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Set in the dramatic landscape of the BC Interior, 16 year-old Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon, a man he barely knows.

Bankers prowl Brooklyn bars on the eve of the stock market crash. A debate over Young Elvis versus Vegas Elvis turns existential. Detoxing junkies use a live lobster to spice up their love life.

Fictional portrayal of the nightmare politics of our time. Its hero is an aging revolutionary, imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the Party to which he has dedicated his life.

In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rachel Cameron, a woman struggling to come to terms with love, with death, with herself and her world

A riveting exploration of the dark, brooding presence of the First World War in the lives of the inhabitants of a "soldier's settlement" on Vancouver Island.

Saleem Sinai, the narrator, and modern India itself are followed from the moment of their simultaneous birth through all the convulsions and comedies of their childhood, adolescence, and somewhat q

Larry Weller is like a lot of people. He has built a career, been twice married, has a son, and tries to understand his complex relationship with his parents.

"Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, eighth edition, provides a current, comprehensive introduction to Native Studies.

In spare, allusive prose, Sheila Watson charts the destiny of a small, tightly knit community nestled in the BC Interior.

Blessed unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media.

"In 1880 the Government of Canada commenced construction of a national railroad that was promised to British Columbia as a condition of entering Confederation in 1871.