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Terry Fox, the one-legged runner from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, made an indelible impression upon people across Canada and around the world. An out...

Since 9/11, Canada has been on the front lines of a New World Order that few understand. And in today’s world, secret intelligence is not just the first l...

Walk with the indigenous people who settled North America —and with their descendants, whose more than 500 tribes range from the Arctic Circle across the ...

Recounts the search for a Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and looks at the major expeditions, including Frobisher, Franklin, and ...

Urbanization is a fact of Canadian life. With approximately 80 per cent of Canadians residing in cities, it is imperative that students understand the issue...

This book places the revival of Indigenous ceremonialism in a new light. The author aims at dispelling misconceptions and negative opinions by showing the t...

Title: Cod( A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World) Binding: Paperback Author: MarkKurlansky Publisher: PenguinBooksCategories: Sports & Outdoor...

Policing Black Bodies Is A Timely And Much-needed Exposure Of Historical And Contemporary Practices Of State-sanctioned Violence Against Black Lives In Cana...

describes Christmas Traditions In Mexico, Iran, China, Sweden, Iraq, Spain, And Norway. publishers Weekly the On My Own Holidays Series Offers Explanatory ...

Each year, for generations, poor, ill-clad Newfoundland fishermen sailed out “to the ice” to hunt seals in the hope of a few pennies in wages from the p...

100 years of love, celebration, heartbreak, and even parades On December 19, 2017, the Toronto Maple Leafs officially turn 100. In the spirit of the centen...

Once Again, John Ralston Saul Presents The Story Of Canada's Past So That We May Better Understand Its Present -- And Imagine A Better Future. Historic Mome...

Francis Spufford explores the British obsession with polar exploration in a book that Jan Morris, writing in The Times, called, "A truly majestic work of sc...

Kirkpatrick Sale. Reprint. Originally Published: New York, Knopf, 1990. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: HistoryAmericas

Canada’s wild frontier — a land unsettled and unknown, a land of appalling obstacles and haunting beauty — comes to life through seven remarkable indi...

The ocean levels may not have risen an inch, but the CHANGE in the planet's social, economic, and political CLIMATE is flooding the earth with predictable c...

This is a highly illustrated and full-color collection of the greatest propaganda images ever. From Napoleonic war paintings via anti-Hitler posters to brut...

How can we know where we’re going if we don’t know where we are coming from? This question applies as much to nations as it does to travellers, and it r...

In 1981, a small but heavily armed force of misfits from Canada and the United States set off on a preposterous mission: invade an impoverished Caribbean co...

Saul, John RalstonCategories: History Americas CanadaFirst Nations

I came across this blog while reading Forbes online and enjoyed the first class writing. It reminded me of, and was in the same big league as “A year in P...

A must for every Canadian home, "A Day in the Life of Canada" is a pictorial celebration of life north of the 49th parallel. A scr...

A wonderful history of the Red Indians of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book shares all available information conce ing every aspect of Beothuk...

Explore The Vestiges Of The Hamlets And Villages That Have Been Swallowed Up By Toronto’s Relentless Growth. Over More Than Two Centuries, Toronto Has Bal...

This New Seventh Edition Of Critical Approaches Seeks To Make Informed Critics Of Its Readers By Presenting The Challenging Concepts Of Canada S Political S...

"I don't know of any player, ever, who could strike a golf ball like Moe Norman...[He is a genius when it comes to playing the game of golf." - Lee Trevino....

1. Fall From Grace -- 2. Just A Simple Civil Servant -- 3. Thank God That's Over! -- 4. The Generals: There's No Life Like It. -- 5. The Grunts -- 6. Going ...

There were once two enemies who were both named George-George Washington and George III. They were very much alike in some ways, and they were both beloved...

My Years as Prime Minister is Jean Chrétien’s own story, told with insight and humour, of his ten years at 24 Sussex Drive as Canada’s twentieth prime...

Bestselling author Ken McGoogan tells the story of those courageous Scots who, ruthlessly evicted from their ancestral homelands, were sent to Canada in co...

In This Book Arthur Manuel And Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson Challenge Virtually Everything That Non-indigenous Canadians Believe About Their Relationship W...

On December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Norwegian war-relief vessel Imo collided in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia. That acc...

A beautifully illustrated and poignant graphic memoir that tells the story of World War II from an Everyman's perspective. In March of 1943, Scott Chantle...

A rich, sweeping memoir by David G. Roskies, Yiddishlands proceeds from the premise that Yiddish culture is spread out among many different people and geog...

How One Of Canada's Greatest Natural Disasters Has Been Remembered And Forgotten.Categories: History Americas CanadaGeneral

WHILE THE CITY SLEPT is a figment of the author's imagination concerning historical preservation and Urban Renewal in the city of Saint John, NB Canada. It ...

Travel across Ontario and pay a visit to Ontario's nearly 50 heritage jails. Built before the modern era of the OPP, they range in size from single cell lo...

April 24th, 1951,was a lonely, moon-lit night in Korea. On a godforsaken hill, a few hundred surrounded Canadian soldiers waited for the fight of their live...

the Daughter Of A Algonquin Mother And An Iroquois Father, Catherine/kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) Has Become Known Over The Centuries As A Catholic Conve...

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been a part of the arts scene in Toronto for eighty years. Richard Warren, the orchestra's archivist since 1976, uncover...

What do we really mean by phrases such as western Canadian political culture, the centrist political culture of Ontario, Red Toryism in the Maritimes, or P...

Narrating a Nation: Canadian History Pre-Confederation is a lively, narrative approach to pre-confederation history. Events are followed chronologically, fo...

Alan Gordon Shows That While Individual Memory Is Crucial To Establishing And Maintaining Identity, Public Memory Is Contested Terrain - Official Customs An...

In 1949, Antoine Mountain was born on the land near Radelie Koe, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. At the tender age of seven, he was stolen away from...

Canada And The Third World Provides A Long Overdue Introduction To Canada's Historical Relationship With The Third World.Categories: Politics & Social S...

The best-selling Weird But True line is now exploring north of the U.S. border! Follow along to learn tons of fun facts about the outrageous oddities and k...

This Book Will Help Grade 7 Students Develop Their Literacy Skills In Reading, Writing, And Oral Communication. It Also Encourages Students To Become Histor...

Ghost Towns of Muskoka explores the tragic history of a collection of communities from across Muskoka whose stars have long since faded. Today, these ghost...