Five Rivers Chapmanry

Late Winter 2010

A hard-hitting look at the most dangerous, illegal drug in North America. A fact-based account featuring interviews and life stories from users, dealers and doctors.

Early Spring 2010

Veteran freelance writer Nate Hendley explains how to start up or step-up your non-fiction writing career. Straight-forward advice and commentary on a largely unexplored topic.

Spring 2010

Crime writer Nate Hendley examines the life and crimes of Al Capone, the world's most famous gangster, during his brief reign over corrupt, Prohibition-era Chicago.

Early Summer 2010

One of crime's most colourful and idiosyncratic leaders is examined in crime writer Nate Hendley's fast-paced tome. A treat for fans of true-crime and bizarre mob stories.

Late Summer 2010

The celebrated singer and pop-culture sage is profiled in an objective, fact-based account of John Lennon's rocky ride to glory.

Fall 2010

Raw, honest and relentless, A Subtle Thing is a heart-breaking and uplifting journey into one woman's battle with clinical depression.

This is a debut novel from Alicia Hendley, a Canadian author with a strong voice and ability who is destined to gain recognition.

Early Winter 2010

In the Organic Home Garden, veteran gardener and best-selling authors Patrick Lima and John Scanlan take readers step-by-step through the engaging process of growing the best possible food -- from spring's first spinach, asparagus and salad greens, through the summer abundance of tomatoes, cucumbers, melons and all, right into fall's harvest of squash, leeks, carrots and potatoes. Often, a small timely tip makes all the difference, and this dynamic team leaves nothing out. Whether you tend a small city yard, a full-size country garden or something in between, their instructive, easy to follow and often humorous advice will ensure you make the very best use of the space you have -- and you can't get any more local, seasonal and organic than food from your own yard.

Early Winter 2010

A tender, honest and insightfel lens into the author's journey from childhood fantasies, broken dreams, and a loss of self-awareness. This journey takes the author into one of Canada's most infamous psychiatric hospitals where she fought for her life against the odds of depression and borderline personality disorder. Her journey takes her deep into historic Egypt, from the caverns of the Pharaoh's tombs and the heights of Mount Sinai, to the devastating death of one of her closest childhood friends. Kelly Stephens writes in a candid, unique voice about the realization of dreams, the coming of age, and the balance we all must find in our lives.

Early 2011

An investigation into the rise of the world's latest superpower, complete with a succinct account of China's history and economy, backed by in-depth research and interviews with academics, activists and Chinese pop stars.

Spring 2011

Lots of kids have an imaginary friend. Max certainly did. He was a little boy who liked all the things Max did, enjoyed the same games, and who even looked a little like him. Then one day, Max’s friend said something that scared him. Max never saw his friend again. Until years later, Max’s childhood friend returns, older, wiser and disturbingly real. He tells Max of events hidden for a quarter century, events that someone will go to deadly lengths to keep that way. Max discovers that he is the reincarnation of a boy called David who was murdered years before. To save David, Max must journey into his own previous life, not knowing how his actions will affect what he knows as reality.

Fall 2012

An artist, wife, mother, a death of her own mother to grieve and within that a quest for lost innocence, The Rose Guardian explores Violet Robinson's discovery of childhood through the child, Lettie, who appears on her island retreat for summer instruction. In that summer of discovery Violet finds her Georgian Bay island drifting into the territory of spirits, the Rose Guardian, and a country just beyond the horizon where the fabric of all she cherishes threatens to both restore and shred all she knows.