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Between 1950 and 1953, nearly 30,000 Canadian volunteers joined the effort to contain communist incursions into South Korea and support the fledgling United Nations.

"Never talked about it." That's what most people say when they're asked if the veteran in the family ever shared wartime experiences.

This ebook bundle contains five books that chronicle Canada's participation in the conflict that gripped the Korean peninsula from 1950–53 and resulted in two very different nations that remai

Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, Rhode Island.

A young Canadian homesteader travelling far from home finds himself accused of murder in the state of Kansas in 1871.

A chance meeting in a restaurant, after four years apart, sends a couple flashing back through the highs and lows of their courtship and marriage.

The day after their friend Cathy’s funeral, Margot, Tate, and Connie gather for a round of golf in honour of their recently departed fourth.

A relaxing weekend trip full of fishing, football, and beer is on the agenda for the Melville brothers. Unfortunately, so is confronting eldest brother Lee's terminal illness.

The truth and lies of a friendship come to the surface during a weekend visit between two couples. There are plenty of surprises along the way in this comedy of manners.

A furniture store owner is having an affair with the local minister's wife. The situation becomes complicated when the minister comes home unexpectedly.

In the town of Big Oak lies the Crossroads Cafe, where five locals come together to plan the annual Tomato Parade.

David, a successful novelist with writer's block, has received some devastating news he's kept to himself.

A married pair of second-rate theatre actors cast themselves as nationally renowned self-help gurus.

The madcap antics start as Jack and Ruth Tisdale celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary with an evening at the theatre.

It's a Friday afternoon in the big city and, in six different offices, six different stories are unfolding at the same time.