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In June 1910, the new steam ferry for the Toronto Island Company was launched and christened the Trillium. As it reaches the century mark, Mike Filey revisits the history of the memorable Canadian landmark. With updated photographs, Filey traces the Trillium's remarkable rise and fall and commemorates one of Toronto's finest treasures.

Francis Pegahmagabow was an aboriginal leader who served his nation in time of war as a high-kill sniper and his people in time of peace as a fighter. In wartime he volunteered to be a warrior. In peacetime, he had no option.

Join The Searcher Group as the spirits at a once-grand Mississauga lakeshore mansion lead them to the terrible secrets hidden inside the grounds and an encounter with a ghost full of anger and hate.

From 1876 to 1915, Edward James Lennox was a formidable force in Toronto's architectural community. Many of his buildings are still landmarks in a city that continues to evolve. Born and educated in Toronto, Lennox looked to the past for inspiration but was never captured by it. His prototypical Annex houes on Madison Avenue, Old City Hall, and Casa Loma bear witness to his technical expertise and aesthetic sensibilities. Through text and illustrations, this volume tells the story of the a resolute architect whose vision helped shape an emerging city, and who in his time was called the "builder of Toronto." Edward James Lennox, "Builder of Toronto" is the first volume in the Canadian Master Architect series. Each publication will profile the work of an individual Canadian architect. The series editor is Marilyn M. Litvak. Marilyn M. Litvak received her B.A. in art history from McMaster University and her M.A. in the history of architecture from the University of Toronto. She has been actively involved in the preservation and promotion of Ontario's architectural history, has written many articles about Ontario's heritage buildings, and is the author of the award-winning monograph "The Grange."

Danson Lafleur's been on a crusade to investigate deported criminals who return undetected to Canada, and now he's missing. Can he be the unidentified man in the morgue? Danson's desperate sister pleads with artist and amateur sleuth Hollis Grant to search for her brother, since the police don't take his disappearance seriously.

Victims' advocate Camilla MacPhee is following the trial of a ruthless criminal charged with a fatal firebombing.But when his sleazy counsel is found dead, it delays the proceedings. She soon learns the victim was not the only member of the legal profession whose death was heralded by a tasteless attempt at humour.

With suspicious accidents and mounting threats against the team, it's up to Devin and his sister Nadia to pull the team together and take a run at the championship.

Jennifer is worried about her best friend Ambie, who has been secretly e-mailing the biological father she has never met. This story deals with themes of belonging, friendship and loss. While Jennifer struggles to find her place in a family separated by divorce and with friendships marked by change, she must learn how to rely on herself.

A summer holiday in a remote corner of Ontario's Rideau Lakes turns into a nightmare when Chip and Lee are drawn into a complex web of past and present; they struggle to make sense of these ancient mysteries, aided by a visiting anthropologist and a beautiful young woman who lives on an island with her reclusive and powerful grandfather.

..has all the markings of a most interesting series with a pair of detectives who give the reader so much to like in the book.-A corpse with a comb-over is discovered in a garden pond, but the real mystery begins not with the dead man but with a stunning woman who declares herself to be the nondescript victim's mistress.

Amid rumours of her supposed homosexuality, 14-year-old Annie is drawn to a group of ragtag local hippies. Sweet William is even more bereft than Annie, and not by choice.

Located on the scenic north shore of Lake Erie, Elgin County was once home to over 40 vanished communities - filled with steam trains, ghosts, one-room schoolhouses, rowdy taverns, War of 1812 skirmishes and colourful characters, like Thomas Talbot. Jennifer Grainger chronicles the rise and fall of Elgin's crossroad hamlets, lakeports and rail depots with contemporary photos, archival shots, and postmarks that remind us of the pioneers.

In this sequel to The Ruby Kingdom, dragon leader Mara seeks the help of Amelia and her friends to find the legendary Prism Blade, which has been hidden for millennia in Dunstone.

Much To Be Done provides accounts of everyday life and special occasions in Victorian Ontario, drawn from diary accounts of both the gentry and the ordinary individual.

A subcultural guide to Canada's capital city.

Belle Palmers old high-school boyfriend rents a property on her road, but soon he is found drowned. Did he fall and hit his head, or did a more sinister event occur? Who has been causing havoc in the wilderness and will stop at nothing to cover their crimes?

When Amelia and Simon take their new friend Mara's side in a war for an alien world, Amelia must spread her wings and Simon must find out how far he'll go to save a cousin who's become a friend.

In 1979 Toronto, Dr. Rebecca Temple follows a complex trail that began with the murder of a homeless woman.-In 1979 Toronto, Dr. Rebecca Temple follows a complex trail that began with the murder of a homeless woman.