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The story of what one daring entrepreneur with dreams and determination can achieve. Frank Hasenfratz grew up in Hungary learning to dodge bullets and avoid land mines during the Second World War.

Visionary social entrepreneur David Pecaut’s life demonstrates how to make a positive impact on a community.

Nominated for the 2016 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award Nominated for the 2014 Victoria Book Prize An Englishwoman’s mysterious death in 19th-century West Africa haunts those left behind.

The story of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is the story of early Canada. The story of Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent (1767-1820) is also a story of early Canada.

A lifetime of wilderness adventures and the resulting insights relating to nature’s intricacies as experienced by a master in the art of primitive wilderness survival. "Fire! Wake up!

Mental illness doesn’t have to be a prison sentence. International award-winning journalist John Scully has been committed to mental institutions seven times. He has been locked up.

From one grenade exploding in 1920s Toronto to the seeds of a new war in Europe … As Torontonians move to the beat of the Jazz Age, war is the furthest thing from their minds.

What starts as a simple fishing trip becomes a cathartic experience in the untamed wilderness of Ontario’s northwestern canoe country.

The history of the Chinese community in Toronto is rich with stories drawn from over 150 years of life in Canada.

A true story of a bank robber and a chilling car chase worthy of an Elmore Leonard novel or a Brian De Palma movie.

A young law clerk from England falls in love in 19th-century New York and reinvents himself in Canada.

A literary mystery where the people and the settings in the exotic East are paramount.

Holly Martin must find a dangerous sexual offender before he strikes again.

An empty canoe washes up on the shore of the Nahanni River — has the river claimed four more lives?

From the jetliner and the snowmobile to the pacemaker and the BlackBerry, Canadians have long been at the forefront of innovation and invention.