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Two French explorers arrive in Court to charm two ships from the English King. The rest, as they say, is history . . . Or perhaps not.

An electrifying collection of thought-provoking interviews from recent broadcasts of CBC Radio’s Ideas.

In 1788, Thomas Kendall, a naive 19-year-old sentenced to transportation for burglary, finds himself bound for Sydney Town in the penal colony of New South Wales.

An Amazon.ca Best Book of 2013Roman was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. At 18, he leaves his family for a home in the forest, learning to live off the land rather than his family’s wealth.

In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading.

Winner, Commonwealth Book Prize, Canada and the Caribbean, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, and Frye Academy AwardShortlisted, CLA Young Adult Book Award, Red Maple Award, and University

On Berlin's Glienicke Bridge a captured US spy plane pilot was being traded for a senior KGB agent - a strangely unequal change. So why on earth had the Americans agreed to it?

An affair. A marriage. Accidental encounters. A secret spying mission masquerading as research for a short story on desire.

In 1943, Northrop Frye wrote a paper, left unfinished, on "the state of the world." His ideas of what to expect after the end of the war and the role that literature might play in a time

If science is neither cookery, nor angelic virtuosity, then what is it?

Bert Newton's own story of his early life and the history of Australian TV.

Knitting is a booming pastime, enjoying a resurgence of interest, spawning books, movies, a brisk online trade in wool and knitted goods — even trade fairs.

Shortlisted, Amazon.ca First Novel Award, Ottawa Book Award, and Jim Connors Dartmouth Book AwardIn the backwoods of Nova Scotia, a man has decided to slowly simplify his life and withdraw his pres

Giller Prize-winner Lynn Coady's unforgettable Christmas story "The Three Marys," is adapted from her award-winning debut novel, Strange Heaven, published in 1993.

Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni Béchard believes his charismatic father is infallible.