This fall of 2024 is an exciting time for us at Ingenium Books. We have four fabulous and unique new releases — perfect for indulging your own reading pleasure or to get a jump on your holiday shopping. Here’s a rundown!
Chill: The Wine Lover’s Introduction to Cannabis
Release date: October 17, 2024
This fall’s earliest of our new releases comes courtesy first-time Canadian author Jackie McAskill.
Are you a wine enthusiast curious about cannabis? Chill: The Wine-Lover’s Guide to Understanding Cannabis makes exploring the world of weed accessible by comparing it to wine. This unique approach helps readers understand cannabis strains, consumption methods, and social etiquette, just like a seasoned sommelier would guide you through a wine tasting.
Written by a former premium wine buyer, Chill offers a fresh perspective on cannabis. The book begins by tracing the parallel histories of wine and weed, revealing their shared origins and cultural significance. You’ll discover the science behind the plants, from cultivation to consumption, and learn how to navigate the world of dispensaries and cannabis products with confidence.
Chill is your key to understanding, appreciating, and enjoying cannabis in a sophisticated and informed way. Most importantly, Chill will help you decide whether you’re ready to embrace the new era of cannabis, or if you’re best served sticking with your vino. Only you can make the right choice for you.
“The author adopts a calm, funny, self-deprecating tone that’s perfect for defusing the tension around her subject as she urges her readers to ‘Just keep it low and slow.’ A colorful and winningly friendly guide to the world of cannabis.” —Kirkus Reviews
12 Elephants and a Dragon
by Dr. Vi Tu Banh with Marie Beswick Arthur
Release Date: October 25, 2024
12 Elephants and a Dragon isn’t just another book on Vietnam War history. It’s the story of one family’s life after the war had ended. Vi Tu Banh, then still a child, and his family left their home country in a dangerously overcrowded and dilapidated boat, had to fend for themselves on Air Raya in Indonesia, and then made the journey from the Galang refugee camp to a new life in a house on a hilltop among the snowy fields outside Uxbridge, Ontario. They learned, one day at a time, how to build a new life in Canada.
After escaping Vietnam, Vi Tu’s refugee family relied on charity and being sponsored by complete strangers to come to the safety of Canada. They then worked hard not only to survive, but on building a new life, and to help contribute and give back to the country that welcomed them.
Their story is one of struggle and strength, highlighting the profound effect that the kindness of others can have on a person’s life. It speaks of gratitude and illustrates how each of us have the power to contribute to changing the world for the better.
“One can only write this beautifully through real lived experiences or spiritually channeled from higher sources—the ancestors—in this case, it’s both.” —Nguyen Thien An, writer at Under the Squash Vines
Of our four new releases, this is the one that we hope can help bring balance, calm, and compassion to our politically polarized world.
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Screening for the One: How to Gain an Edge in Your Hiring
Release Date: November 12, 2024
Screening For The One: How to Gain An Edge In Your Hiring is one of the most important books for success in staffing your company that you can have in your human resources toolkit. Written by an expert whose business has five decades’ worth of experience in conducting pre-employment background checks, Screening for the One gives you all the information you need for recruiting talent who will be an asset to your company.
With this book, you can learn what to look for to find the perfect candidate for the position, for your company and for your workplace culture. Understand why you might need different background checks and gain practical tips on how to conduct each kind of check within the framework of privacy laws and workers’ rights. It’s the workplace investigations book every human resources manager needs on their bookshelf.
“I wish I’d had this book 25 years ago, it would have saved me time, money, and headaches.”
—Sue Bennett, owner/principal, Bennett Design Associates Inc.
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The Tortured Traveller: How I Survived the Worst…Vacation…Ever
Release Date: November 24, 2024
When Sheldon Herman’s house needs renovation, he decides the place to be is as far away as possible. On a bit of a whim, he gets his travel agent to book him a tour to a destination that wasn’t exactly on his world travel bucket list. He soon finds himself in Cape Town, South Africa, about to embark on an adventure that will turn out to be unforgettable for all the wrong reasons.
The Tortured Traveller: How I Survived the Worst…Vacation…Ever is the hilarious account of a woefully unprepared tourist trying to come to terms with everything, from the beauty and cruelty of Botswana wildlife to the creature comforts of a hotel in Zanzibar, where he experiences the kind of bizarre massage you won’t usually read about in East Africa travel books.In between, there’s a bit of romance, a tragedy, and lots of action.
“Laugh-out-loud funny.”
—Robert M. Goldstein, author of The Last Passenger Train: A Rail Journey Across Canada
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These new releases offer something for everyone: informed personal empowerment, an encouraging dose of gratitude, better hiring decision-making, and vicarious travel adventures.
Watch this space for more forthcoming books in early 2025.
