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We have some great books coming up this fall, and this summer we'd like you to get to know the amazing authors who are behind them.

Let us introduce you to the first author of the upcoming season: Dale Walters, the author of Buying Real Estate in the US (2nd edition, October 2016). Dale Walters is well known to Self-Counsel Readers after having published three books with us. This fall his very first book is going to its second edition....

Photo by Anil Sharma

Photo by: Anil Sharma

People love their pets. People are concerned about the environment. If we ever wondered if that was true, the question got wiped away on the evening of June 27th when close to 50 people gathered at Book Warehouse on Main Street in Vancouver to meet author Darcy Matheson and hear her speak about her newly published book, Greening Your Pet Care...

Oh yes, the stereotype of the Canadian being too "nice" is true!

How to define Canada? It's not always easy to pinpoint exactly what being Canadian means. Often, Canada is compared to its neighbour to the south. Yes, we share a border with Americans, but we are not really the same. Many immigrants who come to Canada for the first time have most of their impressions based on what they see in the movies, but Hollywood is in the United States, not Canada. While the two countries have similarities, there is something unique about Canada as a country and a people, compared not only to the United States, but also to other countries around the world...

Though there are a lot of terrific things about my job, one of my intense pleasures is working directly with our authors. Though much of the day-to-day editing is in the hands of a couple of the best substantive editors in the business, in my dual role of Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, I have the privilege of dipping in at various points of the editorial process, throwing in my two cents whenever that seems like a useful thing...

It still seems like the stuff of science fiction, but for about $200 you can explore your own DNA through genetic testing.

One company, 23andMe (named for the 23 pairs of chromosomes in the nucleus of most cells) provides you with reports on more than 100 health conditions and traits, data about inherited risk factors, and how you might respond to certain medications, as well as information on your ancestral lineage...

Please note: The date of the event has changed to June 27th.

On June the 27th, 2016 (Monday) at 7 pm Darcy Matheson will visit Book Warehouse on Main Street in Vancouver, BC, to talk about her new book, Greening Your Pet Care. Bring your copy of the book — you can buy it at Book Warehouse — and Darcy will sign it for you! She will also answer any questions you may have about greener pet care...

Do you find yourself living from paycheck to paycheck? Do you worry about how you can make your next credit card payments? Even worse, do you feel helpless when you try to think about how you'll ever manage to retire at 65 (let alone “freedom 55”) or do you try not to think about it all? Most important, do you feel overwhelmed at the idea of coming up with a personal budgeting kit...

It is estimated by the US embassy in Ottawa that there are more than a million Americans living in Canada on a regular basis. Canada welcomes thousands of new immigrants and visitors from the US every year. Just as Canadian visitors fall in love with certain areas of the US and purchase property there, for similar reasons Americans visiting Canada often want to either purchase Canadian property for recreational use or as an investment...

On March the 19th, 2016 (Saturday) at 12 pm Jack Borden will visit Mosaic Books in Kelowna, BC. He will sign his new book, Avoid Small-Business Hell. The book signing will take two hours (until 2 pm) so you will get a chance to talk to Jack about Small Business Hell...