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In 1924, twelve-year-old Saskatchewanian Hugh is stuck in the middle of a heat wave.

Based on his own boyhood experiences and the stories his father told, Minifie recounts the perils and pleasures of growing up on the Canadian prairies prior to and during the "dust bowl"

Life would be perfect for Reverend Betsy if it weren't for parishioners who keel over during her sermons, steal money from the collection box, and set her up with ex-cons.

Portrays a happily married man's mid-life crisis, involving new evaluations of friends, family, career associates, and particularly himself, when his loving wife goes away for a short time.

Many people have scoffed at the idea of beings from another universe visiting earth. But in 1970 we witnessed the drama of a crippled American spacecraft being brought back to earth.

When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking" - a violent talent shared by members of his family - he upsets the precarious balance of power among

The story of Patrick Kelly – former RCMP undercover drug agent, suspected arsonist and fraud artist, and convicted wife murderer – is one of the most bizarre in the annals of

Rennie Wilford, a young journalist running from her life, takes an assignment to a Caribbean island and tumbles into a world where no one is what they seem.

Can love conquer all? Kate and Tom are the original star-crossed lovers. Kate is a beautiful model; Tom a successful football star at the peak of his career.

On the surface this is the story of a woman's search for her father, missing from his lonely island fastness, but at a deeper level, it is a woman's search for herself.

Faith Jackson knows little about her parents' lives before they moved to England.

In Florence Nightingale’s day, if a person was sick – and lucky – he or she was nursed at home with caring family members tending the bedside.

In 1892, eight-year-old Kitty learns about writing and the world beyond her Dummerston, Vermont, home when she befriends her new neighbors, author Rudyard Kipling and his family, who have recently

As a storm rages, the tale of a powerful vampire's lust for destruction-and of the circle of six charged by the goddess Morrigan to stop her-begins.