New Releases by Joan Clark

In ''Penny Nichols Finds a Clue'' by Joan Clark, readers are immersed in a captivating mystery novel set in a small town. The book''s literary style is characterized by vivid descriptions of the town''s surroundings and an intricate plot filled with twists and turns. Clark''s attention to detail and carefully crafted dialogue adds depth to the characters, making them seem more real and relatable. The novel''s setting in a tight-knit community enhances the sense of suspense and intrigue, drawing readers further into Penny Nichols'' quest to solve the mystery. The book can be seen as a modern take on classic mystery novels, blending elements of suspense and drama with a unique storytelling style. This blend of traditional mystery elements and contemporary flair makes ''Penny Nichols Finds a Clue'' a compelling and engaging read for all mystery enthusiasts. Joan Clark''s background as a seasoned writer and her ability to create rich, well-developed characters shines through in this gripping novel, making it a must-read for fans of the genre.

In ''Penny Nichols and the Black Imp'' by Joan Clark, readers are taken on a thrilling adventure through a mysterious and dark world. The book follows the young protagonist, Penny Nichols, as she embarks on a journey to uncover the secrets of the Black Imp, a mythical creature that haunts her dreams. Clark''s writing style is immersive and engaging, drawing readers into a world of suspense and intrigue. The book is set in a gothic literary context, reminiscent of classic tales of mystery and the supernatural, making it a captivating read for fans of the genre. Joan Clark, known for her compelling storytelling and intricate character development, brings her expertise to ''Penny Nichols and the Black Imp''. With a background in literature and a passion for exploring the unknown, Clark''s unique perspective shines through in the vivid imagery and rich narrative of the book. Her attention to detail and mastery of suspense keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end. I highly recommend ''Penny Nichols and the Black Imp'' to readers who enjoy atmospheric mysteries and captivating storytelling. Joan Clark''s talent for crafting immersive worlds and intriguing plots makes this book a must-read for anyone looking for a thrilling literary experience.

Joan Clark''s novel, ''Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery,'' is a captivating detective story that follows the young and sharp-witted Penny as she unravels a complex mystery in the small town of Knob Hill. The book is written in a classic noir style, with vivid descriptions and clever dialogues that keep readers engaged from start to finish. Set in the mid-20th century, the novel offers a glimpse into the social dynamics and values of the time, adding depth to the narrative. Clark''s mastery of suspense and storytelling shines through in this thrilling tale of intrigue and deception. Joan Clark, known for her skillful storytelling and keen attention to detail, draws upon her own experiences growing up in a small town to create a rich and authentic setting for ''Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery.'' Her background as a prolific author of mystery novels is evident in the expertly crafted plot and well-developed characters that populate the book. Clark''s passion for the genre translates into a compelling narrative that keeps readers eagerly turning the pages. I highly recommend ''Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery'' to mystery enthusiasts and fans of classic detective fiction. Joan Clark''s exceptional storytelling and intricate plot twists make this novel a must-read for anyone looking for a riveting and immersive reading experience.

Homemade Ice Cream Recipes Cookbook Get your copy of the best and most unique recipes from Joan Clark ! Do you miss the carefree years when you could eat anything you wanted?Are you looking for ways to relive the good old days without causing harm to your health?Do you want an ideal way to preserve your food?Do you want to lose weight? Are you starting to notice any health problems?Do you want to learn to prep meals like a pro and gain valuable extra time to spend with your family? If these questions ring bells with you, keep reading to find out, Healthy Weekly Meal Prep Recipes can be the best answer for you, and how it can help you gain many more health benefits! Whether you want to spend less time in the kitchen, lose weight, save money, or simply eat healthier, meal prep is a convenient and practical option and your family can savor nutritious, delicious, homemade food even on your busiest days. ✩ Purchase The Print Edition & Receive A Digital Copy FREE Via Kindle Matchbook ✩ In this book: This book walks you through an effective and complete anti-inflammatory diet-no prior knowledge required. Learn how to shop for the right ingredients, plan your meals, batch-prep ahead of time, and even use your leftovers for other recipes.and detailed nutritional information for every recipe, Homemade Ice Cream Recipes Cookbook is an incredible resource of fulfilling, joy-inducing meals that every home cook will love. In addition, 2 weeks of meals-a 14-day schedule of meals, including step-by-step recipes and shopping lists for each, with tips on what you can prepare ahead of time to get dinner or meal on the table faster. Let this be an inspiration when preparing food in your kitchen with your love ones for the Holiday. It would be lovely to know your cooking story in the comments sections below. Again remember these recipes are unique so be ready to try some new things. Also remember that the style of cooking used in this cookbook is effortless. I really hope that each book in the series will be always your best friend in your little kitchen. Well, what are you waiting for? Scroll to the top of this page and click the Add to Cart button to get your copy now!

