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How did Florence Nightingale and Sir Alexander Mackenzie become part of the same family history? And how does Captain Booty Graves fit into the pic...

A man’s journey of triumph over unspeakable evil and the powerful impact of the choice to survive against all odds.Mordechai Ronen was born in a pe...

For 16-year-old Jan Kamienski, life as he knows it ends when Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939. After a great deal of hardship, he joins ...

The sequel to Judith Silverthorne?s The Ghosts of Government House, Ghosts in the Garden follows Sam and J.J as they are again swept up in the supe...

Born in Scotland and trained as a sugar broker in London, England, Sir George Simpson (1792-1860) was unexpectedly appointed in 1820 as governor of...

Young George Johnson lives in an extraordinary family in extraordinary times. His father is Sir William Johnson, one of the richest and most powerf...

George Grants Lament for a Nation led some to call him a Red Tory and the dominant force behind the Canadian nationalist movement of the 1970s. Tod...

In 1930s Hamilton, the boathouse community of Cootes Paradise is under siege: the squatters' shacks that line the shores of Dundas Marsh stand in t...

From two of Canada’s foremost historians comes a highly original compilation of eyewitness accounts from our nation’s history. Chosen for their imm...

From two of Canada’s foremost historians comes a highly original compilation of eyewitness accounts from our nation’s history. Chosen for their imm...

Farming in the Canadian backwoods in the late 1800s was a prospect that enticed many young Englishmen to cross the Atlantic. One such fellow was Fr...

Talented Emma Albani was a favourite of Queen Victoria, singing at Victoria’s funeral as well as Edward VII’s coronation, and for many other heads ...

Born in Quebec, Emma Lajeunesse studied in Europe and in 1869 at the age of 23 launched her opera career in Italy. Almost overnight she became Alba...

Winner of the WILLA Award for Historical Fiction. Shortlisted for the SaskPower Fiction Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2014. In 1906, Twenty-year-...

Ghana, 1956. Nous sommes à la veille de l’indépendance. Nathaniel Amegbe est professeur dans une école ghanéenne plutôt médiocre. Johnnie Kestoe es...

Daylight in the Swamp is the bush memoirs of Selwyn Dewdney, a noted Canadian artist and recorder of native rock art. His two great loves, art and ...

Across North America in 2007-2009, communities will celebrate the David Thompson Bicentennials. For 34 years the great explorer, surveyor, and fur ...

A moving historical tale and remarkable literary achievement, City Wolves is the story of Canada’s first woman veterinarian, Meg Wilkinson. Born in...

À la fin du XVIIIe siècle, Mary MacDonald et sa famille doivent quitter les états-Unis, chassés par les patriotes en raison de leur fidélité à la c...

See below for English description. Mei-ling et son père ont immigré au Canada. Ils doivent amasser assez d'argent pour faire venir la mère et le fr...

Au fil des pages de son journal, Evelyn Weatherhall témoigne d'une partie de notre histoire. Les Weatherhall quittent une vie confortable à Londres...

See below for English description.La Grande Famine sévit en Irlande. Johanna Leary, 13 ans, et sa famille font partie des milliers d'Irlandais qui,...

See below for English description.À la suite de l'explosion massive du 6 décembre 1917, Charlotte raconte au fil des pages de son journal personnel...

See below for English description.Ramenée d'Europe par des soldats ayant combattu lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, la grippe espagnole fait des...

See below for English description. Au XVIIe siècle, Hélène St-Onge doit, à treize ans, quitter la France et voyager jusqu'au Nouveau Monde avec sa ...

See below for English description.Après le décès de sa mère, Henriette Palmer tente l'impossible pour obtenir la garde de son frère et réunir sa fa...

See below for English description.La famille d'Anya immigre de l'Ukraine pour prendre un nouveau départ au Canada. Mais juste après avoir aménagé d...