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Sherlock Holmes Handbook sums up a Canadian scholar's lifetime expertise about Sherlock Holmes -- the characters and themes, the publishers and readers, Victorian London and the Houdini connec

In the 450 years since Jacques Cartier’s arrival, Prince Edward Island’s history has been tied to the sea and to ships.

The stories of many POW escapees are well known, but what about those who miraculously evaded capture in the first place and returned to fight another day?

Show No Fear is a collection of essays that captures the richness of Canadian military history.

For the first time, Sing a New Song tells the stories of four Canadian bishops who pushed the envelope and changed the world.

Undergraduate fees for universities and colleges across Canada have more than doubled in every province over the past decade.

What do Northtrop Frye, French dairy cows, and Historic Fort York have in common?

In 1934, fifty-three-year-old beer tycoon John Sackville Labatt was kidnapped from his Lake Huron summer home and held ransom for three days.

Be it for a quickie pedicure or several hours of soulful pampering, people want to know where to go, and more importantly, what's going to happen to them once they get there.

Canadians visit chiropractors about 30 million times a year, and surveys show that patients are generally satisfied with their treatment.

They come from the cities and farms, military bases and tourist towns, seaside bungalows and urban apartments. All are ordinary people who did extraordinary things.

"You’ll like Louis Mayer," Mary Pickford told Charles Foster in 1943.

Peter C. Newman called him "the Totem of the Titans." From a small Prairie town, Daryl K. "Doc" Seaman became an icon of Canadian business and hockey.

Once again we are blessed with yet another collection of Jim Foster’s ravings.

This is a chilling collection of 50 accounts of truly unusual events and experiences that are told by the people who experienced them. Are there ghosts here? Yes.