A romantic western set before the Civil War, The Young Riders is a fictionalized account of the heyday of the Pony Express mail service, which ran from 1860-1861. The focus is on a group of young express riders based in the Sweetwater, Kansas station, run by an ex-Texas ranger, a...
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"Searing and lyrical, Marie-Sissi Labrèche's auto-fictional novel, Borderline, describes a young girl's experience growing up in Montreal's working-class neighbourhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Raised by her "two mothers"--a stern grandmother and a mother struggling with schizop...
"Logan Winston knows one thing: he never wants kids. Ever. But when the superstar bull rider returns home to meet his biggest fan, he's met by his ex-love Annabel Dawson and their son. Now he has seven days to fulfill seven missed birthday wishes--and rekindle his relationship wi...
"In Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language writers examine their intimate relationship with language in essays that are compelling and captivating. This vital anthology opens a dialogue about language diversity and probes the importance of language in our identity and...
"Working with Worry is designed to give parents practical tools they can use to support their children as they try to manage their anxiety in today's increasingly stressful world. It is a hands-on workbook that you can turn to for easy-to-understand information, recommendations, ...
Born during the Great Depression, Jean-Claude Morel is an Everyman, an ordinary Montreal construction worker who has built the city with his own hands, digging its metro, creating islands, and weaving expressways through the downtown core. But the progress has come at a cost: nei...
"A debut novel with a bighearted sensuality and a bull's-eye precision on a par with our best working writers today. A must-read." -Jan Elizabeth Watson, author of What Has Become of You and Asta in the Wings Good wife, good mother. That's all Claire Spruce is trying to be, b...