1997 McClelland & Stewart
Tightrope Passage: Along the Refugee Route to Canada
“Many Canadians placidly take the extraordinary good fortune of living here for granted, but those who once ‘couldn’t bear to watch freedom from a distance ‘ cannot, ever. That’s what hums from the pages of this Passionately told, wonderfully anecdotal memoir of a small refugee family who finally make it to Canada — by dint of courage, tenacity, ingenuity, hard work, faith, and, always, a flinty sense of fun.” – Ernest Hillen, author of The Way of a Boy
2015
Delirium Dives: Stories from the Ski Slopes
“A snowflake is the most beautiful form of water.”
That is one of the observations of a lifelong skier who:
- Discovered the skiing paradise of the the Canadian Rockies
- Experienced a few hard lessons in a snow school
- Survived his first descent of a double black diamond
- Skied with Olympic champion Nancy Greene
- Tried to ski the same track as World cup racers
- Let his mind win over matter when he broke his ribs skiiing
- Became a professional ski instructor at an age when most people retire from their jobs
- Spent a season teaching at the local ski hill
- Tells about it all in this entertaining book, a blend of travel, sport and memoir, written with gusto, humour, and love of skiing.
2017
Going West Ain’t Easy Going
Every step beyond one’s own backyard is also a step inward, towards discovering your soul. As you wander along the roads of the North American continent, when you see certain places for the first time, you connect to them as a radio with a transmitter. You find yourself on the same wavelength, amplitude, and, with your frequencies in sync, the green magic eye of the old radio clears up and allows you to resonate.
You understand those places instinctively. They have always been a part of you, just waiting for you. Very often, you discover that you have to correct your own preconceived images. Now there, and seeing it with your own eyes, it’s up to you to form your own opinion. This is the moment for a peek inside your soul, as it is your soul that tunes and colours the landscape of your mind. This is the true beauty and glory of travelling.
2023 Porcupine’s Quill
Fordmates
Fordmates explores, with humour and poignancy, the basic conflict that exists between the demands of mass production technology and the all-too-human instincts, needs and aspirations of the workers who serve on the assembly line.
Ivo Moravec 