Snow falls all day, all week, all month! Sammy''s world is covered in snow. As he clambers up the mountains of snow, he imagines what might lie beneath -- a black bear and her cubs, whales and seals, even elves mining rubies and emeralds! Finally, the weather turns warm and the snow begins to melt . . . This simple but deliriously evocative book is a paean to that magical stuff that fills the winters of those who live in northern climates.

From the bestselling author of Latitudes of Melt and An Audience of Chairs: The Birthday Lunch is the story of one pivotal week in the life of a family facing a tragic loss, rich with dramatic tension and beautifully rendered. Free-spirited Lily has always played the peacemaker between her fierce, doting sister, Laverne, and her own loving, garrulous husband, Hal, as they competed for her attention. The competition has only grown worse since the three of them moved into a large house in the town of Sussex, New Brunswick. On Lily’s 58th birthday, a steamy day in late June, Laverne feels she has bested Hal by winning her sister’s company for a gourmet lunch, but it becomes a bitter and short-lived victory when the day’s events take an unexpected and tragic turn. In The Birthday Lunch, Joan Clark explores the different ways each member of Lily''s family confronts her shocking death: Hal''s open sorrow, her daughter Claudia''s reappraisal of her own life, her son Matt''s determination to assign blame. And unforgettably, Laverne''s eccentricity and isolation, her intensifying conflict with Hal, illuminates the brutal territory of accusation and regret. Compassionate and engrossing with a powerful sense of place, The Birthday Lunch is an extraordinary new novel from one of our most gifted storytellers.

The rapid emergence of Type 2 diabetes has become one of the most urgent health issues facing not only Americans, but people around the globe. For those suffering from diabetes, managing the disease is a delicate and often confusing balancing act that is highly unpredictable and can be, at times, life-threatening. Effective diabetes management requires not only daily effort, but knowledge in order to control side effects. However, armed with that essential knowledge, diabetes sufferers can lead normal and healthy lives, with minimal issues. The Complete Idiot''s Guide® to Managing Diabetes Fast-Track gives you critical yet practical insight to help manage the disease and minimize the risks. You will learn how to manage daily diet choices, as well long-term dietary habits so the illness doesn''t progress. You will also learn the simple lifestyle changes that can make a huge difference and take your health from suffering to thriving. Helpful advice for managing medications and keeping diabetes in check when diet and exercise aren''t enough is included so you are armed with the tools and practical guidance they need to lead a normal, healthy life.

This bountiful, magical novel opens with the discovery by two fishermen of a baby floating in a cradle on an ice pan in the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912. To the small fishing community into which the foundling is adopted, Aurora, as they name her – with her shock of white hair, one blue eye and one brown – is clearly enchanted. But it is not until Aurora is herself an old woman that she learns the heart-wrenching story behind her miraculous survival on the ice.

A fully updated and expanded edition of a weight loss program that readers can count on. This fully updated and expanded edition clearly explains just how and why a glycemic index diet works by showing readers how to eat the right kind of foods: more complex carbohydrates, fibre, grains, and fruit. The glycemic index diet is a solution for many people at of Type II diabetes or those with insulin-sensitivity or resistance. - Includes information on supplements, easy recipes, food lists, and sample meal plans. - Includes an appendix with glycemic index counts and loads for all sorts of food. - Features a new study on how eating certain foods cold can make a big difference.

Set against the vividly described Prairies in the heart of a cloistered religious sect, this is a gripping novel from a beloved Canadian author. Fifteen-year-old Jim Hobbs, alienated from life in Toronto, hitchhikes to the Prairies on a whim, where he finds shelter in an abandoned farmhouse. There, he encounters his neighbours, members of Majestic Farm, a group that abides by an old-fashioned, ultra-conservative set of rules enforced by their ruthless pastor. When Miriam, one of the pastor’s daughters, secretly befriends Jim, they must hide their blossoming love for one another — or face terrifying consequences. In helping Miriam to escape her religious imprisonment on the farm, Jim must risk everything.

Provides recipes for every meal and occasion, based on the glycemic index, so you can eat to your heart''s content while keeping your insulin levels in balance and your weight in check.--

