"Prison is a huge lightless room filled with hundreds of blind, groping men, perplexed and apprehensive and certain that the world is filled with nothing but their enemies, at whom they must flail each time they brush against them..."

The life of the world-famous Canadian surgeon and scientist acclaimed by critics from coast to coast.

The story of a young Canadian's three years in a German prisoner-of-war camp - told with warmth, humour and honesty.

A warm, lively, often witty, account of the life of one of Canada's most loved - and most successful - political leaders.

The memoirs of a witty, warm-hearted, irreverent newspaperman who witnessed the golden age of western Canada, 1935 to 1955.

The biography of a gentle, passionate patriot who became an Ottawa insider and fought for his vision of an independent Canada.

The remarkable life and struggles of the woman who created Canada's best-loved heroine, Anne of Green Gables.

The story of an aristocratic youth growing up in Edwardian Toronto, told with engaging candour and wit.

The moving story of a man torn from his family and interned in distant labour camps for the "crime" of being Japanese during World War Two.