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Unbuilt Victoria celebrates the city that is, and laments the city that could have been.

As well as fun and relaxation, cottage living throughout the seasons is a reminder that all of us, even the most urbanized individual, are part of the natural world.

From 1812 to 1815 a war was fought between the United States and Britain that decided the destiny and future of North America.

A dramatic story of the rescue of eight men on a prospecting mission in the Arctic that covers a period of four suspenseful months in the fall of 1929. This true story began in August 1929.

Who were Canada’s ten most romantic couples of the twentieth century?

Edward C. Luck, President Emeritus, Senior Policy Advisor, United Nations Association of the United States of America This book is important reading for anyone interested in the future of the UN.

Alongside its golden wheat fields and shimmering northern laskes, Saskatchewan holds a rich folkloric collection of ghost stories; until now, no one has paid much atention to these tales.

It has been called Canada's most haunted province. While such a claim is impossible to prove, British Columbia does abound with tales of the supernatural.

Little Dwayne grew up in rural Jamaica in the loving care of Granny. Like other little girls and boys he loved to play.

Short-listed for the 2000 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction Norman "Red" Ryan was a notorious bank robber, safecracker, and killer.

In the wake of highly-publicized scientific breakthroughs in using genetics to establish family connections, genealogists began to see potential for their own research.

In the midst of global turmoil, with people of various faiths in major conflict, three friends—a Muslim, a Christian and a Hindu—decided to write a book.

An examination of Upper Canadian life at the dawn of a modern nation.

Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today’s realities.

New Brunswick’s enormous timber trade attracted the first wave of Scots in the late 18th century.