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The Haisla community on the north west coast of British Columbia is devastated when the pride of their village, young Jimmy Hill, disappears at sea in a boating accident. Jimmy's sister Lisamarie reflects on the effect his death has on their community and on their family. She also reflects on their family, their culture, and Jimmy's life. Some strong language. 2000.

A little known chapter of wartime Canada, the government maintained several German prisoner-of-war camps in Southern Alberta during World War II. Camp 133 was one of these camps. Veteran Guards were responsible for securing the perimeter but internal law and order at Camp 133 was enforced by POW Sergeant August Neumann, a village police officer by trade and a hero of the Great War. In July of 1944, not long after the Normandy invasion, Captain Mueller, a former tank officer teaching in the camp's education system is found dead. Suspecting foul play, Sergeant Neumann investigates.

An intergenerational novel about familial love and betrayal, interwoven with themes of Filipino-Canadian and mixed-race identity, fantastical elements from Norse and Filipino mythology, and tarot card symbolism.

Gwin has lost her husband to war and her children to a plague. Desolate, she nurses her stricken neighbours. But those who survive the plague are cursed with terrible abilities and are cast out. Gwin shelters a young girl, and this act changes her world forever. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1995.

Venturing to the desolation beyond the Enclaves, Gahzee and Lisa, accompanied by their coyote, walk the line between the Dreamtime and the Realtime in hopes of recovering a lost chip with information vital to their people and their magic heritage. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 1989.

Grania is deaf, a victim of scarlet fever at age five in early 1900s Canada. After learning sign language and speech she meets and marries Jim, with whom she develops a special vocabulary. World War I erupts, and they attempt to sustain their love in a world as brutal as it is beautiful.

Summer 1755, Acadia. Amľie Belliveau lives with her family in Grande Pr,̌ Nova Scotia. The community believes they can remain on neutral political ground, but when they refuse to pledge allegiance to the British in their war against the French, the army invades Grande Pr,̌ claims the land, and rips the people from their homes. Amľie?s entire family, alongside the other Acadians, is exiled to ports unknown aboard dilapidated ships. Fortunately, Amľie has made a powerful ally.

As World War II escalates, dilemmas face adopted siblings Christine and Henry Delaney. Henry, a Mountie, prepares to marry, and Christine relies on faith to navigate the uncertainties of work and love and to decide about a return to northern Canada. Sequel to "Beyond the Gathering Storm" (EA36961). 2001. (Canadian West series ; 6).

When Arabella Slominski Boot catches her loutish husband in bed with her best friend, she packs up, takes her son Kenny and drives to Louisiana to see her mother. Surrounded by eccentric characters, like a Harley-Davidson riding palm reader, a sexy seventy-year old jazz musician, a gun-toting hitchhiker, and a karate instructor stalker, just to name a few, Arabella comically finds herself as well as love. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1998.

Esen is one of six survivors of an alien race that can assume any form, useful in a universe where anyone perceived as different is destroyed. On her first assignment, she must seek help from a human when she falls into an unexpected trap. Together they battle the Enemy of the Web, bringer of death to all forms of life. Some violence. 1998.