A story of hope, sacrifice, and the modern search for happiness in America.
After moving to the United States from Canada in 1998, a young woman rejects the status quo and embarks on a journey to discover what it means to be truly happy and fulfilled in the Land of Opportunity.
Her search spans 13 years and half a dozen states, and weaves through crises, economic downturns, divisions, turmoil, discontent, and into an exploration of hope and reality in the twenty-first century.
Bel Kaufman's Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. It has been translated into sixteen languages, made into a prize-winning motion picture, and staged as a play at high schools all over the United States; its very title has become part of the American idiom.
Dixie & the Dominion: Canada, the Confederacy, and the War for the Union Adam Mayers Dixie & the Dominion is a compelling look at how the U.S. Civil War was a shared experience that shaped the futures of both Canada and the United States. The book focuses on the last year of the war, between April of 1864 and 1865. During that 12-month period, the Confederate States sent spies and saboteurs to Canada on a secret mission. These agents struck fear along the frontier and threatened to draw Canada and Great Britain into the war.
Learn How to Solve Sudoku Puzzles With Little Effort
It seems that these days everyone is enjoying the game of Sudoko wherever they are. The Sudoku puzzle is ideal for whenever you have a few spare minutes and want to indulge in a little bit of thinking power. Sudoku, sometimes spelled “Su Doku”, is a puzzle that originated in Japan. The puzzle is known as a “placement” puzzle. In the United States Sudoku is sometimes called the “Number Place” puzzle.
The 5 States of Success: Create Meaningful Success in Your Career, Business & Life (mp3)
Brendan Foley has worked with thousands of people and hundreds of companies across all sectors to help create meaningful success. Through working with highly successful business professionals across the globe, he has identified the "5 States of Success": insight, connection, certainty, vitality, and spirit. When these states are entered into, they produce clarity, empathy, conviction, action, and purpose - which are the essential ingredients of meaningful success. He has found that most successful people and businesses demonstrate these traits.