The writings in this book have been compiled over several years, with the help of my partner, the Holy Spirit. Most of them I had no choice to write. I have called the writings "Burps", as that is what it seems like, when they begin. They come out suddenly, and I feel that I have no choice but to write them down, on anything that is handy. I was obedient in writing, and when I am obedient, I honor my God, who is only trying to work with me. Many times I have been awakened during the night, and must write. That is a Gift, and I Thank God for it! The past several years, beginning about the time I turned 50, I am becoming aware that, although I am not perfect, but far from it, God Loves me anyway, and is trying to use me. It has taken several people around me to make me realize this. I attended a "Life in The Spirit" Seminar at the perfect time in my life. Funny how things happen at the perfect time in our lives! It''s not an accident! I thank my family for everything, for they are my roots. My Grampy was an inspiration in his wisdom from my earliest years. My parents were each so different, so special and I can see both Kay and Louie in myself and in my sisters. When I married my husband and we moved around, it was difficult for me to get used to not being in the same place. Yet, the moving was such a gift with all the experiences that came with each move. I thank you, dear, for helping me to see the World! My friends, Eileen from childhood, and others that came into each place in my life have each been put where they were for reasons. I feel that I have known each person at the time in life that I was supposed to learn something from them! My friends in DC, especially, have taught me so much about faith, especially Faith in God! I always knew that God was there, but I didn''t realize that He was Here for Me! Sometimes I can be so dense I feel like I need a pretty big hammer to make me think of things! Thanks, Veronica, for being my Big Hammer! Thanks Patricia, for also being a gentle loving reminder that is also the Hammer of God, prodding me when I am trying to procrastinate. Thanks Pat and Kristy, for being there for all my special moments of discovery of the wonders and Love of God! So, after much thought, hesitation, and unbelief in myself, I launch this creation out to You, Lord! Thank You so much for being so special in my life! Love, Joanmarieclark Cannon

Jackson Thomas, a fifth-grade boy with Asperger Syndrome is assigned to complete a science project with spunky Hillary Branson, a fiercely independent student with a tendency to tell lies. It therefore comes as no surprise that when assigned to work with Jackson, Hillary rebels in any way she can. As the story unfolds, the reader begins to see Hillary''s troubled background and delight in how she and Jackson discover they have a lot more in common than they ever realized.

Like beauty, madness altered perception, but instead of offering illusion, it offered delusion. Moranna leaned the tricks madness played on perception the hard way as experience showed her how persuasively madness distorted reality. Experience also showed her that if she hung on long enough, the panic would subside and the delusions would pass. There were many dawns on the ferry when the sight of the ugly smoke stacks reassured her. They were proof that once again she had won the showdown with the voice and had delivered herself to the dawn, wholly alive. (p. 286) Joan Clark’s An Audience of Chairs opens with Moranna MacKenzie living alone in her ancestral Cape Breton farmhouse, waging a war with the symptoms of bipolar disorder and grieving the loss of her two daughters, taken from her over thirty years previously. There are few people remaining in her life, as Moranna cannot help but tax the patience of nearly everyone she encounters. Her long-suffering brother Murdoch has her best interests at heart, though he is fatigued by her enormous needs and pressured by his ambitious wife to invest less time in her. Pastor Andy politely sloughs off the peculiarly intelligent yet unpalatable sermons Moranna pens for him. Her neighbour Lottie knows what it is to be an eccentric and can be counted on to come through in a pinch. The local RCMP constabulary smooths over her legal scrapes. And her lover Bun, who lives with her when not working on the ferries between Cape Breton and Newfoundland, knows how to give her a wide berth on her “foul weather” days. Thanks to the assistance of these sometimes reluctant guardian angels, as well as to the carefully planned inheritance left by her father (not to mention her own sheer ingenuity), Moranna has managed to get by all these years despite small-town gossips and tormenting youths. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn more about the devastating effects of Moranna’s mental illness on her life and that of her family. But An Audience of Chairs also gives us a glimpse into the mind of a true iconoclast and wild spirit, who has managed despite overwhelming odds to keep hope alive. In her early years, Moranna’s accomplishments and beauty, along with the protection of a father who saw glimmers of his suicidal wife in his beloved daughter, allow her to struggle through childhood and adolescence in Sydney Mines relatively unscathed. She is a gifted pianist, a magazine covergirl, and a promising actress when she makes a brilliant marriage to an up-and-coming young journalist, Duncan. But she soon finds herself unmoored by motherhood, and the oddities that the people in her life have always chosen to overlook become more difficult to disguise with drama and wit when maternal expectations are placed upon her. Her staged life comes crashing down around her ears when she is left alone with her daughters and in a manic artistic phase risks their lives terribly. Her family can no longer explain away her eccentricities, her husband forsakes her, and she is institutionalized, her children taken from her forever. No longer playing the roles of perfect daughter, wife and mother, the devastated Moranna falteringly gropes for purpose in her life. She returns to the inherited Baddeck farmhouse and, inspired by a vision she has of her great-aunt Hettie, whose stories of their Scottish ancestors once filled the youthful Moranna’s imagination with stories of valour, earns a small income as a woodcarver. She carves for tourist sales the courageous and larger-than-life people of her clan, to whose histories she clings in order to reinforce her belief in her pedigree as a lionheart, so much more comforting than the spectre of madness lurking in her maternal lineage. She enthralls the audiences in her mind – in reality an audience of chairs – with daily virtuoso performances on the piano board, a silent keyboard upon which she does battle with her demons through the music of Chopin and Rachmaninov. Through these and other ingenious – and often hilarious – strategies, Moranna has over the years constructed a life of delicate balance, all of which is jeopardized one day by a glimpse of television. Visiting town with Bun, she is astonished to see her now-grown daughter Bonnie being interviewed for a local station about a climatalogical lecture she is to give, to be soon followed by her wedding in Halifax. Moranna knows she must make what will certainly be a surprise appearance at the wedding. But this means a high-stakes gamble with everything she has–her pride, her precarious mental health, her hope for a measure of grace in the world. Of An Audience of Chairs, Quill and Quire said: “Elegantly written and deeply grounded in place, this moving, compassionate novel is far more than a story of mental illness. Moranna’s quest is for peace, joy, and connection–the same yearnings that drive us all.”

