Head of nutrition for the Cannondale-Garmin Cycling Team, nutrition consultant to the pros, and former professional Ironman triathlete Brendan Brazier is one of the world’s leading experts on nutrition for professional athletes.

In Thrive Fitness, he presents his own easy system for total health and fitness, complete with new photos and step-by-step exercises, for maximum results in minimal time. Whether you’re a time-crunched beginner or an experienced athlete, Thrive Fitnesswill help you sculpt strong, lean muscles, reduce body fat, prevent disease and injuries, increase energy, cut sugar cravings, and sharpen mental clarity.

January 2017 10th Anniversary Edition

Thrive  Fitness: The Program for Peak Mental & Physical Strength Fueled by Clean, Plant-Based, Whole Food Recipes
By Brendan Brazier
Penguin Canada

A candid, practical, and inspiring guide to creating a richer and more meaningful life.

The world’s great philosophers and spiritual leaders teach us that happiness depends on how we look at life. In Higher, Charles Hanna explores why and how we can create the best possible outlook. By finding our Higher Perspective, Higher Power, and Higher Purpose, he demonstrates how we can challenge our demons and become our best selves. His experience of physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery and his applications will resonate powerfully with all readers.

As a young man, Hanna emigrated from Egypt to Canada where he got an education and followed his dreams. From one perspective, his life was perfect—his family grew, his businesses flourished; yet, his doubt and addiction quietly destroyed him. It was not until Hanna finally hit bottom that he discovered the tools to achieve true personal freedom and happiness—a Higher life. Through his firsthand experience and his understanding of human nature, neuroscience, and life management, Hanna provides readers with practical and practicable techniques and ideas so that everyone can apply the Higher way to their daily routines and to their dreams.

Hanna’s engaging voice, fascinating realizations, and depth of understanding make Higher a valuable book for anyone, religious or otherwise, who wants to find greater meaning, beauty, and success in their lives.

Reviews

“A great starting point for anyone who wants to make significant change in their life. Hanna guides us past the thoughts that hold us back from becoming our best, happiest, and most-fulfilled selves.” –Rose Caiola, founder of Rewire Me

“Perceptive, practical and inspiring, Higher is a guide to a better, more connected, and vibrant way of being.” —David Feder, counsellor and therapist

Higher: Awaken to a More Fulfilling Life
By Charles Hanna
978-1-927958-71-1
$21.00
5.5″ x 8.5″, paperback
Figure 1 Publishers, Canada
March 2016

The Ultimate Guide to Preventing and Treating MMA Injuries

By Dr. Jonathan Gelber

ECW Press, Canada, May 2016

A charming 300-mile romp through farm, field and English history, with two crazy Canadians as our guides.

There are 140,000 miles of footpaths and public rights of way in Britain, many dating back to medieval times—nowhere else in the world can you walk in literally any direction over private land. At fifty-four, John Cherrington, a less-than-active solicitor from BC’s Fraser Valley, wanted a challenge; his companion Karl, 20 years older, wanted to prove he was still tough enough to complete a long-distance walk. So the pair set to walk the historic MacMillan Way, a 300-mile-romp that took them from the fenlands by the North Sea, on through the enchanting, honey-coloured Cotswolds, into Somerset with its legendary Castle Camelot, finally to emerge at Chesil Beach on the English Channel.

With nothing but backpacks and walking sticks, John and Karl stride into the verdant countryside, alive with hawthorn and honeysuckle blooming down green lanes, the singing and swooping of swallows, larks and wood pigeons coursing through the fields and woods. They cannot walk two miles without stumbling into some cultural or historical artifact, landmark or memorial. Alas, blisters, bulls, and English rain are also part of the joie de vivre of long-distance walking.

The journey awaits. Join John and Karl a they pass through the portal to that other dimension and set out to prove the old adagesolvitur ambulando–you can sort it out by walking.

