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"How and why was universal health coverage implemented so early in a poverty-stricken province in Canada? Why was its design so faithfully replicated in the national standards that ultimately shaped Medicare across the rest of Canada? Seeking to answer these questions, Tommy Doug...

"Gerard Comeau, a retiree living in rural New Brunswick, never thought his booze run would turn him into a Canadian hero. In 2012, after Comeau had driven to Quebec to purchase cheaper beer and crossed back into his home province, police officers participating in a low-stakes sti...

Friends Scott and Justin leave their lives behind in search of unique experiences and adventures abroad. From epic landscapes and unforgettable people, to the often trying times that come with international travel, Scott and Justin strive to find new perspectives on everyday lif...

"On August 23, 2008, Amanda Lindhout, Lorinda Stewart's daughter, is kidnapped outside of Mogadishu in Somalia. The kidnappers' demand is simple: pay $2.5 million or Amanda will be killed. For the next 460 days, Lorinda does everything in her power--and beyond-- to get her daught...

"A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, which offer the gimlet eye and delightful social critique that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time. In this brill...

"The riveting true story of the unlikely friendship between two neuroscientists -- one famous, the other forgotten -- who helped map the brain and founded one of the world's greatest neurological institutes. In 1924, when neurology was still in its infancy and brain surgery was m...

"A single mother of two from small-town Canada looks for her missing father in Mexico and ends up taking on one of the most corrupt justice systems in the world. Based on real events, the book follows Brooke Mullins' search for answers about her father Malcolm Madsen's disappeara...

National Geographic joins veteran wildlife cameraman Andrew Manske and hard-nosed outdoorsman Brian Bildson as they venture into some of North America's most remote and inhospitable regions in an attempt to capture unprecedented and extraordinarily rare footage of wolves hunting ...

Pine Box Parole begins with convicted murderer Terry Fitzsimmons hanging himself in Kingston Penitentiary. Subsequent chapters delve into the killer's background and describe the senseless killings upon which he embarks after spending years in solitary confinement. Prison lawyer ...

"As compelling as Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone in the Dark or James Ellroy's My Dark Places, this is the story of a brother's lifelong determination to find the truth about his sister's death, a police force that was ignoring the cases of missing and murdered women, and, to t...

"Back with even more danger and daring, and a dash of fun, this fourth installment of the choose-your-own-path series features serious survival senarios, Canadian style! You begin your quest for survival stranded in the Rockies with an injured guide. You quickly find out she's no...

Tok is the best flyer of all the young ravens--that's why they call him Skydancer. But, falsely accused of murder, Tok is banished. If he ever returns home he will be put to death. To reclaim his honour, Tok vows to reunite all ravenkind with the legendary Grey Lords. But to comp...

After losing her husband in the Rocky Mountain wilderness, young widow Joanna Watson is struggling to make a new home for her five-year-old son, Samuel, in the little mountain town of Settlers Fort. When she returns home from work to find Samuel and the woman watching him missing...