Fifth-grader Tyler has been chosen to present a going away present to Jackson, but Tyler is worried about being associated with Jackson. The other students think Jackson is strange--but he just has Asperger''s syndrome.

Shed those pounds the healthy way. This brand-new edition of The Complete IdiotÂ''s Guide to Healthy Weight Loss not only gives readers critical information on nutrition and health—it also delivers everything they need to know about the mental and exercise pieces of the weight-loss puzzle. In addition, it presents a comprehensive overview of todayÂ''s most popular diets, chapters on such major diet types as low-fat, low-sodium, low-carb, and low-cal, as well as chapters on dieting for kids, dieting for diabetics, dieting for heart health, and more. Best of all, readers will find five unique diet plans to help them lost weight—and keep it off—starting today! -Features new research on how nutrition and certain foods affect body weight -Expanded information on surgical and pharmaceutical options for weight loss, plus the skinny on supplements and over-the-counter remedies -Upload exercise chapters with more fat-burning exercises and updated charts for calorie burning (including suggestions for meeting the U.S. GovernmentÂ''s new exercise recommendations)

Diabetic-friendly recipes the whole family will love! From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, here are three-hundred easy-to-prepare recipes for diabetics that can be made from everyday household ingredients; and the entire family can enjoy. Food categories include Mexican, Italian, Pan-Asian, fish, poultry, lean-beef and pork entrees; appetizers, snacks, side dishes, breads and desserts; and fruits, vegetables, soups, salads, pastats, and breads. First diabetic cookbook to use the new glycemic index for all recipes; three-hundred recipes, far more than others on the market; 6.5% of the U.S. population has diabetes; the World Health Organization is predicting the number of people with diabetes to double from 140 million to 300 million by 2025.

Set in the 19th century and inspired by Edith Whartons women who were not passive victims of their lives, Fredericks Heir is the story of two girls who defy the conventions of convent school and parties, the social system of Paris. Fredrica Navarreau, known as Rica, tries to live up to her grandfathers expectations. Preparing to inherit his shipping company she tries to learn about the ships and cargo ledgers, activities far outside the constrictions of her French familys position. Unable to understand her desire to use her mind her grandfather diverts her attention with the celebration of the opening of the Suez Canal and a trip to the Far East. Celine Rabut, inchanted by the theatre and theatre people, begins studying acting in Paris. She lives in the Navarreau home while Rica is away and tries to help the family during the Prussian War. On her return Rica is dispatched to London to marry the son of family friends. The young women fee to New York where Celines career slowly grows as her parts become more important. Rica, fearing she has alienated her family, returns to Paris to find her grandfather has died and someone has snatched her inheritance.

"From a High Thin Wire" introduced a powerful new voice into Canadian fiction. The ten frank yet subtle stories in Joan Clark''s debut collection explore how childhood experiences shape adult choices. A woman rages against the "eye of God" that has seen the miner''s son she once loved reduced to a mute old man; sisters come home to bury their mother, whose sudden death plunges them into confusion; a minister''s daughter deals summarily with marauding dogs. In every story, Clark peels away the skin, exposing the network of influences that make people act as they do.

A moving novel about one girl''s search for friendship, love and security and for a place called home.

Since early times in Ireland and nearby Celtic lands, the Irish harp and its music have captivated musicians and audiences alike. Numerous historical aspects, such as the function of the harper at Tara, the seat of ancient Irish kings, is explored in this comprehensive history of the harp of Ireland. Through the ages, the harp has been a symbol of the lyrical nature of Ireland and the Irish people. This book explores the reawakening of this beautiful instrument in Ireland and around the world in the mid-twentieth century and beyond, touching on the quite recent development of the popular Folk and Celtic harps of today.

De kleindochter van een vrouw die als baby op een ijsschots voor de kust van Newfoundland werd gevonden, ontdekt dat haar grootmoeder een overlevende is van de ramp met de Titanic.