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Knighton tells the story of his 15-year descent into blindness. Stumbling literally and emotionally into darkness, into love, and into adulthood, he provides a window into the human condition.

On June 22, 1965, a soldier in the Dominican Republic reported that he had just shot two policemen and an outspoken Canadian priest.

Dr. Noah Haldane knows that humanity is overdue for a new killer flu, so when a mysterious new strain of flu is reported in China, he expects trouble.

In the tinder-dry summer of 2004 the author discovers her enchanted mountain realm facing an unprecedented menace: wildfire.

At age 18, Bob Henderson abandoned his privileged life for the challenges of the mountains of northern B.C.

In 1088, one young knight, Hugh de Payens, is inducted into a secret society in his father's castle in Anjou. He is commanded by the Order to join the Crusade to redeem the Holy Land.

Veterinarian Dave Perrin is building his dream home in the peaceful community of Lister, B.C., and puts in overtime to deal with some of the most improbable clients and frustrating cases of his car

The dramatic story of a life forever changed, and of how unthinkable horror, the murder of a husband and father of young twins, became a transformative gift.

Few B.C. pioneers were as colourful as Portuguese Joe Silvey - a saloon keeper, whaler and pioneer of herring seine fishing.

Lucille Johnstone was a living legend in the BC business world. In 1948, Lucille was working as a "girl Friday" for River Towing ...

Is impotence contagious? At what age should a senior be surgically separated from his automobile, or obligate to donate his sex toys to the Salvation Army?

The portrait of three generations of the Chan family living in Vancouver's Chinatown, where history repeats itself through the generations.

In 1942 Singapore, Canadian seaman Harry Winslow falls madly in love with Lily, a young Englishwoman. They are separated during an air raid and Harry begins a desperate search for her.

Travelling by horse and canoe, Dawson was a groundbreaker in the Geological Survey's opening up of the Canadian West in the late 1800's.

The joys and sorrows, excitements and mishaps, of life on a working farm.