Explains the history of the rodeo, important rodeo figures, and different kinds of rodeos.

Jodie has a bad habit of always losing her socks. This doesn't bother her until she loses her sock puppet, a gift her parents got her for her fifth birthday. She unwittingly goes on a sock-finding adventure with her stuffed toy companion and it eventually leads her to a surprising discovery.

An uncle who tried to molest me at the age of eight; Almost raped again at sixteen; accused of child abuse; Two brothers who were murdered; another brother who accidentally killed himself; A mother-in-law who was murdered; two failed marriages; A child who died of a rare disease; Three mental breakdowns; locked up in three different Psych wards; Two no-good baby daddy's; Lived the life of a "gang-banger's girlfriend;" numerous affairs, one after another. The path I walked had plenty of red lights, curves, and bumps until I found the straight and narrow path.... This novel will bring tears to your eyes; it will make you laugh, cry, and feel my pain and I hope it will persuade someone to make better choices. A true story about my walk in life:

Rarely does one persons family history intersect dramatically with a countrys momentous events. In Where Is My Home? A Refugee Journey, Miriam Potocky-Tripodi describes the Czech Republics decades-long struggle for freedom and how it affected her own life. Only after the fall of Communism in 1989 could the author reclaim her homeland by visiting Prague and discovering her Czech heritage. This family history, written with both poignancy and unwavering honesty, is the story of how the Nazi and Soviet invaders tried to destroy the soul of the Czech people. Yet the story also contains vignettes of triumph, from the authors fathers defiance of Communist officials to an uncles dreams of escape. Like Czech history, this family account has moments of aching sadness. The author relates how she searched for any scrap of information about her grandparents, who were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Yet, this book also reveals glimpses of radiance, from a painters sly humor to the author's feelings of connection to her fellow Czechs. Can an exile ever return home after decades of living in America? This difficult question reverberates throughout this book, leaving the reader with a richer understanding of Czech history and one person's quest for self-identity.

An intriguing visual game for children aged 2‐5 to find the simple shape of a shoe in Ungerer’s charming and retro illustrations.

Winner of the 2015 Governor General's Award for Poetry Winner of the 2015 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry In My Shoes are Killing Me, poet Robyn Sarah reflects on the passing of time, the fleetingness of dreams, and the bittersweet pleasure of thinking on the "hazardous . . . treasurehouse" that is the past. Natural, musical, meditative, warm, and unexpectedly funny, this is a restorative and moving collection from one of Canada's most well-regarded poets. Robyn Sarah is the author of nine previous collections. Ten of her poems have appeared on The Writer's Almanac, and her work has been anthologized in Garrison Keillor's Good Poems for Hard Times (2005), The Norton Anthology of Poetry (2005), and The Bedford Introduction to Literature (2001).