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In 1923 Alberta, Leroy "Doodlebug" Barnstable runs away from his aunt and abusive cousins and finds work with a travelling Chautauqua show.

Luke's best friend, Patrick, has disappeared on the eve of his birthday. Did he run away? Has he cmmmitted suicide?

Roxy is a tale of secrets and lies, sex and death.

After losing her parents, 14-year-old Victoria and her young twin brothers move in with their aunt.

For nearly a quarter century, How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend has been the standard against which all other dog-training books have been measured.

They are just some of the 1,421 Nova Scotia place names whose origins, where they are known, are explained in this book.

Laurie's dreams had been shattered before she came to work at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch—the ranch of rescued dreams—where broken horses and broken children encounter healing every day.

Sparked by extraordinary experiences that occurred in her family when her father and her sister both died in 2008, Patricia Pearson was launched on a journey of investigation into what she calls "a

Helen grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years, with her gran, aunties and uncles living nearby.

When Cass's estranged grandmother unexpectedly leaves her house and savings to Cass and her mom, it is just the thing they need to change their lives.

Feelings are a normal part of life for children as well as adults, believes author Janan Cain, who wanted kids both to understand the concept of emotions and be able to express their feelings with

A belief in individual self-determination powered the development of universal human rights and inspired social movements from anti-slavery to socialism and feminism.

In this deeply moving memoir, Margaret Trudeau speaks with candour and insight about the illness that silently shaped her life -- a life lived often in turbulence and in the public's fascination.

Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon.