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A CNQ Editors' Book of the YearA Dropped Threads-style anthology, assembling original and inspiring works by some of Canada's best younger female writers — such as Heather Birre

In her highly anticipated second novel, Rachael Preston tells a vibrant, compelling story of 20th century piracy.

On holiday in Portugal to take their daughter's mind off a troubled love affair, the Channings are `befriended' by the Baronesa Narvo - with unexpected results.

On the ghastly battlefields of the First World War, Jimmie Johnston drove teams or pack horses carrying ammunition and hauling guns to the front lines.

In 1954 Hurricane Hazel caused such destruction around Lake Ontario that it’s a vivid memory half a century later.

A long-awaited history of this important Canadian regiment, The 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot in the War of 1812 looks at this military unit from its beginnings in the early days of the 19

A delightful account of the raising of three bear cubs in the north woods of British Columbia.

Set in Jewish London in the 1930s, Susan Glickman's The Violin Lover is written against the backdrop of Hitler's escalating campaign against the Jews.

Where did passports come from? Why did 1930s stewardesses carry wrenches? And how did teetotalers shape the modern vacation?

Caricatured by Charles Dickens in Little Dorrit as the cantankerous maid of Mr. and Mrs.

A very small bear, from darkest Peru, is found on Paddington Station by the Brown family who take him home to live with them.

In 1887, at the age of just 18, intellectually and artistically gifted American Tappan Adney embarked on his first trip to New Brunswick.

Was Barbie was the first feminist doll? She always worked in interesting positions, never married, never had a child, and never did house work.

Setting out to visit his friends in Woodstock, New Brunswick, and with all intentions to return to the United States to attend Columbia University in the fall, Tappan Adney, at the age of 18, embar

Jonas in Frames is [choose one]: A) a series of loosely connected narrative fragments written in poetic prose; B) a maze of postcard stories bursting with literary in-jokes; C) a delicate sequence