Books by ARTA members for your reading pleasure.
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Doctor Sahib and Me: Two Years as a Missionary Family in India by Tom Carter. PageMaster, 2025. When I was 12, my dad dropped everything and took our family to India. Boarding school, mission politics, frayed family relations— sixty years later, here’ s our story.
Sometimes She Sends Me Daisies by Kathleen E. Jacobson. Amazon, 2025. After the tragic loss of their daughter, she helps her family adjust to the world without her and provides a glimpse into life after life.
The Things No One Told You About Teaching: Helping Junior High Teachers Save Time and Aggravation by Susan Carter. PageMaster, 2025. Learn how to create a positive atmosphere in the classroom with amusing insights and anecdotes, creative coping ideas, and practical suggestions from an experienced teacher.
Holodomor: A Crime Novel by Jaroslav( Jerry) Petryshyn. Iguana Books, 2025. Imagine crime in a society where the biggest criminal is the state. Such was the case in 1930s Soviet Ukraine, where crime and punishment took on a whole new meaning.
Frozen Butts & Onion Sandwiches by John Korobanik. Friesen Press, 2023. Details Korobanik’ s life story growing up as one of fourteen children, surviving several clashes with death, and covering some of the world’ s greatest athletes.
Rag Pickers by Blaine Newton. University of Calgary Press, 2025. Eighteen stories that challenge— through wry humour, deep observation, and an off-kilter perspective— what it means to be human. Well-crafted, heartbreaking, and really, really funny.
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