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Disguised as a man, Emily steals aboard Fly Austen's frigate only to find herself up against unpleasant passengers, Atlantic storms, and battles with the Americans.

What purposes should a democratic country's foreign policy serve? Hugh Segal investigates this question as he argues for a foreign policy of and with purpose to complement Canada's place as one of the most fortunate countries in the world.

Across the world, the impacts on society of drug criminalization have been the same: the costs of controlling substance abuse through criminal law is just too high. Whatever the issues raised by legalization, whatever the questions surrounding regulation, it's time for a new way forward.

As Sir John A. Macdonald intended, throughout Canada's history, the federal government has been the primary force in nation-building and crisis response. Because of its ability to represent all Canadians, John Boyko argues forcefully that Ottawa, not the provinces, must be recognized as the nation's voice.

Upending the portrait of the Victorian age as a time of stuffy morals and manners, How Different It Was reveals the chaotic years of early Canada. The lifestyles and daily struggles, the controversies and social values, the institutions and tensions in a tumultuous society of immigrants, aboriginals, farmers, workers, and officials.

A tale of deception and adversity, Hardscrabble tells how unscrupulous politicians, emigration agents, and philanthropists lured impoverished emigrants to farm the Muskoka backwoods in the 1870s. What these new settlers weren't told was that their land was situated on the rocky Canadian Shield.

Eugene Alfred Forsey entertained even as he educated--from broadcast booths to the Senate chamber. So, too, does this account of his works and life, which blends the personal and the political to provide a rich resource for modern-day Canadians.