Reviews

“Cherrington roves as lovingly with language as he does over the countryside. You won’t want to miss a step of his journey!” –Rick Antonson, author of Full Moon Over Noah’s Ark: An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond

“Studded with entertaining literary references, John Cherrington’sWalking to Camelot is an ode to villages and the footpaths connecting them. It is universal in its appeal to the philosopher-rambler while remaining true to eccentricities that could only be English: the bestiary in the hedgerows, the rustics, the food, and curious traditions such as the ‘right to walk’ through properties both public and private.” – Michael Kluckner – author of Toshiko andVanishing British Columbia

Walking to Camelot: A Pilgrimage through the Heart of Rural England
By John Cherrington
Figure 1 Publishing (Canada)
978-1-927958-62-9
$22.95
5.5″ x 8.5″, paperback
272 pages
March 2016

Translation rights available through Seventh Avenue Literary.

To say that Rick Antonson is driven is something of an understatement. He published three books, circumnavigated the globe researching them and laying the groundwork for book #4, wrote a play, – all the while as the CEO of Tourism Vancouver.  He retired from that job in the summer of 2014 and God knows what he has in the planning stages now that he has free time!

I first met him in 1985 when he was an executive at local Vancouver publisher Douglas & McIntyre. He was leaving publishing while I was entering the business but it was hard not to admire his  controlled energy and curiosity about all things.

He subsequently moved over to the tourism industry and we reunited in 2006 when he presented his journey to Timbuktu manuscript to us for consideration.The rest is, as they say, history. We sold To Timbuktu for a Haircut first to a Canadian house (Dundurn) and an American house (Skyhorse)and then book #2 ,Route 66 Still Kicks ,was published.
Book #3, Full Moon Over Noah’s Ark, An Odyssey to Mount Ararat in New York will be released by Skyhorse in April 2016. The book takes readers along with Antonson through the shadows and broad landscapes of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Armenia, shedding light on a troubled but fascinating area of the world. Rick is busy researching his next travel destination and that could be literally anywhere in the world!

Rick is also co-author of other books with his brother Brian and writer Mary Trainor. The most successful is Slumach’s Gold: The Making of a Legend (Heritage House) which has sold over 10,000 copies.

Book Reviews

To Timbuktu for a Haircut: A Journey Through West Africa

“Anyone interested in travelling to Africa should put Antonson’s book on the list, right after malaria tablets.”
– The National Post

“As with all great travel memoirs, Antonson’s journey is about self-discovery and arrival at the final destination; that is, it is part personal odyssey and part social history.”
– Chicago Tribune

“Chapters are nicely embroidered with local tones and textures, a regional history of West Africa, the Tuareg people and accounts of early European exploration.”
– The Globe and Mail

“To Timbuktu for a Haircut is a great read – a little bit of Bill Bryson, a little bit of Michael Palin, and quite a lot of Bob Hope on the road to Timbuktu. Once started, you simply don’t want to come to the end.”
– Professor Geoffrey Lipman UNWTO Assistant Secretary-General

“Great characters, great stories, and truly great adventures. Not to mention … a great read.”
– Peter Greenberg, Travel Editor, CBS News

 

Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America’s Main Street

“One of the best books of the bunch.”
– The New York Times (2012 round-up of holiday travel books)

“His tale is a middle-age Woodstock in motion, an encounter with an America that isn’t as lost as we think … And in the end Antonson proves that Route 66 indeed still kicks — as does America.”
Keith Bellows, Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Traveler

“A must for Route 66 aficionados.”
– Chicago Tribune

“The most impressive account of a road trip I have ever read.”
– Paul Taylor, Publisher, Route 66 magazine

“I have traveled Route 66 more times than a long-haul trucker and this book is going to become one of the classics of the road … solid proof that Route 66 still kicks.”
– Route 66 Pulse

“It was by far the best book I have read about the Road in many, many years. An excellent read … Highly recommended.”
– Bob Moore co-author of The Complete Guidebook to Route 66 and The Complete Atlas to Route 66

“Antonson’s most impressive feat in Route 66 Still Kicks is how he incorporates history into the narrative. Even those familiar with the stories of Will Rogers, Cyrus Avery, Mickey Mantle or Al Capone will find them rendered by Antonson in a fresh way. Highly recommended.”
– Route 66 News

“This is America’s favourite highway talking, and Antonson is a superb enabler, so sit back and relax as Route 66 gives up its legendary stories.”
– Peter Greenberg, travel editor, CBS Evening News