Julia's ability to let you see through their eyes and draw readers into deeply painful yet profoundly life-changing experiences.
Kevin Shea lives and breathes hockey. This is hockey book number 22 for him. During the day, he works at the Hockey Hall of Fame overseeing education programs that take his stories and knowledge of hockey into schools across Canada. In the evenings, he is often sitting in his seats at Scotiabank Arena watching the Toronto Maple Leafs. Kevin and his wife Nancy live in Ajax, Ontario with their cat, Skye, who is still trying his best to learn to play hockey.
For 25 years, Dr. Whitten travelled all over the world as a private banker before becoming the owner of a Barbados bank. In the world of the super rich, private jets and seaside mansions, he became an expert in the workings and deceits of the offshore financial centres. Through his travels with the famous, the rich, the politicians, the "wanna be's" and the clearly delusional, he has maintained his sense of humour and his detachment. This is his story. Laugh along as he pulls back the cover and exposes the excesses and foilables of the International Private Banking sector.
For 25 years, Dr. Whitten travelled all over the world as a private banker before becoming the owner of a Barbados bank. In the world of the super rich, private jets and seaside mansions, he became an expert in the workings and deceits of the offshore financial centres. Through his travels with the famous, the rich, the politicians, the "wanna be's" and the clearly delusional, he has maintained his sense of humour and his detachment. This is his story. Laugh along as he pulls back the cover and exposes the excesses and foilables of the International Private Banking sector.
Woody is bequeathed an orthodox gift from the estate of his estranged father. Little did he realize that it would set in motion a series of events that would lead to a whole new life in the Caribbean where he would find true happiness, love and friendship. And along the way, he would discover a purpose to life that would lead him and his friends to a greater good.
Woody is bequeathed an orthodox gift from the estate of his estranged father. Little did he realize that it would set in motion a series of events that would lead to a whole new life in the Caribbean where he would find true happiness, love and friendship. And along the way, he would discover a purpose to life that would lead him and his friends to a greater good.
Kevin spent almost two decades in Ministry serving couples, parents & families. He was married for almost two decades, is father & co-parent to six dynamic children (all from that marriage). He is Master's level educated in the areas of cultural-religious studies & history, as well as theology & leadership. He is a business owner & brand manager & some say a culture curator. Kevin has also spent almost two decades coaching & training people of all ages in athletics, education & life. Happy Reading
Famous last words: "He seemed like a nice guy at the time."After I emphatically, and with no small amount of animation, told "Quasimodo" to get the 10-gallon open bucket of gasoline off the side deck of the apartment building, I could see the gears slowly start to turn in his head, searching for a way to save his precious fuel. When his moment of eureka finally arrived, he grabbed the bucket, struggled to take it down the stairs and over to his broken-down car ... and proceeded to put it on the back seat.Success, in this case, was supposed to come in the form of money; that is to say: extra income. Money that could be used for spending or savings, or maybe help pay down the mortgage on my own home. It started out okay with the first triplex building, even after the expenses and taxes. Not a lot extra, but it helped. The subsequent purchase, a duplex, was fairly good too, but then it descended into madness when I took on another triplex property. I certainly learned a great deal about building maintenance, but very little about people management Looking back on it now it all seems rather funny, but as you will see in the book, it would not have been the least bit funny to me at the time.
Woody, Dawn, Ryan, Summer and their friends continue their island adventure as a new political movement takes shape, the Caribbean enters the Space Race and a hostile White House unleashes a bumbling C.I.A. "black ops" team. Include a flying cat, an unconventional billionaire inventor, a new satellite weapon, a prototype transportation system and some personal payback into the mix.What could possibly go wrong?
Woody, Dawn, Ryan, Summer and their friends continue their island adventure as a new political movement takes shape, the Caribbean enters the Space Race and a hostile White House unleashes a bumbling C.I.A. "black ops" team. Include a flying cat, an unconventional billionaire inventor, a new satellite weapon, a prototype transportation system and some personal payback into the mix.What could possibly go wrong?
Ella Portman is an ASIO covert operative on a mission to stop a North Korean plot, with the help of a local cell of terrorists, to steal a military stealth drone and use it to attack Australia or the United States or their southern neighbour. The situation is unclear as the chase begins. As more information is gathered, the Australian and United States governments co-operate to prevent what is looking more and more like a Korean peninsula, and possibly a global, conflict emerging.Amid assassination attempts and gunfights, it is found that the actions of a group of financially powerful megalomaniacs are at work. These people, who think it is simple to create a diversion and attack their neighbour and the world, will stand by and do nothing once they are in power, and it sets the world on a knife's edge. Ella is left in the desert to die with her two call-girl friends as her investigations lead to evidence of an underground secret superconductor mining operation in Queensland. The chase goes from Southern Queensland and the freeing of a kidnapped family with the help of a failed pioneer aviation flight across Western Australia and the Pine Gap joint Australia-U.S. base to the Northern territories and across the sea to East Timor and into a shipwrecking Typhoon. With an attack imminent and tensions around the world mounting, a strange twist takes place.
