At indie ink, we think books are perhaps the most profound form of human expression ever invented. Where else can one mind speak so clearly to another? Books insert thoughts directly into the mind-speak of the reader. They can make you visualize a howler monkey dancing on a telephone wire. They can make you think the words, “pizza is a form of love.” Sure, they don't necessarily make you believe the words, but they can put them there. What you do with them after that is up to you.
For that reason, whether we're talking about a non-fiction treatise on the history of lint, or a roaring yarn about aging hippies on the high seas, what we're looking for is more than just good writing – when we find something that contains good thinking, we know we've found something special – and those are the things we're anxious to share with our readers.
CANADIAN BEST SELLER! Pamela Wallin hails Left Out as “…a most reasoned rant and a potent piece of political history …a must read. A powerful call to action and a reminder for both the governed and those who seek to lead them–that playing small serves no one.”
Gormley challenges all of us to re-engage in politics for the sake of our Saskatchewan. The book will appeal especially to political junkies who love the chatter on coffee row, and the whispers in the halls of the Saskatchewan Legislature. Read more...
The drama, beauty, terror and aftermath of Tornado Alley… One man's journey
into and through one of the most horrific and awe-inspiring storm seasons on
record. Join Canada's Tornado Hunter, Greg Johnson, on this deeply personal
journey and you too will be Blown Away.
In his own words and stunning colour photographs, Johnson crosses the 49th
Parallel to bring a fresh and intimate perspective to the life of the storm
chaser on both sides of the US-Canadian border. Read more...
“Holy crap! This book freaking powns!” That's what readers are saying about Strange Places. Author Jefferson Smith has created an engaging and determined heroine and then thrown her to the wolves, leading readers on a wild ride in the process. Raised as a modern-day kitchen slave in an orphanage run by child-loathing nuns, thirteen year old Tayna discovers that she is being stalked by two disturbing strangers. When she learns that she may not be an orphan after all, Tayna gambles everything on a desperate journey of self-discovery - a journey impeded by a never ending barrage of obstacles and torments set against her by the evil forces of two different worlds: one of shopping malls and television, the other of Brownies, Djin and magic! Read more...
Author Suzanne Paschall and photographer Debra
Marshall take us on an insightful and inspiring journey into the grit and
determination that lies behind some of Saskatchewan's most successful innovators
and entrepreneurs.
Introduced with a foreword by well-known entrepreneur and CBC TV’s Dragon’s Den panelist W. Brett Wilson, and set Marshall's lush and evocative full-colour photography, Birth of a Boom delves into 13 compelling and surprisingly personal stories of the individuals and families who created and sustained some of Saskatchewan’s most successful companies. Read more...
Author David Breen Seymour examines great societies from history, modernizes the lessons they offer, and then applies them to present-day Saskatchewan. The result is a recipe of choices that the province could make, on everything from education and health care to Aboriginal policy and the shape of cities. Seymour concludes that money isn't enough, but that Saskatchewan may be poised on the brink of becoming one of history's new Golden Societies.
Provided we make the right choices now. Read more...
