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<p>Kobzar Literary Award, Finalist</p> <p>Eric Hoffer Award, Shortlist</p> <p>City of Victoria Book Prize, Finalist</p> <p>Vancouver, summer 1962.

<p>Winner of the W.O.

<p>Winner, City of Victoria Butler Book Prize</p> <p>Finalist, Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction</p> <p>Nominated for the BC National Award for Canadian No

<p>In prose that’s as sharp as broken glass and shot through with poetry, Teresa McWhirter unlocks the extraordinary subculture of urban adults in their twenties and early thirties.

Being expelled from an air lock into deep space was the legal method of execution. But it was also the only way a man could qualify for&#x2014;The Legion of Lazarus

A classic work of Latin American literature, Domingo Sarmiento's Facundo has become an integral part of the history, politics, and culture of Latin America since its first publication in 1845.

A collection of twelve heart warming stories for children.

Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick.

Fifty years ago the word &#x201c;Byzantine&#x201d; was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was dismissed by modern historians as d

Charming stories and poems for young children about nature and the changes that occur with the seasons, weaving in life lessons throughout the stories.

Upton Sinclair, one of America's foremost and most prolific authors, addresses the cultivation of the mind and the body in this 1922 volume.

Presents a picture of life in the town of Moguer, in Andalusia, Spain, as seen through the eyes of a wandering poet and his faithful donkey.

Delany's first novel, from 1962, serves as a sort of prologue to the subsequent Captives of the Flame, 1963.

The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E.

"I was only a little baby song-sparrow, and from the moment I came out of my shell everybody knew there was something the matter with me." So starts the short story of Scraggles, a young