Most people think Halloween should be called a holiday, but for some it could be a reminder of a tragedy. On that night, the lives of three boys changed forever. Making the decision to go to that one last house proved to be a terrible mistake. Her appearance seems weak and frail, but she's nobody's granny-not by a long shot Psychotic and delusional from lack of taking her much-needed medication, she finally gives closure to that town's past with their missing children. Being a victim of rape as a young girl, living in a very abusive family home, and learning of her pregnancy were things that she could never make peace with and put behind her. Living as a hermit with her son and never seeing the light of day, she slowly slips into insanity. Those three boys never saw her coming. Who would ever suspect that this sweet old lady was a serial killer? Strong as a ox and limber as a cat, she has plenty of tricks up her sleeve. Enticing the kids inside with all her candy and spiked homemade cupcakes was easy. Out of these three boys, only one makes it out alive to tell the tale.
Most people think Halloween should be called a holiday, but for some it could be a reminder of a tragedy. On that night, the lives of three boys changed forever. Making the decision to go to that one last house proved to be a terrible mistake. Her appearance seems weak and frail, but she's nobody's granny-not by a long shot Psychotic and delusional from lack of taking her much-needed medication, she finally gives closure to that town's past with their missing children. Being a victim of rape as a young girl, living in a very abusive family home, and learning of her pregnancy were things that she could never make peace with and put behind her. Living as a hermit with her son and never seeing the light of day, she slowly slips into insanity. Those three boys never saw her coming. Who would ever suspect that this sweet old lady was a serial killer? Strong as a ox and limber as a cat, she has plenty of tricks up her sleeve. Enticing the kids inside with all her candy and spiked homemade cupcakes was easy. Out of these three boys, only one makes it out alive to tell the tale.
Is your school safe?The fear of violence in our schools is eroding our confidence in one of our most sacred institutions. In this book, you will learn how to implement simple steps to protect yourself and your students. Drawing from both academic research and real-world experience, author Kevin Secours shares his insights as a teacher and self-defense expert. In addition, he calls upon a collection of expert colleagues ranging from bodyguards, law enforcement, special forces, and veteran educators to share their mastery. You will learn battle-tested strategies for detecting aggression earlier, diverting and de-escalating hostility, and creating a healthy and dynamic learning environment. Each of these lessons shows that the wisdom of prevention and inclusion remains the only true solution to violence.These life-changing strategies can apply to violence anywhere and are essential for anyone who is serious about their personal protection.
Few Europeans in the twentieth century have been subject to the repeated buffetings by foreign powers, ideologically driven transformations and internal upheaval of the Czechs and the Slovaks. The period of Communist rule was complex, and those who gleefully overthrew the regime in 1989 were the very grandchildren of those who had voted for Communism with hope in the free elections of 1946. This concise account includes both political and social history, analysing half a century of Communism from at all strata of society. Kevin McDermott is equally intrigued by those in power and ordinary citizens, asking what motivates a young Czech worker-believer to join the Communist Party in the early 1950s, enrol in the People's Militia and remain in the party during the dark years of 'normalisation', yet end up welcoming the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Using Czech and Slovak archival sources and the most recent historiography, McDermott challenges the still dominant 'totalitarian' paradigm and argues that the forty year communist experience in Czechoslovakia cannot simply be dismissed as a Soviet-imposed aberration.
Few Europeans in the twentieth century have been subject to the repeated buffetings by foreign powers, ideologically driven transformations and internal upheaval of the Czechs and the Slovaks. The period of Communist rule was complex, and those who gleefully overthrew the regime in 1989 were the very grandchildren of those who had voted for Communism with hope in the free elections of 1946.This concise account includes both political and social history, analysing half a century of Communism from at all strata of society. Kevin McDermott is equally intrigued by those in power and ordinary citizens, asking what motivates a young Czech worker-believer to join the Communist Party in the early 1950s, enrol in the People's Militia and remain in the party during the dark years of 'normalisation', yet end up welcoming the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989.Using Czech and Slovak archival sources and the most recent historiography, McDermott challenges the still dominant 'totalitarian' paradigm and argues that the forty year communist experience in Czechoslovakia cannot simply be dismissed as a Soviet-imposed aberration.
