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On an icy night in October 1984, a Piper Navajo commuter plane carrying 9 passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of northern Alberta, killing 6 people.

The human story has always been one of perseverance--often against remarkable odds.

Sprawling and intimate, stark and fantastical, Galore is a novel about the power of stories to shape and sustain us. This is Michael Crummey's most ambitious and accomplished work to date.

Following the curves of history in the first half of the twentieth century, Fall On Your Knees takes us from haunted Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, through the battle fields of World War One, to

Théo sait tout de Summer : il a passé une partie de sa jeunesse à la protéger de son père violent, à la tirer des pires situations.

Elegantly written and profoundly moving, Frances Itani's debut novel is a tale of virtuosity and power.

A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. A compelling fantasy looks at issues of privilege, protest, and justice.

Marie-Pierre vit avec Suzanne, sa mère avocate, depuis que son père les a quittées pour un autre continent.

A Fine Balance is in mid-1970s India.

In the early 1900s a young and newly wed Leona Merrigan sets out from the Newfoundland community of Three Brooks to find a better life in Knock Harbour on the island's Cape Shore.

Jason Dade, quixotic hero of this 1970s coming-of-age novel, is on a quest. He must decipher cryptic signs on his journey to meet an elusive figure known only as The Man.

One has lost a child and paints her house blue, another has found a not-so-handy man she can't get rid of; one perches in a tree and observes the neighbourhood, and yet another goes off into the wo

Eating Habits Of The Chronically Lonesome will leave you struck, yet, exhilarated.

The first St. John's taxi stand started up in the early-20th Century and greatly expanded prior to the Second World War. There are now almost four hundred taxis operating within the city limits.

During the past 33 years, St. John's businessman Bruce Templeton has devoted the month of December to visiting children and assisting Santa Claus.