More than ever before, bears and human beings are living closer together as climate change, deforestation and community encroachment diminish bear territory. Once considered romantic creatures living in rural surroundings, bears are now becoming as common in some places as raccoons. Some experts believe that the animals should be left entirely alone; others argue that responsible hunting will best serve both bears and human beings. In Grizzlyville, award-winning writer Jake MacDonald gives weight to both sides as he examines the history and behaviour of the three species of bears in North America—grizzlies, black bears and polar bears. Part memoir, part natural history, Grizzlyville is MacDonald’s fascinating mediation on North America’s largest predators and on the people who live alongside them. As he skillfully interweaves their stories, he delivers a message for all to consider as bear habitat shrinks and our worlds come ever closer together.
Forty-year-old Michael Saunders abandons his upscale lifestyle and shady consulting business for the wilds of northern Ontario when he inherits a run-down tourist lodge. In the course of renovating his boyhood home, he contends with wealthy mobsters, a series of natural disasters, and his growing desire for a stubbornly independent woman. Jake MacDonald’s love of the wilderness and off-center sense of humour make thiscontemporary chronicle of self-discovery both insightful and funny.
They terrify and fascinate us. They are moving closer to us as climate change, deforestation, and rural development diminish their habitats. Once considered rare, romantic creatures, bears are now as common in some places as raccoons. Some say we should leave them alone; others argue that responsible hunting will serve both bears and humans best. Weighing both sides of the argument, award-winning writer Jake MacDonald examines the history and behavior of the three species of bears in North America—grizzlies, black bears, and polar bears. Part memoir and part natural history, In Bear Country draws on the personal experiences of MacDonald and others, providing an absorbing story about the place bears occupy in our world and the place we occupy in theirs. As MacDonald skillfully weaves a compelling meditation on our continent’s largest predators, he delivers a profound and powerful message for all to consider as bear country quickly shrinks and our worlds collide.
A beautifully illustrated 30th anniversary celebration of Rick Hansen's Man in Motion Tour, which broke barriers for people with disabilities and inspired ordinary citizens to realize impossible dreams. On March 21, 1985, world-class wheelchair marathoner and multiple Paralympic medalist Rick Hansen set out from Vancouver, British Columbia, on his Man in Motion World Tour. The twenty-six-month trek took him and a small but determined crew almost 25,000 miles through 34 countries on four continents before crossing Canada. In the process, they raised $26 million for spinal cord research and for initiatives to improve the quality of life and accessibility for people with disabilities. Thirty years after the journey ended, Rick Hansen's Man in Motion Tour celebrates that ground-breaking accomplishment and, with a foreword from Rick himself, highlights the legacy of the Man in Motion World Tour and the amazing progress it has spurred up to the present day. Illustrated with exclusive photographs from the Rick Hansen Foundation archives, it is a universal story of courage and adversity, human strength and personal suffering, and, above all, the power of community to effect lasting social change.
Discover the military’s keys to excellent leadership and team building training The Program: Lessons From Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High Performing Leaders and Teams offers a hands-on guide to the winning techniques and tactics of The Program, the acclaimed team building and leadership development company. Drawing on the actual experiences of The Program’s instructors from their personal combat stories to working with world-class athletic teams and successful corporations, the book clearly shows how The Program’s training operations can help to achieve life goals and ambitions. The Program offers a road map that contains illustrative examples, ideas, and approaches for improving teammates and leaders at all levels within an organization of any size or type. Bring your organization to the next level of success Discover how to hold your leaders and teammates to the highest standards Understand how accountability increases effectiveness Learn to communicate effectively This important book explores the military’s leadership and team building concepts that can be implemented to ensure an organization creates and sustains performance that adheres to the highest standards of excellence.
Juliana attempts to deal with her parents' divorce while spending the summer at her father's fishing lodge. A beautifully crafted story - lyrical, compelling and rich in meaning" Cf. Our choice, 1998-1999
Filled with humor and pathos, this collection of true stories about men gathering together in the great outdoors takes the reader hunting for caribou, fishing for bonefish, flying over the barrenlands in a helicopter, and lounging in MacDonald's, as well as other male bonding excursions, both expected and unexpected. Original.
Secrets no angler can afford to miss! Expert fishing guide and writer Jake MacDonald gives you inside tips on top lakes, lures and lodges. Learn the best ways and places to catch salmon, walleye, trout, muskie, pike, and catfish, from British Columbia to Northwestern Ontario. And share the memorable trips of MacDonald and In Fisherman editor Doug Stange, writer David Carpenter and well-known angler Gordon Pyzer.
Novel about a young man who seeks work at a fly-in fishing lodge in the Canadian wilderness to escape the grind of city life. The lodge employs a maverick crew of native and white characters.
James MacKinnon takes a booze-fueled, satiric road trip to Reno; Susan Olding coaches a high-school cheerleading squad; Deborah Campbell seeks the rare white Kermode bear; Jake MacDonald goes duck-hunting with his father; and Scott Russell Sanders and his dinner guests eat lentil soup in the middle of a tornado. Far From Home gathers five of North America's finest essayists, nature writers and literary journalists- who all find themselves, in one way or another, out of their comfort zone. Selected by Nonvella editor Tyee Bridge, these delightful pieces are alternately hilarious and troubling, nostalgic and provocative.
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