The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island by Jerry Kobalenko, Penguin Books Canada This creative non-fiction book was named Best Adventure Travel Book for 2002 at the Banff Mountain Book Festival “The Horizontal Everest is refreshingly free of the hubris that marks much of adventure writing, and the reader never feels assaulted by Kobalenko’s daring, only inspired by it.” —The New York Times Book Review

The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 by Mark Zuehlke, Wiley, 2009 (originally published by Whitecap Books) This moving portrait of Canadian soldiers in the Spanish Civil War was a Book-of-the-Month-Club selection. “The Gallant Cause is a poignant lesson, a gracefully written account of war . . ." —Brian Nolan, Esprit de Corps

A Heart at Leisure from Itself: Caroline Macdonald of Japan by Margaret Prang, University of British Columbia Press "In this fine book, so gracefully written, Prang has extended Macdonald’s influence a little further."—Phyllis Airhart, Touchstone magazine

Take it to the Xtreme series by Pam Withers, Whitecap Books This series of eight (and counting) best-selling young adult novels has been a hit with young sports enthusiasts.