With pathos and pageantry, desperation and hope, magic and mythology, this acclaimed novel weaves its unforgettable spell.

    Teeny-Wonderful Contest. Her mother is not so excited when Carol decides her talent is to jump six garbage cans on her bike.

    The noted Canadian writer's autobiography.

    Sandra Gwyn has woven together from an enormous range of personal letters, diaries, scrapbooks, memoirs, and social columns, a historical chronicle that has the intensity and liveliness of a novel.We meet not only the great political leaders like Macdonald and Laurier, but also their wives, families, and friends, other politicians, civil servants, governors general, soldiers, poets, journalists and belles. The pathos, drama and sometimes hilarious scandals of their daily lives compete in these pages with the great events of the nation's history. We see through the prism of the capital -- that raw and boozy lumbertown -- the excitement of Confederation, the crisis of the Fenian raids, the opening of the West, the Riel Rebellion, the railway scandal and the Boer War.(from jacket)

    It is the memorable tale of a young man named Wild Bill Bonhomme, his larger-than-life father, Quebec Bill, and their whiskey-smuggling exploits along the Vermont-Canada border in 1932. On an epic journey through the wilderness, Bill and his father encounter a cast of wild characters—and live out magical escapades as they carve their way into legend.

    

    Lisa Shaw is an English orphan from Leeds who is sent to Canada as a "home girl". They were children and young people that were "exported" from Great Britain to her colonies in Australia, Canada, and South Africa to be adopted and employed as domestic help. After a rough time in Canada, Lisa believes life is about to change for the better when she returns to England. At the crowded docks in Liverpool her path crosses with that of the handsome Norwegian Peter Hagan. Love blossoms but fate seems determined to keep them apart, and they are separated by a vast continent. When they do meet again Lisa’s life is linked to another man, a pioneer in the film industry. Lisa is forced to make a terrible choice. Can she drop everything to be with Peter? Or will their love become the secret that her heart keeps? ‘What the Heart Keeps’ is a poignant and moving story of one woman’s search for love. "A moving, heart-warming read." - Holly Kinsella, best-selling author of 'Uptown Girl'. Rosalind Laker was lucky enough to be born into a family that took a great interest in its forebears, and tales of them were handed down to her, providing characters and incidents for many of her historical novels. Her books include ‘The Fragile Hour’ and ‘The Marlows’. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher.

    A year later she, three other women and three canoes began a trek down the fifth longest river in North America. This book is the story of their year-long preparations and a day-by-day account of their journey through the Alaskan wilderness. Along with being an exciting adventure tale, it should make a terrific primer for anyone wanting to meet their next challenge in the great outdoors.

    After the pioneers described in The National Dream, The Last Spike and Klondike came the settlers — a million people who filled a thousand miles of prairie in a single generation.